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Giant Dahlia-Flowered Zinnia. 
Verbena (a) 
One of our trustworthy garden companions. Of 
trailing habit. The foliage makes a perfect carpet 
and a fine back^ound for the broad, flat flower 
heads of many brilliant colors. Sow in boxes in the 
house and transplant when the seedlings are an inch 
high, and set outside after danger of frost is past 
in a warm, sunny spot. 
Mammoth Purple. ^ oz., 40c; pkt., 10c. 
Mammoth Mixed. Producing in handsome umbels 
flowers of large size in beautiful shades of white, 
rose, scarlet, blue and purple. oz., 30c; pkt., 
10c. 
Wild Cucumber (A) 
(ECHINOCYSTIS LOBATA) 
This is the quickest growing climber in our list. 
It is thickly dotted over with pretty, white, fragrant 
flowers, followed by an abundance of ornamental and 
prickly seed pods. % lb., 75c; oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
Zinnias (a> 
Splendid hardy annuals making a bril¬ 
liant profusion of color and succeeding well 
in any soil. They will retain their beauty 
for several weeks and bloom until frost. 
Fantasy. This new Fantasy mixture with 
rounded flowers is composed of a mass of 
shaggy, raylike petals which give a deli¬ 
cate and refined appearance to the me¬ 
dium sized double flowers. They lend 
themselves gr3.cefully to flower arrange¬ 
ments. The color range includes the 
brightest shades of red and orange, as 
well as the popular pastel pinks and 
cream. 1 oz., $1.(10; pkt., 15c. 
Colossal or Giant Flowered. The flowers 
are gigantic in size; thickly set with vel¬ 
vety petals. The plants are vigorous, 
branching freely and are fine for cutting. 
Mixed colors. % oz., 30c; pkt., 10c. 
Giant Dahlia Flowered. In formation the 
broad petals are closely imbricated, some¬ 
times seeming almost to be piled one 
upon the other. The flowers often measure 
4 inches in depth and 6 to 8 inches in di¬ 
ameter. In general appearance the flow¬ 
ers compare with the Show Dahlias. Mixed 
colors. M oz., 50c; pkt., 10c. 
Lilliput Double, Mixed. 12 in. The plants 
form handsome little bushes and fairly 
bristle with tiny, short-stemmed, very 
double flowers hardly exceeding a daisy 
flower in size. They are pretty plants. 
^4 oz., 40c; pkt., 10c. 
Double Mammoth Mixed. All the varieties listed 
here and others in one mixture. % oz., 40c; 
pkt., 10 c. 
Zinnia, Fantasy 
Verbena 
