FLOWER SEED 
NOVELTIES 
for 1938 
I NTRODUCERS of new plants are incurably optimistic. 
Slight variations in color, height of plant, blooming season, 
and other trifling matters may be the only distinctions some 
novelties can claim. And yet just such a slight variation may 
convert a hitherto commonplace flower into a novelty of highest 
garden merit. 
We have done our best to sift the wheat from the chaff, so 
that we might present to you on these few pages only those 
things which seem to us to be genuinely new or improved in 
the more important details. 
RAISERS’ DESCRIPTIONS 
RUSSELL’S LUPINS 
MIXED HYBRIDS 
These remarkable Lupins are the result of the continuous labor, 
for many years, of the enthusiastic grower whose name they bear. 
The chief features of this wonderful strain are, first, the giant size of 
the bloom-spikes; second, the fan-like shape of the large individual 
flowers, the standard being expanded like that of a sweet pea; and, 
third, the enormous range and unique character of their coloring. 
Many are self-colors, quite new in Lupins—pure yellows, oranges, and 
rich bright crimsons—and there are an immense number of most at¬ 
tractive bicolors, the whole in mixture displaying a kaleidoscopic 
variety of tints comprising all the colors of the rainbow and producing 
a magnificent effect. The plants average to 4 feet tall, with at¬ 
tractive foliage and very erect flower-spikes standing clear above it. 
A first-prize-winner wherever exhibited in Europe last season. Sold in 
the raiser’s original packets only. Pkt. 50 cts.; 3 pkts. $1.25. 
RUSSELL'S 
LUPINS 
This new strain 
of perennial Lupins 
has, as is now 
widely known, 
caused a sensation 
in horticultural cir¬ 
cles. 
Raised by Mr. G. 
Russell, of York, 
England, it is the 
most outstanding 
introduction of re¬ 
cent years. 
Awarded the 
Royal Horticultural 
Society’s Gold 
Medal, June, 1937. 
FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 
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WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
