LETHERMAN'S SEED HOUSE. Canton. Ohio 
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ZINNIA (A nnual) 
A very much improved old-fashioned flower with a wonderful range of color. Easy to grow and if given a 
sunny location, well fertilized soil and freely watered the flowers will be more completely double and colors 
intensified. If plants show mildew, dust with powdered sulphur or Floragard. 
1233 Dwarf Giant Double. Best for bedding. Fine 
range of colors. Finest Mixed. Pkt. lOc, 1/4 oz. 25c. 
1252 Mexican Zinnia Haagaena. Double miniature 
Zinnias of bright golden yellow which cover the 
plant all summer. This little gem deserves to be 
better known. Pkt. lOc. 
1254 Scabious Flowered. Among the oddest and 
most attractive Zinnia forms developed, and de¬ 
serve to be better known and more vddely grown. 
To know it is to be enthusiastic in its praise, 
especially for use in artistic flower arrangement. 
The flowers bear a remarkable resemblance to the 
Scabiosa. Plants are extremely free tiowering 2 to 
2^/2 feet high and give a wealth of bloom through¬ 
out the summer. It is particularly rich in shades 
of crimson, scarlet, orange, yellow and pink as well 
as all other popular shades. Finest Mixed. Pkt. I Oc. 
1265 Zinnia Linearis. This little dwarf variety is 
most unusual and interesting. The flowers are 
single, a lovely shade of golden orange with a 
delicate lemon yellow stripe through each petal. 
Extremely early blooming, beginning when plants 
are 6 inches tall and keeping on right through the 
season until the late frosts of autumn. Plants grow 
8 to 10 inches tall with a spread of 2 feet when 
given plenty of room. Flowers are produced in 
great profusion. Excellent for borders, window 
boxes and rockery. Will start flowering about 6 
weeks after seed is sown. Pkt. lOc. 
DAHLIA FLOWERED (Giant Double) 
Plants are strong and robust 2 to 3 feet high, 
bearing many long stems of fully double flowers 
which resemble a decorative Dahlia. Their easy 
culture and long blooming season make them 
especially desirable for the garden and cutting. 
Florists have found them profitable for forcing. 
1255 Canary Bird. Canary Yellow. 
1256 Crimson Monarch. Crimson scarlet. 
1257 Exquisite. Rich rose-pink. 
1258 Oriole. Orange and gold. 
1259 Polar B ear. Large, pure white. 
1260 Old Rose. Beautiful shades of old rose. 
1261 Dream. Deep lavender. 
1262 Golden State. Orange yellow. 
1248 Mixed. A mixture of all shades. 
Pkt. lOc each, l/g oz. 35c. 
Collection: One pkt. each of above 8 colors 70c. 
DOUBLE CALIFORNIA GIANTS 
The blooms are of immense size when well 
grown averaging three and one-half to four and 
one-half inches in diameter and often three to four 
inches in depth. Height, 3 feet. 
1224 Golden Yellow. 1227 Soft Pink. 
1225 Orange Scarlet. 1228 Violet. 
1226 White. 1229 Deep Scarlet. 
1230 Mixed. Pkt. lOc, each, ’/g oz. 25c. 
Collection: One pkt. each above 6 colors 50c. 
1253 Fantasy (Award of Merit 1935). (2 to 
21/2 feet.) The rounded flowers are composed 
of a mass of shaggy ray-like petals which give 
a delicate and refined appearance to the medium 
sized double flowers, large enough to satisfy the 
desire for mass color yet small enough for graceful 
arrangement. Colors include the brightest reds, 
orange and the pastel pinks and cream. Finest 
Mixed. Pkt. I Oc. 
1264 Star Dust (Fantasy.) (Award of Merit 
1937). The first separate color of the Fantasy 
type. The color is a rich deep golden yellow, 
blooms early about 45 to 50 days from planting, 
is very free flowering. We believe this type Zinnia 
will become very popular as its delicate and grace¬ 
ful qualities become better known. Pkt. I Oc. 
LILLIPUT IMPROVED (Double Pompon) 
No type of the ever popular Zinnia has come into 
favor so rapidly as this. The plants form handsome 
little bushes 15 inches high, covered with small but- 
ton-like fully double flowers; bloom all summer. 
Colors: White, Flesh, Rose, Salmon, Crimson, Yellow, 
Purple. 
Separate colors. Pkt. lOc each, 1/4 oz. 35c. 
Collection: I Pkt. each of 7 colors for 55c. 
1251 Mixed. Pkt. lOc, 1/4 oz. 30c, oz. $1.00. 
Dahlia Flowered Zinnia 
