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THE MARTIN-PRATT SEED CO. 
Zinnias 
Martin s Excellent 
Showing the Type of Our California Giants 
The Flowers Are Often Half Again as Broad 
California Giant, Mammoth 
The Best Large Flowered Type for Cutting 
The flowers of this type are about as 
large as the Dahlia flowered. They are 
flatter in form and many prefer them. 
The plants are taller than Dahlia, in good 
conditions growing 3 ft. or more high, 
with very long stems. Excellent for cut¬ 
ting. 
Brightness. Bright rose pink. 
Cerise Queen. Beautiful cerise rose. 
Crimson Queen. New rich crimson. 
Daffodil. New fine canary yellow. 
Enchantress. Light rose, with deeper 
rose center. 
Lavender Gem. Deep rosy lavender. 
Miss Willmott. Soft pink. 
Orange King. Orange scarlet. 
Purity. White, we consider it superior to 
Polar Bear of the Dahlia type. 
Scarlet Queen. Glowing scarlet. 
Violet Queen. Purple. 
Any above variety—Tr. Pkt. 20c, % oz. 
30c, % oz. 50e, oz. 90e, % lb. $2.75, lb. 
$ 10 . 00 . 
Finest Giant Mixed. Blended from named 
varieties. Tr. Pkt. 20c, ^ oz. 30c, % oz. 
50c, oz. 90c, % lb. $2.75, lb. $10.00. 
Giant Double Zinnias 
Kobusta Grandiflora Improved 
Excellent as garden flowers or for cut¬ 
ting. The plants are tall, bearing quanti¬ 
ties of flowers in good bright colors. The 
flowers though large do not compare with 
the California Giants. They are more 
rounded in form. 
•Isabellina. Creamy Buttercup. 
Crimson Rose 
Golden Yellow Scarlet 
Purple White 
Price, Any Variety—% oz. 25c, oz. 70c, % 
lb. $2.00, lb. $7.00. 
Special Mixture Pink and Rose Shades— 
% oz. 25c, oz. 70c, % lb. $2.00, lb. $7.00. 
Giant Double All Colors Mixed—% oz. 20c, 
oz. 00c, % lb. $1.75, lb. $6.00. 
Pumila Elegans Type 
Cut and Come Again 
A splendid group with perfectly formed 
fully double flowers of medium small 
size (larger and flatter than Lilliputs). 
Excellent for bedding because of uniform 
growth and free flowering qualities. 2-2% 
ft. high. 
Pumila Spun Gold. Delicate pastel shade 
of butter yellow. Excellent for cut 
flower work. Early to bloom, flowers 
2-2% inches in diameter with satisfac¬ 
tory stems. % oz. 25c, oz. 75c. 
Canary Yellow Pinkie 
Crimson Salmon Rose 
Golden Orange Snowball 
Any variety except Spun Gold—% oz. 20c, 
oz. 60e, % 11>. $1.S0. 
Pumila Finest Mixed Colors. % oz. 15c, 
oz. 50c, % lb. $1.60. 
Pumila Picotee Type 
Valuable cut flower type, flowers of med¬ 
ium size with satisfactory stems. Plants 
2-2% ft. tall. 
Mixed Colors. The colors include the best 
florists shades, salmon, cream, buff, yel¬ 
low and lavender. The petal tips are 
picoteed. % oz. 25c, % oz. 40c, oz. $1.25. 
Picotee Golden Ray. Golden orange, mark¬ 
ed with a delicate edging of brick red. 
Vs oz. 25c, % oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
Pieotee Salmon Rose. A good shade. % 
oz. 25c, % oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
Navajo, Gaillardia Flowered. A distinct 
type with medium sized flowers double 
and semi-double, long narrow petals 
some of which are incurved or fluted. 
The petals are tipped with white or 
light yellow, making a striking con¬ 
trast with the base color. 
Mixed Colors many shades. Tr. Pkt. 20c, 
% oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
Zinnias being one of the most impor¬ 
tant of all flower seed items, we have 
made every effort to procure the finest 
strains available. Yearly checking in 
our trial grounds is of great value in 
determining the best strains and the 
most valuable varieties. 
Dahlia Flowered 
Gold Medal Strains 
Most popular zinnia for garden use and 
for the florist to grow for plant sales. 
These varieties are the most distinct and 
the leaders. All are wonderfully good. 
The stocks are reselected and run excep¬ 
tionally true. If you wish a limited list 
of varieties choose those marked * thougli 
all are desirable. 
•Canary Bird. Canary yellow. 
•Crimson Monarch. Large deep crimson. 
Dream. Lavender. 
•Exquisite. Very fine light rose, deep rose 
in center. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow deeper than 
Canary Bird. 
•Illumination. Deep rose. 
Luminosn. Bright deep pink. 
•Oriole. Combination of orange and gold. 
Polar Bear. Large, white. 
Purple Prince. Deep lavender to purple. 
Scarlef Flame. Bright scarlet. 
Youth. Soft flesh pink. 
Prices any above named varieties—Tr. 
Pkt. 20c, % oz. 30c, % oz. 50c, oz. 90c, % 
lb. $2.75, lb. $10.00. 
Gold Medal Mixed. Special blending of 
named varieties. Tr. Pkt. 20c, % oz. 
30c, y 2 oz. 50c, oz. 90c, % lb. $2.75, lb. 
$ 10 . 00 . 
Crown of Gold Type 
Flowers large and Dahlia type on tall 
plants. The flowers of different shades but 
every petal at the base of the petal is 
golden yellow, while at the tip individual 
color is carried out. 
Crown Gold Mixed. Old rose, cream, yel¬ 
low, carmine, red and pink. % oz. 25c, 
% oz. 40c, oz. $1.40. 
Desert Gold. Combination of light and 
deep tones of gold, and golden yellow. 
Tr. Pkt. 25s, % oz. 55c, oz. $1.75. 
Zinniu Pumila, Salmon Rose. 
