N OVELTIES ^7/7^ Ofhe/- Rate F/owets 
Sidalcea, Hemsley‘s New Hybrids 
PERENNIAL 
Mr. Hemsley, the originator, who has done so 
much to improve this lovely perennial, won with 
this flower the Challenge Trophy for the most prog¬ 
ress made in plant-breeding in recent years. This 
strain includes such lovely shades as pale pink, deep 
pink, salmon, and red. Plants grow from 2 to 3 feet 
high and will flower from the end of June till Sep¬ 
tember. Hardy. Pkt. 75 cts., 5 pkts. $3. 
New Stock, Double Giant Excelsior, 
Rose-Pink 
Special Mention, 1937 All-America Selections. 
Clear rose-pink color available for the first time in a 
Column Stock. The florets are huge, 23^2 inches 
across, and very double. They are closely packed 
on the long, strong spikes. This is the popular clear 
rose-pink which is so admired and has been sought 
for in Stocks and which we are able to offer you for 
the first time. You will be surprised and pleased 
by the size of the individual florets of this variety. 
Pkt. 60 cts. 
New Stock, Super-Giant Imperial, 
Dark Blue 
An addition to this new group of handsome 
Stocks. The plant is base-branching, each plant 
producing 12 to 15 huge flower-spikes. Florets are 
large and very double, 13^ to 2 inches across, 40 
to 50 florets blooming at one time on a branch. 
In full bloom the plants are fully 3 feet high. 
Pkt. 50 cts. 
Stock, Giants of California, Sequoia 
Stock, Giants of California, Sequoia 
Another color addition to this fine strain of Stock 
—sparkling rosy carmine, a popular shade for cut- 
arrangements. The main flower-spikes average 
with florets over 2 inches across. Quite a 
Pkt. 75 cts. 
flower 
1 foot in length, 
few of the flowers are double. 
Veronica fruticulosa (V. saxatilis) 
A dwarf Veronica growing 6 to 8 inches tall, with cush¬ 
ions of fresh green leaves and bunches of shining gentian- 
blue flowers. The individual flowers are fleeting but appear 
almost endlessly. Does well even in semi-shade, and often 
blooms from May to August. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Zinnia pumila. Dwarf Double, Spun Gold 
This is a Zinnia to please the most esthetic taste. It has 
perfectly formed, 3-inch flowers of the softest pastel shade 
of butter-yellow, made more enchanting by just the hint 
of an opalescent sheen over all. The plants are dwarf, not 
much over a foot tall, but branch freely and produce 
quantities of lovely flowers for cutting. Pkt. 35 cts. 
Veronica fruticulosa 
Double Zinnia linearis 
We are the first to offer the double form of this lovely 
little Zinnia which was the sensational novelty of 1937. 
The plants grow 8 to 10 inches tall, becoming perfect little 
mounds often as much as 2 feet across, and literally cov¬ 
ered all season with spectacular little flowers of golden 
orange, with a delicate lemon-yellow stripe running through 
each petal. They produce a good percentage of double 
flowers. Pkt. 50 cts. 
^cKling live. 
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