Scabiosa, Loveliness 
Sweet Pea, King Lavender 
Zinnia linearis 
_Improved Annual Scabiosas_ 
ORCHID SHADES. Developed primarily for the florist and pro¬ 
fessional decorator, these are of equal interest to the amateur who 
looks for a beautiful cut-flower of simple culture. The flowers are 
large and on long stems; colors include mother-of-pearl pink, light 
pink, dark pink, mauve, crushed strawberry, and others. All are 
pleasingly fragrant. Pkt. 25 cts., }4=oz. $1, oz. $3.50. 
LOVELINESS. The blooms range through varying tones of soft deli¬ 
cate rose. Unsurpassed as a cut-flower, having long, stiff stems 
and delightful fragrance. Pkt. 15 cts., 34oz. 60 cts., oz. $2. 
SALMON BEAUTY. A fitting companion to Loveliness, it has the 
same vigor of growth and enormous flowers, but the new color is 
a charming pure salmon. Pkt. 25 cts., 34oz. $1, oz. $3.50. 
Summer-flowering Sweet Peas 
ABUNDANCE. {Mauve.) Remarkable new variety; six to nine 
flowers are produced in a spray. They are fairly large and of an 
orchid-like mauve color. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
BRIDAL VEIL. {White.) Clear, chaste, and pure white. The giant 
flowers are beautifully frilled. Many are duplexed. Black seed. 
Pkt. 20 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
DIANA. {Rose-pink on cream.) Immense flowers, in color a delicate 
rose-pink on a cream ground. They are duplexed and are carried 
on long stems. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, oz. $1.50. 
DISCOVERY. {Chamois-pink.) The color is very bright and deep 
and the blooms are enormous. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
FLAGSHIP. {Blue.) This won the Silver Medal of the Scottish 
Sweet Pea Society last year. Long stems carry large, frilled blooms 
of a clear, deep blue. Pkt. 20 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
GOLDEN DRAGON. {Orange.) Duplex sort of great merit. The 
standard is bright orange, while the wings shade to a deeper orange- 
rose. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, oz. $1.50. 
GRANDEUR. {Shell-pink on white.) Distinct and very clear color. 
The vigorous plant is in bloom continuously throughout the season. 
Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
KING LAVENDER. {Lavender.) The most vigorous in this color. 
Large flowers of clear, light lavender. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
LIFE. {Scarlet.) The brightest and most effective scarlet-cerise. 
Flowers freely and is decidedly sunproof. Pkt. 20 cts., oz, 75 cts. 
MAYTIME. {Golderi cerise.) The combined hues produce a tone of 
great richness—cerise with a golden overtone. Normally producing 
four or five flowers on a stem, it has been awarded a Certificate of 
the Scottish National Society. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, oz. $1.50. 
PEER. {Orange-pink on cream.) Vigorous plant, producing very large 
flowers. A. M., National S. P. Society, 1936. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
YELLOW TIP. {Near yellow.) Flowers are large, well balanced, and 
the plant grows strongly. Pkt. 35 cts., oz. $1.25. 
COLLECTION: One pkt. each of above 12 new varieties, $3 
A “duplex” Sweet Pea seems to be semi-double, the nearest to a 
double flower hitherto achieved by hybridizers. 
_Up-tO"<hc«Minute Salvias_ 
BLAZE OF FIRE. The dwarfest of all bright scarlet Salvias, and 
by far the most brilliant. Ten to fourteen days earlier than the 
varieties used hitherto, it is quite the best bedding variety. The 
novelty of the year. Height, 1 foot. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
PATENS, MAUVE QUEEN. This introduction gives us a valuable 
new color for bedding, helio-mauve. May be treated as an annual, 
sowing seed early and transplanting when danger of frost has passed. 
Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
New Verbenas _ 
FLORADALE BEAUTY. A new selection 
from the Beauty of Oxford class. It bears 
large clusters of flowers of beautiful rose and 
salmon-rose hues. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, )^oz. $1.50. 
CRIMSON GLOW. The color is vivid and new—a fine crimson, 
pure, self-colored and without even a white eye. The trusses of 
flowers are large. Pkt. 25 cts., ^oz. $1, oz. $3.50. 
BONARIENSIS. Hardy perennial producing rosy lavender flowers 
on long, stiff stems; these are highly and sweetly perfumed, and 
are most valuable for cut-flower purposes. 43^ feet. Award of 
Merit, R. H. S., England. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
_Five New Zinnias_ 
DESERT GOLD. Gardeners will welcome Desert Gold, of the new 
“Crown of Gold” strain. The light and deeper hues of gold have 
been segregated, being equally striking in the garden or for cut- 
bloom. Height, 23 ^ feet. Pkt. 25 cts., 34oz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
LINEARIS. Here is an ideal flowering plant for window-boxes or 
for any location where a dwarf and brilliant plant can be used. It 
grows 10 inches high and may spread 2 feet; from within six weeks 
of sowing seed until frost, it is covered with a profusion of medium¬ 
sized, single, daisy-like flowers. The outer florets are golden orange 
with a yellow stripe running the length of each; the center eye is 
dark brown. Pkt. 25 cts., 34oz. $1, oz. $3.50. 
SCABIOUS-FLOWERED HYBRIDS. The flowers are of medium 
size, but are produced in great profusion. They have wide outer 
florets, but the inner section is made up of tubular florets resembling 
the Scabious. Colors include Crimson, Scarlet, Orange, Yellow, 
Pink, and White. Mixed, pkt. 25 cts., 3402 . 60 cts., oz. $2. 
SCABIOUS-FLOWERED, AUTUMN TINTS. The colors are 
orange, bronze, russet, dull red, carmine, terra-cotta, and inter¬ 
mediate shades. Mixed, pkt. 25 cts., 34oz. 75 cts., oz. $2.50. 
LILLIPUT, PASTEL SHADES. These 1-foot-high Baby Zinnias 
are compact and symmetrical, and the tight little blooms are on 
long stems. Invaluable for cut-flower purposes, they are excellent 
for bedding, too, their effect being one of restrained beauty, of con¬ 
servative brilliance. In the mixture are soft apricot, peach, cream, 
shell-pink, salmon, rose, and orchid. They flower 45 days after sow¬ 
ing. Pkt. 15 cts., 3^02. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
ALL-AMERICA 
WINNER, 1937 
THE ALL-AMERICA 
WINNERS 
A committee of horticultural trade experts grows trial rows of new plants every season. Novelties showing the great¬ 
est merit are given awards by this All-America Committee, and the njost outstanding of all earns the Gold Medal of 
the year. We indicate these superior kinds, and we especially recommend them. 
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