Here Are New Things for Your Pleasure 
Marigold, Gigantea, Sunset Shades 
Cosmos 
EXTRA-EARLY MAMMOTH SENSATION. Vigorous plants 
growing 4 to 6 feet high, bearing great masses of extra-large, 
well-rounded, broad-petaled blooms in white and pink. The 
individual blooms measure 4 to 6 inches across. Most out¬ 
standing because it will bloom 10 days earlier than any other 
strain in existence. Award of Merit, 1936 All-America Selec¬ 
tions. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
EARLY KLONDYKE, ORANGE FLARE. Bright, vivid orange 
flowers freely produced on branchy plants 2 to 3 feet tall. 
Blooms within four months from time of sowing seed. Gold 
Medal, 1935 All-America Selections. Pkt. 15 cts.; Y oz - 
75 cts.; oz. $2.50. 
Nierembergia hippomanica 
Dwarf Cup-Flower 
A lovely, dwarf, compact annual growing only 5 to 6 inches 
tall and spreading 8 to 10 inches. Begins to bloom 15 weeks 
after seed is sown, the small, cup-like, lavender-blue flowers, 
with touch of yellow in centers, completely covering the foliage. 
Blooms continuously. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
Marigolds 
FRENCH, TALL DOUBLE, ROYAL SCOT. The large, well- 
formed double flowers are produced in abundance on plants 
from 2 to 2Y feet high. Fine for garden or cutting use. The 
color is a bold combination of mahogany and gold in sym¬ 
metrical stripes which radiate from the center of the flower. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; 4 pkts. 50 cts. 
COLLARETTE, CROWN OF GOLD. New. Orange flowers, 
having crested centers, with broad guard petals. Odorless 
foliage. Gold Medal, 1937 All-America Selections. Pkt. 25 cts.; 
Hoz. $1. 
GIGANTEA, SUNSET SHADES. A truly super-giant Marigold 
with blooms measuring 5 to 7 x /i inches across. Includes many 
beautiful colors ranging from primrose to deep gold. Produces 
60 per cent double-flowering plants. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
GUINEA GOLD. Tall plants, producing large orange-gold 
flowers freely until frost. Gold Medal, 1933 All-America 
Selections. Pkt. 15 cts.; 34 0z - 25 cts.; oz. II. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED. These hybrids produce 
a great many different types of flowers. Some are quilled, 
others are imbricated, and still others are of the same form as 
Crown of Gold. The blooms measure 2 to 4 inches in diameter. 
They are borne on stout plants 3 feet high. Contains many 
shades of yellow and orange. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
YELLOW SUPREME. Tall plants blooming from midsummer 
until frost. Loosely ruffled, carnation-like blooms of creamy 
lemon-yellow. Gold Medal, 1935 All-America Selections. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; J^oz. 50 cts.; oz. $1.50. 
LITTLE GIANT (Tagetes signata pumila). Slender fern¬ 
like foliage and an abundance of gay, single, deep orange flow¬ 
ers on plants which are only 4 to 6 inches high with a spread 
of 8 to 10 inches. Pkt. 25 cts.; 3 pkts. 50 cts. 
Russell Lupins 
These Lupins have created a sensation wherever shown. They 
easily outclass the older varieties in length of flower-spike, 
vigorous growth, and variety and richness of color. Spikes 
carried on 3}/?-foot stems are not unusual, the upper 26 inches a 
mass of color and 5 inches in diameter. Colors range from white 
and lemon, passing through yellows, pinks, apricots, reds, blues 
and blendings of these colors, to purples and maroons. 12 seeds 
25 cts.; large pkt. 75 cts. 
Calliopsis, Golden Crown 
Lovely rich orange-yellow flowers about a third larger than 
Golden Wave, on 12-inch, wiry stems; pleasingly fragrant and 
some have a double row of petals. Award of Merit, 1938 All- 
America Selections. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
Nemesia 
A very beautiful, quick-growing, early-blooming annual, both 
for bedding and cool greenhouse culture, producing a brilliant 
display in the garden over a long period. Pkt. 15 cts.; 4 pkts. 50c. 
Shakespeare^ Pansies 
These are the simple, quaint little Pansies of Shakespeare’s 
time, and are suitable for any location in the garden. They can 
be very easily grown wherever Pansies are successful. Most ideal 
for the old-fashaoned garden, the rock-garden, or that shady loca¬ 
tion in the border. The habit of growth is similar to Violas, and 
they come in a mixture of colors ranging through purples, yellows, 
blues, and whites. All are delightfully fragrant. Pkt. 25 cts.; 
large pkt. $1; ygoz. $2. 
All-Double Petunias 
A strain of double, fringed, annual Petunias remarkable for 
the size of flower (many exceed 43d; inches in diameter) and for 
the fact that every seedling may be expected to produce double or 
semi-double flowers. The mixture contains a wonderful assort¬ 
ment of beautiful colors—carmine, brilliant rose, velvety purple- 
violet, purple, white, creamy yellow, and intermediate colors; 
some, too, are variegated. Pkt 3 pkta 
Tall Triumphant, All-double Fringed .$0 50 $1 25 
Dwarf Victorious, All-double Fringed . 50 1 25 
Petunias 
CELESTIAL ROSE. A new improved shade of deep rose-pink. 
Compact plants make it a fine bedding variety. Pkt. 25 cts.; 
5 pkts. $1. 
DWARF ELK’S PRIDE. A really dwarf type in which the 
straggly habit is entirely lacking, the plants being upright and 
free flowering. Color is royal purple. Pkt. 25 cts.; large 
pkt. 85 cts. 
FLAMING VELVET. An annual with glorious flowers of a new 
Petunia shade—rich velvety wine-red. Grows 1 to 1^ feet 
high with very few off-color flowers. Gold Medal, 1936 All- 
America Selections. Pkt. 25 cts.; 3 pkts. 60 cts. 
SNOW QUEEN. Large pure white flowers on compact, erect 
plants. Unusually free blooming. Pkt. 15 cts.; Y^oz. 75 cts. 
Scabiosa, Rosette 
Many years of careful selection and painstaking care have 
produced this magnificent new variety. The color is deep rose 
with an attractive suffusion of salmon. Of elegant form and 
carried on fine long stiff stems. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
Zinnia 
LINEARIS. Single deep golden orange flowers, with a delicate 
light yellow stripe which contrasts boldly with the dark center 
—a combination which is most attractive. It is early flowering, 
and the plant reaches a height of 8 to 10 inches with a spread 
of as much as 2 feet. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
CUPID. Small, button-like flowers on 1-foot plants. Many 
colors. Mixed, pkt. 15 cts. 
SCABIOSA-FLOWERED. Plants 2]/ 2 to 3 feet tall, with 
medium-sized flowers resembling the annual Scabiosa in a 
wide range of colors. Mixed, pkt. 25 cts.; )4 0Z - $1. 
THOMAS WOOD & SONS, Inc., Montclair, N. J. 
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Flower Seeds 
