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CARNATION 
Giant-flowered 
Malmaison 
J. M. Bridgeford, 
HHP. 
I NTRODUCERS of new plants are incurably 
optimistic. Slight variations in color, height 
of plant, blooming season, and other trifling 
matters may be the only distinctions some novel¬ 
ties can claim. And yet just such a slight varia¬ 
tion may convert a hitherto commonplace flower 
into a novelty of highest garden merit. 
We have done our best to sift the wheat from 
the chaff, so that we might present to you only 
those things which seem to us to be genuinely new 
or improved in the more important details. 
RAISERS’ DESCRIPTIONS 
'TLowet Seed novelties 
for 1939 
A4SERATUM KING OF THE BLUES, ha. 
Small, compact plants covered with flowers of the deepest blue 
practically all summer. Recommended for edgings and borders. 
Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
CARNATION 
GIANT-FLOWERED MALMAISON, 
J. M. BRIDGEFORD. hhp. 
The 15-inch plants are of distinct habit with large flowers 33dz to 
4 inches across. This has the most extensive range of colors we have 
ever seen—25 different colors and shades have been counted in a 
moderate-sized bed. Pkt. 50 cts.; 3 pkts. $1.50. 
IPOMOEA SCARLETT O'HARA 
Large, rich dark wine-red flowers, 4 inches across, on strong plants 
which come into bloom early and continue until frost kills them. This 
is a great novelty. Awarded a Gold Medal in last year’s All-America 
Selections, but was held over because of a seed shortage. Pkt. 35 cts.; 
3 pkts. $1. 
PRIMULA MACACO MILS 
MELODY, hha. 
Large, fringed flowers of pure rose-pink, slightly tinged with salmon, 
are freely borne on shapely, compact plants. Pkt. 50 cts.; 3 pkts. $1.25. 
STOCK BROMPTON, CRIMSON BEAUTY. HHA. 
Massive spikes of large individual, double flowers of rich deep 
crimson. Splendid in the garden and an especially desirable cut-flower. 
Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
COSTER BOY. (King.) Charming combination of pink flushed 
bright rose on white ground. Five and six blooms on long stems. 
Excellent for exhibition. Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
DORIS. (King.) Rich cerise on white ground; flowers very large and 
strongly scented. Extra-strong grower. Good for any purpose. 
Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
FAIRYLAND. (Ferry-Morse.) Of outstanding vigor and size of 
bloom. Light rich rose-pink on heavy cream ground, deepening to¬ 
ward edges. Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
GRACIE. (Bolton.) A subtle soft opalescent tone of cream-pink, 
cream base on keel, with flesh-pink merging to more radiant tint 
toward ends of petals. Long wire-like stems. Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
MRS. C. KAY. (Bolton.) A clear bright shade of lavender, untar¬ 
nished by any dull lilac tint. Free-flowering, often .with fives on 
long rigid stems. Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
SAILOR BOY. (King.) Rich deep navy-blue with a delightful sheen. 
The darkest color of its kind. Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
SPICY. (Bolton.) Excellent both for decoration and exhibition. 
Color a lively brilliant pink between salmon and almond blossom 
laid on good ivory-ground tint. Award of Merit, R. H. S., 1936 
trials. Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
VESTA. (Ferry-Morse.) Outstanding for size and vigor. Light rich 
rose-pink on heavy cream ground, deepening toward edges of petals. 
Fours and fives on long stems. Pkt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. $1. 
FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 
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WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
