NOVELTIES and Other Rare Flowers 
Sidalcea, Hemsley’s New Hybrids 
PERENNIAL 
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 September. Hardy. Pkt. 75 cts., 5 pkts. $3. 
New Stoc^ Double Giant Excelsior/ 
Rose-Pink 
^Bronze Medal, 1937 All-America Selections. 
/Clear rose-pink color available for the first time 
in a Column Stock. The florets are huge, 2% 
inches across, and very double. They are closely 
packed on the long, strong spikes. Pkt. 50 cts. 
New Stock, Super-Giant Imperial, 
Dark Blue 
Veronica fruticulosa (V. saxatilis) 
A dwarf Veronica growing 6 to 8 inches tall, with 
cushions 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, Fantasy, White Light 
sHonorable Mention, 1939 All-America Selec¬ 
tions. At last we are able to offer a pure white 
form of this lovely class. These Fantasy 
Zinnias, with their curled and crested petals, are a 
welcome change in the make-up of a Zinnia bloom. 
The bushy plants are 2^ feet tall, possibly a little 
more, and produce liberal quantities of these desir¬ 
able flowers all through the season. Splendid for 
cutting. Pkt. 35 cts. 
The plant is base-branching, producing 12 to 15 
huge flower-spikes. Florets are large and very 
double, 1 Yl to 2 inches across, 40 to 50 florets bloom¬ 
ing at one time on a branch. In full bloom the plants 
are fully 3 feet high. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Stock, Giants of California, Sequoia 
Sparkling rosy carmine, a popular shade for cut- 
flower arrangements. The main flower-spikes aver¬ 
age 1 foot in length, with florets over 2 inches across. 
Quite a few of the flowers are double. See illustra¬ 
tion on page 17. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
Verbena, Blue Sentinel 
Bronze Medal, 1939 All-America Selections. 
Compact plants hold the lovely heads of 
flowers erect at a height of 10 to 12 inches. 
The individual florets, nearly an inch across, are 
rich deep blue with just a hint of violet. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Zinnia pumila, Dwarf Double, 
Spun Gold 
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. 
STRAWBERRY, DELIGHT 
A low-growing, compact plant with attractive 
foliage which blooms in a few weeks after seed is 
planted and is thereafter continually topped with 
flowers and with red or yellow berries peeking from 
beneath the leaves. The fruit is of medium size and 
has the delicious flavor and fragrance of wild Straw¬ 
berries. It does well in sun or a semi-shaded position, 
is perfectly winter hardy, and flowers and berries 
appear continually until frost. 
Strawberry, Delight 
Red Delight Yellow Delight 
Pkt. 75 cts., one pkt. of each color, $1.25 
Four Novelty Plants 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, LAVENDER LADY. A 
glorious hardy Korean Hybrid with great big, 
shaggy, double flowers of true lavender which 
takes on a silvery hue with age. The plants are 
strong and bushy and produce the blooms gen¬ 
erously. October 8. 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, PALE MOON. Pale soft 
yellow of ethereal quality is the tone of these 
dainty flowers which are of medium size and 
loosely double. Nice plants that bloom ^rom early 
October on. 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
BUDDLEIA, DUBONNET. At last we are able 
to offer a red Buddleia. The plants are strong 
growers, producing magnificent spikes of bloom 
of the color of the famous wine for which it is 
named. $1.25 each, $12.50 per doz. 
TAMARIX, SUMMER GLOW. Beautiful wine- 
red flowers in graceful sprays glorify this novelty 
which blooms profusely during the hot days of 
summer. The plants, with their feathery light 
green foliage, are attractive when out of bloom. 
$1 each, $10 per doz. 
Visit the Garden of Nyssa, of the School of Applied Agriculture, showing Max Schling’s Tulips in Bloom, 
New York World’s Fair, 1939 
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