NOV El. TIES AND OTHER FLOWERS OF NOTE 
MARIGOLD “ORBIT ” 
Dwarf French Scabious Flowered 
Orbit grows to a height of 11 inches, is very free-flowering and 
the compact little plants are excellent for border and bedding 
purposes. Orbit's quilled center is colored a deep golden yel¬ 
low, with a perfect background of reddish brown guard petals. 
Tr. Pkt.... 25c Va oz.. . . 75c Vi oz.... $1.25 Oz.... $4.00 
Phlox Druiiiiiiondi “A. B. C. Special Strain” 
This much improved strain of Phlox is now in much favor for cut flowers and 
bedding. (See alphabetically arranged pages in this book for list and prices.) 
SCABIOSA, IMPERIAL GIANTS 
“BLUE MOON” (Bodger) 
(Introducer s Description) 
Although we hybridists may sometimes feel that the business of 
producing new flowers is just a routine day-after-day job, every 
once in a while we are buoyed up when we succeed in guid¬ 
ing a plant into hitherto unsuspecting and unimagined beauty. 
Such has been our experience during the development of a 
strikingly beautiful Scabiosa which we present herewith— 
Scabiosa Imperial Giants "Blue Moon." The flower form is as 
different from the existent Scabiosa varieties as Nasturtium 
Golden Gleam is different from the old singles, or the Dahlia 
Flowered Zinnia differs from old Zinnia types. Instead of a 
flower composed of a few rows of broad petals surmounted by 
a flat pincushion-like top of small petals, this new type has 
flowers composed entirely of broad, heavy, wavy petals, elimi¬ 
nating the pincushion center entirely. In other words, the flower 
is literally fully double. Because of this complete doubleness, 
the flowers are of course extremely large and deep, 2% inches 
across and 2 to 2% inches deep, about the shape of an old- 
fashioned beehive. The color is a rich deep lavender blue, a 
shade which maintains its effectiveness indoors or out. The 
plant type is just as great an improvement over the old as the 
flower itself. In its development we have followed the modern 
trend of streamlining for space-saving. Plants are extremely 
upright growing, tall, 42 to 48 inches in height as grown on 
our ranches and the long, heavy yet wiry stems hold the 
flowers proudly erect, completely eliminating the weak necks 
which are a fault of older types. "Blue Moon" is an ideal 
cutting type, because of the stem length, fully 27 inches even 
when field grown, and especially because the large beautifully 
shaped flowers are a luscious shade of deep lavender blue so 
hard to find in annual flowers. 
Tr. Pkt.50c Vi oz .90c Oz.$2.50 
New Scabiosa “Blue Moon” 
Exceptional for Cutting 
VERBENA HYBRIDA 
GRANDIFLORA 
“FLAMINGO” 
"Flamingo" is a mammoth flowered variety 
with a head of florets that is over 2 inches 
deep. Its vivid rose-pink color shows up to 
perfection on the large individual florets. 
It has the semi-erect grandiflora habit and 
is a heavy producer of long stems and 
large flowers. Ten to twelve stems are found 
on each plant and each carry two, three 
and four flowers. 
We recommend "Flamingo" as a splendid 
bedding annual with a long flowering sea¬ 
son and a hardy, robust habit. It is also a 
desirable cut flower that will give much 
pleasure for table decoration. 
Tr. Pkt.50c 1/4 oz.$1.00 
1/2 oz.$1.85 Oz.$3.50 
New Verbena 
“Flamingo” 
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