Forbes Flowers of Special Merit 
Here are some worth-while strains you should try this year. They are fine 
specialties of extremely high quality and will pay you well. All are easy to grow 
and we believe will please you 
better than the strains you are 
now using. Shipment will be made 
the same day we hear from you. 
Mail us your order now . 
Snow Cloth Alyssum 
A new earlier variety with very 
flat, dwarf plants, each a com¬ 
pact mass of tiny white flowers 
without green centers. The strain 
is very uniform. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
34oz. 25 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; ^lb. $2. 
Violet Queen Alyssum 
A real find—Violet Queen Alyssum 
An outstanding, very excellent, new English strain with clusters of tiny violet 
flowers, some of which have cream centers. Each plant forms a compact, round 
mass of intense violet which is unusually attractive. The color becomes stronger 
as the plants develop. Ht. 4 in. Seed scarce. Pkt. 25 cts.; x^oz. 35 cts.; 34 oz * SI; 
oz. $3. 
Autumn Shades Arctotis 
Quite long-stemmed, showy, daisy-like, single flowers in tones of red, orange, 
burnt-orange, bronzy orange, yellow and cream on 10-inch compact plants. Very 
colorful. Pkt. 20 cts.; r^oz. 50 cts.; 34°z. SI.50; oz. $4.50. 
The compact plants, uniformly 15 inches high, are ex¬ 
ceptionally fine for bedding. The medium-sized, double, 
bright scarlet flowers easily bloom the following 
spring from fall-sown seed, and, if started indoors 
early, will bloom the first year. Very fine. Pkt. 10 
cts.; 3 x oz « 35 cts.; 3^oz. $1; oz. $3; ^lb. $9; lb. $30. 
Super Giant Double Cornflowers 
This is a very greatly improved strain of Centaurea 
Cyanus with unusually large, very double flowers 
in colors of strong intensity. The stems are fine for cutting. 
Black Boy, blackish maroon; Blue Boy; Pinkie; Red Boy, 
deep red; Snowman, white; and Mixed. Each, pkt. 
10 cts.; 34 oz * 13 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 3^Ib. $1.25; lb. $3.75. 
Firefly Cuphea 
A new, dwarf, compact, red annual for the border and 
fine for pot-plants. The ball-shaped, 10-inch plants are 
12 inches across, and in 12 to 14 weeks from seed bear a 
profusion of small, fiery cerise-red flowers and resemble a 
ball of fire. Pkt. 20 cts.; ^oz. 30 cts.; 3dl oz * 90 cts.; ]^oz. $1.60; oz. $5. 
Super Giant Double 
Cornflower 
Dwarf Double Red Grenadin Carnation 
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