KENDALL & WHITNEY, PORTLAND, MAINE 
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Flower Novelties 
1940 
Have a garden that is different by sowing some of the recent novelties. 
Bach year we offer to you a number of the new, outstanding' novelties of recent introduction. For your con¬ 
sideration this year we are listing on this page Novelties which have been tested and proven to be adapted to this 
section. 
May we suggest that you have a Novelty Garden this year by planting a number of the varieties listed below? 
KENDALL & WHITNEY. 
ACROCLINJUM. 
New Large Flowered Double Hybrids. Daisy-like 
flowers in salmon, white, pink, rose and other 
shades. Fine for Everlastings. Pkt., 10c. 
ASTER. 
Rose Marie. Wilt resisting, rose, broad, graceful 
twisted petals. Blooms 4 to 5 inches in diameter, 
tine cut flower. Pkt., 25c. 
Apple Blossom (Early Dawn). An early variety. 
Blooms 3 to 4 in. on strong stems. Pkt., 15c. 
Giant Harmony Mixture. Two feet tall with large 
blooms 4 to' '4% inches. Have full double quilled 
rounded centers, bright gold surrounded by several 
rows of broad petals. Blue, flesh, peach, rose, 
purple, white. Pkt., 25c. 
Super Giant El Monte. A superb, beautiful crimson 
flowered companion to Los Angeles. It is unusually 
early blooming, producing extremely large, fluffy, 
feathery flowers. Pkt., 15c. 
FRENCH MARIGOLD. 
Double Dwarf Royal Scot. About 10 in. tall. Mahog¬ 
any with gold stripes. Pkt., 15c. 
MARIGOLD. Harmony Type. Crested center flanked 
by several rows of broadguard petals, golden orange, 
golden yellow, striped and blotched. Pkt., 25c. 
MORNING GLORY. 
Clark’s Early Mammoth Blue. Sky blue. Pkt., 15c. 
Scarlett O’Hara. Flowers about 4 inches in diameter, 
deep rosy crimson. Pkt., 15c. 
NASTURTIUMS. Dwarf Double. 
Golden Gleam. Golden yellow, sweet scented. Pkt., 10c. 
Scarlet Gleam. Scarlet, sweet scented. Pkt., 10c. 
Glorious Gleam Hybrids. Finest mixed, sweet scented. 
Pkt., 10c. 
BACHELOR BUTTON. 
Jubilee Gem. Grows about 
1 ft. high, covered thickly 
with double, vivid blue 
flowers. Pkt., 15c. 
CALENDULA. 
Orange Sunshine. A gor¬ 
geous golden orange com¬ 
panion to Chrysantha. 
Plants 2 ft. tall, produce 
large, informal flowers, 
with long slender incurved 
petals. Pkt., 10c. 
CALLIOPSIS, Golden Crown. 
Rich yellow, maroon cen¬ 
ter. Pkt., 15c. 
COSMOS. 
Sensation. An early mam¬ 
moth flowering. Flowers 
4 in., height 4 ft. 
Pinkie. Rose Pink. Pkt., 
15c. 
Purity. White. Pkt., 15c. 
HOLLYHOCK. 
Indian Spring. Blooms in 
five months. Semi-double 
crinkly edged flowers, 
mostly rose pink. Pkt., 
15c. 
Scabiosa Rosette 
PETUNIA. 
Blue Redder. Flowers 2 to 
3 in., rich royal blue, 1 % 
ft. tall. Pkt., 10c. 
Celestial Rose. Flowers 2 
in., deep rose, 8 in. tall. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Velvet Ball. Height 8 in. 
Color, velvety blood-red. 
Fine for -window boxes. 
Pkt., 20c. 
PETUNIA. Topaz Rose. Fiery 
velvet rose suffused with 
gold. Pkt., 15c. 
PHLOX. 
Gigantea. Assorted shades, 
very large flowers, in 
pastel shades. Pkt., 15c. 
ICELAND POPPY. 
Blooms first year from seed. 
Fine for cutting. 
The Emperor. Large tan¬ 
gerine orange flowers. 
Petals fluted. Pkt., 15c. 
The Empress. Large salmon 
rose flowers. Petals fluted. 
Pkt., 15c. 
LARKSPUR. 
Giant Imperial. Tall upright, compact in habit. 4 to 5 
ft. tall. 
Blue Bell. Azure blue. Pkt., 15c. 
Coral King. Coral pink. Pkt., 15c. 
White King. White. Pkt., 15c. 
MARIGOLD. 
Crown of Gold. Flower centers are of short curled 
quilled petals, with a collar of flat guard petals 
outside. Flower 2>4 in., dazzling orange. Pkt., 20c. 
MARIGOLD. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered Mixed. A new type pro¬ 
ducing 100% fully double, large flowers with in¬ 
curved petals, varying from light yellow to deep 
orange. Plants 3 ft. tall, and very floriferous. 
Excellent for cutting. Pkt., 20c. 
MARIGOLD. 
Gigantea Sunset Giants. The very largest flowered 
Marigold yet developed. Plants 4 ft. tall, 6 to 8 
branches, each producing 3 to 6 enormous flowers, 
5 in. in diameter. Colors vary from primrose to deep 
orange. Pkt., 15c. 
SCABIOSA. 
Giant Blue Moon. Entirely different from other 
Scabiosa. Flow’ers composed of broad wavy petals, 
about 2 % inches. Color, rich, deep lavender blue, 
ideal for cutting. Pkt., 15c. 
ZINNIA. 
Linearis. The most unusual and interesting new 
Zinnia. Plants vigorous, free flowering, 8 to 10 in. 
tall, bearing early and continuously beautiful single 
golden orange flowers, with a delicate lemon yellow 
stripe. Excellent for borders and window boxes. 
Pkt., 15c. 
ZINNIA. 
Liiliput Pastel Mixture. Grows 12 to 15 In. high, 
flowers 1 to 1% in. diameter, in soft shades of 
apricot, peach, yellow, pink, salmon and orchid. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Wildfire. Of the fantasy type, a rich scarlet, flower¬ 
ing in about 50 days. 2% to 3 ft. tall. Pkt., 15c. 
