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THOMAS J. GREY CO.’S SEED CATALOGUE 
Flower Seed Novelties and Specialties —Continued 
Double Petunia 
MARIGOLD NOVELTIES 
5470 EXTRA EARLY, DWARF HYBRIDS. (Carnation-Flowered.) 
Earliest of all African type Marigolds. Color ranges from 
bright orange to clear lemon, including rich medium orange 
shades. Grows to a height of 18 inches with many base 
branches and laterals all blooming at the same time, pro¬ 
ducing a mass of color completely smothering the foliage. 
Blooms 2%-3 inches across of Guinea Gnld type, but with 
quilled center. Blooms 3 or 4 weeks ahead of other African 
Marigolds. Pkt. 25c. 
5471 GOLDEN SUPREME. Giant Peony flowered type with flowers 
of bright glowing golden yellow. Center petals cupped and 
incurved in peony-like habit. Plants 28 inches high, bushy 
and profuse blooming. Pkt. 25c. 
5453A LIMELIGHT. Chrysanthemum-flowered type. Very light 
primrose-yellow flowers 2% inches across. Curled and in¬ 
terlaced petals form a perfectly round head of exquisite 
pompon-Chrysanthemum form. The dwarf, bushy plants, 20 
inches high, begin to bloom 17 weeks from seed sowing and 
flower to frost. Pkt. 25c. 
5496 ORBIT. Dwarf French Scabious type. One of the brightest 
annuals; free flowering, compact little plants 11 inches high; 
fine for borders or beds. Flowers have deep golden yellow 
quilled centers, reddish brown guard petals. 'Pkt. 15c. 
5439A SILVER CROWN. Collarette or Crown type. Soft, light 
pleasing shade of primrose-buff. Petals of the collar are 
narrow and waved and surround a ball shaped crest of 
hundreds of petals curled and interlaced. Plants are 2 feet 
high with odorless foliage, and begin to bloom 14 weeks 
from time seed is sown. Pkt. 25c. 
5465 SPANISH GOLD. Hedge or Border type. A row appears as a 
well trimmed hedge 20 in. high, 30 in. wide, sides sym¬ 
metrical with a flat top. Flowers golden orange. Pkt. 15c. 
5498 YELLOW PYGMY. A Lilliput French double compact type. 
8 inches tall; small blooms of light lemon-yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
5511 TALL DOUBLE FRENCH WINTER HARMONY. A new 
type for winter flowering in the greenhouse. It is of the 
quilled Scabious type with a single row of reddish-brown 
guard petals encircling a golden orange quilled center, with 
mahogany dots on the tips of the quilled petals. Uniform 
growth of 3 feet with 100% double 2-inch flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
5513 IJEB’S WINTER FLOWERING. Fine to follow Chrysanthe¬ 
mums in the greenhouse. Flowers about 3 inches across, deep 
mahogany-brown with golden yellow crest. Pkt. 2 5c. 
PetutUciA. 
304A BETSY ROSS. Miniature Ruffled. The color 
is red and white, with the white blending 
to golden and the red blending to very deep 
red in the throat. The blooms are 2% 
inches across, well ruffled and with a good 
open throat. Good for a pot plant as well 
as for bedding purposes. Pkt. 35c. 
6311A NANA COMPACTA VIOLET BLUE. Rich 
violet with a bright blue cast. Plants uni¬ 
form, symmetrical and compact, with clean 
dark foliage hardly visible due to the great 
number of rich violet-blue flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
6301A CREAM STAR. Hybrida Nana Compacta 
variety. Flowers are a soft, creamy white, 
bluntly star-shaped and with a star of 
cream coloring on the white flowers. Free 
blooming and true. Pkt. 25c. 
6302A GLOW". Bright rose-red with lighter throat. 
Plants dwarf, compact ball shaped and ex¬ 
tremely free flowering. Pkt. 35c. 
ALL-DOUBLE VICTORIOUS 
This is an exceptionally fine strain of fancy 
double frilled giant flowers, many 5 inches across. 
They are beautifully frilled and ruffled and have 
a wide color range of exquisite shades. Plants are 
dwarf growing. 
6368A APPLE BLOSSOM 
6368B LOVELINESS. La-France rose. 
6368C ORCHID BEAUTY 
6368D WHITE 
6368E WORLD BEAUTY. Rose-carmine. 
6368 “VICTORIOUS.” Mixed colors. 
Separate Colors or Mixed Pkt. $1.00 
ICELAND POPPY 
66 18 BEAUTY OF BELVEDERE. This new strain 
has flowers of largest size carried grace¬ 
fully on long stems. The color range runs 
to the deeper shades, having a high pro¬ 
portion of cherry, flame, carmine and crim¬ 
son, also tones of pink, rose, salmon and 
apricot. No white, yellow or orange. Pkt. 35c 
SCABIOSA 
716 6 HEAVENLY BLUE. Distinct and lovely 
azure-blue, very early and free flowering. 
Plants are dwarf (18 inches) and loaded 
with short wiry stemmed, high crowned 
double flowers, suitable for bedding and 
lower cutting arrangements. Pkt. 25c. 
STOCK 
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
A new tall branching group rated highly for all 
forcing purposes. They are very early flowering, 
produce long branches if planted well apart and 
have extra long flowering spikes with immense 
individual florets. When planted close (4 inches 
apart) they grow over 3 feet, having only a single 
central spike with a 15 inch stem of florets. 
Pkt. 20c each except where noted. 
GOLDEN GATE 
MOJAVE. Rich velvety purple or Elks’ Pride 
color. Pkt. 35c. 
MONTEREY. Pink. 
PACIFIC. Deep blue. 
RED WOODS. Blood-red. 
SANTA BARBARA. Chamois. 
SANTA MARIA. White. 
SEQUOIA. New rosy carmine. 
TAHOE. Lavender. 
YOSEMITE. Rose 
MIXED 
