The Super Giant Pacific Hybrid Delphiniums are outstanding 
Cynoglossum, Firmament 
Bronze Medal, All-America Selections 
A new, dwarf, compact type 15 inches tall. Color deep ultra marine 
blue. Excellent as a cut-flower. Trade pkt. 40c.; $3,00 per oz. 
Delphinium • Perennial Larkspur 
SUPER GIANT PACIFIC HYBRIDS 
The spikes are strong, growing 5 to 6 feet, closely set, and the flowers 
are as large as a silver dollar. This strain is practically immune from 
mildew, and is proving a splendid variety for cut-flower purposes. We 
offer tbe Originator's stock seed only. 
Galahad Series. This is a new strain with clear white, enormous 
individual flowers averaging 3 inches in diameter, well spaced on strong, 
whippy stems. The plants are mildew resistant. This strain is the 
strongest and largest white Delphinium. Trade pkt. $2.00; $4.00 
per Vsoz.; Vioz. $7.00. 
Lancelot Series. A new color in Delphiniums—pure lilac self-tone with 
white bee. Individual flowers 2 to inches in diameter. An ideal 
cut- and show-flower. Trade pkt. $2.00. 
White Majesty. Giant pure white. Trade pkt. $1.25; $2.50 per ^4oz.; 
V 4 OZ. $4.00; $14.00 per oz. 
Dark Biue Shades. Trade pkt. $1.00; $2.00 per Vgoz.; V^oz. $7.00; 
$ 12.00 per oz. 
Light Biue Shades. Trade pkt. $1.00; $2.00 per %oz.; Vzoz. $7.00; 
$ 12.00 per oz. 
Pastei Shades. Trade pkt. $1.00; $ 2.00 per Vsoz.; VzOZ. $7.00; $12.00 
per oz. 
Mixed Colors. Trade pkt. $1.00; $2.00 per i/goz.; VzOZ. $7.00; $12.00 
per oz. 
New Larkspur, Giant Imperial, Pink Perfection 
Flowers are a very lively, luscious shade of light pink and the individual 
florets are 2 inches across, closely spaced on the stem, giving a heavy 
hollyhock-like cutting spike 2 feet in length. Ideal as a florist color, also 
a magnificent addition to the home-garden. Trade pkt. 40c.; $2.00 per oz. 
Larkspur, Cockade 
A new improved strain of base-branching Giant Imperial type. Sym¬ 
metrical plants with longer flowering spikes. 
Blue Cockade. Rich lilac-blue. Trade pkt. 30c.; $1.00 per oz.; V^lb. 
$3.00. 
Rose Cockade. Salmon-rose. Trade pkt. 30c.; $1.00 per oz.; V^lb. $3.00. 
Sapphire Cockade. Deep lilac. Trade pkt. 30c.; $1.00 per oz.; V^lh. 
$3.00. 
White Cockade. Pure white. Trade pkt. 30c.; $1.00 per oz.; Vilh. $3.00. 
Mixed. Trade pkt. 30c.; $1.00 per oz.; 141b. $3.00. 
Marigold, Golden Jubilee 
Marigold, Early Dwarf 
Chrysanthemum-flowered, Golden Jubilee 
Michell’s Exclusive Introduction for 1940 
This new, very early, dwarf. Mum-flowered Marigold grows about lU 
feet high and produces excellent, large, double. Chrysanthemum-like 
flowers in shades of golden yellow, orange, and light yellow. Fine for 
bedding or planting in groups in the perennial border. Trade pkt. 50c.; 
$3.00 per oz. 
New Marigold, Extra-early Dwarf Hybrids, 
Carnation-flowered 
The earliest of all African-type Marigolds. Very free flowering, the 
color ranging from bright orange to clear lemon, including a number of 
rich orange shades. It grows to a height of 1^ feet, with many base 
branches and laterals, all blooming at the same time, producing a mass of 
color that completely smothers the foliage. The blooms are from 2j^ to 
3 inches in diameter, of a Guinea Gold type, but with a quilled center. An 
entirely new and distinct type of Marigold. It will bloom from three to 
four weeks ahead of the other African Marigolds. Trade pkt. 40c.; 
$ 2.00 per oz. 
New Marigold, French Dwarf Double, 
Harmony Hybrids 
This variety comes practically 100 per cent true. The plants grow 12 to 
14 inches high, and commence blooming two and a half months after seed 
is sown. Flowers are of medium size, and the color-range includes in¬ 
numerable combinations of the popular Harmony Marigold. All the 
flowers have the familiar crested center, flanked by several rows of broad 
guard-petals. As a showy garden subject. Harmony Hybrids take first 
honors and will undoubtedly supersede all other dwarf French types. 
Trade pkt. 50c.; $1.25 per *4oz. 
New Marigold, French Dwarf Double, 
Spotlight (Harmony Type) 
A showy companion to the popular Harmony Marigold, Spotlight, takes 
its place on the Marigold roll of honor. The plants are about 12 to 14 
inches high, very compact, extremely free blooming, and unusually early. 
At least two weeks earlier than other French varieties. They have the 
characteristic Harmony flower formation, scabiosa-Iike, with crested 
centers of dainty tubular petals in a bright yellow shade which contrasts 
with the velvety dark mahogany-red guard petals. An excellent type for 
bedding. Trade pkt. 60c.; $1.25 per %oz. 
New Marigold, Dwarf French, 
Scabious-flowered, Orbit 
This variety grows to a height of 11 inches, is very free flowering, and 
the compact little plants are excellent for border and bedding purposes. 
The color is a deep golden yellow with quilled center, with a perfect 
background of reddish brown guard-petals. The doubles percentage is in 
the high nineties. Trade pkt. 50c.; $3.00 per oz. 
New Marigold, French Tall Single, 
Ferdinand (Harmony Type) 
Ferdinand is one of the gayest of the new flowers. It is single with a 
neat, round, crested center of dainty tubular florets in an arresting shade 
of golden yellow, surrounded by a single row of broad, mahogany-red 
guard-petals. Flowers are medium size, extremely showy, and attractive. 
The plants grow from 20 to 24 inches tall, with an upright, semi-compact, 
full-foliaged growth-habit. The stems are well over a foot in length, 
making this variety a fine cut-flower subject as well as an attractive and 
showy garden plant. Trade pkt. 60c.; $1.25 per y^oz. 
New Early-flowering Marigold, 
Winter Harmony 
An entirely new quilled scabious type for winter flowering in the green¬ 
house. The center is a golden orange with a single row of reddish brown 
guard petals. Very uniform in growth. Height 2J4 to 3 feet, producing 
100 per cent double 2-inch flowers. Trade pkt. 50c.: $1.00 per Vioz.; 
oz. $3.00. 
Marigold, Gigantea, Orange Sunset 
An outstanding sort. Orange Sunset is one of the foremost varieties of 
the year. The flowers average 5 inches or more in diameter and are 
unquestionably the largest Marigolds to date. The color is a deep, rich, 
lively orange. Flowers are very full, centered with broad, heavy, wavy 
petals which gracefully overlap to make them ideal not only for garden 
decoration but for cut-flower use as well. Trade pkt, 50c.; oz. $2,50. 
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