Red and Gold Double Charm Heavenly Blue Blue Spire 
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MAKIGOLD 
Limelight 
MARIGOLD 
Yellow Pygmy 
MARIGOLD 
Orbit 
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The Newest Marigolds 
ALL-AMERICA LIMELIGHT. the Chrysanthemum- 
BRONZE MEDAL flowered type, but the effect is novel in that 
———I the color is primrose or deep cream. Strong 
to grow, quick to flower, the leaves are deep green and the plant 
grows 20 inches high. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
YELLOW PYGMY. This is a little 8-inch 
plant, to border a flower-bed or mark the 
edge of a garden path; it has double light 
lemon-yellow flowers, inches across. Pkt. 33 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
ORBIT. A dwarf, double, French kind which is covered all summer 
with scabious-shaped blooms; each has a quilled center, which is 
golden yellow, while the surrounding flat guard-florets are reddish 
brown. Less than 1 foot high, it makes a novel edging or for the 
front of an annual border. Pkt. 35 cts., Lgoz. $1.25, J^oz. $2. 
RED AND GOLD HYBRIDS. A striking sort for bedding or cut- 
flowers. The blooins are very double, and 23 ^ to 3 inches across. 
The color of some is red of a brilliance not seen hitherto in Mari¬ 
golds; others are combinations of red and gold. Grows 13 ^ feet 
high. Small pkt. 15 cts., large pkt. 35 cts. 
Peony-flowered Marigolds 
Giant, double, 4 to 5-inch flowers with a cupped center, surrounded 
w formation of the florets, suggestive of a double peony. 
Very uoriferous, and the long stems make it invaluable for cutting. 
The plants bloom in about 4 months. Branching. Height, 30 inches. 
Golden Supreme. Glowing gold. 
Orange Supreme. Intense orange. 
Above 2 varieties, pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1 
Yellow Supreme. Bright lemon. Pkt. 15 cts., 3ioz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
The following varieties are shown in colors on page 28 
GOLDEN GLOW. The bright golden yellow, 23/^-inch flower looks 
hke a double rudbeckia, it is so round, compact, and imbricated. 
Blooms in seventeen weeks from seed and grows 2^^ feet high. 
The foliage is odorless. Pkt. 15 cts., 3^oz. 50 cts., 3^oz. 75 cts. 
early sunshine. These 2-foot plants have larger flowers than 
Dixie Sunshine, an outstanding novelty of a few years ago, and 
they appear much earlier. Bright lemon-yellow in color, and like 
a chrysanthemum in shape, the flowers are 23 ^ inches across. 
They appear within 15 weeks of sowing seed. A valuable acquisi¬ 
tion. Pkt. 15 cts., 3^oz. 50 cts., 34^oz. 75 cts. 
ORANGE SUNSET. A veritable giant. Some single-flowered types 
will appear, but over 65 per cent of your plants will produce 
intensely double, deep, rich lively orange flowers, 5 inches across. 
Average height, 3 feet. Pkt. 15 cts., 3^oz. 60 cts., ^oz. $1. 
^^■^NTS, orange. On a plant little more than a foot 
high there will be an abundance of 4-inch blooms all summer. The 
shape of the flowers varies, but the color is deep orange. A splen¬ 
did cut-flower, and valuable as an edging around a bed of taller 
Mangolds, petunias, heliotrope, etc. Pkt. 25 cts., >goz. 75 cts., 
3^oz. $1.25. 
HARMONY. A charming and distinct variety, with flowers similar 
m form to the scabiosa. They are of good size and have a central 
crest, which is surrounded by a maroon-brown collar 
of broad florets. The plants grow to a height of 1 foot. Pkt. 15 cts 
J^oz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
COLLEGTION NO. 28: One pkt. each above 5 varieties, 60 cts# 
Marigolds are popular annuals of simple cultivation. Sow seeds where they 
are to stand in spring and thin to 1 foot apart for tall kinds and 9 inches for 
dwarf sorts; often sown earlier indoors and planted out. 
ALL-AMERICA 
HON. MENTION 
Heavenly Blue, a development of L. perenne, the 
rlax Plant, which is a perennial, but if you sow seed in April or May, 
you expect some bloom the first season and a magnificent dis- 
the second and subsequent years, from June to August. The 
chief improvernent is in color, which is a glowing ultramarine-blue. 
Its height, 15 inches, suggests that you plant it toward the front of 
the hardy border. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
Lion S-Ear (LeonotisLeonurus). Greenhouse plant, or perennial, 
needing winter protection. Growing 6 feet high, this hairy plant has 
orange-red, tubular flowers in whorls. Sow indoors in January, plant 
out lor late summer bloom; pot in the autumn for winter flowering 
under glass. Stands heavy pinching to produce compact plants. 
Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
PHaseoluS Caracalla (Corkscrew or Snail Flower). Perennial 
climber, growing 20 feet under glass, but only half this height out¬ 
doors, when treated as an annual. Curiously curled, fragrant flowers 
are light purple or yellowish. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
MyOSOtlS/ Blue Spire, a development of the Alpine For¬ 
get-me-not, blooming every April and May, bearing flowers of a 
lively blue, deep but bright. Wonderful for mass planting toward 
the front of the perennial border and ideal for carefully planting 
between May-flowering tulips, when they show through in earliest 
spring as a charming ground-cover. Seed that you sow this spring 
and summer will develop into thrifty plants for next year. The 
height IS 1 foot. Everyone likes the Forget-me-not, and this charm¬ 
ing novelty kind is the best one for you to grow. Pkt. 50 cts. 
3 pkts. $1.25. " 
OrnBnflCntdl Peppers, Somewhat akin to Solanum Cap- 
stcastrum, but the numerous fruits of this Christmas pot-plant are 
long, oval, dark green, ripening to bright red. The foliage is varie- 
pted, the markings being darker green, white, and purple. Sown in 
late spring, the plants may be carried through the summer outdoors 
and brought into a cool greenhouse in September. The attention of 
the commercial florist is especially drawn to this novelty for the 
I Christmas trade. Pkt. 25 cts., 3^oz. 60 cts., 3<^oz. $1. 
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Flower Seed Novelties 
ALL-AMERICA WINNERS (continued). The most outstanding Novelties in 
the Committee’s trials are awarded Silver Medals. (See next page.) 
STUMPP & WALTER CO. 
