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delightful little edging plant is the dwarfest of all 
Ageratums—3 inches high—with fine foliage literally 
covered with small, true ageratum-blue flowers. It 
comes uniformly dwarf and true to color. Pkt. 20 cts.; 
7;0z. 50 cts.; 4oz. $1.50; oz. $5. 
Alyssum, Violet Queen. A very excellent new English 
strain of unusual beauty. The round plants, 10 inches 
across and 4 inches high, form mounds of striking bright 
violet and are extra fe for edging. The distinctive 
color grows stronger as the season progresses. Pkt. 
15 cts.; oz. 45 cts.; oz. $1.35; 14lb. $4. 
Aquilegia, Long-spurred Blue hades: This is a very 
excellent selection and must not be confused with the 
ordinary strains offered. The plants attain a height of 
3 to 4 feet and bear huge, boee spurte’ blue flowers of 
rare beauty. Pkt. 25 cts.; Yoz. $1; oz. $1.75. 
Candytuft umbellata, Dwarf Hy bode An especially 
fine strain with compact, uniform plants, 6 inches high, 
bearing quite large flower-heads or umbels. These are 
unexcelled for bedding plants and make admirable mar- 
gins. Dwarf Crimson, Dwarf Flesh, Dwarf Lilac, 
Dwarf Rose, Dwarf White, and Dwarf Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 14Ib. $1.25. 
Celosia pyramidalis, Flame of Fire. All-America 
Winner. Of perfect pyramidal habit, 18 inches high, with 
center stalk and many side branches, each topped with 
a round plumed flower-head of vivid fiery scarlet. Make 
striking pot-plants. Pkt. 20 cts.; 4oz. $1; oz. $3.50. 
Centaurea cyanus, Super-Giant. A perfect 3-foot 
strain of Cornflower with larger more double and more 
vividly colored flowers on Jong stems, exceptional for 
cutting. Black Boy, black-maroon; Blue Boy; Pinkie; 
Red Boy; Snowman, white; and Formula Mixed. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 4b. $1.25. 
Cynoglossum, Firmament. All-America Winner. A 
new dwarf type with bushy, compact, 15-inch plants 
smothered with bright, rich blue flowers. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
Ygoz. 30 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Dahlborg Daisy 
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aurantiaca Hybrids 
Delphinium 
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FORBES FLOWERS OF SPECIAL MERIT FOR 1941 
Here are some worth-while strains you should try this year. 
will well repay you. All are easy to grow and we believe will please you better than the strains you have been using. 
Dahlborg Daisy. The thrifty, 8-inch plants, 12 inches 
They are fine specialties of extremely high quality and 
across, with finely cut foliage, are neat, uniform and 
attractive. They freely produce small, single golden 
yellow daisy flowers well above the foliage from spring 
until frost. An excellent new border annual. Pkt. 
25 cts.; #s0z. 50 cts.; Yeoz. 90 cts.; Moz. $1.65. 
Dahlia, Unwin’s XXX Dwarf Hybrids. A superb 
reselected strain with double and semi-double flowers in 
a great variety of beautiful colors produced in 3 months 
from seed, on compact 2-foot plants. This is excellent 
for flat-grown or pot-grown bedding plants. Pkt. 
20 cts.; Ygoz. 50 cts.; oz. 85 cts.; oz. $2.50. 
Delphinium, Pacific Giant Hybrids. A remarkable 
strain with huge, well-formed, 214-inch florets, nearly 
all double, evenly spaced on well-balanced tapering 
spikes. This variety is comparatively mildew-resistant. 
Under favorable conditions the plants will grow to a 
height of 7 feet. This is the world’s best strain. Dark 
Blue, Dark Violet, Lavender, Light Blue, and White. 
Each, pkt. 50 cts.; #0z. $1.20; oz. $2. Mixed, pkt. 
50 cts.; z,0z. $1; 1Zoz. $1.75; Woz. $3. 
Dimorphotheca aurantiaca Hybrids. Cheerful, daisy- 
like flowers, 244 imches across with a dark center and 
long narrow incurving petals on thin wiry stems held 
above nice bushy plants 12 to 15 inches high. Golden 
West, buttercup-yellow; Orange; Salmon Beauty; 
White Beauty; and Hybrids, Mixed. Each, pkt. 
10 cts.; 14oz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts.; glb. $2.25. 
Larkspur, Giant Imperial, Rosalind. A new color in 
this magnificent base-branching strain—rose with just 
enough salmon suffusion to create a new shade of rose- 
pink. Also Montrose, an exceptionally large, new 
variety with florets of clear rose-pink. The tapering 
flower spikes are crowded with double florets. Try 
these two novelties. Each, pkt. 25 cts.; 4oz. 60 cts.; 
oz. $1.75. 
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