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TWO NEW GIANT NOVELTY ZINNIAS 
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Crested Zinnia 
Howard’s Giant - 
Crested Zinnia 
The large blossoms have full round- 
ed cushiony center, surrounded by 
broad guard petals. This new Zinnia 
is the result of direct reciprocal crosses 
between the smaller Scabious flowered 
class and the Dahlia flowered strain. 
Almost all colors known to Zinnias 
are found in this new type. Magnifi- 
cent shades of orange, scarlet, yellow, 
rose, maize and crimson predominate. 
As a cut flower, Crested Giants are 
especially fine. The effect of a bou-- 
quet of this gorgeous new strain is 
breath-taking and catches the eye at 
once. 
Over ten years have been devoted 
by Mr. Howard to develop and im- 
prove this outstanding Zinnia novelty. 
It still does not bloom fully true to 
type, but any not true can be pulled 
out as soon as bloom. Each year will 
bring this nearer to 100% true. _ Pkt. 
20c; 2 Pkts. 35c. 
SPECIAL: One Pkt. each Howard’s Crested and David Burpee for 25c. 
David Burpee Quilled 
Zinnia 
Another giant novelty Zinnia. The 
flowers, resembling chrysanthemums, 
are of tremendous size, with petals 
curled and quilled, on long stems. 
Pastel shades predominate, such as 
soft cream, chamois, buff, terra-cotta, 
apricot, burnt orange, soft rose and 
peach. Some blooms contain a com- 
bination of 2 or 3 colors. 
The leaves are unusual. Not all 
blooms of this new Zinnia come true 
to type yet. Funny thing about the 
plants is that you can tell before they 
come into bloom which one will pro- 
duce the curved and quilled petals, and 
which will produce blooms only slightly 
quilled or with just plain petals. 
The plants that bloom true to type 
and description usually have very large 
green leaves that are-curled as though 
in need of spraying for some insect 
pest. But this is just the normal form 
of leaves of the finest blooming plants. 
Pkt. (75 seeds) 10c; 200 seeds 25c; 
450 seeds 50c; % oz. $1.00. 
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David Burpee Zinnia 
SPECIAL: One Pkt. each Howard’s Crested and David Burpee for 25<. 
