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ZINNIAS 
By CLARE WOOD SHIPMAN, in “Sunset Magazine” 
Each year I laughed when you were planting zinnias. 
“What do you see in them?” I always said. 
To me they seemed such coarse and gaudy creatures 
Flaunting their variegated yellow-red. 
You answered they were like strong peasant people 
Wearing with pride their fluted Sunday-best, 3 
Wholesome of heart,with honest sun-burned faces 
Smiling above bright scarf and velvet vest. 
You thought my heliotrope and mignonette 
Too perfect ladies in their gauze and lace, 
Dressed for pale evenings by sad, dripping fountains 
When a faint crescent veils a timid face. 
“Patrician taste in perfume, it is true, 
But peasants wear the scent of fields,’’ you said; 
AND NOW, DEAR LOVE, IN MEMORY OF YOU 
I SOW GAY ZINNIAS IN MY GARDEN BED. 
ZINNIA (California Giant Dahlia Flowered) 
The finest of all strains. 21 feet. 
CRIMSON MONARCH. Deep crimson, flowers very large. 
DREAM. Deep rosy lavender. 
EXQUISITE. Light rose, déep rose center. 
ILLUMINATION. Deep rose self. 
LUMINOSA. Bright deep pink. 
OLD GOLD. Deep and lighter shades of old gold. 
ORIOLE. An immense orange and gold bi-color. 
POLAR BEAR. Large creamy white. 
WILL ROGERS. Loveliest and most brilliant scarlet red. 
ANY OF THE ABOVE NAMED VARIETIES, per pkt. 15e; 
2 for 25c; any 3 for 35e; %4 oz. of any one named variety (not 
in mixture) 40c; % oz. 75e. 
One Each of the Ten Named Varieties (10 packs) $1.25 
Special Gold Medal Mixture of the Above and Several 
Other Choice Named Varieties, not a Field Run Mixture, 
Per pkt. 15c; 2 for 25e; 1%4 oz. 40c; % oz. 75e. 
LILLIPUT or MIGNON ZINNIAS. Small, button-like fully 
double flowers of gorgeous colors. Long stems for cutting 
and basket work if heavily manured. 1% ft. 
Rosebud. A lovely rose-pink. 
Pink Gem. Deep pink. 
Salmon Gem. Salmon rose. 
Scarlet Gem. 
Golden Gem. Golden orange. 
In Mixture, per pkt. 15¢; 2 for 25c; %4 oz. 30c; % oz. 50e. 
LILLIPUT “THOM THUMB”. Plants 4 to 6 inches, covered with 
well formed flowers; colors range through the red, orange, 
yellow, pink, rose and other pastel shades. Excellent for pot 
plant and border use. 
Finest Mixture, 1/16 oz. 15c; % oz. 25c; % oz. 85c. 

ZINNIA FANTASY 
ZINNIA FANTASY MIXED. New chrysanthemum-like Zinnias 
of a smaller flowering and more graceful appearance than the 
popular giant flowered varieties. The rounded flowers are 
composed of a mass of shaggy ray-like petals which give a 
delicate and refined appearance to the medium sized double 
flowers. The color ranges from the brightest shades of reds 
and orange to the popular pastel pinks and beautiful creams. 
Seeds: Per pkt. 15c; %4 oz. 65c; % oz. 35c. 
Pra ALLUP. 
WASHINGTON iB 

MIDGARD 
IRIS GERMANICA OR BEARDED IRIS 
We usually don’t sell this class of Iris in the springtime for 
the reason that the rhizomes are too large and the customer gets 
the benefit of all the increase grown during the fall and winter 
on the mother rhizome, which natural increase we sell in the 
summer as individual plants. This increase attached to the 
mother rhizome will be all the way from 3 to 6 and in some cases 
8 young shoots; this will add to the weight of the plant and we 
would be losing money if we sold such rhizomes at 25c each, as 
in some cases one rhizome packed might weigh over one pound 
and the postage to some far away points might be 26 cents for 
the 2 lbs. Now, we are offering for spring delivery, from Feb- 
ruary on and not later than April Ist (they should be transplanted 
by that time; later, at your own risk), such varieties as listed 
below, at the same low prices, we sold them last summer, FOR 
JUST SINGLE RHIZOMES! You will get the whole mother 
rhizomes, PLUS ALL THE NATURAL INCREASE FASTENED 
THERETO AND SUCH A PLANT WILL MAKE A LARGE 
CLUMP OF FROM 3 to 8 plants next summer and, of course 
the main rhizome will produce its flower stalks in May or June. 
BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO BUY AT LEAST SIX PLANTS 
WHICH WILL BE SENT BY EXPRESS, YOU PAYING THE 
SMALL FORWARDING CHARGES ON RECEIPT. 
MAKE NO MISTAKE ON THIS OFFER; 
READ IT OVER CAREFULLY. 
THIS IS THE IRIS BARGAIN OF THE YEAR. 
We guarantee all Iris to be true to name. 
If on the other hand you are not close to an Express Office, or 
want the Iris MAILED TO YOU, you must add the postage to 
the price of the Iris, as follows (based on the assumption that 
one plant, when packed, will weight 1 pound—and some will 
weigh more—with a few cents for more careful packing: 
WASHINGTON AND OREGON: Up to 3 plants, 15c; 4 to 6 
plants, 20c; 10 to 12 plants 30c. 
OTHER STATES (except Southern California and Texas) lo- 
cated WEST of the Rocky Mountains: Up to 3 plants, 18c; 4 to 
6 plants, 25c and 30c; 10 to 12 plants, 45c. 
MID-WESTERN STATES (East of the Rockies): 1 to 3 plants, 
25e: 4 to 6 plants, 40c; 10 to 12 plants, 85c. 
ALL EASTERN AND NEW ENGLAND STATES: 2 plants, 
35c; 3 plants, 45c; 4 plants 55c; 5 or 6 plants, 65c; 8 plants. 95c, 
and 1 dozen plants, weighing approximately when packed, 13 
pounds, $1.30. 
CONSIDER that by next summer you will have from these 
clumps, at least 4 up to 6 and 8 plants which would cost you from 
95c to 50c each, as the case may be, if bought at that time in 
single lots. 
OUR SUPPLY OF THESE IRIS LIMITED. When they are 
sold there will be no more, until next summer, then in the usual 
single plants. The rule will be “FIRST COME FIRST SERVED." 
The descriptions are abbreviated; for full descriptions see our 
1940 Fall Catalog. 
IRIS—(Continued) 
