Flowers / Your 1941 Garden 
yom CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
The All-America Selections for 1941, and those of former years, of exceptional merit. 
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Petunia Hybrida Radiance 
PETUNIA RADIANCE. (Silver Medal 1941). 
3 in. flowers of tyrian rose with yellow 
throat have more rich brillance and life than 
any Petunia I know. Pkt. 25 cts. 
PETUNIA VIOLET GEM. (Honorable Men- 
tion 1941). 12 in. Uniform dwarf compact 
plants which through a long season are lit- 
erally smothered with the good size blooms 
of richest Victoria-violet. A most desirable 
new color in the dwarf group. Pkt. 25 cts. 

Marigold, Pot O’ Gold 
MARIGOLD POT ’O GOLD. 15 in. Very early, 
sturdy base-branched plants, 4% in. golden 
orange blooms formed like the Sunset 
Giants from which it was bred. It is a 
stunning bedding plant while the 10 in. 
stems are long enough for cutting. Pkt. 25 
cts. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM GOLDEN CROWN. 
(Annual). 36 in. Robust, much branched, 
flowering in six weeks from seed, it bears 
its full double butter-yellow flowers in pro- 
fusion from July to frost. A highlight in 
gardens and an endless source of fine cut 
flowers. Pkt. 20 cts.; Vg oz. 35 cts, 
SNAPDRAGON AMBER and GOLD. Bighteen 
inches tall, of the dwarf type; the sturdy 
upright plants bear 10 to 12 stems with 
long spikes of a rich combination of amber 
and gold. Stunning. Pkt. 25 cts. 

Nierembergia Hippomanica 
NIEREMBERGIA HIPPOMANICA. Dwarf, 
compact, flowering in a few weeks from 
seed; the large lavender-blue flowers com- 
pletely smother it throughout summer, The 
most increasingly popular plant I sell. Sow 
boxes early spring. Pkt. 25 cts. 

Phlox Gigantea, Rosy Morn 
PHLOX ROSY MORN. (Bronze Medal 1941). 
15 in. A new separate color of the Gigantea 
type, most popular of annual Phlox, the 
large florets in immense trusses are rich 
solferino-rose with white eye. Does not 
fade in hottest sun. Pkt. 25 cts. 
PHLOX SALMON GLORY. Truly deserving 
the Silver Medal awarded in 1939, its long 
show of pure salmon-pink make it a high 
light in any garden. Pkt. 20 cts.; 1/16 oz. 
45 cts. 
DAHLIA “MY CHOICE” Dwarf Hybrids. 18 
in. Flowering in 100 days from seed with its 
wide range of fine colors: canary, scarlet, 
terra cotta, lavender, buff, maroon and 
many others in fine mixture it gives color 
to the garden and loads of fine cut flowers 
from July until frost. Sow early spring. 
Pkt. 25 cts, 
CORNFLOWER JUBILEE GEM. 12 in. Most 
popular of late introductions. Its compact 
plants are covered for weeks with the rich 
corn-flower blue flowers. Sow spring or 
fall. Pkt. 20 cts.; !4 oz. 50 cts, 
PETUNIA SUPER FLUFFY RUFFLES. So 
frilled and ruffled as to appear almost 
double, 100% true, large flowers, in a bal- 
ance mixture of lovely shades of pink, sal- 
mon, white, rose, crimson and light blue. 
The most popular Petunia I offer. Pkt. 35 
cts. 
OREGON SUNSHINE. This showy native is 
loved by all who see it. lowers well first 
year if sown early. For description, picture 
and plants see catalog, page 26. Pkt. 25 cts. 
DIMORPHOTHECA SPECTABILIS. Pink 
African Daisy. 18 in. Abundant stems, 12- 
14 inches tall, bear two inch blooms of deep 
pink with black center throughout summer, 
Thrives in hottest situations. Excels for 
garden or cutting. Half-hardy perennial, 
best treated as an annual sown early in 
boxes or later in open. Pkt. 25 cts.; '¥7g oz. 
HE cts: 
FAMOUS RUSSELL LUPINES. 4 ft. Long 
heavy spikes, richest tones in wide varia- 
tions of orange, yellows reds, bicolors: 
they have been so widely praised and pic- 
tured as to need little description. Origi- 
nators Green Seal Pkts. 25 cts. and 65 cts. 
Grown from Originators Seed and Rese- 
lected, Pkt. 20 cts.; '¥ oz. 50 cts. 
MARIGOLD YELLOW PYGMY. 8 in. This 
useful little miniature in bloom here from 
July to November with a profusion of lemon 
yellow flowers on compact plants excited 
the praise of all visitors. Pkt. 20 cts.; 14 oz. 
50 cts. 

Ageratum Midget Blue 
AGERATUM MIDGET BLUE (Silver Medal 
40). 3 in, The sweetest little plant in my 
garden; low, compact and smothered thru 
a long season with the tiny ageratum-blue 
flowers, Sow boxes early spring. Pkt, 25c. 

Marigold Mission Giant Goldsmith 
MARIGOLD MISSION GIANT GOLDSMITH. 
(Bronze Medal 1941). 18 in, Welcome new 
Marigold with the outer branches produc- 
ing even larger flowers than the main stem. 
A “must have’ for garden and cutting. 
Closely incurved chrysanthemum-type flow- 
ers in perfect balls are rich golden orange 
and measure 4 to 5 inches. Pkt. 25 cts. 
18 in. Of superb habit, very floriferous, the 
MARIGOLD MISSION GIANTS MIXTURE. 
Identical with Goldsmith but in a grand 
mixture of orange, gold and yellow shades. 
Pkt, 20 cts.; 1/16 oz. 50 cts. 

Zinnia, Howard’s New Giant Crested 
NEW ZINNIA HOWARD’S CRESTED. Most 
welcome new type flower with a crested 
center quite like a double Pyrethrum which 
comes in a mixture of all the finer Zinnia 
colors. (65% true.) Most effective either cut 
or in the garden. Pkt. 25 cts. 
TITHONIA FIREBALL. 9 ft. The most gor- 
geous late autumn flower I know, its 5 in. 
orange-scarlet blooms outstanding in the 
garden background or cut. Tender, sow in- 
doors of when safe. Pkt. 20 cts.; Vg oz. 45 
cts. 
GILIA DIANTHOIDES. 3 in. This gem was 
the highspot of the great Oakland Flower 
Show last spring. The flowers one inch 
discs of bright rose and with light throat 
are fringed at edges like a Dianthus, Sow 
early spring. Easy. Pkt. 25 cts. 

PETUNIA DWARF CREAM STAR. | 12 in. 
Plants compact and perfectly uniform: its 
profusion of soft creamy white star-shaped 
flowers is a delight through a long season, 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
