6 Annual Flower Novelties 


Asters, Princess Type 
New Princess Asters 
Wilt Resistant 
Full, crested center, surrounded by several rows of 
guard petals. Fine keepers and shippers. 18 to 24’ tall. 
Flowers 3 to 3% inches across and flower early. 
265 PRINCESS ANNE. Opens Peach Blossom and 
turns rose-pink as flowers mature. Pkt. 20c; 
¥~ oz. 45¢. 
266 PRINCESS BONNIE. Soft, salmon-rose, with 
center rich gold while opening. New color combi- 
nation. Pkt. 20c; 4% oz. 45c. 
267 PRINCESS MARSHA. Vibrant cinnabar scar- 
let, with rich gold center when opening, later 
turning to silvery cinnabar. New color note for 
your garden and in bouquets. Pkt. 20c; ¥% oz. 
45¢. 
268 Collection Value 60c 
One Each of Three Above Colors 
3 Pkts. New Princess Type Asters 50c 

Giant Harmony Aster 
296 SUNRISE. A new shade in Asters, with its 
delicate, apricot-pink. Center is rich apricot-gold, 
a most pleasing combination. Fully double, quilled, 
rounded centers, surrounded by several rows of 
short, broad guard petals. 4 inch blooms on tall 
stems. Grand cut-flower. Pkt. 20c; 4 oz. 40c. 
flowers. Pkt. 15e. 

Balsam, Bush Flowered 
Two New Balsams 
309 BUSH FLOWERED MIXED. This new type of 
Balsam will grow only 15 to 18 inches tall forming 
dense, shapely, compact plants with rich dark 
foliage. The lovely double blooms are borne above 
the foliage like miniature bouquets. With its 
delightful array of color this variety will add much 
interest and beauty to your garden. Pkt. 10c. 
310 BUSH FLOWERED, THE TORCH. Unlike 
tall Balsams, these little Bush Flowered Bal- 
sams carry their flowers at the tips of the stems. 
The plants are 8 to 10 inches tall, very compact 
and covered with double flowers. Torch is ver- 
milion-red, very showy and is delightful for window- 
boxes, Rock Gardens, edging borders and for cut- 
flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
nnual Flower Novelties 

Ageratum, Fairy Pink 
Three New Ageratums 
17-A KING OF THE BLUES. The flowers of this 
new Ageratum are the nearest to true blue of any 
yet grown. The plants are neat, dwarf, compact, 
very free flowering and exceptionally uniform in 
growth. Distinct in both habit and color, King of 
BS Blues has just the qualities you desire. Pkt. 
Cc. 
18 FAIRY PINK. This new Ageratum is a dwarf 
compact type, seldom growing over 5 or 6 inches 
tall, producing a mass of delightful soft salmon- 
rose-pink flowers. Plants begin blooming when a 
few inches tall and continue as the plant grows 
until it forms a solid mass of bloom. Pkt. 15c. 
19 MIDGET BLUE. All-America Silver Medal 
1940. After many years of intensive work in 
plant breeding and selection, a really dwarf 
Ageratum has been produced. Midget Blue grows 
only 2 to 3 inches high, has delicate foliage, which 
is practically smothered with deep blue flowers, 
making it a perfect flower for edgings. See Color 
Page 21. Pkt. 20c. 

New Color In Alyssum 
23-A VIOLET QUEEN. Flowers of this new variety 
have a character peculiarly their own, being of a 
pretty bright violet tint. Plants are dwarf and 
neatly compact and just as free flowering as the 
white varieties. Violet Queen offers a pleasant 
alternative to the old favorite white flowering 
varieties for edging and borders. See Color Page 
21. Pkt. 1dc. 

ANTIRRNINUM—Color Page 59. 
Regular Listing, See Snaps. Page 28. 

Each year many new varieties of annual flowers 
and many new developments or improvements of 
-older varieties are offered you for use in your 
gardens. Most of these have much merit and are 
well worthy your trial if you are interested in the 
new flowers. The varieties which we offer on our 
five novelty pages, have been selected as the 
most interesting, most deserving and most 
worthy of a place in your garden. 

Two Fine Calendulas 
430 LEMON SHAGGY. A very deserving com- 
panion to Orange Shaggy which still holds its 
popularity. The flowers are very beautiful with 
their bright lemon colored petals overlaying each 
other in a rather irregular fashion. The effect is to 
build up a bloom with the shaggy appearance of 
some Chrysanthemums. Pkt. 15ce. 
431 ORANGE SUNSHINE. This rich golden- 
orange Calendula of the Chrysantha type pro- 
duces flowers of informal loose formation with 
long slender incurved petals. Flowers are of good 
size and on long stems. A very welcome com- 
panion to the Lemon Chrysantha which has 
proven so popular and satisfactory. Pkt. 10c; 
4 oz. 3dC. 

Celosia—Cockscomb 
494 ROYAL VELVET. All-America. A fine new 
Cockscomb branching from the base, the extra 
large center head is surrounded by numerous 
medium sized Combs just right for cutting. Combs 
are of rich ruby-red and foliage is bronzy-green 
with reddish margin. Plants are two feet tall and 
bloom very early. Pkt. 1Sc. 
514 FLAME OF FIRE. Decidedly the best and 
most colorful of the Plume Celosias for garden 
decoration or cutting material. 18 to 20 inches 
tall, of upright pyramidal form, it bears many 
terminal plumes both large and small, that are 
most attractive, alone or in mixed bouquets. 
Illustrated on Page 15. Pkt. Lie. 

New Double Cornflowers 
536 JUBILEE GEM. A fine new dwarf variety of 
Double Bachelor Button or Cornflower. The 
plant grows very compact, 12 inches high, the 
foliage forms little tufts of bright green, con- 
trasting beautifully with the strikingly vivid, 
double flowers. The color is so intense, and the 
well-shaped plant is literally covered with its 
true-blue flowers. Pkt. Ldc. 
See Jubilee Gem in Color on Page 21. 
537 LILAC LADY. A counterpart of Jubilee Gem 
in form and habit, this lovely variety bears an 
abundance of flowers of bright lilac-mauve color. 
These dwarf varieties are admirably adapted to 
use as an edging plant or in clumps. Also a fine 
pot plant. Pkt. 20c. 

Front Cover Collection 
This Collection will give you copious quantities of beautiful cut-flowers, without 
robbing your garden of its beauty, as well as a lovely blending border of Ageratum. 
1392 DWARF DOUBLE HARMONY HYBRIDS. 
MARIGOLD. Very early free flowering dwarf 
compact Marigold, in the popular Harmony-type 
and in a wide range of colors, including Harmony, 
Spotlight, golden orange and golden yellow self- 
colored, and many blotched and striped combi- 
nations of orange and yellow shades with ma- 
hogany-red. Pkt. Lédc. 
1395-E POT O’GOLD, DWARF GIGANTEA 
MARIGOLD. Dwarf growing counterpart of our 
Gigantea type, 12 to 15 inches tall, well branched, 
compact, bearing 12 or more flowers at a time. 
Early flowering, broad, heavy petals, gracefully 
overlapping to form deep flowers. Color a bright, 
deep golden-orange. Grand bedder and wonderful 
cut flower. See Color Plate on Front Cover. 
Pkt. 25c. 
1379-B FLAMING FIRE, MARIGOLD. Tall, 
newly popular single. Mainly deep maroon, though 
a number will appear in lighter shades that will 
make this one of the most attractive novelties in 
your garden this year. See Color Plate on Front 
Cover. Pkt. 10c. 
2222 HOWARD’S NEW GIANT CRESTED 
ZINNIA. This is a strain produced by crossing our 
famous Dahlia Flowered Zinnia and our Scabiosa 
Flowered Zinnia by Mr. Fred Howard, the noted 
horticulturist of Montebello, California. Blossoms 
average 4 inches or more across, with the full, 
rounded, cushiony center surrounded by broad 
guard petals. Colors all bright and fresh, and con- 
tain all the colors of the gorgeous Zinnia, in mag- 
nificent shades of orange, orange-scarlet, yellow, 
rose, maize and crimson. See Color Plate on 
Front Cover. This type may be expected to re 
produce 60% or more true to the crested forma- 
tion. A novelty you will really want to try in your 
garden this year. Pkt. 25e. 
19 MIDGET BLUE. AGERATUM. All-America 
Silver Medal 1940. After many years of inten- 
sive work in plant breeding and selection, a really 
dwarf Ageratum has been produced. Midget Blue 
grows only 2 to 3 inches high, has delicate foliage, 
which is practically smothered with deep blue 
flowers, making it a: perfect flower for edgings. 
See Color Plate on Front Cover. Pkt. 25c. 
2156 FRONT COVER COLLECTION 
1 Pkt. Each of the above five new Annual Flowers 
95¢ Value for 75c. 
The Templin-Bradley Co., Nationwide Seeds and Bulbs, Cleveland, Ohio. 
