STARRED VARIETIES SUITABLE FOR ROCK GARDENS 5 


NOVELTIES and SPECIALTIES —SEED 

Scabiosa, Peach Blossom 
New Scabiosa Grandiflora Rosette 
As the result of many years’ selection 
and painstaking care, we have created a 
glorious new color in Annual Scabiosa. 
Rosette is a beautiful shade of deep rose 
heavily suffused with salmon. The flow- 
ers are extra large and the stems are long 
and stiff. This glorious, glowing new color 
will undoubtedly make Rosette a most 
popular flower for the garden and also with 
the florist for cutting. Per pkt. 15c. 
Giant Scabiosa “‘Peach Blossom” 
A fine new shade of Giant Scabiosa that 
makes a wonderful cut flower for the home 
as well as for the florist. It is a great im- 
provement over the common Scabiosa as 
the flowers are of enormous size and the 
color is exquisite. The blooms stand rain 
well and the season extends into the late 
fall. Per pkt. 10c. 
Giant Scabiosa “Blue Moon” 
Considered by many as the outstanding 
flower introduction of 1939. This new type 
of scabiosa is fully double and larger than 
any previous type. Color is a lavender 
blue, stems long and strong. An ideal 
cut flower. Pkt. each 15c. 

Scabiosa, Imperial Giants 
Blue Moon 
Double Early Giant Imperial 
Stocks 
We offer this year the finest double 
stocks that we have yet seen. They will 
produce plants about 2 feet tall with many 
spikes of immense florets. Very fragrant. 
This strain will produce a very high per- 
centage of doubles when grown under fa- 
vorable conditions. We offer the following 
colors: Fiery Blood Red, Elks’ Pride (pur- 
ple), Lavender, Blush Pink, Buttercup 
(yellow), and mixed. See illustration, in- 
side front cover. Per pkt. 15c, 3 for 40c; 
complete set of six, 75c. 
Brompton or Winter Stocks 
A hardy strain of stocks that does well 
during mild winters but should be in a 
protected location. It is of branching 
habit, disease resistant, robust and easy 
to grow. Height 24 inches. Many colors 
in our mixture. Pkt. each 15c. 
Venidium 
(Fastuosum Hybrids) 
These new hybrids of the African Daisy 
form strong bushy plants about 2 feet tall 
with flowers about 3 inches across. The 
new hybrids come in a remarkable range 
of colors, from pure white through ivory, 
yellow and buff, set off by gleaming black 
centers with maroon markings at the base 
of the petals. Start in flats and trans- 
plant when danger of frost is over. Per 
pkt. 15c. 

Zinnias 
Giant Dahlia-Flowered Zinnias 
These Zinnias are so superior to the 
varieties usually offered that they beggar 
description. The flowers are unusually 
large, being from 4 to 7 inches in diameter 
when grown under proper conditions with 
good fertilizer and sufficient moisture. 
Many of the flowers resemble immense 
dahlias with their long, stout stems that 
make them unsurpassed as cut flowers. 
We offer this strain in six distinct colors 
and a mixture: Crimson Monarch, Dream 
(deep lavender), Exquisite (pink), Lemon 
Queen (lemon yellow), Oriole (golden yel- 
low), Polar Bear (white), and Mixed. Per 
pkt. 10c, 3 for 25c, 7 for 55c. 
Giants of California Zinnias 
A mutation from the Giant Dahlia Flow- 
ered Zinnia that is truly enormous in size. 
The blossom is flatter than the Dahlia 
Flowered type and the stem is not so 
stiff, which gives it a much more graceful 
appearance. Our mixture contains a wide 
range of colors. Per pkt. 10c. 
For Zinnia Plants see page 26. 
Lilliput Zinnias 
A new type of Zinnias that is rapidly 
coming into favor as a bedding plant. Ow- 
ing to the fact that it is only about 12 
inches tall, it is suitable either for bed- 
ding or window boxes. The flowers which 
are small and button-like and very double 
are borne in great profusion. Our mixture 
contains a beautiful variety of shades and 
is very fine for small bouquets and basket 
work. Per pkt. 10c. 
Zinnia Scabious Flowered 
Scabious Flowered Mixture 
This new Zinnia is one of the oddest yet 
one of the most attractive types. It is 
medium sized, bearing remarkable resem- 
blance to the annual Scabiosa from which 
it gets its name. The plants are extremely 
free flowering, 2 to 2% feet high, giving a 
wealth of bloom throughout the summer. 
The color range includes such shades as 
crimson, scarlet, orange, yellow and pink. 
A moderate percentage of singles persists 
in this type but good care will reduce the 
percentage. Per pkt. 10c. 

Fantasy Finest Mixed 
This new Fantasy Mixture with rounded 
flowers of shaggy ray-like petals is an 
outstanding Zinnia novelty. The plants are 
2 to 3 feet high and bearing many blooms 
throughout the summer. The color range 
includes the brightest shades of red and 
orange as well as the popular pastel 
shades, pink and cream. Per pkt. 10c. 

