Burpee’s Famous Zinnias 





















The value of zinnias as garden and cut flowers cannot be stressed Plant zinnias in full sun; they will not do well in the shade or 
too highly. Their ease of culture, long blooming season, together near trees. Zinnias are hot weather flowers, coming into their full 
with their wide range of color and varied flower forms, make them beauty in midsummer and continuing until fall. Flowers last for 
one of the most popular of all annual flowers. They are one of days when cut; different size flowers and colors for every purpose. 
our leading specialties. Zinnias are heavy feeders, and while they After the soil has become thoroughly warm, sow seed in the open 
will grow in poor soil and under unfavorable conditions, they must ground where plants are to bloom. Thin out large flowered 
have rich, well-fertilized soil and be watered freely during periods varieties to stand 2 ft. apart; smaller flowered types, 1 ft. Zinnias 
of dry weather if the finest flowers are wanted. will bloom in about two months. All are easy to grow. 
BURPEE’S SUPER GIANT ZINNIAS 
3175 Finest Mixed Burpee’s Super Giants are the wail 
largest of all zinnias, with the loveliest colors and 
combinations of colors ever seen in this flower. Rare 
and unusual shades of cream, buff, apricot, salmon, 
rose and orange predominate, with a few yellows and 
whites; scarlet and crimson are not prominent, 
though there are some very attractive flowers in 
these colors. One is impressed at the many two-tone 
and three-tone color effects seen in some of the blooms. 
Flowers are truly giant, 5% to 6% in. across, and of a 
wide diversity of flower form—some like Dahlia Flow- 
ered, others like Giants of California, and still others 
with curled and twisted chrysanthemum-like flower heads. 
Striking in the garden; invaluable for cutting. 3 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢; 14 oz. $1.50. 



781 Burpee’s Zinnia Garden 
12 pkts. of different types of zinnias from giants to midgets. 
Included are 1 pkt. each of the best seven separate colors of 
Giant Dahlia-flowered, 1 pkt. each of Burpee’s Super Giants, 
David Burpee Zinnias, Cut and Come Again Mixed Colors, 

Burpee’s 
Super Giants, 
the largest 
Cupid Mixed Colors and Mexicana Mixed Colors. $4 eo all 
12 packets in all, worth $1.75, for only Pkt. 25¢ 


2915 Giant Zinnias and Giant Marigolds Mixed One of the 
loveliest garden combinations you have ever seen; also desirable mixed as 
cut flowers. Pkt. (200 seeds) 25¢; 450 seeds 50¢; 1000 seeds $1.00. 
ZIN | CHRYSANTHEMUM 
D FLOWERED GIANTS 
2878 Choicest Mixed David Burpee Zinnias are strikingly different; very large, 
with petals so attractively curled and quilled that the flowers may be likened to 
large-flowered chrysanthemums. Another outstanding feature of these zinnias is 
the unusual range of colors, many that have never before been seen in zinnias. 
Pastel shades predominate, with tones of apricot, soft cream, chamois, buff, 
terra-cotta, burnt orange, soft rose, and peach. Some flowers are of solid colors 
while others are combinations of two and three colors. Some of the plants have 
leaves that are long and narrow, curiously curled and twisted and these usually 
produce flowers the petals of which are extremely quilled and curled. Most desirable 
for garden use and unsurpassed for cutting. Plants grow 3 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 15¢; ¥g oz. 30¢; 4 oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 95¢. 
Giant Crested Howard Zinnias 
2832 Mixed Colors Flowers, when well grown, measure 4 to 5 in. across, with a 
full rounded, cushion-like center of quill-like petals surrounded by broad guard petals. 
Practically all colors seen in zinnias will be found in this mixture—shades of 
orange, yellow, rose, and crimson predominate. Seeds were saved from true- 
to-type flowers but some variations may appear; all are valuable for 
cutting purposes. 2 ft. Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢; 2 oz. $1.50. 



















Cactus Flowered Zinnias oddty curted 
2812 Mixed Colors Large double flowers, 3 to 4 in. across, 
with petals partially quilled, giving the appearance of a cactus 
dahlia. Many colors. 3 ft. Pkt. 15¢:> ¥ oz. 35¢; 14 oz. 60¢. 
Ea rly ‘Wonder Zinnia One of the earliest 
2865 Gypsy Bright orange-scarlet flowers with a bronzy cast. 
3% to4in. across. Plants are of open, branching habit, 2/4 to 
3 ft. tall; they begin to bloom in about 12 weeks and continue 
profusely for several weeks. Pkt. 15¢; ¥ oz. 35¢; 1/4 oz. 55¢. 
Zinnia, Uniflora Giants 2". 07"" 
3249 Mixed Colors Majority of plants produce one immense 
flower, 5 in. and more across, atop strong, stiff stems 3 ft. tall. 
A few branching plants, however, can be expected. Many colors 
will be found in this mixture. Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 35¢; 14 oz. 55¢. 
David Burpee 
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