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Here are some worth-while strains you should try this year. They are fine specialties of extremely high quality and 
will well repay you. All are easy to grow and we believe will please you better than the strains you have been using. 
Cosmos, Yellow Flare. All-America Winner. The first and 
only Yellow Cosmos. Beautiful lively, bright yellow flowers, 
21% inches across on long-blooming 3-foot plants. The color 
harmonizes well with other flowers and is very effective in 
masses. Pkt. 25 cts; Woz. 55 cts.; Woz. $1; oz. $3. 
Dimorphotheca, Double Hybrids, Mixed. An interesting 
double form. The 8-inch plants, often 14 inches across, with 
double daisy flowers 134 inches across with a 1-inch crested 
center are ideal for margins and dwarf beds. The colors range 
from deep salmon-orange to white with many lemon and biscuit 
shades. Pkt. 20 cts.; doz. 35 cts.; 30z. 60 cts.; oz. $1.10. 
Marigold, Extra-Dwarf Double, Butterball. All-America 
Winner. The plants, only 6 to 8 inches high, have 2-inch 
flowers with crested centers of soft butter-yellow petals tipped 
maroon, flanked by broad butter-yellow guard petals. Un- 
excelled for pot culture as it is early flowering and very com- 
pact. Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; oz. $1.15; 14 Ib. $3.50. 
Marigold, Double Miniature, Spry. All-America Winner. 
Very dwarf, compact 9-inch plants, 15 inches across and ex- 
Marigold Hybrid, Idabelle Firestone. The largest, reddest 
hybrid with full-double flowers, 2 to 24 inches across, of bright 
reddish mahogany borne on very Jong stems for cutting. The 
Morning-Glory, Cornell. The large, bright carnelian-red 
flowers, edged pure white, appear early and freely on vigorous 
vines. Cornell, with the new Pearly Gates and Heavenly Blue 
now makes a patriotic red, white and blue combination. Pkt. 
15*cts.; 44.0Z5,55 Cts: oz $1- 
Petunia, Single Bedding, Topaz Rose. All-America Winner. 
A remarkable fiery, velvety rose suffused with gold and with a 
topaz throat. The plant growth is more compact and not as tall 
as the others in this class. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; oz. 60 cts.; 
oz. $2. 
Scabiosa, Tom Thumb, Mixed. Dwarf plants 8 inches high 
and 12 inches across, with an abundance of double, medium- 
sized flowers all summer. Splendid for bedding, edging and 
rock-gardens. Pkt. 10 cts.; 144oz. 20 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; WIb. $2. 
Star of Texas. An easily grown annual. The single daisy flowers 
144 inches across, have long-pointed,light canary-yellow petals 
with paler centers. The thin strong stems are not long but good 
for cutting. The very vigorous branching plants, 18 inches 
F high and often 18 inches across, bloom very freely and are quite 
Marigold, cellent for pots and borders. The flowers, produced most freely hardy. Sow in open ground in early spring In dry, sunny loca- 
Hee of all Marigolds, are 11% inches across with bright clear yellow tion. Fine planted with Tahoka Daisy. Pkt. 15 cts.; Koz. 
Se ee crested centers surrounded by mahogany-red_ guard petals. 35 cts.; 1g0z. 50 cts.; oz. $1.50. 
They begin Hor in 9 weeks from seed. Pkt. 20 cts.; }goz. 50 Zinnia, Lilliput, Tom Thumb, Mixed. A very excellent 
cts.; 1goz. 90 cts.; oz. $2.75. 2 2 : 
dwarf, compact strain suitable for pot culture, borders and 
Marigold, Red and Gold Hybrids. The very double flowers, rock-gardens. The plants, 4 to 6 inches high, are covered with 
2% to 3 inches across, vary in color with the season. At times tiny Lilliput flowers in red, orange, yellow, pink, rose and 
they are pure golden yellow, at other times a bright mahogany pastel shades. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; oz. $1; W4Ib. $3. 
scarlet. Some are solid red, others red and gold. They bloom ean a A Dav ; 
very early starting in 8 weeks from seed and continue profusely Zinnia, Chrysanthemum-f owered, David Burpee, Mixed. 
et up to frost. The bushy, upright plants are (arco alleen These resemble ‘‘Mums’”’ with curled, quilled petals. The huge 
Star of 2 feet across. Pkt. 20 cts.; ~s0z. 50 cts.; Yoz. $1.50; oz. $4.50. long-stemmed flowers, often 6 inches across and 4 inches deep, 
exas 
come in pastel colors—apricot, cream, chamois, buff, salmon, 
pink, peach, burnt orange, rose, terra cotta. Some are self- 
colored, many combine two or three colors. Height 3 feet. 
Pkt. 20 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts.: oz. $2.25. 
3-foot plants are vigorous and often 3 feet across. They flower 
very early, starting in about 9 weeks from seed and bloom 
freely up to frost. Pkt. 20 cts.; 760Z. 35 cts.; yoz. $1; oz. $3. 
Morning-Glory, Pearly Gates. All-America Winner. Huge, 
lovely, lustrous white flowers with creamy shading down in the 
throat. They are Over 4 Inches across and literally cover the 




















fast climbing, vigorous vines from midsummer to frost. The ; Lagan 
leaves are light green, heart shaped and luxurious in growth. Morning-Glory, 
<<< Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; 140z. 90 cts.; oz. $2.75. Pearly Gates 
| Marigold, 



= Butterball 




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