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Idabelle 
Firestone 
Star of 
Texas 
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Marigold, 
Butterball 
FORBES FLOWERS OF SPECIAL MERIT FOR 1942 
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 strarnms 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; oz. 55 cts.; oz. $1; oz. $3. 
Dimorphotheca, Double Hybrids, Mixed. An interesting 
double form. The 8-inch plants, often 14 mches 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 Iemon and biscuit 
shades. Pkt. 20 cts.; %0z. 35 cts.; 30z. 60 cts.; ~;0z. $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; Ib. $3.50. 
Marigold, Double Miniature, Spry. All-America Winner. 
Very dwarf, compact 9-inch plants, 15 inches across and ex- 
cellent for pots and borders. The flowers, produced most freely 
of all Marigolds, are 1144 inches across with bright clear yellow 
crested centers surrounded by mahogany-red guard petals. 
They begin bloom in 9 weeks from seed. Pkt. 20 cts.; oz. 50 
cts.; loz. 90 cts.; oz. $2.75. 
Marigold, Red and Gold Hybrids. The very double flowers, 
2% to 3 inches across, vary In color with the season. At times 
they are pure golden yellow, at other times a bright mahogany 
scarlet. Some are solid red, others red and gold. They bloom 
very early starting in 8 weeks from seed and continue profusely 
up to frost. The bushy, upright plants are 114 feet tall and 
2 feet across. Pkt. 20 cts.; ~;0z. 50 cts.; Moz. $1.50; oz. $4.50. 
Marigold Hybrid, Idabelle Firestone. The largest, reddest 
hybrid with full-double flowers, 2 to 21% inches across, of bright 
reddish mahogany borne on very long stems for cutting. The 
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.; j;0z. 35 cts.; lgoz. $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 
leaves are light green, heart shaped and luxurious in growth. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; 14o0z. 90 cts.; oz. $2.75. 
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Marigold, Double Miniature, Spry 
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.; oz. 35 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.; 4oz. 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.; 40z. 20 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; 4Ib. $2. 
Star of Texas. An easily grown annual. The single daisy flowers 
114 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 
high and often 18 inches across, bloom very freely and are quite 
hardy. Sow in open ground in early spring in dry, sunny loca- 
tion. Fine planted with Tahoka Daisy. Pkt. 15 cts.; Moz. 
35 cts.; Y%oz. 50 cts.; oz. $1.50. 
Zinnia, Lilliput, Tom Thumb, Mixed. A very excellent 
dwarf, compact strain suitable for pot culture, borders and 
rock-gardens. The plants, 4 to 6 inches high, are covered with 
tiny Lilliput flowers in red, orange, yellow, pink, rose and 
pastel shades. Pkt. 15 cts.; 4oz. 35 cts.; oz. $1; 4Ib. $3. 
Zinnia, Chrysanthemum-flowered, David Burpee, Mixed. 
These resemble ‘‘Mums’’ with curled, quilled petals. The huge 
long-stemmed flowers, often 6 inches across and 4 inches deep, 
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.; Koz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts.; oz. $2.25. 
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Morning-Glory, 
Pearly Gates 


