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Cosmos Sensation Purity 
COSMOS—VALUABLE, LOVELY CUT FLOWERS 
Cosmos are easily grown, will bloom over a 
long period, add a colorful display in the garden 
and are fine for cutting. 
COSMOS SENSATION. Extra early colossal 4''-6" 
flowers with broad, heavy, fluted overlapping 
petals in three colors: Cardinal, rich crimson; 
Pinkie, delicate pink; Purity, pure white. All 
bloom in 10 weeks from seed. 
EXTRA DOUBLE SENSATION MIXED. Grand huge 
flowers 4 to 5 inches across in double crested 
and novel fluted types. The double flowers 
have a 2’’ crest. The fluted sometimes have 
15-20 petals growing out from the yellow center. 
Percentage of doubles is high. 
COSMEA Hybrids, Earliest Large-flowered, hha, 3 
ft. Improved extra-early mammoth sorts; lovely 
foliage; flrs bloom freely from June until frost. 
Sow in boxes early and transplant, or later out 
doors. White, Pink, Crimson, Mixed. 
Mammoth Late, 5 ft. Extra giant flrs, long stems; 
fine for backgrounds and cutting. White, Pink, 
Crimson or Mixed. 
Fairy Queen, 1 ft. A lovely dwarf sort, flowers 
carmine rose, borne in great profusion; flori- 
ferous. 
Klondyke, 6 ft. A hybrid late-flowering sort. Flrs 
large, rich golden yellow in masses; handsome 
foliage clothing the plant from the ground up. 
Sow early in a sunny bed or grow in pots North. 
Klondyke, Orange Flare, 2 ft. Beautiful vivid 
orange flowers borne on long, graceful stems, 
light green feathery foliage. Plants bloom in 
four months from seed. 
Extra Early Double Crested (Anemone Flowered). 
Not quite as large but with a higher percentage 
of doubles than Double Sensation, this fine type 
is an excellent cut flower because of its fine 
keeping qualities and its sturdy long stems. 
Three popular varieties: Carnelia, a fine light 
Peach Blossom, bright peach pink; 
crimson; 
Whirlwind, ocean breaker white. Mixture. 
Other Cosmos pictured on pg. 6. 
COSMIDIUM Orange Crown, ha, 2 ft. Golden yel- 
‘low with a dark orange zone, easily grown. 
CREPIS, ha, 1 ft. -Very hand- @@ ee 
some annuals, the flrs Dande- 
lion-like, 2 in. across, on long 
stems. Mixed colors. 
CROTALARIA, hha. Showy free- 
blooming leguminous annuals; 
blooming in large racemes 
during Autumn. The species 
vary greatly in size and habit 
and are very attractive when 
in bloom. 
Retusa, 2 ft. Free blooming, 
flowers golden yellow and 
brown, pea-shaped, in huge 
upright racemes; showy; very 
beautiful. 
Spectabilis, 3 ft. Bears a profu- 
sion of showy golden flowers 


PARK SEED COMPANY 
Cut-flower Garden Mixture 
x single flowers. 
Cuphaea Firefly 
CUPHAEA Firefly. An ouistanding, neat, dwarf, 
quick flowering, colorful plant for pots, window 
boxes or the rockery. The profusion of beauti- 
fully formed fiery cerise flowers begins to show 
14 weeks from seed and presents a blaze of 
color throughout the season. 
Platycentra, Cigar Plant, hhp, 1 ft. Flowers scar- 
let, tipped black and white; free-blooming. 
Complete Special Mixture of Cuphaea. 
BABY COSMOS (Bidens Humilis). 1 ft. Pretty, low 
growing plant with golden flowers. 
CUT-FLOWER GARDEN MIXTURE. Hardy annuals 
making a showy bed and yielding cut-flowers 
throughout the season. 14 oz. 5c, oz. l5c. 
CYNOGLOSSUM (Chinese Forget-me-not) 
Ha, 2 it. A charming new annual of easy culture 
from China. Plants vigorous; bearing graceful 
sprays of lovely intense blue, sweet-scented flrs 
throughout summer. A worthy garden flr. Mixed. 
Amabile Fairy Blue. Companion plant to Amabile 
Pink, a fine deep Cambridge blue. 
Amabile Pink. In growth and appearance this 
resembles the blue, only the flrs are rich pink. 
Dwarf Firmament. 1939 All American Award. 
New, dwarf, remarkably free flowering compact 
plant; flowers deep blue. 
Linifolium, ha, 1 ft. Venus navel-wort, white, 
DAHLIAS 
These are as easily grown from seeds as Zin- 
nias. Seeds germinate prompily, grow freely and, 
like Zinnias, begin to show buds in a few weeks. 
The plants like a rich soil and sunny situation 
and bloom freely from early summer till frost. 
Properly cared for they will do service for years. 
The flrs are of many rich and varied colors. We 
offer seeds of best quality such as we feel can be 
depended upon for the finest flrs. Treatment same 
as Zinnias. 
Gold Medal. These seeds are saved from splen- 
did strains of named double varieties and will 
afford the finest results. We offer them with 
entire confidence. All the fine colors in splendid 
mixture, 
Single-flowered Finest Mixed. 
Nice for cutting. 
Cactus-flowered, best mixed. 
Coltness Hybrids, 1 ft. Very 
free-blooming; makes a showy 
bed; many colors. 
Star or Orchid-flowering. A 
very lovely curled and twist- 
ed-petaled variety of great 
merit. 
Unwin’s Ideal Bedding, 18’. 
Lovely dwarf bushy plants 
with miniature double and 
semi-double flowers in variety 
of colors. 
Zulu Strain. A very effective 
bedding strain and exceed- 
ingly popular. Flowers mostly 
shades of crimson with a few 
orange, golden and lilac. 
Excellent large 
during summer; attractive in Finest Dahlias in Complete 
groups. 7 ee A oo Mixture. 
Reg. pkt. 5c: Jumbo pkt. 10c. Dahlia Unwin’s Ideal Bedding Reg. pkt. 5c: Jumbo pkt. 10c. 
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