
STARRED VARIETIES SUITABLE FOR ROCK GARDENS 5 



NOVELTIES and SPECIALTIES — SEED 
Early Giant Imperial Stocks 
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. 

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 percentage of doubles when 
grown under favorable conditions. 
We offer the followng colors: 
Fiery Blood Red, Elks’ Pride (pur- 
ple), Lavender, Blush Pink, But- 
tercup (yellow), and mixed. See 
illustration, inside front cover. 
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. 
Superb New Salvia 
“Firebrand” 
A new introduction that starts 
blooming when only a few inches 
high and continuing an unbroken 
mass of brillant scarlet bloom 
until cut down by frost. Without 
doubt one of the finest bedding 
plants ever offered. Pkt. each 
50c. (See page 26 for Plants.) 

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. 

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. 
Per pkt. 15c, 3 for 40c; complete 
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. 
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 
Our mixture contains.a wide 
Per pkt. 10c. 
appearance. 
range of colors. 

New Giant Crested Zinnia 
Howard’s Giant 
A cross between the Giant Dahlia Flow- 
ered and Scabious Flowered which com- 
bines the size of first with the form of 
the second. The crested centers are sur- 
rounded by several rows of guard petals 
presenting a pleasing variatiin from the 
usual Zinnia. All the usual Zinnia colors 
—orange, scarlet, yellow, rose, maize and 
crimson are included. A bouquet of these 
giant flowers is breath taking in its beau- 
ty. Howard's Crested Zinnias are a real 
novelty. Price per pkt. 25c. 
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. 
For Zinnia Plants see page 26. 
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. 
