Novelties of Merit 
for 1943 
AGERATUM: “Midget Blue” and ‘Golden Ageratum” 
ASTERS: ‘Princess W. R.” and “Early Giant W. R.” 
BEGONIAS: “King of the Reds” and “Masterpiece” 
CALCEOLARIA: “Monarch Strain” and “Multiflora Nana” 
CLEOME (Spiderflower): “Giant Pink Queen” | 
COSMOS: “Early Double Sensation Mixed” 
DAISY Shasta: “Diener’s G. Marconi” and ‘All-Double Reselected”’ 
DELPHINIUM: “Giant Double Pacific Hybrids” (Vetterle & Reinelt) 
ICELAND POPPIES: “Imperial Jewels” and ‘’Sandford’s Giant” 
IPOMEA (Morning Glory): ‘Pearly Gates” and ‘Scarlett O'Hara” 
LIATRIS SCARIOSA: “Avalon Variety” and ‘White Flowered” 
MARIGOLDS: “Dwarf Gigantea Pot O’Gold” and "Gypsy Jewels’ 
Dwarf French Double “Spry” “Scarlet Glow” “Butterball”’ 
Mission Giants “Goldsmith” and ‘’Yellowstone” 
Carnation Flowered “Burpee Gold” “Golden West” ‘Orange 
Supreme’ “Burpee’s Red and Gold Hybrids” 
NIEREMBERGIA: ‘Purple Robe” 
PETUNIAS: “All-Double Fantasy” 
Giants of California ‘’Glamour’”’ 
Dwarf Giants Ramona ‘Deep Rose” 
“Cream Star” “First Lady” “Glow” "Topaz Queen” “King Henry’ 
“Salmon Supreme” “Velvet Bail” “Rose Queen Impr.”’ 
“Snow White” 
PANSY: “Engelmann’s Giant” (Originator’s seed) 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI GIGANTEA: “Red Glory” “Rosy Morn” "Salmon Glory” 
POPPY ORIENTALE: “Salmon Shades” 
PRIMULA OBCONICA: “Wyaston Wonder” (Largest flowering Obconica) 
PRIMULA POLYANTHUS: "Giant Munstead Strain” ‘Monarch Strain” 
SALVIA FARINACEA: “Royal Blue” 
SALVIA SPLENDENS: “Blaze of Fire” 
STOCKS GIANT COLUMN: “Gardenia” and ‘Yellow Wonder’ 
VERBENA (Dwarf): “Blue Sentinel’ “Red Sentinel” ‘White Ball’ 
VERBENA: “Bipinnatifida’ “Tobaty Verbena” (Bonariensis Type) 
ZINNIA: “Howard's New Giant Crested” ‘Dahlia Flowered Royal Purple” 













Maintaining constant contact with seed growers, breeders and hybridizers, we are pleased to 
offer the above as the most outstanding novelties, new strains and improvements on older varieties. 
All have been tried in widely diversified sections and climates over the United States, and will un- 
doubtedly prove popular and profitable for the Florist Grower. For the convenience of ready refer- 
ence, the complete descriptions and illustrations will be found on the following pages, arranged 
alphabetically, which cover the year ‘round seed requirements for Florists and Nurserymen, 
