






Petunia, 
Dwarf 
California Giants, 
Ramona Strain 

































Petunia, Single Dwarf 
Bedding, Cream Star 
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Morning-Glory, 
Pearly Gates 
Marigold, Double Miniature, Spry 
Zinnia, Chrysanthemum-flowered, David Burpee 
FORBES FLOWERS OF SPECIAL MERIT FOR 1943 
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. 
Petunia, Victorious All-Double Dwarf Giant Frirged Mixed. 
All-America Winner. Produces beautifully fringed double flowers 
in a fine color assortment on dwarf sturdy plants. Pkt. 50 cts.; 
500 seeds $2; 1000 seeds $3.50; 1/1280z. $6.50. 
Phacelia campanularia. Unusually beautiful gentian-blue 
cup-flowers with conspicuous white anthers, in terminal racemes 
on neat plants, 9 inches high. Bloom early and last all summer. 
Celosia, Dwarf Fiery Feather. A plumed Pyramidalis dwarf 
type fine for bedding and for spring pot-plants. Perfect pyra- 
mids, 12 inches high, with bright fiery scarlet spires branching 
mostly from the base of the plant. Pkt. 15 cts.; j;0z. 35 cts.; 
Yioz. $1; oz. $3. 
Cleome, Pink Queen. All-America Winner. A true pink variety 
with huge flower-heads from June until frost if seed is sown 
early. Free from insects and disease. Height 4 feet. Pkt. Excellent for pot plants and edgings. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 20 cts.; 
UOC ES eas a OZ nO DICLS. +4 07.40) Cts. 02. D2 oz. 60 cts. 
Marigold, Dwarf Double Harmony, Sunkist. All-America | Rudbeckia, Starlight. All-America Winner. Bright semi- 
double flowers, from primrose to mahogany and bicolors with 
mahogany centers, from 2 to 3 inches across on straight stems 
often 3 feet long. Attractive and fine for cutting. Pkt. 25 cts.; 
j;0z. 65 cts.; goz. $2. 
Salvia farinacea, Royal Blue. Deep royal blue flower-spikes 
on bushy plants. Uniformly 3 feet high. Very effective as 
cut-flowers particularly when combined with pink. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
j;0z. 50 cts.; Woz. $1.50. 
Snapdragon, Rustproof Super Majestic Half-Dwarf Mixed. 
The finest half-dwarf strain with individual flowers of huge size 
on nicely tapered, Immense spikes. The very full plants are 
base branching, 16 to 20 inches high, and are as fine for cutting as 
for garden. Pkt. 15 cts.; ~;0z. 35 cts.; goz. $1; oz. $3. 
Zinnia, Red Riding Hood. Miniature bright crimson double 
flowers, about half the size of Lilltputs, on dwarf, compact 
plants 1 to 2 feet high. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 30 cts.; oz. 90 cts.; 
YIb. $2.75. 
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. 15 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; Yoz. 50 cts.; oz. $1.50. 
Winner. Deep golden orange, 2-inch blooms with crested 
centers of tubular petals flanked by broad deep orange guard 
petals, covering 6- to 8-inch mounded plants. Early free- 
blooming and fine for pots and window-boxes. Pkt. 25 cts.; 
Vyoz. 60 cts.; oz. $1.75; Wlb. $5.25. 
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. 15 cts.; loz. 
D5 Cts 4 O26 451 CtS)>- OZ. pls: 
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. 20 cts.; Woz. 40 cts.; Y{oz. 70 cts.; oz. $2. 
Petunia, Single Dwarf Bedding, Cream Star. All-America 
Winner. Five-pointed star-shaped flowers, 244 inches across, of 
rich cream deepening to a golden yellow throat. Produced in 
great abundance on very compact plants. Pkt. 20 cts.; zeoz. 
50 cts.; Ygoz. $1.50; oz. $4.50. 
Petunia, Dwarf California Giants, Ramona Strain. Un- 
excelled for pot culture, the dwarf, sturdy plants, mm 3 or 4-1nch 
pots, will bloom when only 6 inches high. Beautifully ruffled 
and fringed flowers, often over 5 inches across, are produced | 
freely. In mixtures: Dark Shades Mixed, and Dark and 
Light Shades Mixed. Each, pkt. 50 cts.; Tr. pkt. $1; @oz. | 
$1.75; 20z. $2.75; poz. $5; oz. $9. 

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Marigold, Dwarf Double Harmony, Sunkist 
