Olds Marigolds 
Marigolds from early summer ito late fall supply the garden with 
their wealth of color. Too well known to require much in the way of 
description. 


Guinea Gold Marigold. 
1034. Guinea Gold. (African.) H. A. The 
large double flowers are startling. The color is 
a rich Guinea Gold which can almost be described 
as a brilliant orange, a color which will harmo- 
nize well with other colors. The flowers will 
last for weeks as cut flowers and the plants are 
a mass of bloom until frost. While the flower 
is double it is not a solid double but the petals 
are beautifully waved and fringed. It grows 2 
fOMOMECOTEDaIle Pict, mOC s/o 8O2., 2OGS) OL. 40C. 
1030. Dwarf Mixed French. H. A. The favor- 
ite, dwarf, highly-colored variety. Pkt., 5c; ¥% 
0Z., 30C;.0z., 50c, 
1030%. Tall Double French Mixed. H. A. 
Much taller than the ‘French Dwarf mixed. 
Grows to a height of about 30 inches. Colors: 
yellow, cream, orange and rusty brown. Pkt., 
5es “7 02., S0C; 02., 50C. 
1031. Lemon Queen. (African.) H. A. Large, 
showy, lemon, double-quilled African Marigold, 
Pit eL0Cw ee DeEts., LOCs) 5 O2n-c0Cs: Yo 02, 
bOcs oz., 90c. 
10311%. African Double Mixed. H. A. An 
exceptionally fine, tall branching strain bearing 
enormous flowers of the quilled type. Pkt., 5c; 
VY oz., 40c; o2z., 70c, 
1032. Tagetes Signata Pumila. H. A. (Bor- 
der or Mexican Marigold. ) A miniature Marigold, 
6 to 8 inches high, completely covered with 
bright orange flowers. Very striking for edgings. 
Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 4% oz., 35¢; WY 0Z., 60c; 
0z.," $1.00. 

Little Giant Marigold. 
1029%%. Little Giants. (African.)|. H. A. 
Although the height is only ten to fifteen inch- 
es, the plant will actually produce a head of 
twenty to thirty-five 4-inch flowers. Note illus- 
tration. It is especially fine to grow as a pot 
plant. Colors range from yellow to bright 
orange. A small per cent of the plants will be 
of the tall type. These have light colored foliage 
and should be discarded when transplanting. 
Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; Ye 0z., 60c; 02., $1.00. 
1035'%. Mission Giants, Goldsmith. One of 
our newer Marigolds. See page 1 for descrip- 
tion and colored illustration. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 
25ce; Ys oz., 70c; Ye oz., $1.30; 02., $2.50. 

Grow your own plants. 
See page 20 for Indoor 
Seed Starter. 
LOSS mS UnKI Stahl Ag 
Our New Marigold, Win- 
ner of the Silver Medal 
in the 1943 All-America 
Trials, Described and 
illustrated in color on 
Dacemelwe Pkt. «2OoCseee 
pkts., 40c; % oz., 80c; 
il 0z., $1.50. : 
1029. Dwarf Royal 
Scot All Double. H. A. 
The bushy plants, uni- 
form in ghape, grow to 
a height of ten to 
twelve inches: Mill ait a 
flowers are rich mahog:- 
any and gold in uniform 
stripes and are practi- 
cally 100% double; 
something quite new in 
French Marigolds. Pkt., 
LOC 2 pkisas Loew 14 
0Z., 60cC; oz., $1.00. 
1032%. Yellow Supreme. 
It is quite similar 
flowers are slightly 
lemon-yellow color. 
tall, and is free 
10 days in good 
10c; % 02., 35c; 
(African.) H. A. 
to Guinea Gold, but the 
larger and of a creamy 
The plant is 2 to 3 feet 
blooming. Flowers will keep 
condition after cutting. Pkt., 
YY, oz., 60c; oz., $1.00. 
Sunrise Marigold. 
1027%. Early Sunrise. H. A. Bright 
dazzling golden’ yellow, Chrysanthemum 
shaped flowers, 2% inches in diameter. Free 
flowering on plants two feet tall. Will bloom 
15 weeks after seed is sown. Pkt., 10c; 2 
pkts., 15c; % oz., .50c; 4% oz., 90c; 1 02z., 
$1.75. 
103314. Crown of Gold, H. A. This is 
the first Marigold with entirely odorless 
foliage. The golden orange chrysanthemum 
top flower is surrounded by a collar of big 
broad petals of the same color. Plants grow 
about two feet tall, blooming early, profusely, 
and continuously until frost. A very showy 
flower in the garden and wonderful for cut- 
ting. Pkt., 5c; Ye oz... 36c; oz. 60c. 
1027. Harmony. H. A. (Dwarf French.) 
The Scabiosa-like flowers with tubular deep 
orange center petals flanked by broad vel- 
vety dark maroon-brown guard petals are 
most charming. The dwarf compact plants 
are about one foot high. Very free bloom- 
ing and extremely early. It has the charac- 
teristic Marigold odor, but this fault is more 
than offset by the unique beauty of the 
flower. Excellent for cutting, Pkt., 5c; % 
0z., 30c; 0z., 50c. 
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Gig Diatea Sunset Giant Marigold, 
103444. 
When it 
leads the 
Gigantea Sunset Giant Mixed. H. A. 
comes to size of flowers, this variety 
list of Marigolds. Blooms actually 
seven to eight inches in diameter have been 
produced. They will average five inches across. 
While the flowers are huge, there is some vari- 
ance in the strain coming only about 75% true. 
The plants will vary in height from three to 
six feet. The flowers are loosely formed, very 
full centered, with broad heavy petals grace- 
fully overlapping to make a flower of great 
depth. Colors range from deep orange to light 
yellow. The plants have a sweet fragrance in- 
stead of the usual Marigold odor. Pkt., 10c; 
2 vkts., 15c; 4% 02., 35¢c; Yo oz., 60c; oz.,. $1.00, 
1036. Tall French Single Ferdinand. H. A. 
Probably one of the gayest of all new flowers, 
this saucy, spicy, and colorful Harmony Type 
Marigold will be found extremely fine for cut- 
ting. Unlike the other Harmony Type Mari- 
golds, Ferdinand is single flowered with a neat 
round crested center of dainty tubular florets of 
a rusty shade of golden-yellow surrounded by a 
single row of oe ad mahee zany red guard petals. 
Flowers are 1% to 1% inches in diameter and 
are extremely eee ita attractive. The plants 
are tall growing, 20 to 24 inches, upright, semi- 
compact growth. Stems are well over a foot in 
length. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15¢c; % oz., 45c; 
0Z., 75c. 
1037. Double Harmony Hybrids. H. A. Our 
new mixture of Déuble Harmony type Marigold 
described and shown in color on page 2. Pkt., 
LO GH2 DEUS. nloC seo OZ. DC. (OZ) COC 

Harmony Marigold. 

