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ever-popular Portulaca—always a mass of color. 

The 
PORTULACA (Sun Plant). Annual. These lovely silk-like 
flowers start blooming early and keep it up continuously 
until frost. For brilliancy of display as a border or edge, in 
beds, in rock-gardens or in any way, they are unexcelled. 
Grow 4 to 6 inches high, and will thrive in almost any soil. 
Single, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 440z. 30 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Double, Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts.; Ygoz. 40 cts.; 140z. 75 cts. 
NASTURTIUMS, Glorious Gleam Hybrids 
Double, sweet-scented blooms in a variety of hues that 
are beautiful as cut-flowers. Our mixture contains 
shades of salmon, cerise, golden yellow, orange-scarlet, 
cream-yellow, scarlet, orange, maroon, and gold flushed scar- 
let. Mixed Colors, pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; \4lb. 60 cts.; 
Vlb. $1. 
NASTURTIUM, New Golden Globe. A lovely gem-like 
plant of compact form. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts. 
Double Golden Gleam. A mass of large golden yellow 
double flowers on stiff, 6-inch stems producing a blaze of 
color in the garden. It is an excellent fragrant cut-flower, 
also a splendid pot-plant. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; Mlb. 
60 cts. 
Double Sweet-scented, Scarlet Gleam. Like Golden 
Gleam except it is an intensely dazzling scarlet. Pkt. 10 
cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 4b. 60 cts. 
Dwarf Single, Schell’s Quality Mixture. The plants 1 
foot high are covered with the beautiful blooms con- 
tinuously. As a border or in solid mass they make a most 
magnificent sight. The more flowers you cut off the more 
come on, and the long stems make them very valuable 
“ee bouquets. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Mlb. 50 cts.; lb. 
1.50. 
Tall, Single, Schell’s Quality Mixture. A mixture made 
up of every color of this popular flower. The vines grow 
from 6 to 10 feet and are very effective when grown in 
sunny positions, as they bloom all summer. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 15 cts.; 4b. 40 cts.; lb. $1.50. 
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Schell’s Giant-flowered Mixture Verbenas 


Schell’s New Cosmos, Sensation, Dazzler 
New Prize-Winner Cosmos 
SENSATION, DAZZLER 
Awarded prize as one of the best new flowers for 1943 
The flowers are immense (3 to 4 inches in Giameter; under 
good culture they reach 5 inches), and their color is a luscious 
shade of rich deep velvety crimson. The fluted petals overlap, 
forming a very full and most beautiful single flower. Those 
are carried on long heavy stems freely produced on the 4 to 
5-foot plants, and are especially fine for cut-flowers. Truly a 
sensational flower in both beauty and size. Pkt. 15 ets.; 
2 pkts. 25 cts.; goz. 50 cts.; 4oz. 90 cts.; 14oz. $1.60. 
New First Clear Yellow Cosmos 
YELLOW FLARE 
Awarded Silver Medal as one of the best new flowers for 1942 
Yellow Flare is a bright clear Cosmos—the first of its color. 
It is a companion to Orange Flare. The flowers are 2 to 2% 
inches across and the plants are about 3 feet tall. It blooms very 
early and continuously, supplying an abundance of bouquet 
blooms which harmonize beautifully with other flowers. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; 12o0z. 90 cts. 
(For other Cosmos, see page 43.) 
VERBENAS. Annual 
SCHELL’S GIANT-FLOWERED MIXTURE. Containing 
all giant-flowering varieties of richest colors—royal blue, 
rose-pink, scarlet, white, rose-red, salmon-pink, and with 
eyes of white, yellow, and cream. A gorgeous mass of bright- 
colored flowers from July until frost. Every flower-garden 
should have Verbenas in it, and by all means this Giant- 
flowered Mixture. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; oz. 45 cts.; 
Yyoz. 75 cts. 
New Giant-flowered, Brilliant. This is one of the richest 
colored Verbenas we have ever introduced. The blooms 
are a deep rich flame-rose with a medium-sized white eye 
which brings out the intense flame-rose color. It is very 
beautiful. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; loz. 75 cts.; loz. 
S135. 
New Verbena, Floradale Beauty. 
Selections of Best New Flowers. 
shades with salmon-rose predominating. 
3 pkts. 25 cts.; oz. 45 cts. 
Crimson Glow. New. Rich dark crimson. 
3 pkts. 25 cts.; oz. 45 cts.; Moz. 85 cts. 
Largest White. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 75 cts.; oz. $2.50. 
Lucifer. Vivid scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 75 cts.; oz. $2.50. 
Salmon-Pink. White eye. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 75 cts. 
Verbena, Dwarf Compact, Fireball. New. A dwarf, com- 
pact Verbena about 6 inches high, literally covered with 
bright scarlet blooms, excellent for borders, beds, or pot- 
plants. Continuous bloomer, Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. $1.25. 
Dwarf Compact, Violet Bouquet. New. A charming 
companion to Fireball. The plant is 8 inches high and 
8 inches in diameter. Deep violet, tinged with garnet, 
changing to deep violet as the flower gets older. The eye 
is cream, making a very rich color combination. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Moz. $1.25; oz. $4. 
Moss Verbena (V. erinoides). Annual. Produces a mass of 
lace-like foliage, spreading over the ground like a carpet. 
The blue and white flowers are borne in great profusion 
from June until frost. Fine for beds, borders, baskets, and 
rock-gardens. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; 4oz. 50 cts, 

Winner in All-America 
Large-flowering rose 
Picts) Olces.« 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 
