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STOCK GIANT WONDER 
This splendid new stock represents a great improve- 
ment over all forcing stocks in size of flowers, doubleness, 
habit of growth and length of stems. It is a double purpose 
stock. When planted close the plant makes one long spike 
of mammoth florets closely packed around the stem. Given 
plenty of room the plants branch out producing double florets 
of still mammoth size on numerous branches two feet long. 
A bed of Giant Wonder stock produces extraordinary effect. 
Giant Wonder stock is extra early, the seed produces a high 
percentage of doubles. A prominent New York florist says: 
Giant Wonder Stock is the acme of perfection. You will agree 
once you'll see Giant Wonder in bloom. Height 28 to 32 
inches. WHITE, BRIL- 
LIANT RED, BLUE, LAVENDER, LIGHT PINK, DARK 
ROSE, YELLOW, VELVETY VIOLET, CHAMOIS. MIXED. 
Any color: T. pkt. 25c; sy oz. 35c; zs oz. 60c; % oz. $1.00. 
PETUNIA GLOW 
Dwarf compact bedding type. Plants very dwarf, very 
compact and bushy, covered throughout the season with flow- 
ers over two inches across of dazzling carmine red. T. pkt. 
15¢c; ts oz. 45¢c; % oz. 85e; oz. $6.00. 
ZINNIA SUPER CROWN OF GOLD—This is the finest of 
all large flowered Zinnias now in existence. Try it. Offered 
on page 114. 
- STOCKS EARLY COLONIAL 
New. Strictly branching type of double flowering stocks. 
Plants do not form center spikes, require no pinching to make 
them branch. From the base of each plant 8 to 10 heavy, 
thirty inch branches spread out forming a plant 20 inches in 
diameter. Florets two inches across, spikes of flowers 15 
inches long. Comes over 70% double. Extra early blooming 
two weeks earlier than the Perpetual Branching class PURE 
WHITE, SILVERY LAVENDER, DEEP ROSE. MIXED. T. 
pkt. 25c; sy oz. 35c; re oz. 60c; % oz. $1.00. 
PETUNIA SUPREME 
A selection from Giants of California. (Giants of Cali- 
fornia, Bodger’s Supreme Florist strain). Blooms 5 to 7 
inches across, shallow, open throats surrounded by satiny pet- 
als which are so heavily ruffled that in the young flowers they 
are easily mistaken for doubles. Colors are shades of pink, 
rose and salmon rose, the throats richly veined. Strikingly 
beautiful. Plants robust 18 to 24 inches tall when fully de- 
veloped. The first flowers are produced when the plants are 
only 5-6 inches tall and for this reason it is an excellent 
strain for all that raise flowers for profit. T. pkt. 25c; 1/64 
oz. $1.25. 
PETUNIA VELVET BALL 
New. Plants round, compact, ball shape, only 8 inches 
tall with 12 to 15 flowers in bloom at a time. Flowers 21%4 
inches across, wide open and of a deep luscious shade of 
velvety blood red. T. pkt. 15c; zz oz. 25c; zs oz. 45c; % oz. 
85c; oz. $6.00. 

VISCARIA TOM THUMB 
Extremely free flowering, annual of dwarf compact growth 
and great beauty. In bloom all summer. Easily raised. Fine 
for ribboning, bedding as a pot plant and a good cut-flower. 
BLUE GEM, bright, true blue. ROSY GEM, brilliant rose. Ht. 
8 in. Price: Either variety: T. pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c; oz. $2.00. 
IN THE BEST 
do we trust. We sell seeds of best quality and what is more, we 
supply new and superior varieties in flowers and vegetables that 
cannot be had elsewhere. To have new and superior in seeds is our 
job. We are not sleeping on the job. All you have to do, is to 
grow these new things or at least try them, if you do not have 
enough faith in us, To try is your job. And if you will try what 
we offer, believe us, you'll not be fooled—you will make money. 
DIVIDE YOUR PERENNIALS 
Dividing keeps perennials in a healthy and vigorous condition. 
In dividing them, use your judgment. You can divide most peren- 
nials during the summer or early fall except those that bloom in the 
fall which are best divided in the early spring. Aggressive plants 
like Anthemis, Physostegia and others should be divided annually. 
Phlox, Iris and plants with their rate of growth, divide every two or 
three years. Do not divide: Platycodon, Dictamnus, Gypsophyla and 
similar plants with carrot-like roots. Peonies should be divided 
in the fall once in 8-10 years. But in order to increase root stock, 
AES perce: once in three years, not oftener, else your roots 
go nd. 
