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1512 America All-Double Petunia 
The first all-double petunia ever created in America. Flowers are rose- 
pink, of medium size, 2 inches and more across; plants are hybrida nana 
compacta, very compact and uniform in growth, 1 foot in height» and 18 
inches in width. Although its use is perhaps most valuable in the garden, 
the compact habit permits use as a pot plant. Stems may be obtained up 
to 10 inches in length and will be found highly adaptable to low vase use. 
In picking blooms it will be found, and truly appreciated, almost to lack 
the sticky substance found on the leaves and stems of most petunia 
varieties. America All-Double is among the first of the petunias to bloom 
and will continue to flower profusely until frost. It is of easy culture and 
vigorous growth. One of the finest and most novel of the new flowers. 
Silver Medal Winner, All-America Selections for 1943. Pkt., 50c. 

1513 “Igloo” Petunia 
The New Extra Compact White Petunia 
_ The chief advantages of this new petunia are its free blooming habit and 
its compact and uniform growth. The flowers are medium size, pure white 
with a slight yellowing in the throat, and 100% true. Every flower is just 
exactly alike. The fact that the plant remains so uniformly 
compact throughout the season (if the soil is not too rich) 
makes it ideal for borders. Every plant is a perfect mound 
of white, 8 to 10 inches high, reminding one of an Eskimo 
igloo. Very free flowering. Bronze Medal Winner of All- 
America Selections for 1943, Pkt., 20c. 
1514 “English Violet” Petunia 
A new and much more pleasing shade of violet-blue Petunia, 
different from any of the other mid-blue varieties. It is 
almost the same beautiful color as English Violets. All the 
flowers on a plant are the same shade and hold this uniform 
color from the time they first open until the last bloom. 
What is more, every plant is the same. The plants normally 
grow 15 to 18 inches tall and very similar in type to hybrida 
nana, Blue Bedder, Snowball, Rosy Morn, etc. Pkt., 20c. 
1515 Petunia, Glamour 
This variety has large salmon-rose flowers with brown 
veining on white in the throat; a free and continuous bloomer. 
This is an excellent color both under artificial light and out- 
doors. There is a little variation in color shades and though 
mostly with wavy, fringed petals, some come plain edged 
and smaller in size than the 4 to 5 inches. Height is usually 
15 to 18 inches. Honorable Mention, All-America Winners for 
1942. Pkt., 20c. 
1516 Petunia, Mars 
Mars is the deepest crimson and the largest flowered in the 
bedding Petunia class. Its color is a deep, yet lively, velvety 
crimson holding its same color down in the throat. Mars is 
a deeper crimson than Flaming Velvet recently introduced, 
comes true to type and color, and is a larger flowered Petunia. 
When grown well the flower will reach the size of about 
three inches. Pkt., 15c. 

Fantasy Zinnia 

America All-Double Petunia 
1517 Zinnia, Lilliput, Dainty Gem 
Cheers for this new gem for the Victory Garden. Gay, colorful and intriguing, 
Dainty Gem adds that zestful lift to our morale most of us need in these days of 
uncertainty. No one viewing these fascinating bicolored, button-like blossoms can 
fail to see things just a little more enthusiastically. Free flowering and colorful, 
Dainty Gem plants are neat 114- to 2-foot, bushy specimens with wiry stems just 
the right length for bouquets for the home. The neat, compact, round blossoms, 
11% inches in diameter, are bright rose-pink .at the center and lighter flesh-pink on 
the lower or outside petals. Definitely a garden ‘‘must,’’ Dainty Gem will unquestion- 
ably be found in all up-to-date gardens next season. Pkt., 15c. 
1518 Zinnia, Pumila, Sunshine Tints 
Pastels are among the most popular shades in cut flowers of the moment. Whether 
the flower be gigantic, diminutive or in between size, the pastel is a wanted color. 
These new Sunshine Tints, in the very popular Pumila or Cut-and-Come-Again 
type of Zinnia, fills the need for pastels in this intermediate size. Somewhat richer 
and more full bodied in color than some other pastels available, the Sunshine Tints 
comprise many luscious autumn tints of bronze, golden yellow, apricot and rich 
rose as well as the better known delicate pinks, creamy yellows, soft flesh tones 
and salmons of most pastel mixtures. The blooms are 2% to 3 inches in diameter, 
rounded in shape, symmetrically formed and carried on stems of good length. For 
best results seed should be sown where plants are to grow and produce their flowers, 
and while Zinnias will thrive in even the poorest soil, a moderately enriched sandy 
loam is preferred. Flowers will be produced about fifty days after seed is sown and 
will continue in blossom throughout the summer. Pkt., 15c. 
1519 Zinnia, Fantasy, Melody 
Gay, shaggy and informal, Fantasy Zinnias have been steadily increasing in 
popularity. Three charming new colors are added this year to the rapidly growing 
list in this informal class. Melody brings a new color not only to the Fantasy 
group, but is a distinctly new shade in Zinnias as a whole. A rich orchid-lavender, 
the color is most intriguing, particularly in flower arrangements. The medium 
sized flowers have finely curled and twisted petals, light and dainty in appearance. 
The 2%4-foot plants are very free blooming, start flowering early and give a 
wealth of blooms throughout the summer months. Pkt., 15c. 
1520 Zinnia, Fantasy, Gold Dust and Pink Frills 
Further rounding out the color range of the Fantasy group are these two addi- 
tions: Gold Dust, a soft, rich, light golden orange with very daintily curled and 
twisted petals and full rounded blooms, freely produced on strong growing, 214- 
foot plants; and Pink Frills, a soft pastel flesh shade with slightly larger blooms, 
curled and twisted, although not as fine petaled as Gold Dust and Melody. Pkt., 15c. 
1521 Zinnia, Cactus-Flowered Giants 
This type of flower is quite informal and makes a gorgeous decoration. Its long 
petals are quilled, curled, and pointed-—with no center showing. It will average 
between 4 and 4% inches across, and each flower is over 2 inches deep. An un- 
usually wide range of colors are available, including all of the following: red, 
yellow, lavender, orange, pink, bronze, rose-buff, and salmon. We believe it con- 
tains more colors than any other Zinnia mixture. These new Cactus-Flowered 
Giants should be included in every collection, as they make a most dainty cut 
flower, or an outstanding bedding annual. Pkt., 15c. 
1522 New Giant Crested Howard Zinnia 
These are the result of a direct cross between the smaller flowered Scabious- 
Flowered class and those of the Giant Dahlia-Flowered section. The blooms average 
from 4 to 5 inches in diameter with a full rounded cushiony center surrounded by 
broad guard petals after the style of the pyrethrum or painted daisy. The colors 
included in this strain are bright and fresh, and contain almost all known colors and 
shades found in this most popular of annual plants, beautiful shades of orange, 
orange-scarlet, yellow, rose, maize and crimson predominating. As a cut flower or as 
an annual for garden borders they are without peer. They will undoubtedly become 
an important cut flower for home and florist use. It has taken over 10 years of 
work since the original crosses were made, to perfect the type, and at the present 
time the flowers will produce 75 per cent true to type. Pkt., 20c. 
