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No. 1285 
INDIAN SPRING. 
No. 906 Hollyhock. All American Silver 
Medal Winner. A lovely summer annual, blooming 
in less than five months after planting, producing a 
profuse and colorful display of semi-double crinkly 
edged flowers for weeks. Rose pink is the pre- 
dominating color but variations will occur from 
very light pink to an almost crimson rose shade. 
Grows normally 31% to 4 feet but may attain to 6 
feet. Pkt. 15c; 14, oz. 50c. 
Ne 1285 Zinnia FANTASY WILDFIRE. 
i "A vivid companion to 
Star Dust and White Light, Wildfire adds a distinct 
note of color and cheerfulness to the garden and 
will enliven any home when used in flower arrange- 
ments. The strong, free blooming plants, 214 
to 3 feet high, come into flower in about 50 days 
after seeds are planted. The color is a rich dazzling 
scarlet. Pkt. 20c; 14 oz. 50c. 
No. 573 Alyssum., V!OLET QUEEN. No 
" Alyssum introduction 
in years has aroused such universal interest as has 
Violet Queen. It is one of the most revolutionary 
developments in this flower. Plants are dwarf, 
compact, neat in habit, free flowering and the small 
sweetly scented flowers are a rich deep shade of 
violet. Pkt. 25c; 14 oz. 60c. 
No. 1251 Verbena, SP!TFIRE. Thelivest 
color in the grandi- 
flora class of verbenas. It is the personification of a 
“Spitfire’ fighter plane in action, radiating its 
defiance in deep scarlet rose colors in mammoth 
blooms 31% inches across. The vigorous plants 
measure 25 to 30 inches in diameter with each 
stem of florets semi-erect. Pkt. 25c; 1% oz. 60c. 
No. 1093 Petunia Cheerful. ,vew. 
BEDDING. All America Bronze Medal Winner for 
1944. Flowers grow 234 in. and more across, 
varying according to age, from clear salmon-pink 
to softer, lighter shades of salmon—a blending that 
is most pleasing and colorful. Plants are of a new 
habit of growth, being low, spreading close to the 
ground as they start to bloom and later forming a 
dwarf mound 10 in. high and as much as 2 ft. across; 
ideal for bedding and wide borders, lovley for cut- 
ting. Pkt. 25c. ‘ 
No. 970 Ma rigold-Mum. Bronze Medal 
Winner for 
1944 All America Selections. Grows 3 feet or taller 
with luxuriant deep green foliage, and the long 
stems bear the largest incurved chrysanthemum 
flowered marigolds yet produced. The flowers are 
4 inches or more across and 2 inches deep. This 
huge lemon yellow keeps well as a cut flower and 
rivals Japanese Chrysanthemums. It blooms from 
early August ’till hard frost and produces a wealth of 
gorgeous flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
YELLOW FLARE. All 
No. 159 Cosmos, America Silver Medal 
Winner. Bright clear yellow, the color for which 
gardeners have wished for many years. The single 
flowers are two to two-and-a-half inches across, 
produced in great masses on three foot plants. 
Very attractive and colorful in the garden and 
delightful in flower arrangements. 
Pkt. 20c; 14 oz. 50c. 
