MARIGOLDS 
Three Fine Varieties for Pot Plants as Well as for Bedding Purposes 
“SPRY” 
Dwarf, compact plants about 
9 inches high and spreads 15 
inches. Flowers 1% inches 
across, having a bright yellow 
center with several rows of 
mahogany-red guard petals. 
Early flowering, it is valuable 
for Spring combination work. 
A March 1 sowing is ideal in 
any locality for flat sales. 
Quite resistant to heat of mid- 
western summers. 
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“BUTTERBALL” 
Most attractive, very compact, 
scabious-flowered, canary yel- 
low. Only 6 to 10 inches tall, 
uniform, very early and con- 
tinuous flowering. Bright and 
luminous bedding or edging 
variety which you can’t help 
but like. Rich, dense foliage, 
well covered with small .1%- 
inch blooms. This makes a 
nice pot plant and should also 
be a good commercial variety. 
Tr. Pkt....25¢ WY oz....55¢ 
HARMONY 
HYBRIDS 
Compact habit combined with 
early free-flowering character 
makes this an outstanding in- 
troduction. Orange and yel- 
low shades with blotched and 
striped combinations. 100% 
all double. 
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DWARF FRENCH DOUBLE HARMONY TYPE (Scabious Flowered) 
Sunkist (New) A bright’ golden orange—All-America winner. 1943 
Typical Harmony flowers with crested centers. Uniformly dwarf. 
Orbit. Color deep golden vatlow: background reddish brown guard 
petals. Fine for bedding and border. 
Spotlight. Blooms about two weeks earlier than the regular French 
types. Plants 12 to 14 inches high. Very compact. Color a brilliant 
yellow shade with a striking velvety dark mahogany-red guard petals. 
No marigold color. Scabiosa type flowers. 
“Melody”. Growing 12 to 15 inches high, and literally covered with 
golden yellow, Harmony type flowers, this is recommended to displace 
Dwarf Scabious-flowered Golden Harmony. Very uniform in height, 
habit and color; rather early, and a long, steady bloomer, except in 
the most northern locations. Equally valuable for commercial use. 
Improved Harmony. Medium size Scabious-like double flowers. Deep 
orange center with maroon-red outer petals. Quite striking and distinct. 
Valuable for cutting and bedding. 14 to 18 in. 
Golden Harmony. Only 11 inches tall and very compact in form. 
The flower is of the quilled scabious type and has a single row of 
broad guard petals on the outer edge. The color is a glowing golden 
yellow and both quill and guard petals hold to this color. 2-inch 
flowers, and produces 100% double blooms. 
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Coronet. Dwarf habit growing about 18 inches tall and makes a 
very even growth. Each flower has a row of reddish brown guard 
petals with a quilled deep golden yellow center. 
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Scabious Flowered Mixed. Includes better varieties and colors in this 
class. : 
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TALL FRENCH SINGLE 
Ferdinand. (Harmony type.) Golden yellow with single row 
of broad mahogany-red guard petals. Flowers are 1¥%2 to 1% inches 
in diameter. Tall growing, 20 to 24 inches, with upright semi-compact 
habit. No strong Marigold odor. 
Flaming Fire. The long-stemmed, brightly colored, large single flowers, 
2 inches across, vary in color at different seasons; at times they are 
flaming red and other times red and yellow. The variations in color 
and pattern of this Marigold are inherited and constitute what is known 
as a variegation. Plants are much branched, 2'2 feet tall, come into 
bloom in about 12 weeks, and continue to bear most profusely all 
through the season. Price: Tr. Pkt....20e 2oz....55¢ Oz....$1.75 
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Marigold “Butterball” 
DWARF FRENCH DOUBLE, SMALL-FLOWERED 
Double Mixed. A very colorful mixture. Made up on a definite formula 
basis and including such fine varieties as Scarlet Glow, Robert Beist, 
Royal Scot and others. Excellent for combinations or bedding. 
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MISSION GIANTS 
A new class of Marigolds of medium height with giant Chrysanthemum 
blooms. Plants grow about 18 inches high with a good amount of 
vigor, having a base branching habit producing 8 to 12 stems of 
excellent cutting length. An early blooming class about 2 weeks 
earlier than the African type. Blooms 4 to 5 inches in diameter form- 
ing an almost perfect ball. They remind one of an incurved type of 
Chrysanthemum. A real addition to the Marigold family. 
Goldsmith. Rich golden orange. 
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Yellowstone. Bright rich clear yellow. 
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Mixed. Deep medium golden orange as well as bright lemon. 
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DWARF FRENCH SINGLE 
Flash—(New)—Base color of tangerine overlaid with rich marigold 
red. Blends nicely with most any background. 
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Fire Cross. Single dwarf light orange, resembles Legion of Honor ex- 
cept that the yellow on outer edge of petals is a deeper golden shade. 
Also we find Fire Cross some earlier flowering and more compact. A 
valuable outdoor variety. 12 to 14 in. 
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Legion of Honor. A well known dwarf single. The lemon-yellow in this 
variety contrasts brightly with the mahogany center. Both the above 
two dwarf singles are valuable for early flowering in small pots. 
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TAGETES (Mexican Marigold) 
Gnome. A fine variety for pots and edging. Large flowered golden 
yellow. Plants 6 inches tall and eight to ten inches in spread. 
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Signata Pumila. Good bedding plant, flowers golden-yellow. 
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BURPEE RED AND GOLD HYBRIDS 
A cross between African and French Marigolds. These are the earliest 
of all Marigolds. Will flower in less than eight weeks from seed. The 
color varies with the season and the growth of the plants. At times it 
becomes pure yellow and at other times a bright rich mahogany red. 
The flowers are nearly three times the size of the largest French 
Double. They grow 1¥% ft. tall, 2 ft. wide and are literally covered 
with flowers at all times. Tr. Pkt......... 35c 7 ey at AR OM Oe $1.25 
