Giant Ruffled Tetraploid Snapdragons 
A Few are Pictured in Color on the Front Cover of this Catalog 
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TETRA SNAPS—New for 1946 — 
1576 Superfine Mixture The largest flowered of all snapdragons, 2 to 24 in. deep and 134 to - 
214 in. wide, many distinctly and attractively ruffled; every color seen in this glorious flower, 
plus some new ones. There are shades and variations of bright orange, light orange, peach- 
orange, rose-orange, bronzy yellow, golden yellow, canary yellow, yellow-flecked red, antique 
bronze, reddish bronze, orchid, scarlet-tipped yellow, scarlet, crimson, pinks from apple- 
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blossom to deep rose, pink-flushed yellow, pink and white combination, pure whiteand othersof 
harmonious tone blendings;a most unusual and pleasing mixture—an exciting new snapdragon > 
mixture for your 1946 garden. 
Tetra Snaps area new “‘scientific”’ 
creation—a new group of snap- 
dragons originated through the 
treatment of the best diploid varie- 
ties with colchicine—a drug or 
chemical derived from the bulbs of 
fall crocus. 
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Genetically, Tetra Snaps are 
known as tetraploid snapdragons 
for, when examined under the mi- 
croscope, one finds that they have 
twice the number of chromosomes 
(the ‘container’ of hereditary 
“‘senes’’) in their cells as regular or 
diploid varieties. 
The doubling of the chromosomes 
not only produces plants with larger 
flowers, but the plants themselves 
are stronger and huskier, trifle taller 
than diploids with glossy, dark 
green foliage, thick and almost 
leathery in texture; the stems, too, 
are stouter. All these desirable fea- 
tures have been obtained without 
sacrificing any of the noteworthy 
characteristics that have made snap- 
dragons so popular. 
Under general field conditions the 
central spikes average 214 ft. in 
height; these are surrounded by 
lateral spikes of lesser height. Plants 
are base branching so that long- 
stemmed flowers are assured for 
cutting. We have counted more 
than 60 buds and blossoms on one 
spike with as many as 25 flowers in 
full bloom at one time. These flow- 
ers are of heavy substance, which 
adds to their keeping value. 
For several years we have selected 
the most cheerful and desirable col- 
ors, the largest flowers and the best 
spikes for this carefully blended 
mixture of tetraploid snapdragons 
—tetra snaps for short. Our fields of 
thousands and thousands of plants 
in a riot of colors, were really a sight 
to behold; to quote one of our men 
in charge of seed production ‘‘people 
came time and time again just to 
awe at them.” They will be ad- 
mired in your garden or home too. 
Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; 
5 pkts. $1.00; 146 oz. $2.00. 

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