



Dimorphotheca 
aurantiaca 
Hybrids 
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Ageratum, 
Midget Blue 
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Celosia 
pyramidalis 
Flame 
of Fire * 

Balsam, 
Dwarf Bush 
Marigold, Double Miniature Spry 
FORBES FLOWERS OF SPECIAL MERIT FOR 1945 
Here are some worth-while strains you should try this year. They are fine spec 
will well repay you. All are easy to grow and we believe will please you better than 
Ageratum, Midget Blue. All-America Winner. This delightful 
little edging plant is the dwarfest of all Ageratums—3 inches 
high—with fine foliage literally covered with small, true ager- 
atum-blue flowers. It comes uniformly dwarf and true to color. 
Pkt. 20c.; j~s0z. 65c.; Woz. $2; oz. $6. 
Alyssum, Carpet of Snow. Round flat plants, 5 inches high and 
10 to 12 inches across, with a solid mass of tiny flowers. Pkt. 
10c; lgoz. 30c.; oz. 85c.; Yb. $2.50. 
Balsam, Dwarf Bush. The double flowers of this dwarf type 
appear in clusters on the top of the stems, instead of on the 
sides. They make nice 8 to 10-inch compact pot-plants for 
spring. Torch, vermilion-red, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 20c.; 
7;0z. 55c.; 4oz. $1.65; oz. $5. 
Celosia pyramidalis, Flame of Fire. All-America Winner. Of 
perfect pyramidal habit, 18 inches high, with center stalk and 
many side branches, each topped with a round plumed flower- 
head of vivid fiery scarlet. Make striking pot-plants. Pkt. 20c.; 
30z. 35c.; lgoz. $1; oz. $3. 
Dahlia, Unwin’s XXX Dwarf Hybrids. A superb reselected 
strain with double and semi-double flowers in a great variety of 
beautiful colors produced in 3 months from seed, on compact 
2-foot plants. This is excellent for flat-grown or pot-grown 
bedding plants. Pkt. 20c.; Moz. 55c.; Yoz. $1; oz. $3. 
Dimorphotheca aurantiaca. Cheerful, daisy-like flowers, 
21% inches across with a dark center and Jong narrow incurving 
petals on thin wiry stems held above nice bushy plants 12 to 
15 inches high. Orange and Hybrids, Mixed. Each, pkt. 
15c.; oz. 25c.; Woz. 45c.; oz. $1.35; Wb. $4. 
Globe Amaranth, Dwarf Purple. This is a dwarf strain with 
strawy, clover-like, purple flower-heads freely produced on ro- 
bust, 6 to 8-inch compact plants. It is fine in the dwarf border 
and rock-garden and especially valuable for pot culture. Also 
makes Everlasting Flowers for winter use. Pkt. 15c.; Moz. 30c.; 
oz. 85c.; 4b. $2.50. 
Gypsophila elegans, White London Market. A very nice 
strain with large, pure white flowers, each with 8 overlapping 
petals.. These are freely produced on long stems on plants 
11% to 2 feet high. Pkt. 10c.; oz. 30c.; 4Ib. 85c. Ib. $2.50. 
Larkspur, Double Stock-flowered, Mixed. The fern-leaved 
plants are vigorous and free flowering, 3 to 4 feet high, with 
Candelabra-like trusses of beautiful flowers ideal for cutting 
and for tall borders. Pkt. 10c.; oz. 25c.; oz. 65c.; YIb. $2. 



Dahlia, 
Unwin’s 
XXX 
Dwarf 
Hybrids 





ialties of extremely high quality and 
the strains you have been using. 
Marigold, Double Miniature, Spry. All-America Winner. 
Very dwarf, compact 9-inch plants, 15 inches across and ex- 
cellent for pots and borders. The flowers, produced most freely 
of all Marigolds, are 114 inches across with bright clear yellow 
crested centers surrounded by mahogany-red guard petals. 
They begin bloom in 9 weeks from seed. Pkt. 15c.; Yoz. 30c.; 
Voz. 50c.; oz. $1.50; 4Ib. $4.50. ; 
Marigold, Dwarf Double Harmony. The flowers are scabiosa- 
like in form, with tubular, deep orange center petals, flanked by 
broad, dark maroon-brown guard petals. The plants are dwarf, 
compact, free-blooming, and flower early in July ek PeeLUc.s 
Voz. 30c.; oz. 85c.; 4b. $2.50; Ib. $7.50. 
Petunia, Dwarf California Giants, Ramona Strain. Un- 
excelled for pot culture, the dwarf, sturdy plants, in 3 or 4-inch 
pots, will bloom when only 6 inches high. Beautifully ruffled 
and fringed flowers, often over 5 inches across, are produced 
freely. In mixtures: Dark Shades Mixed, and Dark and 
Light Shades, Mixed. Each, pkt. 50c.; Tr. pkt. $1; #02z. 
$1.75; ~,0z. $2.75; j;0z. $5; Voz. $9. 
Petunia, Single Dwarf Bedding, Topaz Queen. A very fine 
variety with medium-large flowers of glowing carmine-rose with 
a distinct orange-scarlet suffusion. They are freely produced on 
uniform, compact, dwarf plants fine for bedding or for pots. The 
color does not fade even when planted in full sunshine. Pkt. 15c.; 
loz. 60c.; Woz. $1; oz. $3. 
Phacelia campanularia. Unusually beautiful gentian-blue 
cut-flowers with conspicuous white anthers in terminal racemes 
on neat plants, 9 inches high. Blooms early and lasts all summer. 
For pot-plants and edgings. Pkt. 10c.; 4oz. 25c.; oz. 75c. 
Rudbeckia, Starlight. All-America Winner. Bright semt- 
double flowers, from primrose to mahogany and bicolors with 
mahogany centers, from 2 to 3 inches across, on straight stems 
often 3 feet long. Very attractive and fine for cutting. Pkt. 25c.; 
j0z. 65c.; lgoz. $2. 
Scabiosa, Tom Thumb Mixed. Dwarf plants, 8 inches high 
and 12 inches across, with an abundance of double, medium- 
sized flowers all summer. Splendid for bedding, edging, and 
rock-gardens. Pkt. 10c.; loz. 40c.; oz. $1.20. 
Snapdragon, Rustproof Half-Dwarf Mixed. A fine half-dwarf 
strain with individual flowers of huge size on nicely tapered, 
immense spikes. The very full plants are base branching, 16:to 
20 inches high, and are as fine for cutting as for garden. Pkt. 
10c.; Ygoz. 60c.; oz. $1; oz. $3. 
Zinnia, California Giants, Mixed. The plants are of robust 
habit, over 3 feet high, and throw strong lateral branches from 
which the best flowers come. These reach an enormous size, 
often 4 to 5 inches across, but with the petals laid back one over 
the other, giving the flowers a flattened appearance. Pkt. 10c.; 
Yyoz. 45c.; oz. $1.35; Wylb. $4. 



Petunia, Dwarf 
California 
Giants, 
Ramona Strain 
