

Marigold, Flash 
Flash is the Silver Medal winner of the All-America Selections for 1945. The bright combination of 
colors, from vivid red through bronze with a few yellows, gives an amazing “flash” of color in the garden — 
all summer and fall. Most of the flowers have a base color of tangerine which is overlaid with rich mari- 
gold-red. In cool weather this velvety red predominates in the younger flowers, while in hot weather the 
tangerine prevails. 
Plants averaging 18 inches in height are uniform and compact in growth and develop into bushy colorful 
mounds with finely cut foliage of good color and quality, massed with bright flowers 134 inches or more _ 
across. ; 
Flash is attractively used for edgings and foreground planting, also to fill beds solidly for massed color 
effect and to provide a wealth of bloom for low flower arrange- 
A ments. They also make excellent pot plants. The colors con- 
Marigold, Real Gold trast pleasantly with blues and greens, and blend harmoniously — 
with mellow old brick and terra cotta, stained wood and the 
grays and browns of stone flagging. Pkt. 25c. 
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A new large marigold of the ruffled 
carnation type, fully double with flowers 
about 4 inches across of deep rich golden 
orange color. The strong, erect plants 
grow about 30 inches tall, and bloom 
from early summer to frost. This is a 
Bronze Medal winner in the All-America 
Selections for 1945. Pkt. 25c. 


























Golden Cleome 
Stately tree-form plants reaching 5 to 
: i : : 6 feet, with showy, airy, golden orange 
Marigold, Flash blossoms. Gives a wonderful effect when 
planted in massed groups. Sow seeds in 
early spring and they will be in flower 
from mid-July until frost. Pkt. 20c. 

Petunia, Cheerful 
Bronze Medal, 1944. 
This prize-winner is clear, light pink, 
with crisp, satiny sheen on salmon-pink 
petals, with deeper rose veining toward 
the throat. The color shows up beauti- 
fully under artificial light. The color and 
growing habit is entirely new, 
plants first grow low, spread- 
ing close to the ground, then 
forming a mound 10 to 12 
inches high with a spread of 2 
feet; densely compact with no 
tendency to thin out, fall over 
or open up at the center. The 
flowers are 2% inches across 
and blooming starts almost as 
soon as plants are ready to set 
out in open ground and con- 
tinues until frozen down in 
late fall or winter. Since pe- 
tunias grow well most every: 
where and bloom profusely 
for garden display or cut flow- 
er arrangements, we may be happy to add 
this lovely newcomer to our older petunia 
favorites. Pkt. 25c. 
Marigold, Real Gold 
Petunia, Cheerful 


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Marigold, Mammoth Mum 
Marigold, Mammoth Mum 
Honorable Mention, 1944. 
Great fluffy, rich lemon-yellow blooms like the big incurved chrysanthemums 
give gardeners a chance to have “Mums” for the garden and for cut flowers months 
before frost comes. Bushy, strong, erect plants reach 3 feet by August, when huge 
flowers appear, 4 to 5 inches across and 2 inches deep. Frequently a single stalk 
may be cut for a substantial bouquet. Flowering from August until freezing 
weather, they make a colorful display in the garden with their rich dark green 
foliage, and long lasting light yellow flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
