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Night feeding Slugs are becoming 
more of a menace to Western gar- 
deners each year. These pests can be 
easily cleaned up by using the amaz- 
ing new META which both attracts 
and destroys the pests right on the 
spot. 
Many gardeners do not realize that 
these pests are robbing their garden 
and killing young plants. Snails and 
Slugs are night feeders and never in 
sight during the day. An application 
of META will no doubt surprise you. 
Buy a package today and bait your 
garden this evening. Tomorrow morn- 
ing, around each pile you’ll see the 
results—no guess work about META. 
META does not contain poisons 
such as Calcium Arsenate. It is a 
straight ‘“Metaldehyde” bait, de- 
signed especially to kill slugs and 
snails. 
Large 1 pound package 
PASS 
Giant 3 pound package 
50c 

ZINNIAS (hA). Are one of the most satisfac- 
tory flowers to grow through the summer, as 
being a native of Mexico, it thrives in even the 
hottest weather if given plenty of fertilizer and 
a moderate amount of water. For best results, 
provide a rich, deep soil and give water when 
needed. Application of a complete fertilizer at 
3 or 4 week intervals helps produce larger, 
more perfect flowers. Sow seeds indoors in 
flats, or they may be started in the open at the 
same time as other hardy annuals. Giant types 
should be no closer than 18 inches apart; this 
allows free branching and sturdy plant devel- 
opment. All types blossom from early summer 
until hard frost. Grouping—Makes a fine effect 
in mass plantings grouping together varieties 
that harmonize in color; in the mixed border 
combine with Anchusa, deep-blue Delphinium, 
blue Cornflower, Salpiglossis, African Mari- 
gold. 
Fantasy Zinnia flowers are very informal in 
appearance, composed of a mass of shaggy, 
ray-like petals, which give a delicate, graceful 
effect, quite different from the stiff, formal 
Zinnias to which we are accustomed. Plants 
grow from 2% to 3 feet tall. Blossoms are from 
2% to 3 inches in diameter. Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
Super Crown O’Gold Pastel Tints are the 
very finest large flowered Zinnia introduction 
in recent years. Strictly a mixture of pastel 
tints, a wide range of shades, including soft 
yellow, old gold, light pink, apricot pink, vari- 
ous shades of salmon, peach and buff, lively 
cerise salmon, as well as pure white and cream. 
The plants are strong and robust, growing about 
3 feet tall, and flowers are borne profusely 
through the season. Packet, 10c. 
Dahlia Flowered are strong and robust, grow- 
ing about 3 feet tall and bear many long stems 
of showy, double, huge flowers. This type is 
preferred for general garden use, producing a 
very brilliant mass of color, in bright, intense 
shades. The flowers are more or less cup-shaped 
in appearance; the petals, instead of lying flat 
upon each other, are incurved, producing an 
upstanding, stiff, somewhat coarse flower. 
Flowers are from 4 to 5 inches in diameter. We 
offer the following varieties: Exquisite, light 
rose; Golden State, golden yellow; Crimson 
Monarch, deep crimson; Dream, rosy laven- 
der; Oriole, orange; Meteor, true red; Polar 
Bear, white; Old Rose, Canary Bird; Pur- 
ple Prince; Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
Lilliput or Pompon Zinnia is among the 
most popular for cut flower and border use. 
The flowers are small, compact and symmetri- 
cal in shape. 1 to 14% inches in diameter, borne 
in great quantities on neat, compact growing 
plants which usually reach a height of from 
12 to 15 inches. If you have room for two rows 
of Zinnias, sow the seeds of the Dahlia Flow- 
ered in the background and Lilliput Pompon 
in the front row. This makes an effective com- 
bination and will give a greater variety of 
flowers for cutting purposes. We offer the fol- 
lowing varieties: Salmon Rose; Canary Yel- 
low; Scarlet Gem; Golden Gem; Lilac 
Gem; White Gem; Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
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Mexican Dwarf Zinnia is by the far the 
finest dwarf type Zinnia yet developed. The 
sturdy plants reach a height of not over 1 to 
114 feet and are literally covered with blooms 
throughout the entire summer. A wide range 
of strikingly different colors make them out- 
standing in any flower bed. All sorts of reds, 
yellows and oranges blended with maroon, ma- 
hogany, rust or white. Every individual blos- 
som is an interesting study in itself. Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
Elegans Dwarf Zinnia is not a new type but 
not generally known by most gardeners. The 
varieyt is excellent for border use and can be 
used most effectively in a solid bed where a lot 
of color is desired in low growing plants. These 
Zinnias bloom from early summer until late fall 
and are fine for cut flowers. Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
DIAMOND FANCY LAWN GRASSES 
Diamond Fancy Lawn with Creeping Fes- 
cue. Prepared from the choicest recleaned 
grass seeds carefully selected for their fineness, 
their deep rooting, close growing habits and 
seasonal qualities, producing an ideal dense 
turf of lasting quality that remains green 
throughout the year. 
This mixture is composed of the correct pro- 
portions of Kentucky Blue Grass, Creeping 
Fescue and Red Top which are required in 
making a true Diamond Fancy Lawn Grass 
Mixture. 
Sow one pound to 200 square feet. 
One pound, 75c; 10 pounds, $7.00. 
Diamond Fancy Lawn with Creeping Bent. 
This mixture contains sufficient Astoria Creep- 
ing Bent to eventually predominate the lawn. 
In addition to the Creeping Bent, the proper 
amounts of Blue Grass, Chewings Fescue and 
Red Top have been added so as to give a mix- 
ture that will produce a fine velvety turf and at 
the same time allowing the Bent Grass to even- 
tually predominate. 
Sow one pound to 200 square feet. 
One pound, 90c; 10 pounds, $8.50. 
Certified Astoria Creeping Bent. This is the 
most popular of all Bents for lawn purposes. 
It has a beautiful pleasing green color and a 
fine velvety texture forming a matted turf that 
improves with age. 
Sow one pound to 250 square feet. One 
pound, $1.25; 10 pounds, $1.20 per 
pound. 
Chewings Fescue. A hardy fine leaved grass 
adapted to practically all types of soil produces 
a permanent close turf and one that will with- 
stand hard usage. 
Sow one pound to 200 square feet. One 
pound, 90c; 10 pounds, $8.50. 
Creeping Fescue. A fine leaved hardy grass 
adapted to the same types of soil as Chewings 
Fescue. This grass is a creeper producing a 
dense turf of pleasing green and will withstand 
hard usage. This particular type is becoming 
very popular with the landscape gardeners. 
Sow one pound to 200 square feet. 
One pound, $1.00; 10 pounds, $9.50. 
