Outstanding 1944-1945 
lower Seed CNovelties 
1945 INTRODUCTIONS 
DOUBLE PORTULACA IN SEPARATE COLORS 
Like a dwarf Rose these lovely Double Portulaca can be used as a ground cover 
to provide midsummer color in rock gardens, and to provide a colorful burst of bloom 
in hot, dry, sunny locations. An impression of their beauty can be seen in the color 
illustration on page 22. Bright pink, salmon, scarlet, white, deep yellow, and mixed. 
Pkt) 0c no) pkts., $2.25, 
CELOSIA (Cockscomb), Gilbert’s Maple Gold 
Rarely, if ever, does a new plant combine as much diversity as this splendid new 
Cockscomb. This beautiful cut flower can also be dried to use in winter bouquets 
and as a tall border and tall bedding plant knows no equal. The color is pink tipped 
with gold. For immense flower heads seed should be sown outdoors about May Ist. 
Be not Pans seedlings from which prize heads are desired. Originator’s pkts., 
c each. 
MARIGOLD, Flash 
All-America Silver Medal Winner, 1945. 
Blooming in 8 weeks from seed Flash must 
be recorded as the earliest of all Marigolds. 
A free bloomer, it will provide color and 
cut flowers all summer until killing frost. 
The colors range from bright yellow through 
tangerine, bronze and vivid red. Flash is 
a French Marigold of the finest. Our own 
liberal sized pkts., 50c each; 5 pkts., 
Sys), 
~GAILLARDIA, Pinwheel 
The most important addition to the an- 
nual’ Gaillardia family in many years. The 
single flowers are a beautiful bicolor shad- 
ing of rich crimson toward the center bor- 
dered with French-gray. Plants are ex- 
tremely free-flowering; stems 15 inches MARIGOLD 
long. Blooms in ten weeks after seed is f 
sown. Price: 50c per pkt.; 5 pkts., $2.00. Real Gold 
All-America Bronze Medal 
- Winner, 1945. The field of 
Marigold varieties has .ex- 
panded so greatly that it be- 
hooves the originator to in- 
troduce all those varieties 
that are superior to existing 
varieties. Real Gold is in this 
category, as it is the larg- 
est of all Carnation-flowered 
types, producing a_ flower 
4% inches and more in di- 
ameter in a beautiful illum- 
inating golden orange. 
Height 20 to 25 inches. Our 
own liberal sized pkts., 50c 
eachaon pktsye 2e25: 
PORTULACA, 
Single Jewel 
An extremely large 
flowered variety of the 
ever-popular Portula- | 
ca. A beautiful rich 
crimson, very free 
flowering and very dis- 
tinctive. Splendid for 
combining with Golden 
Eschscholtzia (Cali- 
fornia Poppy). Price: 
50c per pkt.; 5 pkts., 
$2.00. 

Strawberry, Red Delight 
STRAWBERRY, Red Delight 
A lovely ornamental and utilitarian plant of low, 
compact habit with attractive foliage covered with 
blooms 6 to 8 weeks after seed is sown. The plants 
thereafter are continually topped with blooms and 
lovely red berries of medium size with the delicious 
flavor and fragrance of wild Strawberries. It thrives 
equally well in sunny or semi-shaded locations and is 
perfectly hardy. Flowers and berries appear until frost. 
Price: $1.00 per pkt. 

Celosia, Gilbert’s Maple Gold 





















