

Petunia, Theodosia Petunia hybrida 
White King 
PETUNIAS 
Theodosia, Grandiflora, Single Fringed. One of the very 
loveliest Petunias one can grow. A very rich rose, highlighted 
by its deep open throat of molten gold. The flowers are 
3 inches in diameter, daintily fringed, giving the blooms an 
effect of frilly lace. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1; J,oz. $2. 
Flaming Velvet. A gorgeously rich flower of brilliant velvety 
blood-red or crimson color, belonging to the Hybrida class. 
Very free-blooming plants. Pkt. 20 cts.; 3 pkts. 50 cts. 
Giant Prize Fringed, Single Mixed. Fringed and ruffled, 
large-flowering sorts in the greatest variety of colorings. 
Pkt. 20 cts.; s0z. $4; #,0z. $8; Yoz. $15. 
Elks Pride. Dwarf. Large flowers; velvety purple. Pkt. 35 cts. 
Schell’s Hybrida, Single Bedding Petunias 
HOLLYWOOD STAR. Awarded the Silver Medal. This 
lovely new hybrid Petunia is a very charming shade of rich 
rose with an amber throat. It is unique in the form of its 
flower—a five-pointed star. The strong, vigorous plant is 
smothered with blooms until killing frost in the fall. A fine 
variety for pots and boxes as well as for the garden. Pkt. 
15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; ~s0z. 60 cts.; Moz. $1.10. 
Schell’s Blue Bee. Exceedingly rich when grown alone or 
with any other color combination in garden, vase, or boxes. 
Pst. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; 4oz. 60 cts. 
Carmen Sylva (Baby Blue). Violet, with white throat; very 
beautiful. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4oz. 50 cts.; Moz. 90 cts. 
General Dodds. Velvety blood-red flower. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
qzs0z. 35 cts.; Moz. 60 cts, 
White King. The best white in the Hybrida Single Bedding 
class. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4oz. 60 cts. 
Howard’s Star, Improved. Very pretty. Each flower has a 
perfect five-pointed star of pure white on its background 
color of crimson-purple. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 4oz. 70 cts. 
Schell’s De Luxe Mixture. The blending of colors in this mix- 
ture is unsurpassed for quality and beauty. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
3 pkts. 25 cts.; Yoz. 75 cts.; Woz. $1.35; lgoz, $2.50. 
Petunia Hybrida Nana Erecta 
Schell’s Celestial Rose. The flowers are deep pink and the 
plants evenly compact. Pkt. 25 cts.; 3 pkts. 50 cts.; oz. $1. 
Rose of Heaven. Very dwarf; beautiful rose-pink. Pkt. 10cts.; 
Yyoz. 40 cts.; Woz. 70 cts.; oz. $1.25. 
Rose Gem. Rich rose flowers on 5- to 6-inch plants. Pkt. 
15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; j;0z. 45 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
Rosy Morn. Beautiful, dainty, soft rosy pink flowers with 
white throat. Pkt. 10 cts.; lgoz. 50 cts.; 1goz. 85 cts. 
Snowball. Snow-white. Pkt. 10 cts.; goz. 40 cts.; 4oz. 70 cts. 
Violacea. Deep violet; very fine. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1goz. 75 cts, 
Schell’s Nana Erecta Mixture. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; 
Yyoz. 45 cts.; 140z. 75 cts. 

Petunias Petunia 
Martha Washington 


Petunia, Shepherd’s Petunia 
Marvelous Pourle Fringed, Single, Mixed 
Mixe 
Double Petunias 
Shepherd’s Marvelous Double, Mixed. A very fancy mix- 
ture of beautifully colored, fringed flowers, producing a 
large percentage of doubles. Pkt. 50 cts.; 2 pkts. 90 cts; 
5 pkts. $2; doz. $15. 
Schell’s Giant Fringed, Double Mixed. Fine large flower- 
ing double fringed. Pkt. 50 cts.; soz. $24; yxs0z. $45. 
Peturia Nana Compacta 
Martha Washington. It grows 9 inches high and forms a 
perfect ball, being literally smothered with lovely frilled 
blooms about 3 inches in diameter. Beautiful blush-pink, the 
center is veined a rich wine-red deepening in the throat to 
dark violet. Awarded Silver Medal. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
Pink Gem. Charming, compact plants, 5 to 6 inches high, 
with deep pink blooms. Pkt. 20 cts.; 3 pkts. 50 cts.; 4oz. 90c. 
NEW PETUNIA, VIOLET GEM. Awarded Honorable Men- 
tion as One of the Best New Flowers. The plants are neat, 
dwarf and compact, 6 inches high. The rich violet-blue 
flowers, almost completely cover the clear dark green foliage. 
It is a beauty. Pkt:.15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; 7g0z. 75 cts. 
NEW PETUNIA, GLOW. This new Petunia, winner of the 
All-America Silver Medal, is a dwarf, compact, ball-shaped 
plant of the Hybrida nana compacta class. The flowers are a 
charming bright rose-red with lighter throat. Free flowering. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; #;0z. 65 cts.; Yoz. $1.25. 
NEW PETUNIA, CHEERFUL. Hybrida nana compacta. 
Awarded All-America Medal for one of the best new 
flowers for 1944. A beautiful flower with salmon-pink petals 
having crisp satiny sheen and deeper rose veining toward the 
throat; 21% inches and more across. The plants are of the 
dwarf bedding type, first growing low, spreading close to the 
ground, then forming a mound 10 to 12 inches high with a 
spread of 2 feet, and are a mass of these dainty salmon-pink 
flowers. Ideal for bedding and wide borders. Lovely for 
cutting, too. Pkt. 25 cts.; j;0z. $1; Moz. $1.75. 
Schell’s Balcony Petunias (Hybrida pendula) 
Single-flowering, of a semi-trailing habit. Flowers large, of 
the most brilliant colors. Blooms all summer. White, Crim- 
son, Rose, Blue, or Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts.; #;0z. 60 cts.; l4oz. $1. 
NEW PETUNIA, CREAM STAR. A wonderful bloomer. The 
dwarf, compact plants are covered with soft creamy white 
flowers which are bluntly star-shaped and with a star of 
cream coloring on the white flowers. All-America Silver 
Medal awarded it. Pkt. 20 cts.; 3 pkts. 50 cts.; ;;0z. 75 cts. 
FLUFFY RUFFLES (Grandiflora). Single Fringed. All deli- 
cate shades, soft tints and bicolor combinations. A favorite 
of florists; fine garden ‘variety. The flowers are so finely 
fringed and heavily ruffled that they appear double. Pkt. 
35 cts.; goz. $1.75; x,0z. $3; z50z. $5. 

NX 
Iceland Poppy 
Imperial Jewel Mixture 
(See page 59) 
Matricaria capensis 
(Bridal Rose). (See page 58) 
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