
FORBES FLOWERS OF SPECIAL MERIT FOR 1947 
Here are some worth-while strains you should try this year. They are fme specialties of extremely high quality and 
will well repay you. All are easy to grow and we believe will please you better than the strains you have been using. 
1947 ALL-AMERICA WINNERS Marigold, Extra-Dwarf Double French Mixed. A de luxe new 
strain with extra-dwarf compact bushy plants unexcelled for 
Petunia, All Double Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Very de- pots and for edging beds. They bear a profusion of early double 
lightful double flowers, 234 inches across, with outer petals of flowers. Pkt. 15c.; Woz. 50c.; oz. $1.50; Wb. $4.50. 
soft mid-salmon and the smaller ruffled center ones lightly Marigold, Dwarf Single French, Flash. All-America Winner. ~ 
veined a deeper salmon shade. The plants grow 16 inches high. Tacs single flowers, 134 incheseacrose’ in 8 weelkerroat time 
Packet (100 Seeds) $2 each. "4 , Bead is sown. The colors range from vivid red through bronze ~ 
Petunia, All Double Rose Marie. A fine new, early blooming with a few yellows to give a harmonious contrast. Most flowers 
variety with double flowers, 3 inches or more across, of a clear are tangerine overlaid or marked with Marigold red. The com- 
rose-pink color on plants 18 inches high. Try this attractive pact 18-inch plants, make colorful borders and furnish fine cut- 
novelty. Packet (100 Seeds) $1.50 each. flowers. Pkt. 15c.; 14oz. 50c.; oz. $1.50; Ib. $4.50. 
Marigold, Dwarf Single French, Naughty Marietta-7 Puc Myosotis Alpestris, Victoria. This is the very dwarf, compact, 
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profusion of sunny cheerful flowers right up to frost. Pkt. 25c. Blue, Indigo Blue, Rose, White and Formula Wimedaeeet 
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Balsam, Dwarf Bush. The double flowers of this dwarf type pkt. ee 160Z. 45¢.; joa $1.35; oz. $4; Mlb. $12. eZ 
appear in clusters on the top of the stems, instead of on the Petunia, Dwarf Howard’s Star. A very excellent new strain 

sides. They make nice 8 to 10-inch compact pot-plants for with nice dwarf, compact plants bearing blue-purple flowers ~ 
: Teg OE Ss spring. Torch, vermilion-red, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 20c.; with white stars at the center. These make pot plants with 
Perna Perna 302. 45c.; Moz. $1.35; oz. $4; Yb. $12. much appeal. Pkt. 20c.; j50z. 65c.; Y4oz. $1.15; Moz. $2; oz. $6. 
Rose Marie Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower Carnation, Chabaud’s Giant Outdoor, Formula Mixed. | Petunia, Dwarf California Giants, Ramona Strain. Un- 
3 Robust, upright plants, 20 inches high, each with ten or more excelled for pot culture, the dwarf, sturdy plants in 3 or 4-inch 
stalks bearing huge, clove-scented double flowers, fine for cut- pots, will bloom when only 6 inches high. Beautifully ruffled 
ting. Pkt. 20c.; yg0z. 40c.; Woz. $1.25; oz. $3.50; Ib. $11. and fringed flowers, often over 5 inches across, are produced 
Carnation, Dwarf Double Red Grenadin. Again available after freely. In mixtures: Dark Shades Mixed, and Dark and Light 
the war. The compact plants of this dwarf, hardy perennial Shades, Mixed. Each, pkt. 50c.; Tr. Pkt. $1; oz. $1.75; 
Carnation, uniformly 15 inches high, are very fe for bedding 3y0z. $2.75; j50z. $5; Yeoz. $9; Yoz. $15; oz. $45. 
purposes. The medium-sized, double, bright scarlet flowers | petunia, All Double, Colossal, Shades of Rose. Hu full 
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cay ae the pe scar tt saree early. Pkt. 15e.; oz. 40c.; double flowers, often over 5 inches across, varying from salmon- 
GAOL: $1. 3) OZ $3.50; 24lb. $10. 4 pink through rose-pink to mauve-pink. The plants mature to 
Dahlia, Unwin’s XXX Dwarf Hybrids. A superb reselected 20 inches in height and 3 feet across. Pkt. $1; 5 pkts. $4.50. 
strain with double and semi-double flowers in a great variety of e ; ‘ 
beautiful colors produced in 3 months from seed, on compact Phlox Drummondi, Large-Flowering Half-Dwarf, Mixed. 
2-foot plants. Pkt. 20c.; Voz. 55c.; Moz. $1; oz. $3; Yb. $9. Both bright and pastel shades in this mrxture, with large flowers 
5 : - 2 inches high. Excellent for beds in 
Marigold, Extra-Dwarf Double French, Spry. All-America on compact plants about 121 ‘ en 5 
Winner. Very dwarf, compact 9-inch plants, 15 inches across full sun, Pkt. 15c.; g0z. 60c.; 740z $1; oz. $3; /4Ib. $9. 
and excellent for pots and borders. The flowers, produced most | Snapdragon, Miniature, Magic Carpet Mixed. The finest 


freely of all Marigolds, are 114 inches across with bright clear of all very dwarf Snaps, these are unexcelled for carpet plantings 
yellow crested centers surrounded by mahogany-red guard and rock-gardens. They grow only 6 inches high in a very 
ee § $s 2 petals. They begin bloom in 9 weeks from seed. Pkt. 15c.; attractive variety of colors. Pkt. 15c.; zs;0z. 50c.; Moz. $1.50; 
Sd “4 Ne ayes Yooz. 30c.; Moz. 50c.; oz. $1.50; 14Ib. $4.50. oz. $4.50. 

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