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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES FOR 1947 

PETUNIA-FRINGED SNOWSTORM 
Tilford’s Wilt Resistant Asters 
Dr. Paul Tilford of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, in co- 
operation with the Ohio State Florist Association has developed the 
following wilt resistant strains of Aster: 
Royal Purple, Royal Shell Pink, Royal White, Crego Deep Rose. 
Eachwot thescbovemirade Packets. mci iicraierecinerieieietete $1.50 
Kalanchoe 
Brilliant Star 
This new hybrid Kalanchoe is an excellent addition to the pot plant 
list. Flowers measure three times the size of the ordinary Kalanchoe 
and are a rich fiery red color. Foliage is dark green and of compact 
growth. The flower heads are carried on stems about six inches long 
making this novelty ideal for pots or cutting. 
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Marigold 
Flash 
Earliest of all Marigolds, blooms in 8 weeks ‘from seed, continues pro- 
fusely all summer and fall. Colors range from vivid red through bronze 
and tangerine with a few yellows. Most uniform in plant habit. A 
French Hybrid, with flowers 1% in. and more across. Plants grow 
18 in. tall. Nationally advertised, several pages in full color. Ample 
stocks to fill all your orders. Specially priced to pay you an unusually 
fine profit. 
Trade Pkt... .$0.35 Ys oz...$0.75 Y% oz...$1.50 
Petunia Alldouble 
Colossal Shades of Rose 
Silver Medal Winner in the 1946 All-America Trials 
The first giant alldouble Petunia ever created in America, the exquis- 
itely intense double blooms are up to five inches or more across and 
come in rich rose shades, salmon-pink through rosy-pink to deep rosy- 
mauve. Plants are very vigorous and grow to a height of 20 to 24 
inches, with heavy stems and luxuriant foliage. 
Trade Pkt. (500 Seeds)..... . $1.75 800 Seeds........ wee 63000 
Oz.. .$2.50 
Petunia 
Fringed Snowstorm 
See Illustration 
Single Grandiflora Type 
Color is glistening white with a slight show of yellow in the throat. 
The flowers are heavily fringed and will consistently run 2¥% to 3 
inches in diameter, being profusely produced throughout the season. 
Plants are very dwarf and spreading and trials have proven it to be 
ideal for pot plant as well as bedding purposes. Fringed Snowstorm 
is a sport of the popular Plain Edged Snowstorm and through intensive 
reselection Fringed Snowstorm is 95% to 100% true to character. 
Y2 Tr, Pkt...$0.65 Tr. Pkt...$1.00 1/64 oz...$2.25 1/32 oz...$3.75 
Hybrida Nana Compacta 
Bright Eyes 
See Illustration 
Bronze Medal winner in the 1946 All America Selections, Bright Eyes 
is a compact bedding model of the popular Rosy Morn. About ten inches 
tall and covered with small, plain petalled flowers. The color is an 
appealing rosy-pink with white toward the throat, it is really a bicolor 
rose and white. Especially adapted in uniformity and floriferousness 
to low bedding, edging, window boxes, rockeries and potting. Highly 
recommended. 
Trade Pkt.........$0.35 VerOZri ae sere $1.00 VAG OZee eae: $1.75 

PETUNIA—BRIGHT EYES 
Petunia 
Hybrida Nana—Peach Red 
Petunia Peach Red received honorable mention in the 1946 All-America 
selections. Full-bodied uniform pink, with no tendency to fade, a vivid 
peach-red color. A strong luxuriant grower to a height of 12 to 15 inches. 
Flowers are plain petalled and of medium size, being two or more 
inches across and are freely borne throughout the entire season. Larger 
than Salmon Supreme. 
racee kts sere: $0.35 Bh OZ terres $1.50 UPR CV En a6 50 $2.75 
Petunia 
Hybrida Nana Compacta 
Cheerful 
Bronze Medal Award in the 1944 All-America Trials, Cheerful is the 
clear, light pink, free-flowering Petunia for 1944. Deeper in color than 
First Lady and with a slight suffusion of salmon it attracts immediate 
attention. Compact growing suitable for bedding, window boxes, as 
well as for pots. Plants first grow low spreading close to the ground, 
later forming a mound 10 to 12 inches high with a spread of 2 feet. 
The plants are literally covered with blooms measuring up to 22 
inches in diameter. 
Trade Pkt.. .$0.50 Ye oz...$1.75 VY oz.. .$3.00 Y2 oz...$5.00 
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