FORBES FLOWERS OF SPECIAL MERIT FOR 1947 
Here are some worth-while strains you should try this year. They are fie specialties of extremely high quality and 
will well repay you. All are easy to grow and we believe will please you better than the strams you have been using. 
1947 ALL-AMERICA WINNERS 
Petunia, All Double Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Very de- 
lightful double flowers, 234 inches across, with outer petals of 
soft mid-salmon and the smaller ruffled center ones lightly 
veined a deeper salmon shade. The plants grow 16 inches high. 
Packet (100 Seeds) $2 each. 
Petunia, All Double Rose Marie. A fine new, early blooming 
variety with double flowers, 3 inches or more across, of a clear 
rose-pink color on plants 18 inches high. Try this attractive 
novelty. Packet (100 Seeds) $1.50 each. 
Marigold, Dwarf Single French, Naughty Marietta. Fine 
single, golden yellow flowers blotched with maroon at the 
center, often 214 inches across. The one-foot plants bear a 
profusion of sunny cheerful flowers right up to frost. Pkt. 25c. 

Balsam, Dwarf Bush. The double flowers of this dwarf type 
appear in clusters on the top of the stems, instead of on the 
sides. They make nice 8 to 10-inch compact pot-plants for 
spring. Torch, vermilion-red, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 20c.; 
7;0z. 45c.; Moz. $1.35; oz. $4; Wb. $12. 
Carnation, Chabaud’s Giant Outdoor, Formula Mixed. 
Robust, upright plants, 20 inches high, each with ten or more 
stalks bearing huge, clove-scented double flowers, fine for cut- 
ting. Pkt. 20c.; ~50z. 40c.; Woz. $1.25; oz. $3.50; 4b. $11. 
Carnation, Dwarf Double Red Grenadin. Again available after 
the war. The compact plants of this dwarf, hardy perennial 
Carnation, uniformly 15 inches high, are very fine for bedding 
purposes. The medium-sized, double, bright scarlet flowers 
easily bloom the first year if started early. Pkt. 15c.; j50z. 40c.; 
Yoz. $1.20; oz. $3.50; Wb. $10. 
Dahlia, Unwin’s XXX Dwarf Hybrids. A superb reselected 
strain with double and semi-double flowers in a great variety of 
beautiful colors produced in 3 months from seed, on compact 
2-foot plants. Pkt. 20c.; Yéoz. 55c.; Moz. $1; oz. $3; Wylb. $9. 
m" Marigold, Extra-Dwarf Double French, Spry. All-America 
Winner. Very dwarf, compact 9-inch plants, 15 inches across 
and excellent for pots and borders. The flowers, produced most 
freely of all Marigolds, are 114 inches across with bright clear 
yellow crested centers surrounded by mahogany-red guard 
petals, They begin bloom in 9 weeks from seed. Pkt. 15c.; 
Voz. 30c.; Moz. 50c.; oz. $1.50; Mlb. $4.50. 

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Marigold, Extra-Dwarf Double French Mixed. A de luxe new 
strain with extra-dwarf compact bushy plants unexcelled for 
pots and for edging beds. They bear a profusion of early double 
flowers. Pkt. 15c.; Moz. 50c.; oz. $1.50; Mlb. $4.50. 
Marigold, Dwarf Single French, Flash. All-America Winner. 
Large single flowers, 134 inches across, in 8 weeks from time 
seed is sown. The colors range from vivid red through bronze 
with a few yellows to give a harmonious contrast. Most flowers 
are tangerine overlaid or marked with Marigold red. The com- 
pact 18-inch plants, make colorful borders and furnish fine cut- 
flowers. Pkt. 15c.; Mgoz. 50c.; oz. $1.50; Mlb. $4.50, 
Myosotis Alpestris, Victoria. This is the very dwarf, compact, 
large-flowered biennial strain with rounded plants so desirable 
for basket plant sale for bedding. Blue Ball (deep blue), Pale 
Blue, Indigo Blue, Rose, White and Formula Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 15c.; js0z. 45c.; Yoz. $1.35; oz. $4; Wb. $12. 
Petunia, Dwarf Howard’s Star. A very excellent new strain 
with nice dwarf, compact plants bearing blue-purple flowers 
with white stars at the center. These make pot plants with 
much appeal. Pkt. 20c.; ;s0z. 65c.; Yoz. $1.15; Woz. $2; oz. $6. 
Petunia, Dwarf California Giants, Ramona Strain. Un- 
excelled for pot culture, the dwarf, sturdy plants in 3 or 4-inch 
pots, will bloom when only 6 inches high. Beautifully ruffled 
and fringed flowers, often over 5 inches across, are produced 
freely. In mixtures: Dark Shades Mixed, and Dark and Light 
Shades, Mixed. Each, pkt. 50c.; Tr. Pkt. $1; oz. $1.75; 
gy0z. $2.75; -50z. $5; Yeoz. $9; Yoz. $15; oz. $45, 
Petunia, All Double, Colossal, Shades of Rose. Huge, full- 
double flowers, often over 5 inches across, varying from salmon- 
pink through rose-pink to mauve-pink. The plants mature to 
20 inches in height and 3 feet across. Pkt. $1; 5 pkts. $4.50. 
Phlox Drummondi, Large-Flowering Half-Dwarf, Mixed. 
Both bright and pastel shades in this mixture, with large flowers 
on compact plants about 12 inches high. Excellent for beds in 
full sun. Pkt. 15c.; Yoz. 60c.; 14oz $1; oz. $3; IIb. $9. 
Snapdragon, Miniature, Magic Carpet Mixed. The finest 
of all very dwarf Snaps, these are unexcelled for carpet plantings 
and rock-gardens. They grow only 6 inches high in a very 
attractive variety of colors. Pkt. 15c.; j;0z. 50c.; 1goz. $1.50; 
oz. $4.50. 

Marigold, Extra-Dwarf Double French, Spry 
