Novelties and Specialties for 1947 
Star of Argentine 
Star of Argentine © 4 
3178 Oxypetalum caeruleum. Bears 
throughout the summer and_ fall 
attractive sprays of light peacock 
blue flowers. Easily grown, splendid 
for beds, borders, the rock garden, 
and cutting. Grows about 15 inches 
tall and should be sown during the 
spring or early summer. Also makes 
an excellent pot plant. Pkt. 25c; 
large pkt. 75c. 


Tahoka Daisy 
4261 Tahoka Daisy ® A 
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia 
Graceful plants a foot tall clothed 
with feathery light green foliage and 
adorned by lovely Daisy-like blooms 
of the most appealing bright blue color 
with small yellow centers. Splendid for 
border and rockery. Pkt. 25c; large 
pkt275c¢. 


3941 Star of Texas © 
Xanthisma Texanum 
New good annuals always are wel- 
come and the new Star of Texas cer- 
tainly should become very popular. 
It is a pretty annual with bright 
canary yellow blooms with lighter 
center. The single Daisy-like flowers 
have attractive pointed petals. Grows 
18 inches tall and does well in dry 
sunny places. This also is known as 
Sleepy Daisy because the flowers re- 
main closed until about mid-fore- 
noon. Pkt. 20c; large pkt. 75c. 


Tithonia speciosa, Early-Flowering 
Tithonia speciosa © 
Mexican Sunflower 
Golden Flower of the Incas 
4288 Avalon Earliest Hybrids Mixed. 
Stately plants, 6 ft. high, carrying 
during the autumn showy long- 
stemmed blooms ranging from 
orange topaz to burnished scarlet- 
flame. Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 75c. 
4289 Early-Flowering. Intensely bril- 
liant, golden-orange flowers borne 
profusely on stately 6-ft. plants 
during the fall. The large blooms 
are not unlike single Zinnias. Pkt. 
15c; large pkt. 60c. 

Strawberry, Baron Solemacher 
Strawberry [#7 
4038 Baron Solemacher 
A runnerless everbearing Strawberry 
of compact growth which may be in- 
cluded in the flower or vegetable gar- 
den. Bears small, long, pointed fruits 
of a delightful wild-Strawberry flavor 
and sweetness. Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 75c, 


Ursinia 
Ursinia ©—Jewel of the Veldt 
4312 New Hybrids. Showy compact 
bushes covered from mid-summer 
until late fall with rich yellow to 
orange flowers with a jet black base. 
15 in. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 40c. 


Venidium 
Venidium ® 
Monarch of the Veldt 
4330 Fastuosum Hybrids, Mixed. 
Includes a wide range of beautiful 
new pastel shades also cream, lemon, 
buff, light orange, each with a 
black circle around the _ center. 
Blooms throughout the summer in 
cool sections. 30 inches tall. Pkt. 
25c; large pkt. 75c. 

New Super Giant Zinnias 
Zinnia © 
4542 New Super Giant, Mixed. The 
largest of all Zinnias with flowers 
measuring 514 to 6 inches in diam- 
eter. They represent a truly re- 
markable range of enchanting col- 
ors and color combinations many of 
which are entirely new in Zinnias. 
Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 60c; %4 oz. 85c. 


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