MARIGOLD 
The Best of the New 
and Older Varieties 
From midsummer to fall, when other plants are past their prime, Marigolds afford a 
wealth of color that is invaluable. 
AFRICAN MARIGOLDS 
The African Marigolds are old favorite, free-flowering annuals of easy culture. 
They have 
uniformly large yellow or orange flowers, and are adapted for large beds or mixed borders. They 
succeed best in 
fine condition for a long time indoors. 
All-Double Lemon. Giant quilled flowers, 4 
to 44 inches across, 100 per cent double, on 
long, strong stems, excellent for beds, borders 
and for cutting. Plants are very free blooming 
from midsummer until frost. They grow 30 
inches tall. Pkg. 15c; Yg oz. 45c 
All-Double Orange. Just the same as All- 
Double Lemon except with clear orange flow- 
ers. Pkg. 15¢; VY oz. 45c¢ 
Guinea Gold. Carnation-like flowers of rich 
orange flushed with gold, double and semi- 
double, with no singles. Plants bloom profusely 
until well into November. 21% feet tall. 
Pkg. 10c; Yg oz. 35c 
Lemon Ball. Large lemon-yellow, long stem- 
med flowers on 3-ft. plants. Come about 60 
per cent full double. Pkg. 10c; Vg oz. 35¢ 
Orange Ball. Just like Lemon Ball except with 
rich orange flowers. Pkg. 10c; Yg oz. 35¢ 
Mission Giant, Goldsmith. All-America 
Bronze Medal, 1941. Giant incurved Chrysan- 
themum-like, golden orange flowers up to 
inches in dicmeter and almost a perfect ball in 
shape. Early Gnd very free blooming plants, 
grow 20 inches tall, and make many branches, 
each carrying a flower. A very lovely Marigold 
that deserves your attention. 
Pkg. 15c; Yg oz. 45¢ 
light soil, with full exposure to the sun. Splendid for cutting, as they keep in 
Mission Giant, Yellowstone. 1942 winner. A 
true companion for the famous Mission Giant, 
Goldsmith, the Bronze Medal Winner of last 
year. Yellowstone is a lovely, clear golden yel- 
low, incurved, chrysanthemum-like petals and 
very attractive. Sow the seed indoors and set 
the plants out early for it is rather late in 
flowering in our northern locations. 
Pkg. 15¢; Ye oz. 45c 
Sweet Scented Sunset Giants. Largest flow- 
ering of all Marigolds. Loose-leaf formed, full 
centered blossoms measuring 5 inches or more 
across. They come in a fine variety of colors, 
ranging from primrose through deep gold to 
golden orange. Plants about 31 feet high. 
Pkg. 15c; Yg oz. 35c 
Yellow Supreme. (1935 Gold Medal Winner.) 
Lemon-yellow or rich primrose, carnation-flow- 
ered type, fully double and with a distinct and 
sweet fragrance. Flowers freely until late frost 
kills the plants. Height 2 feet. 
Pkg. 10c; Yg oz. 35c 
All-Double African, Mixed Colors. Orange 
and yellow, mixed. 
Pkg. 10G2al/g)10Z...35¢ 

FRENCH MARIGOLDS 
Small Double and Single Flowers 
On Low Growing Plants 
Few annuals are as effective in beds and 
borders as French Marigolds, or bloom for as 
long a period. Compact bushes, 12 inches high. 
Early Dwarf Royal Scot. At last a distinctly 
low, bushy growing plant that bears from early 
summer until frost very double, distinctly 
striped mahogany and gold flowers. 
Pkg. 15c; Yg oz. 40c 
French Double Mixed, Monarch Strain. 
Double flowers of yellow, orange, cream, brown, 
and old gold in a splendid mixture. A superior 
mixture. Pkg. 10c; Yg oz. 25c 
Harmony. (Early Flowering Strain.) In our 
trials this foot high plant was literally covered 
with dark maroon flowers with orange crests 
from early summer until frost. 
Pkg. 15c; VY oz. 50c 
Legion of Honor. (Little Brownie). A single- 
flowering Marigold about 9 inches high; blooms 
in June and continues until late frost. Flowers 
golden yellow, marked velvety crimson. 
Pkg. 10c; Y% oz. 30c 
From Vick’s Illustrated Magazine 
March, 1878 
The flowers of the well known Marigold 
were formerly used in soups and broths, 
and asa carmenative, but they now are 
chiefly used to adulterate saffron. 

Guinea Gold Marigold 


Miniature Marigolds 
Butterball. All-America Bronze Medal Winner, 
1942. An exquisite little jewel bearing dozens 
of flowers of a lovely soft butter-yellow shade. 
Very dwarf in habit, the plants are 6 to 8 
inches in height and literally covered with two- 
inch double blossoms throughout the summer. 
Pkg. 15c; Yg oz. 40c 
Spry: Silver Medal, All-America, 1941. Plants 
bushy and thrifty growing, about 9 inches high, 
bearing very early in the season, double, light 
orange crested flowers with maroon outer 
petals. Pkg. 15¢; Yg oz. 45c 
Yellow Pigmy. Dwarf, compact, 8-inch plants 
covered with tiny double, lemon-yellow flow- 
ers. Splendid plant for borders. 
Pkg. 15c¢; Yg oz. 45c 
Marigold, Pot o’ Gold 
Quite distinct from the general run of 
Marigolds, seeming to combine in one plant all 
the better qualities of other varieties. Plants 
are dwarf, 15 inches high, compact, free flow- 
ering and early blooming. Flowers are 4 to 414 
inches in diameter, of a rich golden orange and 
borne on 10- to 12-inch stems. 
Pkg. 15c; Vg oz. 45c 

The Book of Perennials 
(By Alfred C. Hottes) 
Planning the Perennial Border; Garden Oper- 
ations Calender; Insects; Diseases; Propaga- 
tion; Shady Places; Rock Gardens; etc. 280 
pages; 103 illustrations. $2.50, postpaid $2.65 
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_.. Harmony Marigold 

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Flash Marigold 
Flash Marigold 
All-America Silver Medal Winner for 1945 
The name Flash is descriptive of the bright 
combination of colors, especially good in the 
fall when cooler weather comes. These colors 
range from vivid red through bronze with some 
yellow flowers. Blooms are 114 inches and 
more across and are borne profusely on bushy, 
18-inch plants from early August until frost. 
Seed, 15c per pkg.; large pkg. 45c 
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Signet or Scotch Marigold 
Signet Marigold 
Gnome (Tagetes signata pumila). A compact, 
bushy, dwarf plant covered with golden yellow 
flowers; foliage fernlike, a beautiful green. 
Splendid for beds and borders. Height 8 inches. 
Early summer to frost. 
’ Pkg. 15¢; Vg oz. 45c¢ 
The Low Growing Marigold, Pot o’ Gold 

