Try some of the All-America Zinnias 


- Mixed or Wild Flower Garden Seed 
A mixture of annuals containing a large number of varieties of easily 
grown and interesting flowers. Oz. 15c; lb. $1.25 

MICHELL'S VERBENAS, continued 
MAMMOTH FANCY 
Blue Shades. Scarlet Shades. Mixed. 
Pink Shades. Pure White. 
Each of the above, trade pkt. 25c; oz. $1.25 
Venosa. Heliotrope-blue. Fine for bedding. 
Trade pkt. 20c; oz. $1.50 
Venidium - Monarch of the Veldt 
Fastuosum Hybrids. A fine annual with daisy-like Trade. 
flowers and in a varied color-range from apricot to pkt. Oz. 
deep golden oranges fence wane wen ee oo ee oOs40 mn SEDO 
Vinca 
An excellent bedding plant. Seed should be sown early. 
Alba. White, with rose center. Twinkles. Soft flesh-pmk, bright 
Alba pura. Pure white. red eye; huge flowers. 
Kermesina. Bright red. Mixed. 
Rosea. Pink. 
Each of the above, trade pkt. 25c; 140z. 60c; oz. $2.00 
Virginian Stock 
Trade pkt. Oz. 
Mixed. An easy-growing border annual.............$0 15 $0 50 
Wallflower 
Trade 
Gold Standard. Annual. Double; deep golden yellow; pkt. lf, oz. 
very fragrant. Finest variety for forcing...........$0 59 $1 00 
Xanthisma 
Texanum (Star of Texas). One of the prettiest annuals 
and deserves to be very popular. The flowers are 
single, daisy-litke, with long pointed petals, light 
canary-yellow in color. Its stems are wiry and excel- 
lent for cutting. Will do wellin dry open places...... 40 100 
Xeranthemum - Everlasting Flower 
1 25 
Double Mixed. Annual. For winter bouquets........ 25 
Michell’s Distinctive Zinnias 

NOTICE—All the Zinnia Seed we furnish 
is strictly new crop of proved high germina- 





tion. However, if sown too early in a cool 
house or in damp soil, the seed will rot. To 
insure success, sow in late March in a warm 
greenhouse with plenty of bottom heat, and 
do not overwater. 
Howard’s New Giant Crested, Mixed 
A cross between the Dahlia-flowered and Scabious-flowered types. 
The blooms average from 4 to 5 inches in diameter, with a full, 
rounded cushiony center surrounded by broad guard petals, after the 
style of a Pyrethrum roseum. Magnificent shades of orange, orange- 
scarlet, yellow, rose, maize and crimson. A fine cut-flower and will un- 
doubtedly become important for florists’ use. Trade pkt. 40c; oz. $2.00 

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FANTASY OR CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED VARIETIES 
WILDFIRE. A very vivid companion to Star Dust, this variety is 
a rich dazzling scarlet. The plants are neat in habit, strong grow- 
ing, 214% to 3 feet in height, and free blooming, coming into flower 
45 to 50 days after the seed is sown. Trade pkt. 30c; oz. $1.00 
STARDUST. All-America Winner. It has the same shaggy-petaled, 
medium-sized flowers as the mixture, but the color is a rich, deep 
golden yellow. Plants grow 21% to3 feet high. Free flowering and 
an early bloomer. Trade pkt. 30c; oz. $1.00 
MIXED COLORS. The rounded flowers are composed of a mass of 
shaggy, ray-like petals which give a delicate and refined appearance 
to the medium-sized double flowers. The color-range includes the 
brightest of reds and oranges as well as the popular pastel pinks 
and creams. Trade pkt. 30c; oz. $1.00 
ZINNIA LINEARIS 
A very unusual and interesting new type of Zmnia. The flowers are 
single, in a lovely shade of golden orange with a delicate lemon stripe 
through each petal. Plants are quite dwarf and extremely early flower- 
ing, commencing to bloom when the plants are 6 inches tall, and are 
continually a mass of bl6dm until late fall. The plants grow 8 to 10 
inches tall and spread as much as 2 feet. Trade pkt. 40c; 0z. $2.00 
(Zinnias continued on next page) 

ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES 
HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 

