Better Gardens Presents on These Facing Pages... 
The Best NEW FLOWERS 
for Your 1949 Garden 
ASTER, Super Giant Santa Maria. The 
largest and most fully-double pure 
white Aster ever introduced, a worthy 
companion to the pink and crimson 
super giants, Los Angeles and El Monte. 
The huge 6-inch flowers, with long 
lacy white petals curling from an «nter- 
laced powdery center, are borne on 
strong 2'/2-foot stems branching from 
the base. Pkt. 25c. 
MORNING GLORY, Blue Star. Honorable 
Mention All-America Selection for 
1949. As large-flowered and florifer- 
ous as the well-known Ipomoea Heav- 
enly Blue, the blooms are a lighter sky 
blue, accentuated by five deeper blue 
midribs to form an attractive star. Very 
early blooming. Pkt. 25c. 
HOLLYHOCK, Indian Summer. Honora- 
ble Mention All-America Selection for 
1949. Double Hollyhock flowers in a 
wide range of colors the first summer 
from early spring-sown seeds! The 
ideal flower to give height to your late 
summer border. Pkt. 25c. 
PETUNIA, Silver Medal. The best salmon- 
pink Petunia yet; a perfect compact 
plant for bedding, growing 10 to 12 
inches high and 18 inches across. The 
large 3-inch flowers are a deep lus- 
trous salmon; a distinct new color, 
which should serve to increase the pop- 
ularity of Petunias in summer gardens 
throughout the country. Pkt. 50c. 
FUCHSIA HYBRIDS, Bodger’s Superlative 
Mixture. Flowering Fuchsia plants can 
be produced from seed in no more time 
than needed for most perennials, and 
from this newly available strain of seed 
(taken from intercross-pollinated plants 
of top rated named Fuchsias introduced 
in the last few years) outstanding col- 
ors and forms will result. Culture is 
simple (see Group 5, page 5), and 
temperature requirements are not criti- 
cal. Pkt. 50c. 

FUCHSIA HYBRIDS 
DESERT DAISY for Home Gardens. A 
splendid addition to the bright yellow 
bedding plants for spring and summer 
bloom, Cladanthus arabicus, the Desert 
Daisy, is of the easiest culture and 
thrives with a minimum of water. It is 
extremely floriferous, producing blooms 
when only 6 inches high, yet continu- 
ing until a height of 22 feet is 
reached, and the bushes are a solid 
mass of yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
VERBENA, Bush-type Starlight. A lovely 
companion to Salmon Queen, the first 
of this new, compact bush-type Ver- 
bena so popular last season upon its 
introduction. The solid mass of large 
flowers are rich mid-blue with creamy 
white eyes . . . starlight in the night 
sky! Pkt. 25c. 
PHLOX Drummondi, Mellow Moon, Huge 
clusters of soft pastel yellow, the per- 
fect color-foil for many different gar- 
den favorites, are yours for many 
months from a packet of this new Gi- 
gantea Annual Phlox. Pkt. 25c. 
MARIGOLD Gaillardia-flowered Aurora. 
This new early-flowering African Mari- 
gold is unique in both the formation 
of the golden yellow flowers, and their 
large size (3 inches across) in relation 
to the compact |1-foot bushes. Deeply 
fringed petals enable Aurora to resem- 
ble the yellow balls of Double Annual 
Gaillardia; stems branch near the base, 
adapting this useful flower for cutting 
as well as bedding. Pkt. 15c. 
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Don’t miss adding their beauty to your 
garden this year! 
CALENDULA Pacific Beauty. Large flow- 
ers, resistant to sudden heat. Choose 
from Apricot Beauty, Cream Beauty, 
Lemon Beauty, Persimmon Beauty, or 
Pacific Beauty Mixed. Pkts. 15¢ each. 
COSMOS Radiance. The most popular 
new flower for years! Huge crimson- 
centered deep rose daisies from June 
until September. Pkt. 15c. 
TETRA DIANTHUS Heddensis Mixed. 
Free-flowering, varicolored annual 
pinks. Pkt. 15c¢. 
PETUNIA Garden Giants. Miniature Cal- 
ifornia Giant Ruffled Petunias form 12- 
inch mounds of color under adverse 
conditions of heat and drought for 
months. Pkt. 35c. 
VERBENA, Bush-type, Salmon Queen. 
Unlike the old Verbena, this new type 
is a cOmpact mass of bright salmon- 
pink for edging or cutting. Pkt. 15c. 

MORNING GLORY, BLUE STAR 

PETUNIA, SILVER MEDAL 
SNAPDRAGON, Tetra Reselected Mix- 
ture. See page 17. 
SWEET PEAS, Cuthbertson. See page 18. 
ZINNIA, Super Giant New-Toned Mixed. 
See front cover for a preview of some 
of the lovely new color-tones, and a 
hint of the interesting variation in the 
formation of the truly giant blooms. 
Other shades included are salmon, rose, 
and apricot, with many two-toned and 
three-toned color effects. Pkt. 25c. 

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