TWO PAGES OF RECOMMENDED WINNERS 
FOR YOUR SELECTION 
Add glowing beauty to your home grounds by planting more flowers. You can depend on old Mother Nature to do her part, if 
given proper aid, and you will enjoy full effects of your efforts that will delight your eye and mind—and with a full degree of pride on 
your part. 
You will find listed on this and the following page a wide selection of prize-winning flowers, some new, some old. If you have not 
tried these internationally recognized prize winners, may we suggest that you do so, as all are worthy of trial. To secure this top recog- 
nition by standing the competitive test and approval of the best flower judges in America, they have to be good. 





1667—DIXIE 
1780—CENTAUREA 
1779—-CYNOGLOSSOM (Dwarf Firmament). 


Ageratum 
1781—MIDGET BLUE. A very fine dwarf 
Ageratum, 2 to 3 inches high. Midget Blue has 
delicate foliage, which is practically smoth- 
ered with small true Ageratum Blue flowers. It 
is the first dwarf Ageratum that we have found 
that is uniformly dwarf and true to color from 
seed. Awarded a Silver Medal in the All-Amer- 
ica selections. Pkt., 25c; 5 pkts., $1.00, postpaid. 
Antirrhinum 
1826—VELVET GIANT. Bronze Medal, 1947. 
Grows 2! feet tall and sends up six to a dozen 
spikes of extra large and rich colored flowers. 
A slight undertone of orange-bronze shows 
through the velvety rich crimson-red, lighting 
up the color and giving it added life. Pkt., 25e; 
5 pkts., $1.00, postpaid. 
Calendula 
1767—ORANGE FANTASY. This is one of the 
newer types of Calendula, and very beautiful. 
The first few rows of petals on the outside are 
long and beautifully twisted, while the inner 
petals are short and fantastically interlaced, 
piling up on top of each other so as to form a 
eavy crest which surrounds a large, attractive 
mahogany brown center. The flowers grow up 
to four inches across and are fully open at all 
times, while other Calendula close in the late 
afternoons and evenings. Plants grow 15 inches 
tall, are very bushy and symmetrical. Winner 
of the Silver Medal in the All-America selec- 
tions for 1938. Pkt., 15¢; 2 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
1645—_ ORANGE SHAGGY. A Gold Medal 
Winner in 1935 All-America Selections. The 
petals are long and deeply fringed in a rather 
irregular fashion, giving it a Chrysanthemum 
appearance. A deep orange shading to lighter 
orange. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
Centaurea 
1780—CYANUS JUBILEE GEM. The beautiful 
blue Cornflower with bright green foliage, dis- 
tinct from all other Cornflowers, contrastinng 
very well with the dark but vivid double flow- 
ers. Plant 12 inches high. Very easy to grow. It 
is “everyone’s’’ flower and has many uses. 
Excellent for border, bedding and, above all, 
for cut flowers. Also makes a beautiful pot 
plant. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
Cleome 
(Spiderflower) 
1436—-CLEOME, Giant Pink Queen. This de- 
lightful plant was a Silver Medal Winner in the 
1942 All America selections. Grows about 83 feet 
tall, bearing huge trusses of bright salmon pink 
top the long stems of this distinctly novel oleae: 
As a cut flower it is delightful. Well adapted to 
all sections. Supply of seed limited. Try it. 
Pkt., 25c; 5 pkts., $1.00, postpaid. 
Cosmos 
1443—-RADIANCE (see inside front cover). Sil 
ver Medal, 1948. A very attractive color combi- 
nation that is entirely new. Striking deep rose 
petals overlaid with a well defined center zone 
of rich crimson. This is the first bi-color Cosmos 
ever to be developed and is destined for imme- 
diate popularity in the nation’s gardens. Pkt., 
25c; 5 pkts., $1.00, postpaid. / 
1763—-ORANGE FLARE. A beautiful new early 
flowering single bloomer of the same shade 
as Klondyke. Will bloom within 90 days of 
planting. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
Cynoglossum 
1779—CYNOGLOSSOM ,DWARF FIRMAMENT. 
This prize-winning Chinese Forget-Me-Not is 
very dwarf in comparison to the old type, 
which makes the compact plant a thing of 
beauty when covered with the small, delight- 
fully blue blooms. This is the only Forget-Me- 
Not that is adapted to growing in the South and 
will bloom throughout the summer. Pkt., 15c; 
2 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
Hollyhock 
1774—INDIAN SPRING (Blooms first year). 
This Hollyhock was awarded a Silver Medal in 
the 1939 All-America selections. It is an annual, 
3m to 4 feet tall, and starts blooming in less 
than five months after seed is sown. The flow- 
ers are semi-double, crinkly edged, in shades 
of deep pink to crimson rose, with rose pink 
predominating. We recommend Indian Spring 
as being one of the very best of our easy-to- 
grow annuals. Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c, postpaid. 
Hunnemannia 
(Mexican Tulip Poppy) 
1834—SUNLITE. Beautiful tulip-shaped and 
semi-double blooms of clear canary-yellow. 
The extra rows of short petals are on the out- 
side instead of the inside of this flower. The 
plant has light gray-green foliage. Blooms 
usually last for several days after cut. Sow in 
April and May, and plants will bloom in Sep- 
tember and October. Pkt., 15¢; 2 pkts., 25c¢, 
posipaid. 
Marigold 
1672—-COLLARETTE CROWN OF GOLD. The 
foliage is free of the usual Marigold odor. The 
blooms are about 2) inches in diameter, are a 
lovely golden orange shade, with a full crested 
center surrounded by a single row of broad 
guard petals. Plants 242 to 3 feet high. Pkt., 
10c; 3 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
1667—DIXIE SUNSHINE. A brilliant golden 
yellow, free-flowering type that justifies its 
name. The blooms measure about 21/ inches 
across and are produced on a rather tall pyra- 
midal plant with lush green foliage, making a 
delightful background for this shade of yellow. 
Given Award of Merit 1936 All-America Selec- 
tions. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
1647—GUINEA GOLD. This is a distinct type 
of Marigold of graceful pyramidal habits. The 
color is a brilliant orange, flushed with gold. 
The flowers are semi-double. Grows 2 to 214 
feet high, producing 30 to 40 blooms to the 
plant. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c, postpaid. 
1732—MARIGOLD YELLOW SUPREME CAR- 
NATION FLOWERED. Visualize, if you can, a 
large, fluffy, well-rounded bloom of delicate 
mild honey fragrance, with broad, loose, frilled 
petals of a rich, creamy lemon-yellow color, 
and you have a fair conception of the “Yellow 
Supreme” Marigold. Holds decided freshness 
fully a week to 10 days. Plants are remarkably 
healthy, vigorous and free branching with foli- 
age which is practically free from that objec- 
tionable Marigold odor. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c, 
postpaid. 


JAS 
1826—VELVET 

GIANT 
ROBERT NICHOLSON SEED CO. 
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DALLAS, TEXAS 
