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OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS 
GARDENING. New, interesting, and eae B O O K S 
Brilliant Petunias 
are described 
on page 113 


Petunias are ideal for beds, porch-boxes or window-boxes. They 
flower in summer, even if sown in the open ground during May or 
First two groups are Giant | varieties, 
mostly 15 inches tall; 3 to 4-inch flowers. 
Giant Single Fringed 
3A 2204 Pride of Portland. Rose-pink. 
3A 2205 Scarlet Beauty. Scarlet. 
3A 2206 Theodosia. Large; soft rose-color, 
with a golden throat, beautifully veined. 
3A 2207 Violacea. Velvety violet-blue. 
3A 2208 White Beauty. Clear, crisp white. 
3A 2215 Single Fringed, Mixed (Fluffy 
Ruffles). 
Each, pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1 
3A 2960 COLLECTION: Pkt. each, 
above 5 colors, $1 
3A 2202 Dainty Lady. The flowers are 
fringed, medium in size and light golden 
yellow. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, 6 pkts. $1.50. 
3A 2203 Glamour. Single, frilled flowers, 
over 5 inches across. Rosy salmon; cream 
ee Early. 20 in. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. 
Giant Single Plain-edged 
3A 2219 Elk’s Pride. Large; dark purple. 
3A 2218 Dwarf Pink Glory. Deep rose. 
3A 2220 Purple Prince. Purple-violet. 
3A 2222 White Cloud. Large; pure white. 
Each, pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1 
3A 2961 COLLECTION: Pkt. each, 
above 4 colors, 85 cts. 
3A 2217 Dwarf Elk’s Pride. Shorter by 3 
inches, it is a splendid edging variety. Pkt. 
35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, 6 pkts. $1.50. 
3A 2216 Burgundy. Mixture of purple and 
carmine; each flower with white throat and 
violet lines. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts. 
Glisten- 
ing white; yellow suffusion in throat. Pkt. 
25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts., ggoz. $2. 
All-Double Petunias 
3A 2236 Dwight D. Eisenhower. Silver 
Medal, All-America Seed Trials, 1947. 
The first all-double salmon-pink. Flowers 
are 234 inches across, covering the 16-inch 
bushy plants. Pkt. $2. 
3A 2235 Rose Marie. Bronze Medal, All- 
America Seed Trials, 1947. Rose-pink 
flowers, 3 inches across. Bushy plants 18 
inches high. For room decoration and 
garden display. All-double. Pkt. $1. 
3A 2234 Colossal Shades of Rose. Silver 
Medal, All-America Seed Trials, 1946. 
All-double flowers up to 51% inches; a mix- 
ture of pinks. Plants have heavy stems 
and luxuriant foliage. 11% ft. Pkt. $1. 
All-double. Shapely 
foot-high plants covered all summer with 
mauve-pink flowers like carnations, 314 
inches across. Silver Medal, All-America 
Seed Trials, 1943. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
Dwarf Giant Fringed 
New Pan-American types; dwarf plants 
but giant fringed all-double flowers. 
3A 2246 Sonata. Pure white. 
3A 2243 Caprice. Beautiful rose-pink. 
3A 2242 Allegro. Charming salmon-pink. 
3A 2244 Nocturne. Purple. 
3A 2245 Minuet. Orchid-pink. 
3A 2247 Mixed Colors. 
Above, each, pkt. $1.50 
3A 2260 Double Fringed Mixed. (Califor- 
nia-grown seed.) Double, semi-double, and 
a few single flowers. Large, fringed. Wide 
color-range. Pkt. 60 cts., 3 pkts. $1.50. 
STUMP & WALTER CO. 



When transplanting Petu 
3A 2237 New Petunia 
SILVER MEDAL 
Winner of Silver Medal, All-America 
Seed Trials for 1949. One of the finest 
single Petunias. Flowers 3 inches across 
are carried in abundance from early 
summer to frost. They open lustrous 
salmon-cerise with an orange under- 
tone, gradually changing to rich sal- 
mon. Plants are 1 foot high, compact, 
bushy and average 18 to 20 inches 
across. 
Pkt. 50 cts. 

Miniature Types 
Ball-shaped plants 6 to 8 inches high are 
covered with flowers 2 inches in diameter, 
deeply lobed and broad-pointed. 
3A 2270 Rose Gem 3A 2271 Violet Gem 
3A 2272 Mixed 
Each, pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, Yoz. $2, 
W4oz. $3.50 
Ruffled Petunias 
3A 2261 Copper-Red. Unusual color; the 
wide throat is darker red. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 
pkts. $1.25. 
3A 2262 Dwarf Giants of California. 
Large flowers with yellow throats, heavily 
veined. Compact, vigorous. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, 6 pkts. $1.75. 
3A 2263 Little Giants, Mixed. Ruflled 
Nana Compacta type. Flowers 4 inches 
across, frilled and ruffled. All colors from 
white through pink to red. Compact 
plants. 10 in. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
3A 2264 Garden Giants. Large plants 
with 4-inch ruffled blooms and a wonder- 
ful range of color. Strongly recommended. 
Mixed pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
Single Balcony, Plain-edged 
Petunia hybrida pendula 
For borders, beds, and rock-gardens; their 
somewhat spreading habit enables them to 
festoon themselves over window-boxes, 
porches and walls. Flowers 3 inches across. 
3A 2281 Balcony White. 
3A 2280 Balcony Rose. 
3A 2278 Balcony Crimson. 
3A 2277 Balcony Blue. 
3A 2279 Balcony Purple. 
Each, pkt. 25 cts., oz. $1.50, 4oz. $2.50 
3A 2962 COLLECTION: Pkt. each, 
above 5 colors, $1 
3A 2282 Balcony Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 
20 cts., 140z. 75 cts., oz. $1.25. 
Novelty Petunias 
3A 2287 Pink Sensation. Wonderful new 
pink, All-America Prize Winner for 1948. 
Flowers are 3 inches across. Abundant 
bloom all season. 2 ft. tall and 4 ft. through. 
Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
3A 2288 Peach Red. Two-inch single sal- 
mon-cerise flowers, plain edged. Honorable 
Mention, All-America, 1946. 15 in. Pkt. 
25 cts., 5 pkts. $1, psoz. $2.50, Loz. $4. 
weaker ones; they may produce the best flowers 


nias save all your plants. Do not discard the 
June. Those sown in the house or hotbed in March or April will be 
in bloom by June and will be Jarger and finer plants. 
Single Bedding (?P. Aybrida; 1% ft.) 
3A 2297 Igloo. Beautiful new cream-white, 
1144-inch flowers with yellowish throats. 
Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts., Moz. $2 
3A 2298 Radiance. Flowers are from 24% 
to 3 inches in diameter and a brilliant rich 
rose or cerise, with a salmon undertone. 
oe 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, Woz. $1.25, lgoz. 
$2. 
3A 2294 Blue Bedder. Rich, royal blue. 
Effective when planted in beds. Also as a 
pot-plant. Pkt. 15 cts., 1goz. $1, oz. $3.50. 
3A 2296 Flaming Velvet. Flowers are a 
brilliant velvety scarlet. Outstanding in 
gay way. Pkt. 25 cts., Yoz. $1.25, oz. 
3A 2295 General Dodds. Velvety dark red 
or garmet.« Pkt, 15 scts.) 2 pkts) 25scts:; 
Yyoz. $1. 
3A 2300 Rose King Improved. Flowers 
large, brilliant rose-pink. Pkt. 20 cts., 
Yyoz. 75 cts., Yoz. $1.25. 
3A 2299 Topaz Queen. Light cerise-red or 
topaz-rose; fragrant. 1% ft. Pkt. 20 cts., 
Yyoz. $1, Woz. $1.75. 
3A 2306 Bedding, Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts., 
lgoz. 50 cts., oz. 85 cts., oz. $3. 
Dwarf Bedding (P. compacta; 9-12 in.) 
3A 2307 Bright Eyes. Winner of the 
Bronze Medal, All-America Seed Trials for 
1946. Flowers are single, rose-pink with a 
white throat; they are small, but the stocky 
10-inch plants are covered with them. 
Similar to Rosy Morn, but better. Pkt. 
25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts., 7goz. $1.75; Woz. $3. 
3A 2309 Cheerful. Dwarf, compact type, 
covered all season with large, light salmon- 
pink blooms 2 inches across. Pkt. 25 cts., 
3 pkts. 60 cts., zgoz. $2; Woz. $3.50. 
3A 2311 English Violet. Mauve or purple- 
violet; invaluable for novel color com- 
binations in flower-bed plantmg. Pkt. 
25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts., oz. $2, 14oz. $3.50. 
3A 2312 First Lady. Blooms are 24% 
inches across and light blush-pink. Com- 
pact and uniform. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
3A 2308 Celestial Rose. Deep satiny rose 
with a white throat. Shapely and compact. 
Pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25 cts., Woz. $1.25; 
Yoz. $2. 
3A 2310 Cream Star. Moderately large 
flowers of a soft cream-white, having an 
inner star-shaped mark of a darker cream. 
15 in. Pkt. 25 cts., Yeoz. $1, Woz. $1.50. 
3A 2313 Glow. Plant is covered with me- 
dium-sized, rose-red flowers with lighter 
throat. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts. 
3A 2314 Heavenly Blue (Silver Blue). 
Enchanting shade of light silvery blue. 
Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts., Kgoz. $1.25, 
Yoz. $2. 
3A 2315 Rose of Heaven. Rich, brilliant 
rose, a trifle deeper than Rosy Morn. Pkt. 
15 cts., oz. 75 cts., oz. $1.25. 
3A 2316 Rosy Morn. Carmine-pink; white 
throat. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 75 cts., Woz. 
$1.25. 
3A 2318 Velvet Ball. Compact and free-flow- 
ing. Flowers 24% inches in diameter; vel- 
vety blood-red. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
3A 2319 Violet-Blue. Rich violet within 
and bright blue without. Compact and 
covered with flowers all summer. 9 to 12 in. 
Pkt. 25 cts., Woz. 75 cts., Woz. $1.25. 
3A 2320 Compacta Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts., 
Yyoz. 60 cts., Yoz. $1, oz. $3.50. 
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