IT PAYS TO BUY THE BEST 
DAHLIA, Unwin’s Mixed 
CYNOGLOSSUM (Chinese Forget-Me-Not) 
(annual). Culture B. Plant seeds 4%” deep. 
Firmament. New dwarf variety with bushy 
plants and bright indigo blue color. 
PKtyeLoc, 
DAHLIA (annual). Culture A. Plant seeds 
¥%”" deep. Usually grown from roots but 
can be raised from seed. 
Unwin’s Ideal Bedding. TFarly flowering 
semi-double flowers, dwarf bushy plants. 
18-24” high. 
PEGs OCs 
DELPHINIUM (hardy perennial). Suited to 
semi-shade. Culture F. Plant %” deep. 
Easy culture. Massive, colorful spikes. 
Wrexham Hybrids. Large single, semi- 
double and double blooms closely set 
together to form beautiful  spire-like 
spikes. 
Pita Cy 
DIANTHUS (Pinks) (annual). Culture F. 
Plant %” deep. Blooms all summer. 6- 
NO! Vid ne 
Single Mixed. Well-formed single blooms 
with smooth petals. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Double Mixed. Splendid blend of single and 
double flowers. 
Pkt., 10c. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy) (an- 
nual). Suited to semi-shade. Culture C. 
Plant 4%” deep. Midsummer to frost. Dainty 
free-flower plants with gaily colored poppy- 
like flowers having a satiny finish. 24” 
high. 
Pkt., 10c. 
EVERLASTING FLOWER (annual). (Globe 
Amaranth, Gomphrena Everlasting or Clover 
Strawflower). Culture B. Plant 4%” deep. 
Blooms all summer. A special mixture of 
different flowers that can be dried. 
Pkt., 10c. 
STRAWFLOWER (Helichrvseum). Large and 
fully double flowers. 
Pkt., 10c. 
FOUR O’CLOCK (annual). Suited to semi- 
shade. Culture B. Plant 4” deep. Thrives 
under any conditions. 
Marvel of Peru. Flowers open in the af- 
ternoon if day is sunny or all day if it 
is cloudy. Red, yellow, rose, white, lilac. 
24” high. 
Pkt., 10c. 
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis) (biennial). Culture 
F. Plant seeds 1/16” deep. Suited to semi- 
shade. Splendid for beds and _ borders. 
Bell-shaped blossoms. 3-7’ high. 
PEt., 10c. 

GAILLARDIA (annual) (Blanket Flower). 
Culture B. Plant %” deep. 18” high. 
Single Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Double Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
GAILLARDIA (hardy perennial). Culture F. 
Plant %” deep. Will stand drought and 
hot weather. Blooms in orange, yellow, red, 
and maroon. 24” high. 
Perennial Monarch Mixed. Large range of 
colors, 
Pit LOe: 
GEUM (hardy perennial). Culture F. Plant 
%” deep. Tiny double blooms. Splendid 
for cutting. 24” high. 
Pkt., 15c. 
GODETIA (Satin Flowers) (annual). Suited 
to semi-shade. Culture B. Plant %” deep. 
Bushy plants. 12” high. 
Double Mixed. Large single pom-pom blos- 
soms. 
Pkt., 10c. 
GOURDS, ORNAMENTAL (annual). Culture 
B. Plant seeds %” deep. Singularly 
shaped, large foliage. 
Pete Oe: 
GYPSOPHILIA (hardy perennial). Culture 
F. Plant %” deep. 
Paniculata. Tiny white flowers on slender 
stems, produce freely, to produce a mist- 
like effect. 
Pkt., 10c. 
HELIANTHUS, Sun Gold (Sunflower) an- 
nual). Culture B. Plant 4%” deep. Thrive 
in almost any soil exposed to the sun and 
will bloom profusely until frost. 4-5” high. 
IeKte LOC, 
HEUCHERA (Coral Bells) (hardy peren- 
nial). Coral red bell-shaped blooms. Fine 
for borders and rock gardens. 
PEt oc. 
HOLLYHOCK (hardy perennial). Culture F. 
Plant 4” deep. Succeed best in deep, rich, 
well-drained soil. Plants like a warm sunny 
location. 60-96” high. 
Double Mixed, Pkt., 10c. 
KOCHIA (Burning Bush or Fire Bush) (an- 
nual). Culture B. Plant %” deep. Green 
Pyramidal vush. Fine for summer hedges. 
Moss-like foliage that turns bright red in 
fall. 36” high. 
Pkt., 10c. 
LARKSPUR (annual). Culture D. Plant 4%” 
deep. Free flowering, produces large double 
blooms on long, attractive spikes. Deep 
green finely divided foliage. 24-48”, 
Ruby. Genuine Ruby red. 
Pkt., 15c. 
Pink Perfection. 2” florets. 
Pkt., 15c. 
Giant Imperial Mixed. Special mixture. 
Pkt., 0c. 
White King, Giant Imperial. Pure white 
flowers. 
PEt LOG. 
Blue Spire, Giant Imperial. Oxford blue. 
Pkt., 15c. 
LINUM (hardy perennial). Culture F. Plant 
4%” deep. Succeeds in ordinary soil and an 
open sunny location. 15” high. 
Perennial Blue. Light blue flowers in great 
protusion, 
Pkt., 10c. 
LOBELIA, Crystal Palace (annual). Culture 
E. Plant 1/16” deep. Deep rich blue flow- 
ers, dark foliage. Small, compact plants 
fine for rock gardens. 48” high. 
Pkt., 10c. 
LUPINES (annual). Suited to semi-shade. 
Plant seeds %” deep. Long spikes of blue, 
rose and white flowers. Fine for borders. 
Pkt., 10c. 
LUPINS (hardy perennials). Russell’s Choice 
Mixed. Well-rounded, thickly set spikes of 
many lovely colors. Fine for borders. 
Pkt lOcs 
MARIGOLDS (annual). Culture B. Plant 
1%” deep. Small, ball-shaped blooms are 
freely borne on dwarf compact plants. 
Ideal for borders, bedding, and pot culture. 
Burpee’s Gold. Carnation-like flowers, sweet 
scented and are of a bright orange color 
with odorless foliage. 30” high. 
PEt., 25c. 
Butterball, Dwarf French Double. Com- 
pact bushy plants. Small canary-yellow 
flowers with crested centers. 1%” blooms. 
6-10” high. 
Pkt., 15c. 
Crown of Gold. Odorless, sweetly fragrant 
flowers of bright orange-gold. Odorless 
foliage. 30-36” high. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Flash. Flowers are single 1%” across in a 
combination of colors, ranging from yel- 
low to red. 
Pkt. 25c: 
Guinea Gold. 
like flowers. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Harmony Type, French Dwarf Double Hy- 
birds. Centers of golden orange petals in 
contrast to reddish brown outer petals. 
12-14” high: 
Pkt., 10c. 
Mammoth Mum. A fiuffy, ball-like 
yellow bloom. About 4” in width. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Naughty Marietta. Snigle golden-yellow 
flowers with maroon blotches. 
PEt.; ) 25e: 
Harmony Type, French Single, Ferdi- 
nand. Brown rays and golden tufts. 
Pit OC: 
Spry. Flowers are double with bright yel- 
low pin-cushion center crests surrounded 
by several rows of mahogany-red guard 
petals. 9” high. 
PEt 2 Oc. 
Sunkist. Dwarf mound-shaped plants with 
deep orange flowers. 10” high. 
PEt. eloce 
Yellow Supreme. lLemon-yellow 
with frilled petals. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Yellowstone, Mission Giant. 
yellow flowers. 
Brilliant orange carnation- 
24-30” high. 
light 
blooms 
Clear golden 
Pkt., 15c. 
MIGNONETTE, Sweet Scented (annual). 
Culture A, Plant 1/16” deep. Charming 
fragrance, blooms all summer. 15” high. 
Pkt., 10c. 
MOONFLOWER (annual). Culture G. Plant 
seeds %4” deep. Rapid growing climbers 
with white flowers that open in the eve- 
ning. 
PEt Loc: 

MARIGOLD, Flash 

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