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New and Outstanding Petuntas 

1950 All-America Gold Medal Winner 
FIRE CHIEF 
Fire Chief is outstanding primarily because 
of its color which is a fire-cracker-red. Flowers 
are 2% to 3 inches in diameter with a velvety 
texture. The color deepens toward the throat 
for a beautiful effect. Plants are dwarf and 
compact, growing 12 to 15 inches high. Ex- 
cellent for pots, window-boxes, edging or borders. 
Trade pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25, 6 pkts. $2, 
lyoz. $3.50. 

ALL-DOUBLE 
COLOSSAL SHADES OF ROSE. All-America 
Silver Medal. Flowers average over 5 inches 
across, fully double, some with crisply fringed 
petals and some with beautifully ruffled petals. 
The colors range from salmony pink through 
rose-pink to deep, rich rosy mauve, a most at- 
tractive blending of rose shades. Grow 20 inches 
high, spreading as much as 3 feet across and are 
very free flowering. Trade pkt. (100 seeds) $1. 
ALL-DOUBLE AMERICA. All-America Silver 
Medal, 1943. American-grown plants grow 1 foot 
high and are covered all summer with flowers that 
look like carnations, 3% inches across. The color 
is a pleasing shade of deep rose. trade pkt. 
$1.25, trade pkt. $2, ¢,0z. $7.50. 
DWARF BEDDING VARIETIES 
BRIGHT EYES. All-America Bronze Medal. 
A very uniform Petunia of dwarf, compact habit 
and extremely floriferous. Plants grow 7 to 9 
inches tall and are completely covered with soft, 
light rose-pink flowers, with pronounced white 
throat, 11% inches across. Trade pkt. 50 cts., 
Iyoz. $1.75, oz. $3. 
PEACH RED. All-America Honorable Mention. 
The color is deep salmon with a light reddish 
suffusion, the softness of the intense salmon being 
most pleasing. Plants grow 12 to 15 inches high, 
with flowers that average 214 inches across. 
Trade pkt. 50 cts., oz. $1.75, 40z. $3. 
CHEERFUL. All-America Bronze Medal, 1944. 
A dwarf, compact, light salmon-pink with abun- 
dant 2-inch single flowers. Grows 18 inches high. 
Trade pkt. 50 cts., Yoz. $2, oz. $3.50. 
IGLOO. All-America Bronze Medal, 1943. The 
flowers are medium size, pure white with a slight 
yellowing in the throat and are 100 per cent true. 
Extremely free flowering and very compact and 
uniform. Every plant is a perfect mound of 
white. 8 to 10 inches high. Trade pkt. 50 cts., 
lyoz. $1, 40z. $1.75, oz. $6. 
ENGLISH VIOLET. All-America Honorable Men- 
tion, 1943. A new and pleasing shade of violet- 
blue, almost the same beautiful color as English 
violets. The plants grow 15 to 18 inches tall and 
all are 100 per cent true to color and type. Trade 
pkt. 50 cts., Yoz. $1.25, %40z. $2, oz. $7. 
FLAMING VELVET (Hybrida Type). Grows 
1\% feet high. The flowers are a brilliant velvety 
scarlet. Trade pkt. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts., 140z. 
$1.25, oz. $4. 
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SNOWSTORM IMPROVED. We _ recommend 
this as being the best dwarf white Petunia on the 
market today. Grows 12 to 16 inches high, with 
pure white flowers measuring 4 to 5 inches in 
diameter. Trade pkt. 75 cts., léjoz. $1.50, 
Leooz. $2.50, goz. $4, Ygoz. $7. 
FIRST LADY. Beautiful blooms of light blush- 
pink are 21% inches across. Ideal for bedding, 
growing 12 inches high. The color is good. 
Trade pkt. 50 cts., goz. $1.50, oz. $2.50, 
l¢oz. $4. 
CREAM STAR. All-America Silver Medal. 
Freely borne throughout the summer are moder- 
ately large flowers of a soft cream-white, having 
an inner star-shaped mark of darker cream. 
Grows 9 to 12 inches high. Trade pkt. 35 cts., 
loz. 75 cts., Yoz. $1.25, oz. $4. 
WHITE CLOUD. In our estimation this is one of 
the best dwarf white Petunias. The plants grow 
10 inches to 1 foot high and the flowers are 3 to 4 
inches across. Trade pkt. 50 cts., oz. $2.50, 
leoz. $4, Yeoz. $7. 
VELVET BALL. All-America Winner. The plant 
is remarkable for its compactness, dwarfness and 
free-flowering habit. The flowers are 21% inches 
in diameter; they literally cover the plant and are 
a deep velvety blood-red. Trade pkt. 50 cts., 
460Z. $2.50, Yeoz. $4.50. 
MINIATURE TYPES 
VIOLET GEM. All-America Honorable Mention. 
Grows 6 inches high, covered all summer with 
flowers that are deeply lobed and broad-pointed. 
The color is a rich violet-blue. Trade pkt. 35 
cts., 4oz. 75 cts., %40z. $1.25, oz. $4. 
ROSE GEM. Rich deep rose, similar in color to 
Rose of Heaven. The plant is neat and compact, 
5 to 6 inches high, and smothered with rich rose- 
colored blooms about 2 inches in diameter. Trade 
pkt. 35 cts., Yoz. 75 cts., oz. $1.25, oz. $4. 
DWARF GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
SPECIAL BLEND. In our estimation this is the 
most outstanding strain of giant-flowering Pe- 
tunia for pots and bedding. Growing 12 inches 
high, the plants are bushy, extremely free flower- 
ing and contain a most wonderful color range. 
Trade pkt. 50 cts., Ygjoz. $1.50, loz. $2.50, 
lgoz. $4, Yoz. $7.50, oz. $13.50. 

Petunia, Cheerful 
