52 ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 

Cosmos Radiance, All-America Silver Medal Winner in 1948, is 
an outstanding variety. Flowers are deep rose with a rich crimson 
zone in the center. 
(Pot Marigolds) 
Illustrated inside back cover. 
The outstanding varieties of Calendulas today are the 
new Pacific Beauty Calendulas. They are the result of 
several years work to produce a strain with uniformly 
large flowers of better formation, longer and straighter 
stems, more clear colors and more resistant to mid- 
summer heat. Sow as soon as the soil can be worked. 
Make a second sowing in early summer for late fall 
blooms. Thin to 10 inches. Height 1% ft. 
1055 Pacific Beauty, Mixed Colors. A blend of 
the four varieties described below. Pkt. l5c; % oz. 
40c; oz. $1.10. 
1056 Apricot Beauty. 
cot colored calendula 
An attractive two-toned apri- 
1057 Cream Beauty. A creamy-white shading to soft 
yellow 
1058 Lemon Beauty. A pure lemon yellow. 
1059 Persimmon Beauty. Flowers of a true persim- 
mon orange of unusual brilliance and size. 
\bove Colors Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. 40c; oz. $1.10. 
C115 Collection. One regular packet each of the 
ibx four colors for only 45c 
CLARKIA 
1120 Double Mixed Colors. 
most graceful of all annuals. 
are like small double roses. Cut just before they 
bloom, the flowers open nicely in water. Clarkia 
grows best in partial shade. Sow as soon as the soil 
can be worked. Thin to 9 inches. Height 2 ft. 
Pkt. 15c; lg. pkt. 25c. | 
Considered one of the 
Its brilliant flowers 
For Perennial Flower Seeds see page 62. 
COSMOS 
1140 Radiance. All-America Silver Medal winner 
in 1948. <A striking new color combination; flowers 
are deep rose with a broad band of rich crimson in 
the center. Its tall, vigorous plants are extremely 
showy in masses by themselves or in the flower 
border. Long lasting cutflower which opens nicely 
when cut in bud. Pkt. 20c; Ig. pkt. 40c. 
1135 Sensation Mixed Colors. One of the best tall 
border plants for late summer and autumn cut flow- 
ers. The mixture is a blend of pink, white and red. 
Plant as soon as soil can be worked. Thin to 24 
inches. Height 3% ft. Pkt. 10c; lg. pkt. 20c; % 
oz. 40c. 
1137 Orange Flare. All-America Gold Medal in 1935 
An early blooming, bright orange Cosmos that is very 
good in the border and for cutting. Thin to 24 
inches. Height 2% to 3 ft. Pkt. 10c; lg. pkt. 20c. 
CASTOR BEAN 
(Ricinus) 
1090 Tropical Mixture. ‘The largest of all annuals, 
having huge brilliant green to lustrous bronze leaves. 
Used for tropical effects and as a screen planting. 
Castor Beans grow best in rich soil. Start inside 
April 21st or in the garden after danger of frost. 
Thin plants to 24 inches. Height 5-10 ft. Pkt. 
ldcuozesle: 
CLEOME 
(Spider Flower) 
1125 Pink Queen. All-America Silver Medal 1942. 
One of the taller annuals that attracts the most atten- 
tion of visitors in our trial grounds. Its huge trusses 
of bright salmon pink flowers borne on long stems 
give a striking show from mid-summer until frost. 
Start in the house April 10th or in the garden after 
danger of frost. Thin to 24 inches. Height 4 ft. 
Pkt.ldes low pktim2 erie ogee 
COCKSCOMB 
(Celosia) 
1098 Plumed. Mixed colors.. The heads of Feather 
Cockscomb resemble ostrich plumes of shiny, silky 
texture. Some are clear, brilliant pinks or crimson; 
others are like feathers of pure gold. Their plumy 
masses are magnificent when well grown. Start in 
the house April 10th or in the garden after danger of 
frost. Thin to 12 inches.. -Height Japa. 
ee pkteoc: 
1095 Dwarf Crested. Mixed colors. One of the 
showiest annuals. Small flowers of brilliant crimson 
and shades of red, crowded into velvety fasciated 
masses that resemble a rooster's comb. Very useful 
as a bedding plant. Start in the house April 10th 
or in the garden after danger of frost. Thin to 10 
inches. Height I ft. Pkt. 15c;la/pkiezam 
CYNOGLOSSUM 
(Chinese Forget-Me-Not) 
1146 Firmament. All-America Bronze Medal winner 
1939. A new, compact and improved strain that is 
covered with bright indigo-blue flowers. The flow- 
ers are in sprays like Forget-Me-Nots on plants 18 
inches tall. Start in the house April 10th or in the 
garden as soon as the soil can be worked. Thin to 
10 inches. Pkt. 15c; lg. pkt. 25c. 
‘“‘We enjoy your seeds and have been using them for the last 
ten years.”’ 
May 20, 1949 Dean W. Finley 
Deer River, New York 
