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WEST CHICAGO 
ILUNDIS 
MISCELLANEOUS ANNUALS—Continued 
VERBENAS 
10,000 S. These always popular and colorful plants are widely 
used for bedding, window boxes and combinations. Germination 
is not rapid, so should be sown in soil temperature of 65° to 70°. 
Once established, 48° nights suits them nicely, but be sure to 
pinch them early to avoid straggly growth. 
GRANDIFLORA. Low growing (under 1 ft.) and spreading in 
habit, with large flowers. Has some cut flower value. 
@Beauty of Oxford Hybrids. A very choice vigorous growing 
strain with extra large flowers. Colors range from clear rose- 
pink to deep rose-red, all with slight white eye. 
e@Crimson Glow. Extra rich crimson without eye. 
@Dannebrog. A very attractive combination of bright scarlet 
with large white eye. Growth more compact than other 
Grandifloras. 
Ellen Willmott. Extra large, salmon-rose; white eye. 
Floradale Beauty. A vigorous grower with large flowers in 
shades of red and pink. 
@ Lavender Glory. Very fine, large flowered lavender with white 
eye. About 75% true to type; balance white and purple. 
Luminosa. Deep salmon shaded pink with white eye. 
Mayflower. Shades of salmon-rose. 
@Mounty. A brilliant scarlet or cardinal-red with small light eye. 
Color deeper than Spectrum Red and stronger in growth. 
@Pure White. Very even strain. 
Rosea Stellata. Clear deep pink with white eye. Quite free flow- 
ering and a strong grower. 
@Royale. Large flowered rich deep blue with creamy eye. 
@Spectrum Red. Very bright rich scarlet with no eye. Lighter 
and brighter color than Crimson Glow. 
Mixture of all colors in the Grandiflora class. 
Prices above 14, each: tr. pkt., 35¢; 14 oz., 75¢; 1 0oz., $2.60. 
BUSH TYPE. 10 in. A very uniform semi-dwarf, but upright 
and vigorous type of growth. Flowers are carried above the 
foliage, adding much to the attractiveness of this new class. 
@Giant Salmon Queen. Large flowered bright coral-salmon with 
creamy white eye. 
@Starlight. Large flowers are a rich mid-blue with ivory-white 
eye. An excellent companion to Salmon Queen. 
Prices above 2, each: tr. pkt., 50¢; 14 oz., $1.20; 1 0z., $3.60. 
Blue Sentinel. Bright blue with very little violet shading. 
Practically no eye. Tr. pkt., 50c; %4 oz., $1.50; 1 0z., $4.50. 
@Snowball. Fine, free flowering pure white. Tr. pkt., 35¢; 14 oz., 
$1.00; 1 oz., $3.00. 
TITHONIA 
TORCH 
See 
description 
at right. 
for Florists” 
VERBENAS 
Finest Grandiflora 
Strains. Top to bct- 
tom: 
Beauty of Oxford Hy- 
brids. 
Pure White. 
Royale. 
Dannebrog. 
VERBENAS, Continued 
UPRIGHT TYPE. 12 in. Somewhat taller and even more up- 
right than the above class. Stems are long enough for limited 
cut flower use. 
Royal Bouquet. A mixture of all colors in this upright type. 
Tr. pkt., 50¢e; %4 0z., $1.50; 1 oz., $4.50. 
COMPACTA. 4 to 5 in. An extra dwarf type for border and 
pot work. Not suitable where summer heat is excessive. 
Fireball. Bright, fiery scarlet, small flowers. 
Mixture of all colors in this compact class. 
Prices above 2, each: tr. pkt., 35¢; 14 oz., $1.00; 1 oz., $3.00. 
MISCELLANEOUS VARIETIES. 
Bonariensis. 90,000 S. 36 in. A long-stemmed Verbena with 
lavender-blue flower clusters. Foliage stays near the ground, 
making this type well suited to cut flower work. Very dec- 
orative garden plant. Germination slow. Tr. pkt., 35¢; 146 oz., 
70c; % oz., $1.25. 
@Venosa Lilacina. 60,000 S. 8 to 10 in. A dwarf bedding Ver- 
bena that flowers continuously throughout our hot Mid-West- 
ern summers. Deep lilac flowers produced quite freely. Tr. 
pkt., 25¢; 14 oz. 45c; 1 oz. $1.60. 
TITHONIA 
2800 S. 
Avalon Earliest. Extra early flowering with large blooms of 
brilliant reddish orange produced on long stems. Sow right 
outdoors in spring for summer use or in late summer for 
winter greenhouse flowering. Tr. pkt., 25¢; %4 oz. 50c; 
1 oz., $1.60. 
Torch. (New—All-America Silver Medal Winner 1951). 
Single, bright orange-scarlet flowers with yellow discs are 
carried on bush-form plants. Outstanding points about 
this new Tithonia are its earliness, heat resistance, freedom 
of blooming and ease of culture—being handled the same 
as Zinnias. Makes a very satisfactory cut flower. Tr. pkt., 
50c; % oz., $1.25; % oz., $2.00; 1 0z., $6.50. 
