THE NEW COSMOS FIESTA—1952 A.A.S. WINNER 
ALYSSUM, Tetra Snowdrift. Masses of large snow- 
white blooms on husky, stiff stems, resembling giant 
hyacinth-flowered candytuft, but more uniform in 
height, and better for cutting as well as a perfect 
one-foot border plant. Pkt. 25c. 
CELOSIA, Giant Pampas Plume. Huge silky plumes in a 
mixture of the heretofore scarce colors of bronze, 
copper, gold, and sunset shades, with a few reds. 
Thriving on hot weather, it is extremely easy to grow, 
for beds or cutting. Pkt. 15c. 
COSMOS, Fiesta. Top winner of a Silver Medal in the 
1952 All America Selections. Gay scarlet flowers, 
strip2d with gold, freely produced, early and long, 
on compact 21/-foot plants. The semi-double ruf- 
fled blooms are borne like tropical birds amidst lacy 
foliage, and bring a great new color-combination 
to Cosmos.and to your garden. Pkt.-25c. 
MARIGOLD, Glitters. A.A.S. Winner, 1951. Fluffy, 
chrysanthemum-like, canary-yellow, 3-inch flowers 
on strong stems, freely produced all summer on 
erect 3-foot bushes. Pkt. 15e. 
MARIGOLD, Happiness. A dwarf (18-inch) ‘mum- 
flowered African Marigold, Happiness is unusually 
early, and so free-blooming that the low bushes re- 
semble mounds of golden-yellow 3-inch balls. Pkt. 
25c. 
MARIGOLD, Spanish Flag Mixed. A beauti- 
ful blend of only the modern dwarf single 
varieties, such as Naughty Marrietta, Sunny, 
Flash, etc.; prolific and trouble-free masses of the 
Spanish flag colors: red, yellow, and golden-bronze. 
Pkt. 15c, 3 for 35c. 
MORNING GLORY, Darling. Rich wine-red flowers, 
with pure white throats which provide the contrast to 
make Darling a dazzling sight. Similar to, but much 
brighter than, Scarlett O’Hara. Pkt. 15c. 
PETUNIA, Fire Chief. A.A.S. Winner, 1950. The first 
vivid coral-red Petunia, exceedingly free-flowering 
on dwarf, compact plants. Few flowers can equal the 
lasting show of Petunias, and no Petunia is more 
effective. Pkt. 15c. 
PHLOX, Globe Mixed. 1952 A.A.S. Winner. A new 
habit in dwarf Phlox, the 6-inch plants forming per- 
fect rounded mounds or globes literally covered with 
blooms. Beautiful in pots and in the garden. Pkt. 25c. 
SNAPDRAGON, Colossal Snaps Mixed. Bred for florist 
use, this wonderful new mixture contains only pure 
pinks, yellows, orchid, crimson, orange, and white. 
The very large florets fill the exceedingly vigorous, 
erect 3-foot spikes. Hardy and sure to produce under 
even adverse conditions. Pkt. 25c. 
SNAPDRAGON, Tetra Separate Coiors. Vigorous, mez- 
dium-height plants with sturdy stalks and closely- 
spaced large ruffled florets, the best Snapdragon 
for bedding, available this season in four separate 
colors (in addition to Mixed, at 15c pkt.): Apple 
Blossom Pink with white tub2, Clear Rich Rose, Clear 
Yellow, and Orchid-Lavender. Pkts. 25¢ each. 
SCABIOSA, Coral Moon. The long, 
wiry stems and large, ball-shaped 
flowers of broad frilled petals that 
made Blue Moon famous, but in the 
popular salmon-rose shades. Won- 
derful for cutting or bedding in sum- 
mer sun. Pkt. 15c. 
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Quantity Prices: 50 bulbs of a 
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All Prices are subject to change 
without notice; better order 
early. 
BETTER GARDENS PRESENTS 
Che Best New Howers for Your 1952 Garden 
TITHONIA, Torch. A.A.S. Winner, 1951. This grand 
new '’Mexican Sunflower’ is in bloom from early 
August until frost, with large dazzling, glossy 
orange-scarlet cutflowers like single dahlias on 
waist-high plants. A great improvement on older 
varieties, which were too late and too tall for many~ 
gardens. Pkt. 15c. 
ZINNIA, Burpee Hybrids. Very large flowers, with the 
fluffy but not twisted petals generally called cactus- 
flowered. In addition to the usual Zinnia colors there 
are many lovely new pastel shades and bicolors in 
the mixture. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, Floradale Scarlet. Uniform and true deep 
scarlet flowers, nearly as large as the Dahlia-flowered 
Zinnias, but with the cactus-type petals of the Bur- 
pee Hybrid group. A distinct and fine new sum- 
mer bedding and cutting flower. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, Peppermint Stick Mixed. A brand-new, bril- 
liantly-striped Cut-and-Come-Again Zinnia mix- 
ture, containing red and white, red and yellow, pink 
and white, orange and yellow, and purple and white 
perfectly double medium-large flowers freely pro- 
duced all summer. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, Persian Carpet. 1952 A.A.S. Winner. Like 
tiny Dahlias, each with its pointed petals tipped with 
a contrasting color, these perfect miniature bedding — 
Zinnias begin blooming early, and form 1-foot 
mounds of brilliant color. The variegated flowers are 
freely produczd on good stems for cutting, with 
dainty foliage (unlike most Zinnias), and fit into 
a modern room, or an old-fashioned bouquet, equally 
well. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA 
PERSIAN CARPET 
1952 All-America Winner 
