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GILBERT'S MAPLE GOLD 
Entered in the All-America trials of 1942 and introduced by Vaughn Seed Company 
in 1943, and still a leader in the Celosia field. 
Gilbert’s Maple Gold is the loveliest of all cristata—coxcomb—creations and is the re- 
sult of eighteen years of line breeding. It starts forming lovely round maple-pink heads 
when quite small and grows increasingly beautiful as each ruffled segment becomes 
tipped with bright yellow. The individual plants grow two and a half to three feet 
high and are of the strong branching type with each stem terminating in a lovely ball- 
shaped clustered head that varies in size from small to sometimes ten or more inches in 
diameter. The maple-pink heads vary in color from a light to a dark pink, tipped with 
pure gold. These clusters may be cut at any stage and size and used in any arrangement 
from corsages to funeral sprays and basket work as the heads will last three or four 
days out of water. These beautiful, large cristata lasts until late in the fall when killed 
by frost. Any left-over flowers always can be gathered just before cold weather and 
dried for winter bouquets. They may be cut and dried anytime. 
These flowers have passed all tests for long distance shopping as they will not fade, 
nor do the flower heads shatter after they have been cut for several days. 
Trade Packets 300 Seeds Retail Packets 100 Seeds 
Selling for 50c Selling for 25c 
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GILBERT'S GREEN GOLD 
Introduced in 1945, a most unusual color combination and lovely in all pastel ar- 
rangements. Silver green, ball shaped flower combs that become fused with light pink 
and just a touch of yellow. Height, two feet; foliage, bright green; flower heads, 6 to 10 
inches across; dries a silvery color and is the only Celosia of any type that will take a per- 
fect dye or tinting. 
Trade Packets 300 Seeds Retail Packets 100 Seeds 
Selling for 50c Selling for 25c 
CELOSIA GARDENS, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS 
