ZINNIA 
One of the most showy and satisfac- 
tory of our hardy annuals for beds, 
mixed borders and for cutting purposes. 
Easy to grow in any good garden soil. 
They commence flowering early in sum- 
mer and continue until frost. 
CALIFORNIA GIANTS. This variety is 
taller than the Dahlia flowered type, 3 to 
4 feet high, with long stems which make 
the flowers fine for bouquets. The 
blooms are large, flat and very graceful. 
Finest Mixed Shades. Pkt. 15c. 
DOUBLE DAHLIA FLOWERED. 2% 
feet. Enormous double flowers are pro- 
duced on robust branching plants. The 
flowers usually have slightly hollowed 
center ringed with small tubular florets. 
Crisp, fresh appearance. 
Dream. Deep rosy lavender. Pkt. 15c. 
Exquisite. Light rose, deep rose centers. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
Illumination. Deep rose self. Pkt. 15c. 
Oriole. Orange and gold bicolor Pkt. 15c. 
Polar Bear. White. Pkt. 15c. 
Scarlet Flame. Bright scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
ZINNIA LILLIPUT 
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ZINNIA TOM THUMB 
(a) Grp. 1 
LUTHER BURBANK ZINNIAS. This 
fine new variety produces flowers 5 to 
514 inches across and are of the loveliest, 
delicate pastel or art shades. Some are 
of one color, others have unusual beau- 
tiful two or three-color combinations 
with here and there an occasional pale 
lavender or light orange. 3 to 4 ft. tall. 
Pht. 25e. 
FANTASY. A new Zinnia type. Shaggy, 
medium sized flowers. Plant 214 to 3 ft. 
high. Free blooming. Excellent cutting. 
Mixed Shades. Pkt. 15c. 
Wildfire. A rich, dazzling scarlet. Plants 
neat in habit, strong growing, and very 
free blooming, 2% to 3 feet in height; 
coming into flower 45 to 50 days after 
seed is sown. Pkt. 15e. 
RED RIDING HOOD. 1 ft. Of compact 
form, covered the entire season with dou- 
ble scarlet flowers not over an inch 
across. Effective in borders. Pkt. 15ce. 
DOUBLE LILLIPUT. 15 inches. A 
charming dwarf which is excellent for 
low borders or edgings. The plants are of 
tidy habit and produce a bounteous sup- 
ply of very double pompon flowers about 
1% inches across in bright pastel shades. 
Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
TOM THUMB. Compact, 6 to 8 inch high 
plant, covered with well-formed lilliput 
flowers. Available in wide color range. 
Excellent for pots and borders. Pkt. 15c. 
LINEARIS. This little dwarf variety of 
Zinnia is most unusual and interesting. 
The flowers are single and of a lovely 
shade of golden orange, with a delicate 
lemon yellow stripe through each petal. 
Blooms are produced in great profusion. 
Height, 8 to 10 inches. Pkt. 15c. 
TITHONIA (a) Grp. | 
Torch (All America Top and Silver Medal 
Winner 1951). Described and pictured in 
color on inside front cover. 
SWEET SULTAN 
Centaurea (a) Grp. 2 
These beautiful long stemmed flowers 
with their soft velvety heads make very 
enchanting bouquets. They measure 2 to 
2% inches across while the entire plant 
stands about 2% to 3 feet tall. You can 
grow them readily in any garden soil. 
Red, lavender, rose, yellow and white. 
Fragrant. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
Dianthus Barbatus (b) Grp. 5 
A well known, attractive, free-flower- 
ing hardy biennial, producing a splendid 
effect in beds and borders with their rich 
and varied flowers. Height, 10 to 20 
inches. 
Single Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Double Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
ZINNIA LINEARIS 
VERBENA, HYBRID GIANTS ~ 
VERBENA (a) Grp. 4 
One of the most popular garden an- 
nuals for beds and massing and for a 
gorgeous display during the summer 
months. Cannot be excelled, commencing 
to flower in July and continuing until 
frost. Height, 6 to 8 inches. 
Floradale Beauty. Bright rose-pink to 
deep rose-red of exceptional brightness. 
Individual florets of perfect form. Pkt. 
15e. 
Spectrum Red. 
flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
Sutton’s Blue. Well rounded flowers, 
balls of deep royal blue. Pkt. 25c. 
Hybrid Grandiflora Giant. Mixed. Very 
large flowers in lavender, white, pink 
and rose-red. Pkt. 15c. 
VIOLA, Tufted Pansies (a) Grp. 4 
Our Gay Mixture. This blend of bright 
gay colors far surpasses any mixture of 
Violas we have seen. Bright shades of 
self colors of red, yellow, blue, and apri- 
cot combined with many shades which 
Huge, vivid crimson 
fare blotched, undoubtedly make these 
Violas a supreme mixture. Pkt. 25¢ 
WALLFLOWER 
Cheiranthus (Grp. 5) 
English Wallflower (p) Spring blooming 
low erect perennial, in appearance much 
like stocks but flowers include yellow, 
yellow-brown, red and almost black. 
Sweetly fragrant. In mild climates plant 
in fall for early spring bloom and where 
winters are severe they should be carried 
over in a frame and set out early in 
spring. May be sown early in March for 
bloom the first year but the former 
method gives better plants. Pkt. 15c. 
Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus Allioni) 
(b). This unusual little plant deserves a 
place in your rock/garden or low border. 
Upright spikes bear numerous four- 
petaled flowers of dazzling rich orange. 
Flowers the first season from seed and 
when established will bloom all summer. 
Height, 1 foot. Single. Pkt. 15c. 
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