ROSS’ ZINNIAS 
Most Useful of Flowers 
Lilliput (Pompon or Baby Zinnias) 
The Lilliputs are fast supplanting all other types of 
Zinnias for cut-flower use. Flowers are small, compact, 
symmetrical, on strong stems. 
1362 Pastel Mixture. 
1363 Finest Mixed. 
Fantasy Type 
1364 Finest Mixed. Double rounded flowers composed of 
a mass of shaggy raylike petals. The color range includes 
the brightest shades of red and orange, as well as the 
popular pastel pinks and cream. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 30c. 
Harmony Type 
(SCABIOUS FLOWERED) 
1365 Finest Mixed. Plants 2 to 21% feet, bearing numerous 
medium sized flowers resembling the annual Scabiosa. 
Pkt., 10c; 44 0z., 30c. 
Super Crown O’ Gold 
1366 Pastel Tints. Flowers are large and showy, 5 to 51% 
inches in diameter. Strictly a mixture of pastel tints. The 
plants are strong and robust, growing about 3 feet tall. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 02z., 35c. 
Zinnia, New Giant Dahlia-Flowered 
The plants are of medium height, 214 to 3 feet tall, 
very robust, bearing many strong stems of the fully 
double, huge flowers which resemble the show type 
of Dahlia. 
1367 Will Rogers. Brilliant scarlet-red. 
1368 Crimson Monarch. Deep crimson. 
1370 Dream. Deep rosy lavender. 
1372 Exquisite. Color light rose, center a deep rose 
(Tyrian rose). 
1374 Oriole. Immense orange and gold bicolor, 
changing slightly as it ages. 
1376 Canary Bird. Rich canary-yellow. 
1378 Polar Bear. Large, pure white, the best in 
Zinnias. 
1379 Royal Furple. Rich purple. 
Each of the above: Pkt., 15c; 4% oz., 30c; 
1% o0z., 45c. 
1380 Special Mixture Gold Medal Strain. A well- 
blended mixture containing all the above novelties. 
Pkt., 15c; 4% oz., 25c; 14 0oz., 45c, 
1381 Gaillardia Flowered. Finest mixed (Navajo.) 
Flowers resemble a Picta Double Gaillardia in both 
form and colorings. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 25c. 
1382 Lilliput Tom Thumb. Mixed. Plants 4 to 6 
inches, compact, covered with well-formed flowers 
of the Lilliput type. Pkt., 10c; 4% 0z., 35c. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 30c. 
PEt., 10c; 14 02., 25c. 
The most gorgeous annuals with a won- 
derful range of color, flowers of velvety 
texture, extremely double, with long stems 
and good keeping qualities. 
Cupid Zinnias 
Dwarf compact little plants bearing quantities 
of button flowers smaller than Lilliput type. For 
edgings and pots. 
1350 Cupid, Finest Mixed. PkKt., 10c; 144 02., 30c. 
1350A Linearis. Dwarf early flowering. The sin- 
gle flowers are deep golden orange, with a deli- 
eate light yellow stripe which contrasts boldly 
with the dark center; plants 8 to 10 inches high 
with a spread of as much as 2 feet. 
Pkt., 15c; 4% 02., 40c. 
California Giant or 
Mammoth Zinnia 
The plants grow from 21% to 3 feet high and 
are covered with myriads of densely double 
flowers, from 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 
1351 Mammoth Crimson Queen. 
1352 Mammoth Purity White. 
1353 Mammoth Scarlet Queen 
1354 Mammoth Golden Queen 
1355 Mammoth Orange King. Orange-scarlet. 
1356 Mammoth Violet Queen. Deep purple. 
Each, Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 35c. 
1358 Mammoth. Mixed colors. 
Pkt., 10c; 44 02., 35c; 0z., $1.25. 
Early Wonder 
Earliest of all Zinnias. Fine for short season 
locations. Plant 18 inches to 24 inches tall, basal 
branching, producing 3 to 4-inch flowers on long 
wiry stems which have no laterals and prac- 
tically no leaves. Bred for cut flower use. 
1359 Finest Mixed. Full range of colors. 
Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 25c. 
Peppermint Stick 
Peppermint Stick Zinnia is a development of Striped 
Zinnias reselected for a wider color range including red 
and white, red and yellow, pink and white, orange and 
yellow, and purple and white, medium-sized Pumila-type 
flowers. One of the best Cut-and-Come-Again Zinnias. An 
early strain extensively reselected from the original Pep- 
permint Stick, produces approximately 70% striped 
flowers. 
1359A Finest Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 14 0oz., 30c. 
Pumila, Dwarf Double = (Cut-and-Come-Again) 
Bushy plants about 11% ft. tall. Flowers average about 
214 inches across, well rounded, freely produced on long 
stems. Ideal for cutting. 
1360 Finest Mixed. 
Haageana, Double (Mexican Zinnias) 
Small double flowers are varied and variegated in a 
wide range of color combinations. 
1361 Finest Mixed 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 35c. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 02., 25c. 
ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 
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