Hummert’s Quality Flower SEEDS 25 
FLORISTS’ ZINNIAS 
Bodger’s “‘Gold Medal” Zinnias for 
Cut Flowers and Garden 
By sowing outdoors in May and as late as August 
Ist, in well enriched soil and protected with water, they 
can be had in fine shape right up to frost. 
ZINNIAS 
Bodger’s Gold Medal 
Giant Double Dahlia-Flowered 
The plants are of medium height, 2!/4 to 3 ft., very 
robust, bearing many strong stems of the fully double, 
huge flowers which resemble the show type of Dahlia. 
Canary Bird. Rich canary-yellow. 
Crimson Monarch. Deep crimson, flowers very large. 
Dream. Deep rosy lavender. 
Exquisite. Light rose, deep rose center. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow. 
Illumination. Deep rose self. 
Luminosa. Bright deep pink. 
Oriole. Orange and gold bicolor. 
Polar Bear. Large creamy white. 
Royal Purple. Deep rich purple. 
Scarlet Flame. Bright scarlet. 
Will Rogers. Loveliest, most brilliant scarlet-red. 
Gold Medal Finest Mixed. Grown as separate colors. 
Prices of Above Varieties: 
Tr. pkt., 25c; %4 0z., 40c; 1 0z., $1.20; 14 Ib., $3.50. 
Elegans Pumila Dwarf Double 
(Cut-and-Come-Again) 
Canary-Yellow. Salmon-Rose. 
Crimson. Scarlet. Bright scarlet. 
Pinkie. Rose-pink. Snowball. White. 
Elegans. Finest Mixed. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 14 0z., 25c; 1 0z., 75c; 14 lb., $2.50. 
Burpee Hybrid Zinnias 
Burpee Hybrids are the loveliest Zinnias ever created, 
immense fluffy and ruffled flowers with graceful, curved 
petals like those of a giant Chrysanthemum, Entirely 
free of the stiffness often associated with Zinnias. 
These giant Hybrid Zinnias come in a gorgeous range 
of colors and color combinations. Plants are 3 ft. tall. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; 18 0z., 60c; 14 0z., $1.00; oz., $3.00. 
Burpee’s Hybrids 
Zinnia, Peppermint Stick 
Double Lilliput 
The Lilliputs are among the most popular Zinnias for 
cut flower use. The flowers are small, compact, and sym- 
metrical, on strong stemmed, 1)4 to 2 ft. plants. 
Rosebud. Rose-pink. 
Salmon Gem. 
Scarlet Gem. 
White Gem. 
Canary Gem. Canary-yellow. 
Crimson Gem. 
Golden Gem. Golden orange. 
Lilac Gem. 
Lilliput. Pastel Mixture. 
Prices of Above Varieties: 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 0z., 35¢; 1 0z., $1.00; 14 Ib., $3.25. 
Persian Carpet Zinnia 
Honorable Mention in All-America Selections for 
1952. This gives a new and more appealing name to 
this larger and wider colored strain of Mexican Zin- 
nias. It has the deep, rich tones of reds and golds with 
other shades which should attract gardeners generally. 
Extremely easy to grow, covered with medium sized 
blooms on good cutting stems. Pkt., 40c; 16 0z., 75c; 
14 02., $1.25; oz., $4.00. 
Zinnia Peppermint Stick 
Medium-sized flowers reselected for a wider color 
range, including red and white, red and yellow, pink 
and white, orange and yellow, and purple and white. 
Plants somewhat taller than Pumila bear medium-sized 
Pumila type striped flowers. Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 0z., 35¢; 
oz., $1.00. 
Miscellaneous Types 
Gracillima (Red Riding Hood). 1 foot high, splendid 
for bedding. Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 0z., 50c. 
Linearis. The plants grow about 1 foot high. The 
flowers are a beautiful orange-yellow color. Tr. pkt., 
25c; 4 oz., 50c. 
FANTASY, Star Dust. Rich, deep, golden yellow. 
FANTASY, Wildfire. Dazzling scarlet. 
Crown of Gold Pastel Tints. A mixture of pastel tints 
and contains a wide color range. 
Above 3 varieties: Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 40c. 
