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New Introductions 
COSMOS, Fiesta. Top All-America Winner 
for 1952. The festival colors of Old Mexico, 
combined in one flower. For the first time a 
true scarlet Cosmos, with gold veins. Early 
blooming; 21% feet in height. Flowers sem1- 
ZINNIA, Persian Carpet. All-America Win- 
ner for 1952. Like tiny dahlias, each with 
its pointed petals tipped with contrasting 
color. Plants 12 inches in height. Flowers 
are variegated in many mixtures and blends; 
about the size of a silver dollar. These per- 
fect miniature Zinnias make ideal garden 
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ASTER, Wilt-Resistant Super Giants. 
Largest of all Asters and a superb cut-flower 
because of its long, wiry, non-branching 
stems and huge, ostrich-feather flowers. 
Until now its use has been sharply restricted 
because of its lack of wilt resistance......... 
ZINNIA, Giant Hybrids. A new and distinct 
Zinnia. A widely varied mixture, generally 
of the cactus and chrysanthemum-flowered 
type, containing the usual Zinnia colors, 
as well as bicolors and delicate shades not 
occurring in blended mixtures. Flowers are 
the giant type. Height of plant, 2 to 24 feet 
ZINNIA, Peppermint Stick Mixed. (New.) 
Unlike any Zinnia on the market today. 
Has a wide color range of blends and will 
run about 70 percent striped flowers. It 1s 
of the Lilliput to Pumila class. One of the 
best cut-and-come-again Zinnias. An early 
strain; if flowers are picked, will bloom 
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AGERATUM, Blue Perfection. 
with large heads of deep blue flowers on 
1-foot plants 
Blue Wonder. Very dwarf strain of the finest 
compact type. Large flowers 4 to 5 inches 
above the ground. Splendid for borders, edg- 
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ALYSSUM, Carpet of Snow. Low, creeping 
annual; plant about 3 inches high, with 
heads of tiny, fragrant white flowers all sum- 
mer. Used for edging, window-boxes, etc. 
Saxatile, Basket of Gold. Perennial. Gray- 
green foliage and half-shrubby plants covered 
with a mass of bright yellow flowers in spring. 
Good for rock-garden 
Violet Queen. . Annual. 
plant covered with small 
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ASTER, American Branching Wilt-resistant, 
Mixed. Free branching plants with large, 
compact flowers in all the Aster colors. 
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Giant Crego, Wilt-resistant Strain, Mixed. 
Beautiful, long-stemmed flowers of lacy form 
like Japanese chrysanthemums. Shades of 
crimson, rose, violet, pale blue, pink, white, 
etc. One of the most popular of the Annual 
Asters. The plants are strong and produce 
quantities of blooms 5 inches m diameter... 
Wilt-resistant Strain. Blue, Red, Rose, and 
White. We offer these in separate colors... 
Heart of France. Large, rounded, double 
blooms of deep ruby-red on long stems. 
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Princess, Finest Mixed. Plenty of neat, 3 to 
314 inch blooms make these attractive cut- 
flowers for the house. Deep quilled cushion 
centers and a wide range of colors. Wilt re- 
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ASTER, continued 
Queen of the Market, Wilt-resistant, 
Mixed. Early-flowering variety of branch- Pkg. Moz. Oz. 
ing habit with long stems for cutting....... .$0 10 $0 30 $0 90 
AMARANTHUS tricolor, Mixed. Large leaves 
of brilliant red, scarlet and yellow. An an- 
nual reaching 3 feet.......-.++++--eeccee- 
BALSAM, Camellia-flowered, Double, Mixed. 
Quick-growing, hot-weather annuals with 
brilliant, double, waxy flowers of curious 
shape all up the stems. Scarlet, crimson, 
pink, white, and many intermediate and 
variegated shades...........-.+-- 
BALSAM APPLE (Momordica). An attractive 
annual climbing vine with large yellow flowers 
and apple-shaped fruits..........-.-+++++5 
BLUE LACE FLOWER (Didiscus_ czrulea). 
Annual. Plants 1% feet high, with Iacy heads 
of azure-blue flowers. A fime cut-flower..... 
CALENDULA, Ball’s Orange. Very popular 
annual cut-flowers. Big, circular blooms of 
many vivid orange-yellow petals........- 
CALLIOPSIS, Mixed. Graceful annual plants 
blooming all summer, with lovely daisy-like 
flowers of red, orange, and gold 
CANDYTUFT, Umbellata, White (Jberis). 
An annual with immense spikes of pure 
WEIL PELOWETS: rebates oj inveltels 3 oucerarr ncaa 
Umbellata, Finest Mixed. Pretty cutting 
annual about a foot high with spikes of flow- 
ers of various shades of pink, white, red, and 
purple. Blooms quickly from seed in early 
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CANTERBURY BELL, Single, Mixed (Cam- 
panula Medium). Biennial. Large, bell- 
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CARDINAL CLIMBER (Ipomea Quamoclit). 
An annual climber with fern-like foliage cov- 
ered with a blaze of cardinal-red flowers in 
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CARNATION, Marguerite, Mixed. Beautiful 
double flowers of various colors with spicy 
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Chabaud’s Giant Improved. A _ perennial 
with double blooms 2 inches in diameter, 
deeply fringed. Profuse bloomer; 114% to 2 
feet Lea es te © Feyek oa recedes entre ae: 
CELOSIA cristata, Tall Crimson (Cocks- 
comb). Height 24 inches. Stately crimson 
combs. Impressive in the garden.......... 
Plumosa, Mixed (Feathered Cockscomb). An 
annual plant with large willowy plumes of 
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CENTAUREA, Jubilee Gem. Annual. Dwarf 
compact plants covered with double dark 
blue flowers. Very distinct. Height 12 inches. 
Blue (Bachelor’s Button). Annual. The lovely 
Cornflower with rich blue flowers. Excellent 
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Cyanus, Mixed (Cornflower; Bachelor’s But- 
ton). Popular annual for cut-flowers and 
buttonholes. Blue, pink, red, white, etc..... 
CHINESE LANTERN (Physalis Francheti). 
Produces bright red Ianterns or calyxes used 
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CHINESE WOOLFLOWER (Celosia Childsii). 
Annual. Globular flowers like balls of silky 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM carinatum, Single, 
Mixed. Annual. Daisy-like flowers with 
colored ray flowers and another colored ring 
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CLARKIA elegans, Mixed. Annual. Brightly 
colored double flowers on 2 to 214-foot 
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Our Aster seeds are grown by a leading California flower-seed 
grower specializing in growing wilt-resistant strains. 
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OROL LEDDEN & SONS, Sewell, N. J. 
