Flower Seed Novelties Letherman’s 
Petunia—Silver Medal Salmon 
Zinnia—Persian Carpet 
NEW FLOWERS FOR YOUR GARDENS 
Petunia—Ballerina 
AltA orcs Given Medel toni o59 All-America Honorable Mention for 1952 
Cosmos—Fiesta 
See inside front cover color plate New hybrid Petunia belonging to the large flow- 
ering fringed group. It has hybrid vigor and is prac- 
tically 100% true to its color of bright, deep rose. 
Petunia growers will love the color and delicate 
fringing of the petals. 
An early flowering Cosmos like the Yellow 
Klondike, but the first to have bicolored blossoms. 
The petals are orange, longitudinally flashed or 
striped with scarlet. The bushy, free blooming : 
plants give you lively bright color all summer. 990 Ballerina. Pkt. 60c. 
441 Fiesta. Pkt. 20c, 146 oz. 50c. Petunia—Silver Medal Salmon 
Bells of Ireland A good salmon pink is so desirable in Petunias, 
An appealing novelty flower more fully de- | but until this hybrid was developed the so called 
scribed on page 29. Resmods te Bee fue goatan justify pelt 
1 planting. Silver edal is uniformly true, a ric 
265 Bells of Ireland. Pkt. aoc: Ag oz. 75¢. shade, and free blooming with medium size rounded 
Marigold—Glitters flowers. The seed is expensive to produce, so will 
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AltA medenGaldi Medelten1 O54 always be higher priced than ordinary Petunias. 
Coenen lat 1015 Silver Medal Salmon. Pkt. 50c, large 
ee inside front cover color plate pkt. $1.00. 
Glitters is well named, with large fluf#y Chrys- rabies : 
anthemum-like flowers 3 inches and more across. Zinnia—Persian Carpet 
The flowers, freely produced are bright canary AlltAmericsitionorabletWentionioetos9 
yellow. 3 ft. plants bear long stemmed flowers all 
summer. A gay little Zinnia entirely diferent from others, 
830 Glitters. Pkt. 15c, 146 oz. 35c, ¥% oz. 55c. | 3 foot tall and bushy for bedding or borders. The 
‘es ‘ z a flowers are 34 to an inch across fully doubled in 
Zinnia—Burpee Giant Hybrids shades of yellow, gold, deep red, maroon and 
See inside front cover color plate purple. You will find them nice also for the smaller 
Most impressive of all Zinnia for size and gor- cus Hower arrangements: 
geous colo.ing and flower formation. 1496 Zinnia. Pkt. 20c, 4 02. 60c, 1/4 oz. $1.00. 
1474 Burpee Hybrid. Pkt. 25c, 14 oz. 75c. Zinnia—Peppermint Stock 
Annual Phlox—Globe Most striking coloring imaginable. The base 
All-America Honorable Mention for 1952 coloring is as usual in Zinnias, but the petals are 
A new type, compact little mounds 5 to 6 inches | striped or splashed with contrasting colors such as 
high covered with bloom throughout the summer. | white on the red or red on yellow. Plants and 
The colors are predominately royal purple and | flowers are medium in height and size, with good 
white, but other Phlox colors are present also. cutting stems. 
1057 Phlox, Globe Mixed, Pkt. 25c. 1495 Peppermint Stick. Pkt. 15c, ¥g oz. 45c. 
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