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Michell Petunia 
No other flower has achieved more popularity. The Petunia is a plant that can be attractively used in an endless number of 
ways. New and charming colors and forms add to the interest of these indispensable garden flowers. They thrive in various clima- 
tic conditions and can be used in a perennial border, or in a rock garden; they also effectively combine with other garden flowers, 
and a garden entirely of Petunias is a delightful picture. 
For freedom of bloom, variety of color, and effectiveness, the Petunia has few equals for the flower garden, porch or window-box. 
They commence blooming early and continue until killed by frost. We call special attention to our Large-Flowering Strains, 
which for size and brilliancy of coloring cannot be surpassed. 
PETUNIA, Ballerina 
- All-America Selection, 1952 Winner. 
This single Hybrid Petunia is a 
very dwarf compact type, with 
beautifully fringed glowing salmon flowers. 
An excellent variety for bedding, also the 
blooms keep well when cut for house dec- 
oration. See color plate, page 1. 
Pkt. 35c, large pkt. $2.00. 
Dwarf Single-Flowered 
(set 
Improved Admiral. Beate are a rich vio- 
let-blue, slightly waved. The plants are 
compaét and upright in habit. See page 40 
for color plate. 
Pkt. 35c, large pkt. $1.00. 
Bluebird. An excellent bedding variety. Me- 
dium-sized flowers of a deep blue color. 
Pkt. 15c, large pkt. 50c. 
Celestial Rose. Compact; deep rose. Excel- 
lent for bedding. Pkt. 15c, large pkt. 50c. 
Cheerful. Bronze Medal. Flowers are 
(a) clear salmon-pink, 234 inches and more 
across. Pkt. 25c, large pkt. $1.00. 
Cream Star. Silver Medal. Moundlike plants 
8 to 10 inches tall. Each dainty white 
(a) flower is marked with a cream-colored 
star. See page 40 for color plate. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
English Violet. Honorable Mention. Almost 
the same beautiful color as English 
Gs) Violets. The plants grow normally 15 
inches high, quite compact. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
Fire Chief. Gold Medal Winner. 
& Fire Chief is in the Hybrida nana com- 
(a) pacta class, a dwarf, compact-growing, 
bedding Petunia. Height is about 12 
to 15 inches. Color is a bright scarlet-red, 
a color lacking in this class until now. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c, 1/32 oz. $1.75. 
Flaming Velvet. Rich, brilliant, velvety 
blood-red, medium-sized flowers. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
General Dodds. A fine bedding variety. Rich 
velvety blood-red blooms. 
Pkt. 15c, large pkt. 75c. 
Single Petunia, Flaming Velvet 
(Bodger.) | 
See Color Plate, Page 40. 
Glow, Nana Compacta. Silver Medal. Me- 
dium-sized, single flowers of a very in- 
intense glowing carmine-rose, measur- 
ing 21% inches across. See page 40 for 
color plate. Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
Howard’s Star, Improved. Produces a pro- 
fusion of crimson-maroon flowers, with a 
distinct five-pointed white star. 
Pkt. 15c, large pkt. 75c. 
Igloo. Bronze Medal. Pure white flowers of 
Pa medium size with a slight yellow throat. 
(HY The plants are uniformly compact 
throughout the season, and continue to 
flower until frost. Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
Rose of Heaven. Rich, brilliant rose color. 
Pkt. 10c, large pkt. 60c, 4 oz. $1.50. 
Rosy Morn. Dwarf, bushy plants, bearing in 
great profusion brilliant rose-colored flowers 
with white throats, 
Pkt. 10c, large pkt. 50c, “4 oz. $1.25. 
Rose Queen. Brilliant rose-pink. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
Ruby Queen. Clear ruby-red. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
Salmon Supreme. A distinct color in bed- 
ding Petunias. Clear salmon-pink flowers 
that make an attractive display. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
Silver Blue (Heavenly Blue). Makes a fine 
bedding variety combined with Rosy Morn. 
Pkt. 15c, large pkt. 50c, %4 oz. $2.25. 
Silver Medal. Silver Medal Winner. When 
first open they are lustrous salmon- 
(a5) cerise with orange-undertone, gradually 
changing to rich salmon. Seed is avail- 
able in originator’s pkts. only. 
(100 seeds) 50c. 
Snowball. A fine, compact sort, producing a 
profusion of satiny white flowers. 
Pkt. 10c, large pkt. 75c. 
Topaz Rose. The color of this Petunia is a 
fiery, velvety rose, slightly suffused with 
gold. Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 60c. 
Velvet Ball (Dwarf Flaming Velvet). The 
. plants reach a height of about 8 inches 
and the blooms are comparatively 
large, being about 212 inches in diam- 
eter, well shaped, deep velvety blood-red. 
~ Pkt. 25c, large pkt. $1.00. 
Violacea. Plants of erect, dwarf type. Beau- 
tiful deep violet flowers. 
Pkt. 15c, large pkt. 60c. 
Violet Queen. A true bright violet color 
which will not fade. Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c. 
Choice Mixed. Pkt. 10c, 
large pkt. 40c, 4 oz. $1.25,-0z. $3.50. 
Dwarf Single Mixed. A dwarf-flowering 
type with medium-size flowers produced 
in profusion. Excellent for bedding and 
borders. Choice mixed colors. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c, % oz. $1.50. 
Ruffled Petunias 
Single Ruffled Giants with 
Veined Throats 
California Giants, Dwarf Ramona Strain. 
An excellent new dwarf strain of California 
Giants. Very compact. Fine for pots. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. $1.00. 
One of the largest-flow- 
ered varieties. Bright desirable colors. Ro- 
bust plants. Pkt. 25c, large pkt. $1.00.” 
Michell’s Gay Lady. The plants are very 
compact. Flowers are medium sized, well 
fringed and ruffled. The color-range is a 
combination of pink and white to red and 
white. Pkt. 35c, 
large pkt. $1.00, extra large pkt. $1.75. 
Michell’s Rosalind. The flowers of this new 
strain are very large and ruffled, in a bril- 
liant rose shade. Pkt. 25c, large pkt. $1.00. 
New Dazzler. The brightest and most color- 
ful single Petunia yet introduced. The large 
flowers are brilliant shades of orange and 
rosy scarlet, plain and semi-ruffled, gold- 
and-white-throated. 
Pkt. 35c, large pkt. $1.00. 
Garden Giants 
Giants of California Type 
Large ruffled flowers in a wide variety of 
color combinations, ,basically with red and 
“white blotching. See page 40 for color plate. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 85c. 
New Victory. Extra-dwarf, super-giant single 
Petunia. Huge, deep-throated, fluted flow- 
ers, averaging up to 7 inches across. The 
plant habit is very dwarf, compact, bushy 
and free flowering. Color-range of excellent 
light and dark shades. 
Pkt. 35c, large pkt. $1.00. 
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