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DAHLIAS FROM SEED 
It is easy and fascinating to grow dahlias from seed and enjoy the surprise 
of new colors and forms. Seeds of the tall dahlias should be started early in- 
doors; the seed of the dwarf varieties may be sown in the open when the soil 
has become warm. Single and small-flowered varieties reproduce fairly true 
to color and type, but large flowering kinds can be expected to produce some 
singles and semi-doubles as well as full doubles. 
Dwarf Growing Dahlias 
1970 Coltness Single Hybrids Mixed Lovely single flowers, 3 in. 
across, with smooth or fluted petals in many colors. Good for cutting; showy 
in beds or borders. Dwarf, compact, profuse blooming plants. 11% to 2 ft. 
ly oz. $1.40 
1968 Mignon Mixed Nicely rounded single flowers in bronze, salmon, 
apricot, orange, scarlet, crimson, lavender, yellow, and purple shades, as 
well as some bicolor and striped. Ideal for bedding and cutting. 2 ft. tall. 
ly oz. $1.40 
Exquisite semi-double dahlias in a 
varied assortment of colors. Early flowering. Bushy plants 1% to 2 ft. tall. 
Y, oz. $1.40 
1974 Zulu Mostly shades of crimson and scarlet enlivened by a few orange, © 
gold and lilac blooms on long stems. Black-leaved foliage. Grows 2 ft. tall. 
%, oz. $1.40 
Pkt. 25¢; "46 oz. 75¢; 
Pkt. 25¢; 416 oz. 75¢; 
1971 Unwin’s Dwarf Hybrids 
Pkt. 25¢; Wie oz. 75¢; 
Pkt. 25¢; "6 oz. 75¢5 
abe 1969 
Exhibition Dahlia 
Pkt. $1.00 
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Tall Growing Dahlias 
1969 Exhibition Dahlias Seed has been saved from the largest 
blooms and best colors of choicest varieties. It is from seed that 
you get new dahlias, and you are just as likely to obtain them as 
anyone else. Each packet contains 25 selected seeds. 3 to 5 ft. 
Pkt. $1.00; 2 pkts. $1.85; 46 oz. $2.75 
1952 Decorative Double Mixed Large flowered; many choice 
decorative varieties in a wide range of the best colors. 3 to 5 ft. tall. 
r Pkt. 35¢; 46 oz. $1.00; % oz. $1.85 
- 1964 Cactus Flowered Mixed A select strain of double and 
semi-double cactus-flowered blooms in many colors. 3 to 4 ft. 
1953 Large Flowered Double Mixed Sced has been saved 
from the finest double flowers of the formal and informal decora- 
tive, cactus and semi-cactus types in a select assortment of best 
colors and attractive markings. Plants are strong, 3 to 5 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 25¢; 46 oz. 75¢; % oz. $1.40 
1956 Pompon Mixed The smallest of all dahlias; flowers are 
ball-shaped in a wide color range on rather compact plants. Stems 
are of good length for cutting purposes. Prolific blooming. 3 ft. 
Pkt. 35¢; We oz. $1.00; 1% oz. $1.85 
Pkt. 50¢; 
2 pkts. 95¢; 
146 oz. $1.50 
Dahlia Roots, pages 126 and 127 
DIANTHUS— Annual Pinkso 
Brilliantly colored, sweeit-scented flowers. for beds, borders, rock gardens, edgings and 
cutting. Plants grow about 1 ft. tall except where noted, are free blooming and produce 
flowers of different forms and colorings, 1 to 3 in. across,-from July until frost. In addition 
to self colors, some are edged, blotched or eyed with contrasting colors. Of easiest culture, 
succeeding in ordinary garden loam. May be grown as a biennial in mild climates. 
Double Flowered Dianthus 
2001 Snowball Large, pure white, double 
flowers with finely fringed petals. Profuse. 
Pkt. 15¢; .4 oz. 60¢; 14 oz. $1.10 
1994 Double Mixed Many showy colors 
and markings. Double Heddewigi type. 
Pkt. 15¢; %40z.60¢; 1 oz. $1.10 
1985 Dwarf Double Mixed Wide range 
of colors; dwarf, compact plants, 6 in. tall. 
Ideal for low borders and edgings. 
Pkt. 15¢; %0z.60¢; 14 oz. $1.10 
Single Flower 
1981 Chinensis Double Mixed Fine 
blooms in clusters on upright, strong stems. 
White, pink, rose, scarlet, crimson, with 
some pleasing bicolors. Showy type for 
garden use and wonderful for cutting. 
Pkt. 15¢; %4oz.60¢; 1% oz. $1.10 
2021 Laciniatus Double Mixed Double 
fringed and laciniated carnation-like flow- 
ers in a wide range of colors, many with 
contrasting edges and fancy patterns. 
Pkt. 15¢; %4o0z.60¢; 1% oz. $1.10 
ed Dianthus 
1982 Floradale Animproved strain. The 
flowers are very large, single, with deeply 
laciniated petals. Practically every color 
known in dianthus is in this mixture—from 
pure white to deepest crimson. Unusual. 
Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. $1.00; 1% oz. $1.85 
1995 Heddensis Mixed Beautifully 
formed, large flowers, 2 in. across, in all the 
lovely colors and markings to be found in 
' dianthus. Strong stems average 16 in. long. 
Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. $1.00; 1% oz. $1.85 
1990 Westwood Beauty All-America 
Winner. Flowers are large, 134 in. across, 
single, predominantly ctimson, with other 
shades of red, scarlet, carmine to deep rose; 
some are attractively edged with white. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. $1.00; 1% oz. $1.85 
1989 Single Mixed Well-formed single 
blooms with smooth or laciniated petals. 
Includes many bright self-colors as well as 
bicolors, edged, spotted and eyed varieties. 
Pkt.10¢; 1%4o0z. 40¢; 14 oz. 75¢ 
Perennial Dianthus, page 53. 
Dianthus, Single Flowered 
1995 Heddensis Mixed Pht. 25¢ 
2032 Fordhook Favorites, Single and 
Double Mixed Splendid blend of single 
and double dianthus, including all those 
offered here, and other choice varieties. 
Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 60¢; % oz. $1.10 
$ 
Four Choice Dianthus 
Floradale, Snowball, 
Laciniatus Double Mixed and 
Westwood Beauty 
7732 — SPECIAL: One pkt. each 
of these four varieties, 65 
4pkts.inall,value 80¢ for only - ¢g 
All Flower Seeds are Postpaid .. 39 
