COMANCHE PETUNIA 
ALYSSUM, Royal Carpet. True royal purple, deeper in 
color than Violet Queen, earlier, and dwarfer, but 
spreading to 10 inches across, this top All-American 
winner for ‘53 is the perfect edging or bedding plant 
for your 1953 garden. Pkt. 25c. 
ALYSSUM, Tetra Snowdrift. Masses of large snow- 
white blooms on husky, stiff stems, resembling giant 
hyacinth-flowered candytuft, but more uniform in 
height, and better for cutting as well as a perfect 
one-foot border plant. Pkt. 15c. 
ASTER, Wilt Resistant Super Giants. At last the larg- 
est and most desirable cutting Aster is available in 
a full range of colors in a Wilt-resistant strain. 
Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
CELOSIA, Giant Pampas Plume. Huge silky plumes in 
a mixture of bronze, copper, gold, and sunset shades, 
with a few reds. Thriving on hot weather, it is ex- 
tremely easy to grow, for beds or cutting. Pkt. 15c. 
Golden Fleece. Giant yellow plumes. Pkt. 25c. 
COSMOS, Fiesta. Gay scarlet flowers, striped with gold, 
freely produced, early and long, on compact 21/2- 
foot plants. The semi-double ruffled blooms bring 
a great new color-combination to Cosmos and to 
your garden. Pkt. 15c. 
PETUNIA, Comanche. All-America Selection for ‘53, 
this might be described as Fire Chief Improved, for 
the color is a richer coral red, which does not fade. 
You will enjoy this brilliant red single-flowered Pe- 
tunia for months. Pkt. 50c. 
PETUNIA, Lipstick. Compact bedding type like Rose of 
Heaven, but a deeper, richer shade of glowing car- 
mine-rose with a salmon sheen. Pkt. 25c. 
PETUNIA, Pink Frills. Beautifully-ruffled rich pink 
flowers on low, compact plants ideal for pots or 
bedding. Pkt. 25c. 
BETTER GARDENS Presents the Best 
NEW FLOWERS for Your 1953 Garden 
SNAPDRAGON, Tetra Separate Colors. Vigorous, me- 
dium-height plants with sturdy stalks and closely- 
spaced large ruffled florets. Apple Blossom Pink 
with white tube, Clear Rich Rose, Clear Yellow, 
Orchid-lavender, Sunset (Copper shades), Pure 
White, and All-Colors Mixed. Pkts. 25¢ each. 
TRYSOMIC STOCK. Giant Imperial (Bismarck) Type, 
bred to produce approximately 90% double-flower- 
ing plants. Contrary to other strains of Stock, the 
weaker seedlings are the singles, and by discarding 
these, nearly 100% double beds often result. All 
Colors Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
SNAPDRAGON, TETRA ROSE 
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Quantity Prices: 50 bulbs of a single variety 
take the 100 rate; 6 take the dozen rate. 
All Prices are subject to change without notice; 
better order early. 
PHLOX, Globe Mixed. The 6-inch plants form perfect 
rounded mounds or globes literally covered with 
blooms. Beautiful in pots and in the gard2n. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, Burpee Hybrids. Very large flowers, with the 
fluffy but not twisted petals generally called cactus- 
flowered. There are many lovely new pastel shades 
and bicolors in the mixture. Pkt. 15c. 
ZINNIA, Floradale Scarlet. Deep scarlet flowers, nearly 
as large as Dahlia-flowered Zinnias, but with cactus- 
type petals. Pkt. 15c. 
ZINNIA, Peppermint Stick Mixed. A brilliantly-striped 
Cut-and-Come-Again Zinnia mixture, containing 
red and white, red and yellow, pink and white, or- 
ange and yellow, and purple and white perfectly 
double medium-large flowers freely produced all 
summer. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, Persian Carpet. These perfect miniature Zin- 
nias begin blooming early, and form 1-foot mounds 
of brilliant color. The variegated flowers are freely 
produced on good stems for cutting, with dainty fo- 
liage (unlike most Zinnias), and fit in a modern 
room, or old-fashioned bouquet. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, Linearis Mixed. Two new shades are now 
added to the gay yellow-striped orange, long a 
summer and fall favorite for its even habit and solid 
color mass for months: Deep Yellow and White. 
Height 8 to 10 inches. Pkt. Z5c. 
PERSIAN CARPET ZINNIA 
