New Introductions 
ALYSSUM, Royal Carpet. Top All-America 
Winner for 1953. Drifts of vibrant purple 
color like a tropical sea. A neat and well- 
behaved edging for the flower bed. Grows 
only a few inches high but 10 inches across. 
CELOSIA, Golden Fleece. New form of 
Ostrich Plume or feather Cockscomb. 
Plumes are huge and dense, on long cutting 
stems, dozens of them to the plant. Used as 
either a showy border plant or a cut flower. 
Resists hot weather, germinates quickly 
and has no trouble with pests and disease. .. 
MARIGOLD, Cupid. The sole Extra Dwarf 
African Chrysanthemum- flowered Marigold 
in use. Itt is a perfect pot or edging Marigold 
bearing 21 to 3-inch, lemon-yellow flowers 
in solrcuan onacompact, 8-inch plant. . 
PETUNIA, Comanche. All-America Win- 
ner for 1953. Bold, plain-edged flowers of 
rich scarlet-red, with larger and more plenti- 
ful blooms than Fire Chief. Bushy, vigor- 
ous plants, always in bloom. Grows 15 
inches tall and wide. For bedding, low bor- 
ders and for pots and plant boxes.......... 
PETUNIA, Lipstick. A vigorous new Pe- 
tunia in the Dwarf Bedding or Hybrida 
Nana Compacta class, of an unusual glow- 
ing carmine-rose overlaid with a touch of 
salmon. Plants compact, 12 to 14 inches 
high. Early and extremely free flowering, 
bearing a wealth of 2'%-inch flowers all 
summer. Particularly useful where a Pe- 
tunia deeper and richer in color than Ce- 
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AGERATUM, Blue Perfection. An annual 
Illustrated in color on back covers 
Flowers when only a few weeks old until Pkg. 
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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. 
Goodttomrock-cardentrr nani ae errecrteaien 
Violet Queen. Annual. Dwarf, compact 
plant covered with small _ violet-colored 
flowers. A free bloomer . 
ASTER, American Branching Wilt-resistant, 
Mixed. Free branching plants with large, 
compact flowers in all the Aster colors. A 
splendid late 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 
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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 preduce 
quantities of blooms 5 inches in diameter . 
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ASTER, continued 
Wilt-resistant Strain, Blue, Red, Pink, and Pkg. —}4oz. 
White. We offer these in separate colors . .$0 10 $0 30 $0 ‘00 
Heart of France. Large, rounded, double 
blooms of deep ruby-red on long stems. 
Plants 18 inches*in:herght.7.:2..0... 22S! 10 4571935 
Princess, Finest Mixed. Plenty of neat, 3 to 
3% inch blooms make these attractive cut- 
flowers for the house. Deep quilled cushion 
centers and a wide range of colors. Wilt re- 
sistant; branching habit. : 10 60 2 00 
Queen of the Market,  Wilt-resistant, 
Mixed. Early-flowering variety of branch- 
ing habit with long stems for cutting. 10 30 90 
AMARANTHUS tricolor, Mixed. ene Pree 
of brilliant red, scarlet and yellow. An an- 
nual reaching Bifsete vee oie eee: Hag 10 20 50 
BALSAM, Camellia-flowered, Double, Mixed. 
Quick-growing, hot- eeniier annuals with 
brilliant, double, waxy flowers of curious 
shape all up the stems. Scarlet, crimson, 
pink, white, and many intermediate and 
variegated shades) 3 fe ce ae 10 25 80 
BALSAM APPLE (Momordica). An attractive 
annual climbing vine with large yellow flowers 
and apple-shaped fruits... sagen eee oe ee 10 20 70 
BLUE LACE FLOWER (Didiscus czrulea). 
Annual. Plants 114 feet high, with lacy heads 
of azure-blue flowers. A fine cut-flower.. 10 25 80 
CALENDULA, Ball’s Orange. Very ene 
annual eietowens Big, circular blooms of 
many vivid orange-yellow petals......... 10 25 75 
CALLIOPSIS, Mixed. Graceful annual plants 
blooming ‘all summer, with lovely daisy-like 
flowers of red, orange, and gold............ 10 25 75 
CANDYTUFT, Umbellata, White (Jberis). 
An annual with immense spikes of pure 
WHILE Lowers (Re fae Ie et 10 20 60 
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 oy from seed in early 
summer... . 10 20 60 
CANTERBURY BELL, ‘Single, Mixed ore 
panula Medium). ‘Biennial: alee bell- 
shapedimenie es 10 S5eaie00 
CARDINAL CLIMBER ies Om lay 
An annual climber with fern-like foliage coy- 
ered with a blaze of cardinal-red flowers in 
late’summer and: falls. Sa. cc cae ese eee 10 30 90 
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 Seis 
deeply fringed. Profuse bloomer; ve to 
tect all eee 15 60 2 00 
CELOSIA cristata, Tall Ferinisor (Cocks- 
comb). Height 24 inches. Stately crimson 
combs. Impressive in the garden. . 10 26) il (0 
Plumosa, Mixed (Feathered Cyelecomb): AN 
annual plant with large willowy plumes of 
brillranticolorsh. no ee eee 10 Sis} Al OO) 
CENTAUREA, Jubilee Gem. Annual. Dwarf 
compact plants covered with double dark 
blue flowers. Very distinct. Height 12inches. 10 35 1 00 
Blue (Bachelor’s Button). Annual. The lovely 
Cornflower with rich blue flowers. Excellent 
fOrscuttinge ee nee ae 10 20 60 
Cyanus, Mixed (Cornflower; Bachelor’s But- 
ton). Popular annual for cut-flowers and 
buttonholes. Blue, pink, red, white, etc..... 10 20 60 
Our Aster seeds are grown by a leading California flower-seed 
grower specializing in growing wilt-resistant strains. 
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