All-America Silver Medal Winner for 1953. 
ALYSSUM, Royal Carpet 
A new gem for the garden. This is an excellent new va- 
riety of the ever popular Sweet Alyssum. Plants are of 
spreading compact habit. Height 3 inches, with flowers a 
rich violet-purple color make an excellent companion for 
the white-flowered Carpet of Snow. Sow seed early in spring 
in a rich soil. Pkt. 25c, large pkt., 75c, Y8 o7z., $1.75. 
PETUNIA, Comanche 
All-America Selection Bronze Medal Winner for 1953. 
The only Petunia receiving an All-America Award this season. 
This new single scarlet is the deepest red Petunia ever offered. 
The flowers are 248 to 3 inches across, very free blooming and 
a fast grower. Plants are base branching, semi-compact, quite 
dwarf. Brilliant for borders. Excellent for bedding. Colorful 
in pots or window boxes. Judged by experts to be superior 
to any other variety in its color class. The brightest color 
Petunia ever bred. i, Boe, lenge join, Sailor 
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PETUNIA, Ballerina 
All-America Selection 1952 Winmer. This single Hy- 
brid 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 decoration. 
Pkt. 35c, large pkt. $2.00. 
Petunia, Ballerina 
ALL-AMERICA COLLECTION 
One Packet Each of These 4 Prize Winners, 
$1.00, Postpaid 
poe COSMOS, Fiesta 
All-America Selection Winner 
— | The festival colors of Old Mexico, combined in 
oe one flower by the plant breeder’s magic, bring this 
sparkling newcomer All-America’s Top Award for 
1952. For the first time—anywhere—there is true scarlet in 
Cosmos; a new color for the garden landscape. Early, heat- 
loving, easy to grow, Fiesta makes a compact 2Y2-ft. plant 
Crane with a riot of bloom all summer long. Flowers are semi- 
9 double ruffled, borne like tropical birds amidst lacy foliage. 
Fiest ) 
ae Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c, V oz. $1.25. 
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