All-America Winners and Novelties 
CELOSIA PLUMOSA, New Golden Fleece 
1953 Novelty 
Looking for something really unusual? Here’s an annual that will stand any 
amount of hot weather, laughs at pests and diseases and will cut-and-come again 
all summer long. No, it’s not a Zinnia but a new giant form of Ostrich Plume or 
Feathered Cockscomb called Golden Fleece. Plumes are huge and dense, on long 
cutting stems, dozens of them to the plant—a florist’s cut flower as well as a 
I border plant. 
showy IN Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 60c; “ oz. $1.00, 
DAHLIA, Unwin’s All-Double Dwarf Hybrids 
Michell Introduction 
A new strain which will produce 100% all-double flowers and in a very wide 
range of selected colors. This is an excellent cut-flower variety; also makes a fine 
item for pot plants. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. $1.00. 
MARIGOLD, Color Magic 
Bushy growing plants similar in habit to the popular Spry, but with fully 
double 14-inch flowers in rich shades of yellow and orange irregularly marked 
with red. An attractive addition to the list of dwarf bedding Marigolds. Excellent 
for cutting. 
Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 60c; 4 oz. $1.25. 
Zinnia, Peppermint Stick 
ZINNIA, Peppermint Stick 
UNLIKE ANY ZINNIA CN THE MARKET TODAY. 
Peppermint Stick has a much wider color range (red and 
white, red and yellow, pink and white, orange and yellow, 
purple and white) than its parents, Old Glory and The 
Clown. Plants somewhat taller than Pumila bear medium- 
type flowers. One of the best cut-and-come-again in Zin- 
nias, blooms will be produced until frost if kept picked. 
An early strain, extensively reselected, Peppermint Stick 
produces approximately 70% striped flowers. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c, %4 oz. $1.00. 
New Giant ZINNIAS 
Burpee’s Hybrids 
This new giant-flowered Zinnia is the loveliest ever 
created, immense fluffy and ruffled flowers with graceful 
curved petals like those in a giant Mum. This Zinnia 
comes in a gorgeous range of colors and color combina- 
tions larger than Dahlia flowered and most desirable for 
garden use and cutting. 
Bkt25c,, large pkty.756,.14 oz. $140; 
ZINNIA, ‘Persian Carpet”. 
Ail-America Selection Winner. Like tiny 
(eS) Dahlias, each with its pointed petals tipped 
with contrast, these perfect miniature Zinnias 
make the ideal garden edging subject. Dwarf plants 
begin blooming early; grow into tidy, well-behaved 12- 
inch mounds of brilliant color, each plant different. 
Pick dozens of flowers, no two alike (yes, they do have 
cutting stems, and dainty foliage -quite unlike most 
Zinnias). The variegated flowers, each the size of a 
silver dollar, fit uniquely in the modern house. 
Pkt. 25c, large pkt. 75c, %4 oz. $1.25. 
Zinnia, 
Persian Carpet 
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