Flower Seed Novelties 
Letherman’s 
Zinnia Burpee Hybrid 
Marigold Fluffy Ruffles 
Verbena Sparkle 
NEW FLOWERS FOR YOUR GARDENS 
Petunia, Comanche. All-America Selection 1953. 
Alyssum, Royal Carpet. All-America Selection 
1OBSs 
Marigold, Cupid. One of the best new dwarf 
Varieties. 
These three varieties are pictured in color, fully 
described and priced on the inside front cover. 
Aster—Burpeeana 
The earliest fully double Aster, good big long 
stemmed flowers in all the Aster colors. 
132 Burpeeana Mixed. Pkt. 25c, 146 oz. $1.00. 
Celosia—Golden Fleece 
It is easy to grow these big golden yellow 
plumed flowers. They make an exceptionally at- 
tractive clump in the border. 
357 Golden Fleece. Pkt. 15c, 146 oz. 40c. 
Cleome—Helen Campbell 
This pure white spider plant is very pretty alone 
or mixed with the soft Pink Queen. 
406 Helen Campbell. Pkt. 15c¢, 146 02. 35c. 
Dwarf Centaurea—Bachelor Button 
These nice bushy plants (1 ft. high) are better 
adapted for borders and beds than the tall Bachelor 
Button. Just recently a good assortment of colors 
has been developed and we urge you to try them. 
370 Dwarf Gem Mixture. Pkt. 15c, ¥ oz. 50c. 
Two Fine New Marigolds 
Giant Fluffy Ruffles. One of the largest African 
type Marigolds with exceptionally ruffled, fully 
doubled flowers of brilliant luminous orange. 
Blooms of 4 to 5 inches in diameter are not un- 
common. Flowers appear 8 to 9 weeks after seed 
sowing, so you get a long blooming season. The 
plants are semi-tall (about 20 in.) with full 
length base branching stems. 
841 Giant Fluffy Ruffles. Pkt. 20c, 146 oz. 40c. 
Rusty Red. A distinctive shade of red that most 
observers have been very enthusiastic about. 
The plants uniformly 114 ft. high bear the large 
fully double flowers all summer and fall. 
874 Rusty Red. Pkt. 20c, 146 oz. 55c. 
Pansy—Felix 
A large flowered characteristically ““whiskered”’ 
Pansy, the dark veins spreading out over the faces 
of the flowers. All magnificent Pansy colors are 
included in this novel and showy mixture. 
972 Felix. Pkt. 40c. 
More New Petunias 
1005 Linda. The very best of the salmon pink 
Petunias. It is a soft shade that has been so hard 
to attain. Very uniform in plant growth and 
colors, flowers larger than most of the dwarf 
bedding group. 
Pkt. 50c, Large Trade Packet $2.00. 
1008 Lipstick. Glowing carmine rose, not red, yet 
much deeper, more attractive shade than the 
popular Celestial Rose. It does not fade lighter 
in the heat of midsummer. 
Pkt. 35c, lo OZ. $1.00. 
Verbena—Sparkle 
IF we could picture this in color you would 
think it the brightest variety in the catalog. Sparkle 
is well named, bright red with the outstanding pure 
white eyes. It is much more compact, uniform in 
growth and freer to bloom than other Verbenas, 
really representing an entirely new dwarf compact 
group of Verbenas. 
1385 Sparkle. Pkt. 25c, 146 oz. 60c. 
Zinnia—Riverside Beauty 
A glowing, salmon pink shade that you will 
certainly like as a cut ower or in the border. It is 
one of the large flowered, tall Zinnias with grace- 
fully arranged and twisted petals like the popular 
Floradale Scarlet and Burpee Hybrids. 
1477 Riverside Beauty. Pkt. 20c, 1% oz. 50c, 
4 oz. 90c. 
1474 Zinnia Burpee Hybrids Mixed. A new 
Zinnia type with gorgeous coloring, and im- 
mense gracefully formed flowers. 
Pkt. 20c, ¥g oz. 50c, 14 oz. 90c, 
