MARIGOLDS 
_No garden should be without Marigolds. In recent years many new and fine varie- 
ties have been created including a tremendous range of form and many shades of 
~Marizgold Mammoth Mum 
DOUBLE FRENCH ° 
_¥For planting in beds and borders the 
Dwarf Double French Marigolds have little 
competition. They grow about 12 inches 
tall and are covered with lovely fully 
double blooms from mid-summer until 
frost. French Marigolds bloom most freely 
_in fairly lean soil. 
THUS. 
easy 
ered with large 
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OHN A. SALZER SEED CO., LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 
BUTTERBALL. Covered with double 
butter yellow flowers having a clustered 
center and broader guard petals. 12 inches 
tall. 2189—Pkt., 15e; 1% oz., 35e. 
HARMONY. Gay, two toned dwarf Mari- 
Bolds. 12 to 14 in. tall, 1% inches in diam- 
eter. Has a crested golden center, flanked 
‘by showy maroon-red guard petals. 2149— 
PKt., 10c; \%& oz. 20c. 
SCARLET GLOW. The brightest dwarf 
double French Marigold today with flow- 
ers measuring 2 ; 
inches in diam- 
ever 2 On dai) 
days they exhibit 
a bronzy cast 
but are brilliant 
red in full sun. 
12 inches. 2191 
—Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 
35e, 
SPRY. Neat, 
very compact 
plants bearing 
a pot usian of 
fully double 
flowers, orange 
and maroon. 
Blooms all sum- 
mer. 2192—PkKt., 
15e3; 1% oz., 40c. 
YELLOW PIGMY. An extra-dwarf va- 
riety only 6 inches tall completely covered 
with double one-inch yellow flowers. 2194 
—Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25e. 
MIXED. Large double flowers in a great 
many shades all mixed. 12 inches. 2158— 
Pkt., 10ce; 4% oz., 15¢e3 % oz., 25e. 
MONARCH MIXED. A special strain, 
producing a lovely array of orange, yel- 
low and mahogany flowers in a fine mix- 
ture. Is literally covered’ with flowers 
and grows 12 inches high. 2157—Pkt., 15¢;3 
% 02, 25ce; 144 02. 40c,. : 
POOR MAN’S ORCHID 
SCHIZAN- 
Annual, 
Also called But- 
terfly Flower. Of 
culture, 
growing nieely 
in any ordinary 
good garden soil. 
The beautiful 
bushy plants, 
about 18 inches 
high, have finely 
laciniated foli- 
age and are cov- 
flowers, which 
are handsomely 
marked with 
contrasting pas- 
tel shades, 
Mixed, 2369— 
Pkt., 15e. 
Schizanthus 
PINKS PORTULACA 
See Page 44 
color. 
at all. 
where. 
DOUBLE AFRICAN 
; ALL DOUBLE ORANGE. Huge 3 to 4 
inch flowers on plants 2% to 3 ft. tall. The 
flowers are compact, fully double and of 
ae orange color. 2179—Pkt., 15¢; % oz., 
c. 
ALL DOUBLE LEMON. Same habit and 
size as All Double Orange but the color is 
pak bright yellow. 2180—Pkt., 15¢e; % oz, 
ce. 
GIANT CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOW- 
ERED MIXED. An excellent mixture of 
pee appealing type. 2184—Pkt., 15¢e; 1% oz, 
ce. 
MAMMOTH MUM. Sturdy 30-inch plants 
covered throughout the summer and fall 
with fluffy light sulphur yellow blooms 
measuring 3% inches across. 2186—Pkt., 
25¢e; % oz., T5e. 
GIGANTEA- ORANGE SUNSET. A super 
size flower of fine deep orange. Sweet 
scented. A selected variety from the mixed 
gouentbed below. 2185—PkKt., 15e; 1% ozs 
ic. 
Marigold Gigantea 
GIGANTEA SUNSET GIANTS MIXED. 
The largest Marigold developed, often 
measuring 5 inches across, while those 
grown for show purposes have measured 
7% or 8 inches! The flowers are full cen- 
tered, of great depth, with broad, heavy, 
gracefully overlapping petals. 3% to 4 
feet tall. Mixed colors. 2161—Pkt., 15¢; 
I~ 02%., 35e, 
YELLOW SUPREME. Extra large blooms 
of an intense rich sulphur yellow. Sweet 
scented. 2188—Pkt., 15e; 1% oz., 40c. 
MIXED. Large, double flowers, gorgeous 
shades of light lemon to deep orange. Ele- 
gant for cutting and showy in the garden, 
blooming profusely. 2152—Pkt., 10ce; % 
0z., 15¢e; 4 oz., 25e, 
DWARF DOUBLE MIXED 
Brilliant shades of yellow and orange. 
Double. flowers just as large as the tall 
sort above, but on low plants, 15 inches 
yee 2154—Pkt., 15e; % oz., 25e; % Ooze 
Cc. 
Painted Daisies or Pyrethrum 
PYRETHRUM 
PAINTED DAISY. Perennial. One of 
the finest daisy-like flowers grown today. 
White, rose and red shades. 2 feet. 
SINGLE MIXED. Brilliantly colored 
Single flowers. 2424—Pkt., 15e. 
DOUBLE MIXED. Double flowers in 
many shades: <A small percentage may 
come single. 2423—Pkt., 20c. 
PHYSALIS 
See Chinese Lantern, Page 40 
Most of the new ones have much less oder than old varieties and some none 
It is certainly one of the most satisfactory of modern flowers and grows any- 
Flash Marigold 
FRENCH MARIGOLDS 
FLASH 
Gives an amazing flash of color all sum- 
mer and fall! “Flash” describes the colors 
and hues from vivid red through bronze, 
tangerine, and yellow. 18 inches high. 
Grand for borders and solid beds. 2148— 
Pkt., 15e; 1% oz., 35e. 
NAUGHTY MARIETTA 
(1947 All America Award)—This de- 
lightful Dwarf French Marigold is covered 
completely throughout the summer and 
fall with a mass of flowers. The individual 
blooms measure 2% inches across and 
combine glossy rich golden-yellow with a 
contrasting maroon blotch at the base of 
each petal. Grows 12 to 18 inches tall. 
2196—Pkt., 15e; \% oz., 40c. 
REDHEAD 
(1948 All America Award)—It is by far 
the most vividly colored of them all with 
large single blooms of a bright red which 
scintillate in full sunlight and turn to 
bronze-red as the blooms age. The heavy 
erested center petals are tipped with 
brown and gold, a color combination which 
greatly adds to its beauty. 2197—Pkt., 
15e; % oz., 40c. 
TAGETES * 
SIGNATA PUMILA. Plants 8 to 10 inches 
‘tall covered with hundreds of tiny, very 
Makes a 
2147— 
small, deep orange Marigolds. 
very fine border. Blooms freely. 
Pkt., 15¢e; % oz., 35e. 
MEXICAN FIRE PLANT 
EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA., An- 
nual. About mid-summer the top leaves 
become attractively marked with rich 
orange-scarlet. 2 to 3 ft, 2200—Pkt., 15c. 
PENTSTEMON 
Perennial. Beautiful plants with broad 
green foliage and spikes of tubular flow- 
ers. 2 to 2% feet. 
MIXED. Blooms first year from seed. 
30 in. Every branch is a spike of bright 
colors, including rose, carmine, red, laven- 
der, and violet, mixed: 2305—Pkt., 15c. 
POPPIES 
Annual. Poppies are always desirable 
for their showy colors. Sow early in 
spring where they are to remain, as they 
do not stand transplanting. 
DOUBLE BEGONIA FLOWERED. Mixed. 
Beautiful double flowers in all the splendid 
eolors of the annual poppy. 2384—Pkt., 
15¢e; \%& oz., 25e. 
MAMMOTH SHIRLEY. The flowers are 
mostly single, but occasionally semi-dou- 
ble, and range in color from the purest 
white to the deepest blood-red, all mixed, 
2383—Pkt., 10e; %& oz., 20c. 
PERENNIAL POPPIES 
While these are hardy perennials, they 
usually flower the first year. 
ICELAND POPPY. Blooms all summer. 
The immense flowers range in color from 
sulphur-yellow to crimson. Prefers moist 
soil and light shade. Mixed colors. 1 foot. 
2394—Pkt., 15¢e. 
DOUBLE ICELAND POPPY. 
form of the above, ina 
fine mixture. 2395— 
Pkt., 20c, 
ORIENTAL POP= 
PIES. 2% feet. The 
showy flaming flowers 
of pink to deepest red 
are often 6 inches 
across. Loves full sun. 
2379—PkKt., 25e. 
A double 
Orienta Popp y 
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