to 1953 <3 
Flower Novelties 
ALYSSUM 
1129 Royal Carpet. All-America Winner, 
1953. In drifts of vibrant purple color like 
a tropical sea or as a neat and well-behaved 
edging for the flower_bed, this new com- 
panion for Carpet of Snow will grow a few 
inches high but 10 inches across, flowering 
from when only weeks old until the end of 
the season. Possibly the world’s easiest 
flower to grow from seed, it has no pest or 
disease troubles. Pkt. 50c. 
<==} MARIGOLD 
1749 Cupid. The sole Extra- 
Dwarf African (Chrysanthe- 
mum-flowered) Marigold tn 
circulation. It is the perfect 
pot or edging Marigold, 
bearing 21% to  3-inch, 
Iemon-yellow flowers on a 
compact, 8-inch plant. 
Pictasoce 
NASTURTIUM 
1766 Fiery Festival. A semi- 
double Gleam Nasturtium of 
| | a warm, deep scarlet-orange 
with black penciling in the 
throat. Extra-large blooms. 
PET Z5C: 
BSE, 
PETUNIA 
1805 Comanche.  All-Amer- 
ica Winner, 1953. An F, 
Hybrid Petunia of the deep- 
est red color yet offered. It 
is the most briiliant Petunia ever bred and was judged by ex- 
perts as superior to any other variety in its class. A fast 
grower, It produces non-fading flowers 244 to 234 inches 
in diameter. Comanche’s hybrid vigor makes it an excellent 
bedding plant, standing erect, about 13 inches high. Pkt. $1.50. 
MARIGOLD, Cupid 
SNAPDRAGON 
1176 Double Hybrid, Mixed Colors. This Snapdragon pro- 
duces flowers that are sensational both in large size and in 
unusual and amazing formations. The upper lip broadens 
and recurves gently, and a flare which is slightly frilled pro- 
trudes from the rounded portion of the lower lip. As is the 
case in all hybrids, the plants are larger and vary from 20 to 
30 inches tall. Pkt. $1.00. 
VERBENA 
2095 Sparkle. An entirely new class of Verbena with a dwarf 
and compact habit. Sparkle is the sharpest color yet offered in 
Verbenas, bearing flowers of bright scarlet-red greatly in- 
tensified by a large, gleaming white eye. A prolific bloomer 
throughout the entire season. The grandiflora-size blooms are 
produced in clusters of twelve to fifteen per plant. Pkt. 35c. 
4 REUTER SEED CO,., Inc. 
PETUNIA, Comanche 
