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1953 Novelties and Specialties 
ALYSSUM, ‘Royal Carpet”’ 
1953 Top Winner 
A new companion for Carpet of Snow. 
few inches high but ten inches across. 
color. Very early flowering. Pkt. 25c. 
ASTER, ‘“‘Little Giants’’ 
New wilt resistant early Aster. 
15 inches tall. 
Plants have 40 to 50 blooms at the same time. 
and bedding. Pkt. 25c. 
CELOSIA, ‘‘Golden Fleece’’ 
A new giant form of Ostrich Plume or Feathered Cockscomb. 
Will bloom 
Plumes are large and dense on long cutting stems. 
all Summer long. Pkt. 25c. 
COSMOS, ‘‘Fiesta’’ 
Silver Medal Winner 
Brilhant flowers, gold striped scarlet. Fiesta makes 
compact, 214 foot plants with a riot of bloom all Summer. 
Flowers are semi-double and ruffled. Pkt. 25c. 
DELPHINIUM, ‘‘Astolat’’ 
Pacific Giant Strain 
The Astolat Series comprises various new shades of pink. 
Colors range from pale blush through lilac pink to a deep 
raspberry rose. This strain produces practically 100% 
double florets. Pkt. 50c. 
GLOBE PHLOX 
Especially suited for pot plants for window boxes, bor- 
ders or rock gardens. Plants dome-shaped, 6 inches in 
height, with 1 inch blooms in a fair range of colors. Pkt. 25c. 
MARIGOLD, ‘‘Glitters’’ 
Bronze Medal Winner 
A large double chrysanthemum-flowered beauty. Flowers 
clear yellow with fringed outer petals. Plants grow 2/4 to 
4 ft. tall with rich dark green foliage. Very early flowering. 
Ristae2oees 
NICOTIANA “Daylight Sensation”’ 
This fine strain provides a brilliant color range lacking 
heretofore in Nicotiana. Bright scarlet, crimson, rose, 
mahogany, violet, yellow, coral, lilac and white. The 
blooms remain open during the daytime, adding yet another 
highly desirable feature. Pkt. 15c., 14 oz. 50c. 
Plants grow only a 
Flowers a vibrant purple 
Plants make perfect mounds 
Flowers are the Crego type and average 4 inches. 
Ideal for borders 
Alyssum, 
Royal Carpet 
PANSY, ‘‘Felix’’ 
Felix is a distinct new pattern in Pansy Mixtures. It 
has a yellow pencilled face and a contrasting wide border 
of different shades. Flowers are large and wavy. Pkt. 59c 
PETUNIA, ‘‘Ballerina’’ 
All-America Winner 
A vigorous hybrid of glowing salmon pink in the dwarf, 
giant fringed class. Attractive in beds, low borders, window 
or porch boxes. Very free blooming. Pkt. 50c. 
PETUNIA, ‘‘Comanche’”’ 
1953 Bronze Medal Winner 
A rich searlet Petunia. Flowers larger and stronger than 
any other variety in its color class. The plants are dwarf 
and compact. Excellent for beds and borders. Pkt. 50c. 
PETUNIA, ‘‘Lipstick’’ 
A vigorous new Petunia with an unusual glowing color, 
best described as a carmine rose overlaid with a touch of 
salmon. Plants are compact, early and free-flowering. 
Pitee200; 
TITHONIA, ‘Torch”’ 
All-America Silver Medal Winner 
A quick-growing Summer annual, that thrives on hot weather, 
Petunia, Comanche 
easy to grow as a Zinnia, 
sembling a single Dahlia borne on long stout stems on a compact 
plant waist high. 
Pty 25e: 
Eskimo. Creamy white. 
Riverside Beauty. Luminous Azalea pink. Pkt. 25c. 
Sunny Boy. Bright Buttercup yellow. 
Floradale Searlet. Deep scarlet. Pkt. 25c. 
Medium sized flowers borne on robust plants. 
striped in various color combinations. 
Brilliant orange-scarlet flowers re- 
Subject to no pests or diseases. A fine cutflower. 
VERBENA, “Salmon Queen” 
A most pleasing shade of bright salmon pink. The broad, flat- 
topped, bushy plants are about 8 to 10 ins. high and 15 ins. across. 
This variety has a long blooming season. 
Pkt. 15c., 4 oz. 50c. 
ZINNIA, “‘Burpee’s Giant Hybrids’’ 
A true and uniform new strain. The flowers are thick, composed 
of fluffy 
almost all pastel Zinnia shades. 
(not curled) petals. The color range is broad, including 
Plants are 21% ft. tall. 
All colors mixed, Pkt. 25c. 
Ris 2oce 
Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, ‘‘Persian Carpet’’ 
All-America Winner 
Fully double, ball-shaped flowers of the miniature type in a 
sparkling range of variegated color combinations with many rich 
shades as well as gold, bronze and orange. 
Pkt, 200%; 
ZINNIA, ‘‘Peppermint Stick’’ 
1g oz. 50c. 
Flower petals are 
Pkt. 25¢., 4% oz. 75e 
