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All-American Prize- Winning F lower Seeds 
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SEVEN DIFFERENT VARIETIES, ONE PACKET EACH © ° - 1953 fe | 
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$2.05 VALUE FOR ONLY $1.85 POSTPA ci etre 
There is a joy every gardener gets from planting and producing the best and newest 
in flowers. 
ROYAL CARPET 
SWEET ALYSSUM 
Royal Carpet is a rich, deep blue- 
purple color and the flowers, 3 inches 
high, make a solid mass so thick it’s 
hard to see any green leaves. The 
judges of All American Selections 
(whose trial grounds cover the U. S. 
and Canada), chose it because it is 
such an improvement over the old 
Sweet Alyssum, and because the plant 
is so neat and compact that it does 
not self--seed all over the garden, as 
earlier types did. Royal Carpet is 
ideal for edging paths and flower beds 
or for mass planting, such as on a 
hill slope. When seed is broadcast and 
thinned to 9-inch spacing, the plants 
will fill in solid. Pkt. 25c. 
CELOSIA—Golden Fleece 
PLUMED COCKSCOMB 
A new giant form of Feathered 
Cockscomb, growing 2144 to 3 feet 
high. Makes huge, dense plumes of 
golden color on long cutting stems. 
Grows in any good soil. Can be cut 
late in the season, hung up and dried 
makes good winter decorations for 
the house. Pks. 25c. 
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LIPSTICK PETUNIA 
Lipstick Petunia is a vigorous grow- 
ing new petunia that belongs in the 
dwarf bedding or Hybrida nana com- 
pacta class. The color is carmine-rose 
overlaid with a touch of salmon. The 
plants are compact and do not sprawl 
as do some petunias. At maturity the 
plants will attain a height of 12 to 14 
inches. The flowers mature quite early 
and are produced in profusion for 
months at a time. Individual florets 
measure about 2% inches across. For 
bedding purposes and where a mass 
show of color is desired Lipstick Petu- 
nia will prove an excellent choice. Full 
sun, of course, and a rich, light soil 
are best but petunias make a won- 
derful show even in relatively poor 
Pkt. 40c. 
soils. 
COMANCHE PETUNIA 
The reddest of red petunias, an in- 
tense, fiery vivid scarlet-red color, 
which is retained for en unusually 
long time without fading. Flowers 
grow 21% inches across; plants 1 foot 
tall, of uniform, bushy habit and ex- 
tremely profuse plooniing. Striking 
in beds and borders, especially in 
masses. Pkt. 50c. 
‘SEEDSMEN SINCE 
Order early, as stocks are limited and the demand is heavy. 
TORCH TITHONIA 
Stately plants with single dahlia-like 
flowers 3 to 4 inches across, which are 
nice for cutting; suitable for back- 
grounds or hedges. Plants are com- 
pact, upright bushy form, 4 feet tall, 
earlier and more profuse blooming. 
Flowers are fiery orange-red and quite 
spectacular. Pkt. 20c. 
PERSIAN CARPET 
ZINNIA 
The dwarf plants bloom early; grow 
into 12-inch mounds of brilliant colors; 
each plant, has dozens of blooms, 
no two alike; the size of a silver dol- 
lar, that look perfectly at home in an 
old-fashioned bouquet. Hasy to grow; 
thrive on heat and yield a wealth of 
blooms on 6 to 8-inch stems. Pkt. 25ce. 
PEPPERMINT STICK 
ZINNIA 
A Cut-and-Come-Again striped zin- 
nia in a wide range of colors; various 
color combinations such as red and 
white, red and yellow, purple and 
white, carmine and white and orange 
and yellow; about 70% of the petals 
are striped. Grows 2% to 3 feet. 
Pkt. 20c. 
T.W. WOOD: SONS 
RICHMOND, VA. 
1879 
