PETUNIA 
Hardy annuals, one of th 
e most popular and widely grown garden subjects. Vigorous 
leafy plants with showy, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers borne profusely over long 
period of bloom. May be seeded direct to garden or for earlier longer bloom, started in- 
doors in flats in early spring. 
BALCONY TYPES 
(PETUNIA PENDULA OR TRAILING) 
18-24 inches, trailing plants, heavy foliage, 
large velvety flowers. Excellent for beds, 
borders, window boxes and cutting. Blue, 
crimson, rose, pink, Star of California, 
mixed colors. 
HYBRIDA OR BEDDING TYPES 
1% feet, the commonly used bedding type. 
Vigorous, medium sized plant, good 
sized flowers, blooming profusely over 
extended period. For most bedding or 
border purposes these are very desir- 
able. 
Blue Bee 
Mid-blue or light violet. 
General Dodds 
Blood red, crimson. 
Howards Star 
Red with white star. 
Radiance 
All-America Selection—1941 
A brilliant cerise rose. 
Rose King 
Rose pink. 
Velvet Blue 
Violacea—deep violet. 
White King 
Pure white. 
Fancy Large Flowered Mixed 
A careful blend of the best named vari- 
eties in a wide range of colors and 
types. 
Mixed Colors 
A good, vigorous, free flowering mixture 
of all colors. 
HYBRIDA NANA COMPACTA TYPES 
6 to 12 inches, excellent for low edging, 
window boxes, rock gardens. 
Blue Bedder Improved 
Compact, dwarf plants with large clear 
mixed blue flowers. Excellent for bed- 
ding. 
Fire Chief 
All-America Selection—1950 
12 to 15 inches, a fairly dwarf, compact 
variety with bright oriental scarlet 
flowers. One of the showiest and reddest 
petunias ever developed. 
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Lipstick 
12 to 15 inches, compact, neat plants with 
very bright carmine-rose flowers ac- 
cented with lighter throat. Holds color 
well. 
Rose of Heaven 
12 inches, rose pink. 
Rosy Morn 
8 inches, pink with white throat. 
Snowball Improved 
12 to 18 inches, large, round, clear white 
flowers on uniformly dwarf compact 
plants. 
Miniature Mixed 
8 to 12 inches, blend of best dwarf com- 
pact varieties in attractive color range. 
LARGE FLOWERED AND GRANDIFLORA 
LAA 
15 to 18 inches, these are the fancy hand 
pollinated types with heavy foliage, 
gigantic, fringed, ruffled and veined 
flowers. Excellent for borders, window 
boxes, special beds. 
Giants of California Mixed 
16 inches, huge, fringed blooms with open 
veined throats in beautiful range of 
colors. 
Petunia—Hybrida 
