<— Gilia 
Blue Thimble 
Flower 
or Queen Anne’s 
Thimble 
This is a very beautiful 
lavender-blue flower that 
should be in your flower 
garden by all means. The 
charming little blue flow- 
ers, 1 inch in diameter, are 
borne profusely on plants 
2 feet high: For cut- 
flowers and table decora- 
tion they are just fine, 
and they last quite some 
time in water. They are 
annuals, starting their 
blooming period in July 
or August. Gilia capita- 
ta. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 
25 cts.; Woz. 45 ets.; 
hoz. 75 cts.3 oz. $1.25; 
W4lb. $4. 
New Marigold, Pot O’Gold 
New Marigold POT O’GOLD 
Of Exceptional Beauty 
A mass of intense dazzling gold, this new Pot O’Gold is 
truly a jewel formed at rainbow’s end. The plants, 12 to 15 
inches high, are covered with these very beautiful, fragrant 
golden flowers 4 to 4% inches in diameter on 10-inch stems. 
And they begin blooming earlier than any other and con- 
tinue for weeks. Be sure to grow it. Annual. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
2 pkts. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts.; oz. $1.40; oz. $2.50. 
Schell’s New Giant-Flowered 
VERBENAS m—> 
A gorgeously brilliant mass of these bright-colored flowers 
blooming from July until frost may be yours to enjoy by 
sowing the seed outdoors in April or May—when warm 
enough, or by starting the seed in boxes or pots indoors in 
March and setting the plants out in May. They are won- 
derful in beauty and size and color. Plants grow 1% feet. 
Every flower garden should have these Giant-Flowered Ver- 
benas init. Annual. Splendid Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 
25 cts.; Ygoz. 70 cts.; 1402. $1.25; oz. $2.25; oz. $4. 
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CARNATIONS, Chabauds 
Giant Improved Double 
Our illustration shows their beauty. They excel any strain we 
have ever seen. They come into flower in August if started indoors 
in March or April and by planting the seed outside in early May 
they bloom from early September until frost. Plants are robust, 
18 inches high, upright habit. They form ten to twenty stalks bear- 
ing huge flowers comparing with the finest greenhouse-grown varie- 
ties. Highly scented. An excellent cut-flower. Annual. Finest 
Mixed, all colors. Pkt. 25 cts.; 2 pkts. 45 cts.; 4Zoz. 90 cts.3 
14Zo0z. $1.50; 140z. $2.75; oz. $5. 
PORTULACA, Annual 
These lovely silk-like flowers start blooming early and keep it up 
continuously until frost. For brilliancy of display as a border or 
edge, in beds, in rock-gardens or in any way, they are unexcelled. 
Grow 4 to 6 inches high, and will thrive in almost any soil. 
New Single ‘‘Jewel.’’ Beautiful deep carmine-red, extremely 
large. Grow this new red, it is beautiful. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 
25 cts.; Yoz. $1; Moz. $1.75; Woz. $3; oz. $5.50. 
Single, Mixed. Pkt. 15cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; Y%oz. 60 cts.; Yoz. $1; 
Yéoz. $1.75; oz. $3.50. 
Double, Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts.25cts.; Y%oz.95 cts.; Woz. 
$1.75; loz. $3.25; oz. $6. 
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Beautiful Portulaca with its bright, silky flowers. 
New Cosmos, FIESTA 
Winner of the All-America Selections Highest Award for 1952 
The festival colors of Old Mexico are combined in one flower by 
the plant-breeder’s magic to produce this new sparkling flower to 
glorify your garden. For the first time, anywhere, here is true 
scarlet in Cosmos, a new color for the garden landscape. These 
semi-double, ruffled flowers of brilliant scarlet striped with gold 
are borne early, freely and continuously on low compact plants 
just 244 feet high. A riot of blooms all summer long. Ideal for cut- 
flowers and a handsome border plant for the garden or alone and in 
combination with others. Fiesta should by all means have a choice 
place in your flower garden this year. Pkt. 25 cts.; 2 pkts. 45 cts.; 
4 pkts. 80 cts.; oz. $1.50; 140z. $2.75; oz. $53 14lb. $12. 
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