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Zinnias 
Zinnias are one of the most universally planted annuals. They are Pages 
hardy and so easy to grow, doing well aimost anywhere with little care. They 2-3-8-41 
offer many lovely colors, and their various types meet every garden need for 
beds, borders, and cut-flowers. Shumway’s Zinnias are far superior to the old- 
fashioned Zinnias because they offer a wider range of delicate as well as rich 
colors, have much larger blooms, and are more handsome in shape. Zinnias 
ower profusely and continuously from midsummer to late autumn. For the 
Be double flowers, plant in a sunny location with good soil and plenty of 
™ Giant Dahlia Flowered Type 
The greatest improvement in Zinnias yet produced, 
he flowers are 5 in. or more across and 3 to 4 in. in 
pth, held on long strong stems. In form they re- 
mble a giant Decorative Dahlia. The plants grow 
@ to 4 ft. tall 
2509 Crimson Monarch. Largest crimson searlet. 
mo Exquisite. Light rose pink with deeper rose | 
center. ‘ 
2511 Oriole. Orange and gold bi-color. 
2512 Dream. Deep lavender. 
2513 Golden State. Rich golden yellow. 
2514 Polar Bear. Best pure white. 
515 Illumination. Deep tyrian rose. 
16 Scarlet Flame. Dazzling bright scarlet. 
The Most 
Popular 
Annual 
Flower 
SPECIAL OFFER 
2538 One Packet 
each of the8 Named 
Dahlia Flowered 
Zinnias Only $1.00 
Postpaid. 
need: complete mixture of all the Dahlia Flowered varieties offered here and 
several other shades not yet available as separate colors. 
ll rahe Dahlia Flowered Zinnias—Pkt., 20 cts.; 4% 0z., 60 cts.; % 0z., $1.00; 
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| The World’s Largest 
Flowered and 
Finest Zinnia 
Mixture 
SPECIAL OFFER 
2538 One Packet Each 
of the 8 Named Dahlia 
Flowered Zinnias Only 
$1.00, postpaid. 
2500 PEPPERMINT 
STICK ZINNIA MIXED 
COLORS 
A really novel and different Zin- 
nia. Has a wide range of colors 
includin& red and white, red and 
yellow, pink and white, orange 
and yellow, purple and white, 
Blooms right up until frost. Pkt., 
35 cts.; VY oz. $1.00—SEE RE- 
TURN ENVELOPE. 
OTHER ZINNIAS 
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2518 Shumway’s Colossal 
or Giant Flowered Mixed 
This special strain of Giant 
Mammoth Zinnias has superb, 
massive flowers in many rich col- 
ors. The blooms are well formed, 
very double, 4 in. and more 
across, with petals thickly set in 
a shingle-like arrangement. The 
plants grow 2% to 3 ft. tall and 
are well branched, with long 
flower-stems. Pkt., 15 cts.; %4 04., 
40 ects.: Y% oz., 70 cts.; 02%., $1.25. 
2519 Giant Flowered 2543 Luther Burbank 
Picotee Choicest Mixed ZINNIA 
The Newest Thing in Zinnias 
A remarkable new and distinct The flowers are of the lovely 
class with beautiful double flow- Jolicate pashel orearGehadeeall vg 
ers in orange, flesh, lemon, pink Gelieare pastes ox art shades. They 
and cerise, each petal being dis- grow 5 in. across; have numerous 
tinctly tipped with various petals which curl back forming 
weinee: "ee i eaiaiad ad iy oon thick flower heads 3 in. deep, turn- 
Sarna 1 S—! s a c- Ce ee UR See 
A Bed Seta plcasing, Sb inest Mizell: ing unde1 at the end. Plants grow 
AY, Gortetn Pkt., 15 cts.; 14 0%, 40 cts.3 % 02, 4 ft. tall, producing long-stemmed 
These Little More 70 cts.3 02, $1.25. flowers. Packet 20 cents. 
Beauties Th Ww 
ies an Common 2520 : 
side oe Sorts But [ Guar- Double eg ild 
wi e the env 1 , 
keen? antee You Get Elegans Mixed Cucumber Vine 
. of your neighborhoo Your Money’s Worth : ‘ : : 
Or Cut and Come Again, Crested Am Old Reliable Annual Climber 
2527 : : $ : , . ide ; and Curled. A dwarf-growing type One of the quickest growing an- 
—The cut above is an actual photographie reproduction of average Zinnia blooms from Shum- of Zinnia forming bushy, compact nual vines we ] of lendid 
; A . . A 5 * ants wi an : ance of we é rimes We K y > Sple 
way’s Supreme Mixture. It contains all the Giant sorts introduced to date, including the cream of pete a. 4 un warner A vi ab for covering trellise x td te : 
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the Dahlia Flowered, the Colossal, California Giants and Picotee Mixed. [have taken great pains diameter, Recommended for bed- RARER, abhGlads( lense ot Aa 
to properly blend this Mixture so as to give you a mass of large, gorgeous blooms from early sum- ding, ang of great value for cut- foliace dnd sprays cof whike aes 
er 3 ‘ : Eas a iat .. 85 cts.; Yo oz 50: oz. $2. e ting. Pkt., 15 cts.; %4 0oz., 45 cts.; Lona e-< Sprays » Lowers 
mer uutil late fall. Pkt., 25 cts.; Ye 0z., 50 cts.; 1/4 02., 85 cts.; 7/2 02., $1.50; 02. $2.75. i, auc ROMatne: one B1.60.c * | in July and August. Failure. 
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Lilliput, Baby or Pompon Zinnias oA, 
oubte 
Flowers 
An especially pretty, dwarf, branching type, 12 
to 18 in. tall, blooming continuously and most 
profusely. The double, conical flowers are 1 to 
1% in. across. Highly effective for borders. Hs- 
pecially desirable for table decoration when me 
dium-stemmed flowers are wanted. 
2521 Scarlet Gem. 
2522 Golden Gem. : 
2523 Purple Gem. Special Offer 2539 
2525 White Gem. of Lilliput Zinnias. 
2526 Rose Pink. Each collection ecan- 
2524 All Colors Mix- fnins the five separate 
ed of the five sep- colors here offered 
arate colors. Pkt., 20 One pkt. each 
cts.; 1% 0z., 60 cts.; (value $1.00), 7% 
% oz., $1.00; 02z., ets. 
$1.75. 
A New Fascinating Zinnia 
2507 FANTAS Y—Mixed Colors 
2506 ZINNIA The well-rounded, medium-sized flowers, which 
are borne on long, slender stems well above the 
2505 ZINNIA 
Super Crown O’Gold, Pastel Tints. Flowers are | Howard’s New Giant Crested Mixed. The blos- : . : , 
larce and showy, 5” to 5%” in diameter with a | soms average 4” to 5” in diameter with a full foliage, are composed of a mass of shagsy, nies 
profusion of stately blooms comprising the | cushiony center surrounded by broad guard petals twisted, tubular petals which give the blooms a a0 ae 
choicest Pastel Tints of soft yellow, old gold, after the style of a Pyrethrum Roseum. This eharming, rather exotie appearance. The color a Dou le 
licht, pink, apricot, salmon, white, eream and ] new Zinnia contains almost all known colors and | range includes red and orange as well as many ome All Colors 
shades uch as oerange,. searlet, yvellow, rose, fine pastel shades of pink and cream Pkt., 20 Mixed 
buff. Plants robust, 3’ tall. Pkt. 20 ets.; 2 
Pkts., 35 ets, 
maize and crimson. Pkt. 20 cts.; 2 pkts., 36 cts, ' Cts.; 14 0z., GO cts.; 44 02, $1.00; 02z., $1.75. 2524 Lilliput Zinnias 
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