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WEST CHICAGO 
ILLINOIS 
Florists’ Biuniae 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED 
Among the largest Zinnia flowers. Tall and long-stemmed for cutting. Best all-purpose Zinnia. 
@ Canary Bird. A bright, clear canary-yellow. 
@Crimson Monarch. Large flowered, deep crimson-red. 
@®Dream. An attractive lavender. 
@ Eldorado. Unusually attractive salmon-apricot. 
@® Exquisite. Fine, light rose with deep cerise center. 
@Golden Dawn. Clear golden yellow. Extra large flowers. 
Golden State. A rich orange-yellow; varies some. 
Illumination. Deep rose, dark center. Darker than Exquisite. 
Luminosa. Bright pink suffused with salmon. 
Meteor. Rich, deep amaranth-red. A striking color. 
@ Oriole. Orange and gold. 
Polar Bear. Good clear white. 
Purple Prince. Deep purple; large flowered. 
@Scarlet Flame. Bright scarlet. 
Will Rogers. Scarlet; shade lighter than Crimson Monarch. 
Prices all Dahlia-Flowered Zinnias, each: tr. pkt., 30¢; %4 oz., 
50c; 1% 02., 85¢; 1 oz., $1.35; 4 ozs., $4.00; 1 lb., $14.50. 
COLLECTION. We furnish a collection consisting of 1 tr. pkt. 
each of these 15 varieties for $3.75. 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED MIXTURES 
@Gold Medal Mixture. We believe this is the finest complete 
mixture of large-flowered Zinnias available. This is not a field- 
grown mixture, but it is carefully blended by formula from 
first class cut flower colors and varieties in direct proportion to 
their commercial value. 
@iIndian Summer Mixture. Bright reds, yellows and oranges 
predominate to make up this fine assortment of “Indian Sum- 
mer’ colors. 
@ Pastel Shades Mixture. A formula mixture of the lighter colors 
in the large-flowered class. 
Prices above 3 mixtures, each: tr. pkt., 30c; 14 0z., 50¢; % oz., 
85c; 1 0z., $1.35; 4 ozs., $4.00; 1 lb. $14.50. 
NOTES ON ZINNIA CULTURE 
For Cutting: Some protection by cloth or a green- 
house will produce long-stemmed, large-flowered Zinnias 
which make excellent cut-flower material. Either the 
Dahlia-Flowered or the Lilliputs are O. K. for this. An 
outdoor sowing as late as July 1 in our latitude will 
produce a fine crop of cut Zinnias outdoors before frost. 
For Bedding: Always popular for their ease of cul- 
ture and fine, vivid colors, Zinnias should account for a 
substantial: part of your bedding plant sales. 
Don’t neglect the novelty value of the small-flowered 
Lilliput type, the immense size of the Giant Mammoths. 
the curled petals of the Fantasy type. 
Warning: Zinnias are native to warm temperatures 
and need 65° minimum—better, 70°—to germinate satis- 
factorily. 
Dahlia-Flowered Zinnias pic- 
tured at left, top to bottom: 
Canary Bird, Purple Prince, 
Polar Bear, Illumination and 
Scarlet Flame. All these and 
many others are in our famous 
Gold Medal Mixture. 
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