PAMPAS PLUME 
COCKSCOMB 
Baskets full of big, fleecy 
feathery flowers are what 
sold the public on this new 
type of Plumed Cockscomb .. 
this spring, when Golden 
Fleece was highly publi- 
cized and enthusiastically 
received by gardeners na- 
tion-wide. Now comes the 
same quick-growing, heat- 
loving, pest-free plant in 
all the brilliant colors of 
autumn leaves; gold, cop- 
per, deep red, scarlet, hen- 
na and carmine. 30-inch 
plants bloom in approxi- 
mately 75 days from seed. 
Pkt., 25c 
FIESTA COSMOS 
All-American Silver Medal in 1952. Height 2% feet. 
Flowers are bright gold with scarlet stripes and plants 
are quite bushy in shape. Flowers are semi-double, bloom 
quite early and throughout the summer. Fine for large 
borders and for cut flowers. Pkt., 25c. 
CACTUS FLOWERED ZINNIA 
Plants up to 3 feet tall with flowers up to 6 inches in 
diameter. Flowers are unique in that some petals are flat, 
some are twisted and some are fluted, making for very 
attractive flowers. Colors are the lovely pastel shades. 
Pkt., 25c. 
MARIGOLD, GLITTERS 
The All-America Bronze Medal Winner for 1951. Of the 
chrysanthemum-flowered type, bearing fluffy, canary-yel- 
low flowers 3 inches across and more. Long, strong stems. 
The blooms are produced very freely from early summer 
until frost. Bushy, erect plants growing 3 feet tall. Makes 
a showy display in the garden and provides plenty of flow- 
ers for cutting. Thin plants to 2% feet apart. Pkt., 25c. 
TORCH . . TITHONIA 
All American Winner for 1951. 
Easy to grow as Zinnias. Early. Will yield brilliant 
orange-scarlet cut-flowers all summer until frost. The 
flowers resemble single dahlias with bright gold centers. 
Plants are compact, waist to shoulder high, with soft 
green foliage. Performs best if planted in full sun, wa- 
tered sparingly and fertilized very little, if at all. Pkt., 20c. 
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LIPSTICK PETUNIA 
So far as we know, the only new Petunia to have 2 poem 
written about it! This was just one of the extraordinary 
results of the widespread publicity given Lipstick in 1953 
by enthusiastic garden clubs as well as professionals. An 
extremely uniform, vigorous Hybrida Nana Compacta with 
a glowing, warm carmine-rose color, Lipstick is a deeper 
and richer Celestial Rose, colorfast in hot sun. Plants are 
compact, 12 to 14 inches high, covered with 24-inch flow- 
ers all summer. Pkt., 35c 
BLAZE ZINNIA 
All-American Winner for 1954 
The most vivid of the Giant 
Hybrid Zinnias. 
Blaze bursts into bloom 
with a profusion-of brilliant 
mandarin red flowers which 
soften to scarlet-orange. 
Plants are free bloomers 
from 28 to 32 inches tall. 
Pkt.,.35c: 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED ZINNIA 
CANARY BIRD 
Large flowers of rich, canary yellow. Makes a beau- 
toful bouquet with lavender or purple flowers. Pkt., 15c. 
COSMOS . . YELLOW FLARE 
Flowers are single and produced in abundance. Flow- 
ers are about 2% inches in diameter, of bright yellow 
color and beautiful in bouquets. Plants about 3 feet tall. 
Pkt., 15c. 
ROYAL CARPET ALYSSUM 
All-American Silver Medal Winner in 1953. 
One of the world’s easiest flowers to grow from seed. 
Plants are only a few inches tall but ten inches across. 
Plants are covered with tiny flowers of unfading blue 
vioiet. Pkt., 25c. a 
POWDER PUFFS 
ASTER 
Tailor made for the home 
gardener who wants an early, 
wilt-resistant and profuse 
blooming Aster. Flowers 
measure 3 inches and bloom 
in such abundance as to hide 
all the foliage. Pkt., 25c. 
CORNFLOWER . . BLUE BOY 
A very attractive blue shade in this ever popular an- 
nual. Pkt., 15c. 
