Radiance 
Bedding Petunias 
Dense bushy little plants, 12-18 inches 
high, literally covered with flowers 
all summer until killed by frost. In- 
dispensable for borders, pots, rock 
gardens and bedding. 
1642 RADIANCE. Brilliant cerise-rose 
with a salmon undertone to remove 
all harshness. Blooms are 2 inches 
across with a golden throat. .Pkt. 20c 
Pink Sensation 
1645 PINK SENSATION (New). Multi- 
flora hybrid. All-American Bronze 
Medal Winner, possesses extreme 
vigor and is a profuse bloomer. 
Blooms are a lovely shade of rose- 
pink, 3 to 314 in.; plants 2 ft. tell, 3 to 
BONES ACCTOSS a ae i ae eet GS Pkt. 50c 
1646 ENGLISH VIOLET. An All-Ameri- 
ca Selection. It has the same beautiful 
color as English Violets. Flowers hold 
this uniform color from the time they 
open until the last bloom....Pkt. 20c 
Bedding Petunia—Elks Pride 
1654 ELK’S PRIDE. A Giant Single Pe- 
tunia of exceptional beauty. The 
color is a deep, velvety purple. Plants 
are dwarf, compact and vigorous. 
BID ACO ad AINA Ones ae Pkt. 25c 
1651 FINEST MIXED BEDDING PETU- 
NIAS. All colors. ¥g oz. 60c, pkt.. .10c 
1653 LIPSTICK. (Hybrid Nana Com- 
pacta.) 12 in. A very compact, 
strong growing plant with medium 
sized carmine-rose blooms. Very 
floriferous. Fine for beds, borders 
and ‘pot qalemitsns: sane Pkt. 25c 
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Comanche Petunia 
1660 COMANCHE. 15 in, The All 
America Selections committee has 
given this new red F 1 hybrid petunia 
the Bronze Medal for 1953. Blooms 
are a deep scarlet red — the deepest 
color in petunias and average 234 
inches across. Plants are strong 
growers, semi-compact, base branch- 
ing and free blooming. By far the 
best red petunia for bedding, potting 
and window boxes........... Pkt. 50c 
1648 SILVER MEDAL. Named for the 
award it won in the 1949 All-America 
trials, Silver Medal is one of the finest 
single petunias ever introduced. Love- 
ly 3-inch blooms are a lustrous sal- 
mon-cerise when opening, gradually 
changing to a rich salmon shade. 
Low, bushy plants produce great pro- 
fusions of blooms from early summer 
Until rOst Spee a ee Pk 
t. 50c 
Balcony Petunia—Red Wonder 
Balcony Petunias 
Of graceful, trailing habit, this 
strain of Petunias was developed for 
use in porch and window boxes. 
1656 DEEP BLUE. Deep violet-blue. 
sfoitheiaveld vewist cieldte simucesewie oiretioe Pkt. 15c 
1658 RED WONDER. The brightest 
LOR ea castaoven gree gran eee Pkt. 15c 
1659 BLACK PRINCE. Rich velvety 
TO Gas siate tyne are Sitiaates es Pkt. 15c 
Petunia—Glowing Rose 
Dwarf Compact 
Petunias 
Plants are dwarf and compact, 10. 
12 in. high and form mound-like 
plants. Perfect for borders and pots. 
1661 GLOWING ROSE. Compact, 
dwarf plants bloom early with large 
glowing rose flowers. New, brilliant 
and-startling!t2........ ste onsets Pkt. 25c 
Colossal Shades of Rose 
Giant Ruffled Single 
and Double Petunias 
For Pot Plants or Bedding. Plants 
grow about 12 inches high, of bushy 
habit, with enormous flowers, 4 inches 
across. 
1647 COLOSSAL SHADES OF ROSE. 
Medal Winner. 
Many huge fully double 5 in. blooms 
All-American Silver 
of striking, salmon-pink, rose-pink, 
and deep rich rosy mauve. 20 in. tall. 
alajolat slistaherereie atayshexeleretaicliols 25 seeds 50c 
Martha Washington Petunia 
1650 MARTHA WASHINGTON. Bushy 
little plants only 9 in. high. Large 
ruffled trumpets of blush-pink veined 
wine-red, and deepening to violet in 
center of flower. For window boxes, 
Porsyand /beddingre scsi sce miee 
iat tre +....Each pkt. 35c, 2 for 60c 
Theodosia Petunia 
1655 THEODOSIA. A Giant Single 
Fringed Petunia of soft rose pink, 
with wide golden throat, delicately 
veined. Gracefully fringed and ruf- 
fledSse aes Fess NATE Ie ee, Pkt. 25c 
1649 PRIMA DONNA — PAGE 74 
1662, These new bedding varieties 
were developed as companions to 
the very popular Petunia Coman- 
che. All have the same general 
APACHE — Bright carmine-rose 
‘‘Redskin’’ Collection of New Petunias! 
COMANCHE — Deep scarlet-red (see 1660) 
MOHAWK — Bright silver rose-pink 
Double Portulaca 
PORTULACA 
Moss Rose (Annual) 
Portulacas thrive in a dry, sunny 
position where most other flowering 
plants would die of drought. They 
are but 4 inches high, of spreading 
habit and form a dense thick carpet. 
The glossy cup-shaped single blos- 
soms and rose-like double flowers 
cover the planis and make a brilliant 
display all summer. 
1712 SINGLE MIXED ..... sfeiayeKersiele 
Erase ele sieleejeraet/g, OZ 00Cs) pktel0e 
1713 DOUBLE MIXED ........... Sats 
tecrseseseesses¥g OZ Jace pkt, 15c 
PYRETHRUM 
Painted Daisy (Perennial) 
Large daisy-like flowers on stiff, 2- 
foot stems. Come into bloom in June 
and continue through July. Prized for 
cutting because of their fine keeping 
qualities. 
1726 JAMES KELWAY. Rich, velvety 
blood=rédaietiucca ee ome Pkt. 20c 
1727 ROBINSON’S HYBRIDS. Includes 
culinercolom range sscescs eee Pkt. 20c 
RICINUS 
Castor Bean (Annual) 
1730 RED SPIRE. 6-8 ft. Foliage plants 
of luxuriant and rapid growth, valu- 
able for backgrounds and screens, 
producing a rich tropical effect. The 
leaves are of enormous size, deeply 
lobed and conspicuously veined, dark 
green and bronze in color........ 
Salpiglossis 
Painted Tongue or Velvet Flower 
(Annual) 
1741 Height 2-2\% ft. Beautiful velvety 
petunia-like flowers, greatly prized 
for cutting. They range in color from 
various shades of purple and blue 
through red and yellow to creamy 
white, delicately veined and penciled 
with gold. Bloom from July to frost. 
Biniho ++....Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c 
habit, vigor and flowering charac- 
teristics of ‘‘Redskin’’ Comanche. 
They differ only in color Very free 
~~) 5 PKTS: 
one of each 
($2.50 value) 
only $1.50 ppd. 
Salvia "'Firebrand'’ edged with Alyssum will provide a brilliant Long-Season Display 
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