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CARNATIONS 
Carnations 
Chabauds Giant Double. Hardy cutting car- 
nation, blooms five months from sowing 
and continues throughout the season. Plants 
upright, robust, 16-20 inches bearing large 
peers on long cutting stems. Finest mixed. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Celosia 
This annual is also known as Cockscomb, and 
is a mixture of the plume and the cockscomb 
type of blooms. A wonderful mixture of 
shades and colors. Will transplant easily. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Toreador (All America Winner 1955). Bright 
scarlet with light green foliage. About 11% 
feet tall with either one large head (comb) 
or several smaller ones. Pkt. 25c. 
Golden Fleece. Clear golden yellow feath- 
ery spikes are carried on good stems giving 
a magnificent airy appearance. A new giant 
plumosa type. Pkt. 25c. 
Pampas Plume. Giant feathery plumes in 
bronze, henna, copper, gold scarlet and 
crimson shades. A quick growing, pest free, 
showy cut-flower. Pkt. 25c. 
Chrysanthemums 
This flower is also called Painted Daisy be- 
cause of the bright colors of its daisy-like 
flowers. The plants are about 3 feet tall 
and covered with a mass of bloom in nearly 
every shade and color. Pkt. 10c. 
: Clarkia 
Showy annual about 2 feet tall that blooms 
from July until frost. They resemble sprays 
of double flowering almond in various shades 
and colors. The seed germinates quickly and 
does well even on light sandy soil. Pkt. 15c. 
Columbine or Aquilegia 
One of the most beautiful and satisfactory 
of the perennials. The plant grows about 3 
feet tall and produces many long spurred 
flowers in a wide range of shades and colors. 
Exceptionally beautiful in mixed bouquets. 
Pkt. 15c. 
McKana Giant Mixed. All-America Award 
1955. Hardy perennial growing 2 to 2% feet 
tall. Its extremely large, long spurred 
blooms outclass all existing varieties. All 
colors present. Easy to grow from seed. 
Pkt. 25c. 
COSMOS, SENSATION MIXED 
Cosmos 
Beautiful summer and fall blooming plants, 
decorative in the garden and wonderful for 
cutting, lasting longer if the flowers are 
placed in water immediately after cutting. 
Do best in well drained soil in the sun. 
Double Crested. This new and improved 
Cosmos is one of the most beautiful of recent 
introduction. The center of the flower has 
a crest or crown which is very attractive. 
The outer or guard petals are similar to the 
single Cosmos. Pkt. 15c. 
Fiesta. All America Top Award for 1952. 
For the first time anywhere there is true 
scarlet Cosmos, a new color for the garden 
landscape. Early, heat loving, easy to grow. 
Fiesta makes a compact 21% ft. plant with a 
riot of bloom all summer long. Pkt. 25c. 
Early Flowering Mammoth Mixed. From 4 to 
6 feet tall. The flowers, which resemble 
single dahlias in shape, are borne profusely 
on long stems. Pkt. 10c. 
Sensation Dazzler. The flowers are very 
large, from 4 to 5 inches across, with heavy 
puted Bete The color is dazzling crimson. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Sensation Mixed. A fine mixture which con- 
tains red, pink and white colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Orange Flare. This new Cosmos of the Klon- 
dyke type is among the best of the All- 
America introductions. The flower which is 
borne on long stiff stems is of a color new 
in Cosmos. This is a vivid orange of striking 
hue. Pkt. 10c. 
Coreopsis 
One of the hardiest and easiest grown of all 
summer blooming perennials. Plants 2 feet 
tall. Adapted to bedding or massing effects. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Dahlias 
Growing dahlias from seed is not only a fas- 
cinating pastime but you may originate a 
beautiful new variety of your own. We offer 
two early blooming sorts: 
Finest Single and Double Mixed. All colors 
and varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
Unwin’‘s Ideal Bedding. Dwarf single free- 
blooming dahlias in a finer array of colors. 
Pkt. 25c. 
For Dahlia Tubers—See page 27. 
DELPHINIUM, PACIFIC HYBRID 
DELPHINIUMS 
Delphiniums are among the most beautiful 
and most widely used perennials for garden 
display and cutting. They are of easy culture 
succeeding best in deep rich, well drained 
soil. Bloom in June and if the spikes are not 
allowed to go to seed new growth with water 
will sometimes produce flowers in the fall. 
Pacific Strain Delphiniums. These magnifi- 
cent delphiniums are the result of years of 
hybridizing by Pacific Coast Grower. The 
florets are often 2 inches in diameter and 
borne on tall, mildew resistant stalks. 
Black Knight. The darkest color in the Pa- 
cific Series. Pkt. 35c. 
Blue Bird. Medium blue. Pkt. 35c. 
Galahad. Pure white with white bee. Pkt. 35c. 
Pacific Strain Mixed. A mixture of all colors. 
Pkt. 35c¢. 
Wrexham Hybrids. One of the finest strains 
of Delphiniums on the market. The flowers 
are large and showy, the plants tall and vig- 
orous. The color ranges irom light to dark 
blue. Very fine. Pkt. 25c. 
Gold Medal Hybrids. A fine strain of these 
well-known flowers that will give satisfac- 
tion wherever grown. Pkt. 25c. 
Forget-Me-Not 
Very popular, beautiful biennial. Hardy. 
enough to remain in open ground over win- 
ter. Blue. Pkt. 15e. 
Foxglove 
The flowers are tubular in shape and are 
borne on long spikes 4 to 6 feet in height. 
Foxgloves will do well either in partial shade 
or bright sun. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Gaillardia 
Also called Blanket Flower. A hardy peren- 
nial which will bloom the first year from 
seed if planted early. The plants are about 
18 inches tall and will bloom over a long sea- 
son. Flowers are scarlet and yellow blended. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Godetia 
(Satinflower.) This attractive and showy an- 
nual thrives in rather poor soil and will 
stand some shade. Flowers are borne pro- 
fusely. Rich satiny texture. Mixed. colors. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Gourds 
Ornamental gourds. Large and small mixed. 
Interesting fruits produced on vines in same 
manner as cucumbers. Pkt. 15e. 
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