2509 Crimson Monarch. Largest crimson scarlet. 
center. 
2512 Dream. Deep lavender. 
R. H. Shumway—“The Pioneer American Seedsman”—Established 1870 
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Shumway’s Glorious Zinnias | 2: 
The Most 
Zinnias Popular 
Zinnias are one of the most universally planted annuals. They are Pages Annual 
nardy and so easy to grow, doing well almost anywhere with little care. They 3-8-41 Flower 
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 
flower profusely and continuously from midsummer to late autumn. For the 
eld double flowers, plant in a sunny location with good soil and plenty of 
water. 
Giant Dahlia Flowered Type 
The greatest improvement in Zinnias yet produced. 
The flowers are 5 in. or more across and 8 to 4 in. in 
depth, held on long strong stems. In form they- re- 
eee e giant Decorative Dahlia. The plants grow 
3 to eel 
SPECIAL OFFER 
2538 One Packet 
each of the8 Named 
Light rose pink with deeper rose 
Dahlia Flowered 
Zinnias Only 85 
cts., postpaid. 
10 Exquisite. 
11 Oriole. Orange and gold bi-color. 
13 Golden State. Rich golden yellow. 
14 Polar Bear. Best pure white. 
15 Illumination. Deep tyrian rose. 
516 Scarlet Flame. Dazzling bright scarlet. 
2508 Shumway’s Giant Double Dahlia Flowering Supreme Mixed. A well bal- 
anced complete mixture of all the Dahlia Flowered varieties offered here and 
‘several other shades not yet available as separate colors. 
All qr. Dahlia Flowered Zinnias—Pkt., 15 cts.; %4 oz., 60 cts.; 144 oz., $1.00; 
(0%, $1.75. ~ 
The World’s Largest 
Flowered and 
Finest Zinnia 
Mixture 
5 
' 
x . 
. SPECIAL OFFER 
2538 One Packet Each 
% Try Our Lawn Grass f of the 8 Named Dahlia 
2 Page 59 Flowered Zinnias Only 
e 85 cts., postpaid. 
2518 Shumway’s Colossal 2500 PEPPERMINT 
F or Giant Flowered Mixed | STICK ZINNIA MIXED 
This special strain of Giant COLORS 
Mammoth Zinnias has superb, _A really novel and different Zin- 
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.; % o%, 
nia. Has a wide range of colors 
including red and white, red and 
yellow, pink and white, orange 
and yellow, purple and white. 
Blooms right up until frost. Pkt., 
35 cts.; Yg oz. $1.00—SEE RE- 
TURN ENVELOPE. 
—oe reer 
ea 
40 ets.; % o2., 70 cts.; 0%, $1.25. 
2519 Giant Flowered 
Picotee Choicest Mixed 
A remarkable new and distinct 
class with beautiful double flow- 
ers in orange, flesh, lemon, pink 
and cerise, each petal being dis- 
2543 Luther Burbank 
ZINNIA 
The Newest Thing in Zinnias 
The flowers are of the lovely, 
delicate pastel or art shades. They 
grow 5 in. across; have numerous 
tinctly tipped with various petals which curl back forming 
dark shades, resembling the Pi- thick flower heads 3 in. deep, turn- 
No. 2502 cotee Carnations—most attrac- ing under at the end. Plants grow 
tive and pleasing. Finest Mixed. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; % oz., 40 cts.; % 04, 
TO cts.3 0%, $1.25. 
2505 Super Crown O’ Gold | » 
PASTEL TINTS. Flowers are 
large and showy, 5” to 5%” in di- 
ameter with a profusion of stately 
blooms comprising the choicest 
Pastel Tints of soft yellow, old 
gold, light pink, apricot, salmon, 
white, cream and buff. Plants ro- 
bust, 3’ tall. Pkt., 20 cts.; 2 pkts., 
4 ft. tall, producing long-stemmed 
flowers. Packet 20 cents. 
2499 Wild 
Cucumber Vine 
An Old Reliable Annual Climber 
One of the quickest growing an- 
nual vines we know of; splendid 
for covering trellises, old trees, 
fences, ete. Clean, bright green 
foliage and sprays of white flowers 
Blaze 
New Introduction 
featured on Mail- 
ing Envelope. Pkt. 
(50 Seeds), 35 cts. 
2527 —The cut above is an actual photographic reproduction of average Zinnia blooms from Shum- 
way’s Supreme Mixture. It contains all the Giant sorts introduced to date, including the cream of 
the Dahlia Flowered, the Colossal, California Giants and Picotee Mixed. Ihave taken great pains 
to properly blend this Mixture so as to give you a mass of large, gorgeous blooms from early sum- 
o 
These 
Beauties 
in your garden 
will be the envy 
of your neighborhood 
mer until late fall. Pkt., 25 cts.; 4% 0z., 50 cts.; 14 02., 85 cts.; 1/2 0z., $1.50; oz. $2.75. 35 cts. in July and August. Pkt., 25 cts. 
ewe - s All 
Lilliput, Baby or Pompon Zinnias LS 
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. Es- 
pecially desirable for table decoration when me- 
dium-stemmed flowers are wanted. 
2521 Scarlet Gem. 
2522 Golden Gem. 
2523 Purple Gem. 
2525 White Gem. 
2526 Rose Pink. 
2524 All Colors Mix- 
ed of the five sep- 
arate colors, Pkt., 15 
Special Offer 2539 
of Lilliput Zinnias. 
Each collection con- 
tains the five separate 
colors here offered. 
One pkt. each 
cts.; 44 02z., 40 cts.; | (value 75 cts.), 50 
14 OZ, 70 CtS.5 Oz, cts. 
1.25. 
A New Fascinating Zinnia 
2507 FANTAS Y—Mikxed Colors 
The well-rounded, medium-sized flowers, which 
are borne on long, slender stems well above the 
foliage, are composed of a mass of shaggy, 
twisted, tubular petals which give the blooms a 
charming, rather exotic appearance. The color 
range includes red and orange as well as many 
2506 ZINNIA 
Howard’s New Giant Crested Mixed. 1 
soms average 4” to 5” in diameter with a full 
cushiony center surrounded by broad guard petals 
2528 ZINNIA, Floradale Scarlet 
‘A new kind of Zinnia with giant blooms 
The blos- 
2524 
; Double 
All Colors 
Mixed 
of scarlet-red. Flowers 5 inches across 
and 3 inches deep of ruffled petals. Grows This 
after the style of a Pyrethrum Roseum. 
2% feet tall and is excellent for mass new Zinnia contains almost all known colors and : 
planting. Pkt., 15 cts.; 2 for 25 cts.; % shades such as orange, scarlet, yellow, rose, | fine pastel shades of pink and cream, Pkt., 15 or 
maize and crimson. Pkt. 20 cts.; 2 pkts., 35 cts, cts.; % Oz, 45 cts.; 4 OZ. 80 cts.; 0oz., $1.50. 2524 Lilliput Zinnias 
oz., 60 cts, 
