Sunset . newsnapdragons. KLONDYKE COSMOS, ORANGE FLARE, the grandchampion or First Gold Medal winner, is an early-floweringstrain of the original late Klondyke. Blooming in less thanfour months from seed, its flowers are a brilliant orange incolor; its foliage light green and not very dense. Plants growtwo to three feet tall, are well branched and of profuseblooming habit. The stems are long and wiry, well adaptedto cutting. DOUBLE NASTURTIUM, SCARLET CLEAM, winnerof the second Gold Medal, is a strain developed by Modgc rs(the originators of the original sweet-scented double (ioMciiGleam) and
Sunset . newsnapdragons. KLONDYKE COSMOS, ORANGE FLARE, the grandchampion or First Gold Medal winner, is an early-floweringstrain of the original late Klondyke. Blooming in less thanfour months from seed, its flowers are a brilliant orange incolor; its foliage light green and not very dense. Plants growtwo to three feet tall, are well branched and of profuseblooming habit. The stems are long and wiry, well adaptedto cutting. DOUBLE NASTURTIUM, SCARLET CLEAM, winnerof the second Gold Medal, is a strain developed by Modgc rs(the originators of the original sweet-scented double (ioMciiGleam) and comes true to type (doubleness) and color(orange scarlet). The plant is semi-dwarf, throwing shortrunners from a well-rounded, free-flowering bush, ihcdoubleness of the flower consists of three or more additionalpetals. The flowers, which are noticeably sweet scented, aver- All-American Selections for Your 1935 Bouquets See/Is of All Varieties PictiireJ on this Page May Be PtirchaseJ from Western Seedsmen. age three inches across and are wellformed. The color is a bright orange scar-let with a dark shading in the are long and wiry, bearing the flow-ers well above the foliage. MARIGOLD, YELLOW^ SUPREME,winner of the third Gold Medal, has alarge, fluffy, well-rounded bloom of a deli-cate mild honey fragrance with broad,loose, frilled petals of a rich creamy lemon-yellow color two and one-half to threeinches across. Unsurpassed as a cut-flowerand exhibition variety, it holds its fresh-ness a week to ten days. Plants are two tothree feet tall, vigorous and free branching, with foliagewhich is practically free from that objectionable marigoldodor. Originated and developed in Ohio, it is fully accli-mated to all conditions. CALENDULA, ORANGE SHAGGY, winner of thefourth Gold Medal. Of all the recent breaks in color andform among calendulas, Orange Shaggy is probably themost distinct. The closely set, irregularly placed, long, nar-row petals arc beautifully laciniated or f
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