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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 291, 20 September 1930, Page 4

NEW SEASON’S SEEDS AT FLETCHER BROS’ NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS FROM THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS GROWERS. Ill© following are only a few of the great number of Novelties. Ask for one of our 1930-31 NOVELTY CATALOGUES for full List of Novelties in FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS. ANEMONE. St. Brigid Royal Crown Strain, Hardy Rerennials. These beautiful dowered Perennials produce an abundance of large, single, semi-double and double dowers, 3 to 5 inches across, of an endless variety of colours, from Maroon and Brightest Scarlet to Flesh Pink, and from Lilac to Purple. Some are mottled, striped, ringed, etc. For cutting they are unsurpassed. Plants will bloom the drst season if sown early in the autumn. 1/- per Packet. ARNEBIA CORNUTA. Arabian Primrose or Prophet Flower. A most delightful Hardy Annual, and absolutely unique. Tradition says that Mahomet touched the dower, and that the bye black dots on the Yellow petals are the marks of liis fingers. \Ve have the pleasure of reintroducing this beautiiul subject, and it should sell m many thousands. 6d per Packet. AQUILEGIAS. . Long Spurred Hybrids, “The Dancing Fairy F'lowers.” This is the finest group of gardening Aquilegias ever obered to Die public. These jierfectly Hardy Perennials attain a height of Ito 1£ feet. The. dowers are of perfect form, possessing the “long spurred” feature in a very marked degree. Extra Choice Mixed, giving a wonderful variety of choice colours of grand dowers with very long spurs. A really special strain, of this very popular dower. Will thrive in poor soil. Sow in August, and if season is favourable they will bloom the first year.—l /- per packet. ARCTOTIS GRANDIS. It is a Half Hardy Annual, 2 feet high, and should be treated the same as Stocks and Asters. The dowers are Marquerite-like. The colour is a Soft Pearl White, with a Mauve centre, and a narrow Gold Band. The foliage is (so to speak) dusted with a White farina. A real gem. The dowers should be gathered just as they are expanding and are delightful for tables, etc. Should be grown in a sunny spot.—6d per Packet. AURICULA. (Dusty Miller), Mixed. From Prize Stage Flowers, including the Grey, Green and White-edged strams, as well as seifs of the finest fornr- and richest colours. —1 /- per Packet. AMBROSIA. Sweet Scented. / This extraordinary plant has handsome sweet scented foliage, producing graceful feathery dowers of a Purple Brown shade. Its sweet smelling foliage attracts bees for miles around. Height, 4 feet. Half Hardy Biennial. Sow in pots in heat, and transplant October. Makes an ideal greenhouse plant, or would do particularly well in hot districts.—l/- per Packet. GREGO ASTERS. Burpee’s Giant Grego Asters. Produce large dowers, 4 to o inches in diameter. The blooms are fully double, about 2i inches thick, and carried on long, strong stems. The individual petals are gracefully curled and twisted, giving the whole dower an artistic appearance. The plants grow 2 feet tall, and bloom during mid-season. Shell Pink. A most exquisite shade—l/- per Packet. Crimson. A Brilliant Crimson colour of great beauty greatly admired.—l/- per Packet. Lavender. Exquisite Silvery Lavender blooms, carried on long, strong stems.—l/. -per Packet. / Rose Pink. A Deep Rose Pink Shade—l/- per Packet. The 4 Varieties for 3/-. Giant Grego Mixed. This is the right proportion of eight glorious colours. —1/- per Packet. CANTERBURY BELLS— Calycanthema. Bright Rose (very elegant). Large semi-double dowers, each resembling a cup and saucer. Hardy Biennial. Sow in summer, transplant to bed in autumn for dowering the following year.—6d per Packet. CHIRRANTHUS ALLIONII. (Siberian Wallflower). An early dowering Perennial with gorgeous Orange dowers, produces a prolusion of blooms in all soils. Commences to dower in early spring, and continues well into the autumn. 11, the seed pods are removed the plants will continue to bloom for a longer period. Sow in warm position in July or early August for' spring dowers.— 1/- per Packet. TALL ANTIRRHINUMS. Undoubtedly the best strain of Tall Antirrhinums —dowers very large, produced on long spikes, and invaluable for cutting. These Antirrhinums are indispensable for forming bold groups in large borders. NANUM GR ANDIF'LORUM. Pink and Terra Cotta Shades. Height—lß inches. A new class of Art shades, ranging 'from Pink and Orange to Terra Cotta. Very showy. Excellent for bedding and cut blooms. Beacon (New). Beautiful Salmon Rose, with Goldtipped centre. Excellent for bedding and cut blooms. Advance (New). Brilliant Orange Scarlet, with White throat. Excellent for bedding and cut blooms. Amber Queen. Canary Yellow over-layed Chamois Pink, Golden lip. Excellent for bedding and cut flowers. Black Prince—Height, 18" inches. Dark Criihson flower, with handsome dark foliage. Excellent for bedding and cut flowers. Bonfire (Fireblight). A lovely Orange and Flame colour. Excellent for bedding and cut flowers. Cottage Maid. A Pale Coral Pink, White throat. Excellent for bedding and cut flowers. Scarlet King. A Glowing Scarlet of the Intermediate variety, and well-known to all lovers of Antirrhinum. Excellent for bedding and cut flowers. Sensation. Bright Cerise Scarlet, White throat. Sensation of 1929 —at the R.H.S. Show, London. Excellent for bedding and cut flowers. All the above 6d per Packet. 4 Varieties for 1/9. 9 Varieties for 3/6. BURPEE’S FAIRY POPPIES. Flower 5 inches in diameter on stems eighteen inches in length. These fully double blooms are sure to attract attention because of their brilliant colours, fine size, and strong growth. One of the most showy of all Poppies, with large double flowers made up of elegantly fringed and twisted petals. Includes a large range of colours — White, Pink, Rose, Scarlet, Crimson, Chocolate-Brown, Mahogany, SlateBlue, and other fine intermediate shades.—l/- per Packet. TAGETES. Golden Gem. A much improved dwarf variety of this fine Miniature Marigold. Flowers very freely produced, and thrown well above the foliage. An ideal border flower. Sow in spring, and transplant to border or beds. Height—6 inches. —6d per Packet. THALICTRUM DIPTEROCARPUM. A tall growing Perennial, with finely cut foliage like Maidenhair Fern. Flowers freely throughout the summer, bearing sprays of flowers resembling spheres of Mauve-coloured Chenille. Thrives best in poor soil, in a sunny position. Height—4 feet.—l /- per Packet. ASTERS. Ostrich Plume. These large flowers are of graceful form. The petals are like a Japanese Chrysanthemum, much improved by selection. This group is preferred by many to the orthodox form of Aster; they are mo£t artistic. For cut flowers they are very popular. Many of the colours are simply glorious by artificial light, and are universally admired. Terra Cotta.. A 1 lovely Vieux Rose.—6d per Packet. Golden Queen. A charming Rich Deep Canary Yellow, and is the best Yellow Aster we have ever seen. It is of large size, and double. It is feet high, and forms very finely shaped plants.—6d per Packet. Crimson. Large flowers of graceful form. —6d per Packet. Lilac. Pale Parma Violet shade. The petals are covered with delicate filaments, giving the flowers the charming elegance of the Ostrich Feather.—6d per Packet. Salmon Pink. Charming Colour.—6d per Packet. The 6 Varieties for 2/3. AUSTRALIAN GIANT TREE FRENCH MARIGOLD* This is a most Extraordinary Annual, Although it belongs to the Marigold family, it does not possess that objectionable odour peculiar to them. As a pot subject it is ideal. The individual blooms are about the size of half-a-crown— Bright Orange and Orange-Bronze tints in colour —can be sown out of doors as soon as the frosts are over.—l/- per Packet. CHELONE—SHELL FLOWER. Plants of graceful habit] fine for garden decoration and cutting. The plants grow feet tall, and bloom profusely from December until March. The tubular, narrow flowers are borne on graceful, slender stems. They are of a Brillant Scarlet Red colour. Does best in a rich, sunny border. —1/- per Packet. ANTIRRHINUM. Tom Thumb. jxtremely dwarf section resembles bouquets when in full bloom, t—9 to 12 inches. Wild Rose (New).* nous Light Pink, with White Golden Queen. Rich Deep Golden Yellow. Striped—A Great Novelty. Brilliant Crimson. Ideal for bedding or borders. Henrv TV.—Bronze and Gold. , 6d per Packet—or 5 varieties for 2/-. BE SURE AND GET ONE OF OUR For those who only require the in 120 Varieties at 3d per Packet, or KOCHIA CHILDSII. Summer Cyprus. A great improvement on the ordinary type, being more compact and harder —will stand a few degrees of frost. A rapid growing Annual of graceful habit, with finely-cut, tender, Green foliage, which changes to a Rich Russet Crimson in the autumn. Admirable for borders, and for the centre of beds; also makes an -elegant foliage plant for pots in the Conservatory. Height—2 to 3 feet. Sow in open ground in the spring.—6d per Packet. DOUBLE PETUNIA. Burpee’s Fancy Fringed. An excellent, carefully hand-pollenised strain, yielding a large percentage of plants having double, finely fringed flowers. Embraces a splendid variety of colours and many beautiful combinations. The seed of this is extremely costly and requires good care in growing, as the small, backward seedlings with crumpled foliage are the ones that produce the best double blooms. Purchasers of this wonderful seed last season stated that they were more than satisfied. The results shown were more than equal to the description given, both for size, colour and doubleness, the latter -coAiing quite half double. One well-known grower of Prize Petunias stated that he had paid double the price for imported, with not half the results, both for germination and doubleness. —2/6 per Packet. PANSY. Giant Ruffled Masterpiece. Truly giant-size flowers of most striking appearance. The petals have so mueh substance that they are heavily ruffled, giving the appearance of a double flower. The colours are mainly rich, dark shades, bordered, blotched, or marked with ray-like veins of contrasting colours, and it blooms freely as long as the weather is cool. —1/per Packet. CALENDULA. “Radio” Flore Pleno—Hardy Annual. Something really new in Calendulas —a Deep Orange variety with beautifully quilled florets—and it is necessary to see the actual flower to appreciate its delicacy of outline. The colour and formation give an added sheen and warmth of tone that is very attractive. The blooms are globular in shape, and do not show the centre unil at a very advanced stage, lasting the whole of the summer if the seed pods are constantly picked off. Does well in any soil or situation. Sow in where plants are intended to flower. —1/- per Packet. 1930 NOVELTY CATALOGUES, ordinary Flower Seeds we have these 13 Packets for 2/6. FLETCHER BROS. TELEPHONE 24. NOVELTY SEED SPECL\LISTS. ASHBU RTON. BOX 116.