Annual Flower Seeds 1 3 
Wilt-Resistant Asters 
Two New Asters 
For Beautiful Bouquets 
Sure To Succeed 
For several years our growers have been 
working on a strain of Asters resistant to 
the Fusarium wilt disease which has 
caused so much trouble to both amateur 
and professional growers in recent years. 
The plants may be stricken with the wilt 
at any stage in their growth and yet no 
method of control of the disease has been 
discovered. The only assurance of healthy 
plants and flowers is to plant the Wilt- 
Resistant strains of Asters. 
We are now satisfied with the results of 
the intensive work that has been put 
into producing Wilt-Resistant Strains of 
Asters and offer you here many of them. 
In every Aster family, we are drop¬ 
ping the old strains in favor of Wilt- 
Resistant, just as fast as our work has 
been completed. 
161 Mixed. Prices 
170 Collection. 1 
299 I *11* i. Cl J Areal dwarf small flower- 
Lilliput rlowered ed Aster, plants only 15 
to 16 inches high, bushy and with medium length stems. 
Prettily formed, button-like flowers with quilled center 
petals. This type makes wonderful cut-flowers and are 
very colorful for the garden border. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c; y 8 oz. 35c. 
291 Super Giant Los Angeles 
beauty in Asters. The flowers are really like magnificient 
Chrysanthemums as the illustration below shows. The 
color is pure shell pink, a favorite shade in Asters. Pkt. 
15c; 54 oz. 30c. 
Queen of the Market 
Wilt-Resistant Asters 
These well known early flowering Asters are of the branch¬ 
ing habit, about 20 inches tall and come into bloom very 
early. The flowers are fully double and the stems long. 
162 Dark Blue 163 Scarlet 164 Crimson 
166 Peach Blossom 167 Flesh Pink 168 White 
on separate color or mixed. Pkt. 10c; Y s oz. 30c. 
pkt. each of the above 6 colors for 50c. 
Mammoth Peony-Flowered Asters 
This superb new Aster is of immense size, fully double flowers, borne on 
long stout stems quite free from laterals. It is an improved Beauty type and 
is the best keeper of all Asters. All these good qualities make the Mammoth 
Peony-Flowered Aster a choice flower for cut-flowers both for the home 
gardener and for the florist. Plants to 3 feet high, mid-summer until frost. 
202 Purple Robe 203 Azure Fairy 204 Rosebud 
205 Silvery Rose 206 Peach Blossom 207 Maiden’s Blush 
208 Swansdown 201 Mixed 
Prices on separate colors and mixed. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 40c. 
210 Collection. 1 Pkt. each of the above 7 colors for only 90c. 
Giant California Sunshine 
Aster Mam. Peony 
Flowered 
Asters In Color 
on Back Cover 
Called the Most Beautiful Aster in the World 
See Color Plate on Page 23 
This is a most artistic flower with its single row of outer petals and its tufted cen¬ 
ter of shorter petals. The color harmony is startlingly beautiful, a dual-tone effect 
being obtained through the contrasting tints of the disc-like center and the 
outer row or guard petals. 
This type of Sunshine Aster is a great improvement over the standard Sunshine 
or Anemone-Flowered group being much larger and finer as to formation and 
coloring. The shades of colors are exquisitely beautiful and delicate. 
222 Purple 223 Light Blue 224 Lavender 225 Enchantress Pink 
226 Deep Rose 227 Apple Blossom 228 White 221 Mixed Colors 
Prices on any separate color or mixed. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 30c. 
230 Collection. 1 Pkt. each of 7 colors of Sunshine Asters for 90c. 
ChinPIUK Single China Asters 
vmncn»l> Wilt-Resistant 
If you like single flowers, these China Asters will please you. They are unsur¬ 
passed for decorative effect in bouquet use and are of strong and healthy growth 
and profuse bloomers, making a showy garden plant. The plants are 2 to 2% 
feet tall and the flowers are Daisy-like, with petals wide and closely placed. 
232 Dark Blue 233 Lilac 231 Mixed Price, Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 25c. 
Aster, Super Giant Los Angeles 
California Sunshine Aster 
Dwarf Bouquet Asters 
Lilliput Aster 
305 
Balsam, Lady’s Slipper Browallia 
A most beautiful annual, forming near symmetrical 
tree-like plants and a profusion of wax-like flowers, in 
the most brilliant colors. They are of easy culture, 
but don’t plant the seeds before the soil is warm. Plants 
1 ks to 2 ft. high. For best development plant in full sun 
in rich soil, If you sow seed late in the summer 
the small plants may be potted in the fall and used for 
winter bloom indoors. We offer you the double 
Bose and Camellia flowered strains which have 
beautiful double rose-like flowers in a great va¬ 
riety of rich colors. Pkt. lOc; !4oz. 26c;oz. 56c. 
312 Golden Bartonia 
A fine hardy easy to grow annual. The 
foot high plants carry masses of golden 
yellow cup-like flowers from July to 
September. Nice for cutting, as a bor¬ 
der, or a golden bed. Pkt. lOc. 
361 ELATA, MIXED BLUE AND 
WHITE. A favorite annual growing 18 
inches high and bearing during the 
summer and autumn pretty blue or 
white flowers. Will also bloom nicely in 
the house if lifted in the fall and cut 
back. Grows in any good soil. Pkt. 
lOc; 14 ox. 30c. 
365 SPECIOSA MAJOR. This va¬ 
riety grows about 18 inches tall with 
violet blue flowers to 2 inches 
Browallia 
Pkt. 26c. 
Double Balsam , ... , 
350 D L Swan Eiver Daisy. A delightful little 
Dracnycome bush about 9 inches high giving bountifully 
of its dainty blue flowers all summer, bike violet blue stars the 
Bowers practicalI^cover^th^foliage ;M JPkt : jJft£; /& oz. 25c. 
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Anlac See Color on Page 52 
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Tuberous Rooted. These beautiful bedding plants may be pro¬ 
duced from seed, and will produce bulbs that you may keep for years. 
Started early indoors will produce blooming plants the first year. 
334 SINGLE MIXED COLORS. Includes all available shades. 
Pkt. 16c. 
335 DOUBLE MIXED COLORS. Few plants exceed them in 
beauty. Pkt. 56c. 
321 Begonia Semperflorens 
only splendid House or Pot Plants but are equally desirable for out¬ 
door bedding. Of compact sturdy growth about a foot high, and com¬ 
pletely covered with blooms. Pkt. 1 5c. 
3 58BRIZAMAXIMA. Quaking Grass. SeeornamentalgrassesPagelS 
If you have had trouble growing Asters, try our Wilt-Resistant Strains. 
