JOS. W. VESTAL & SON • Box 871 • LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 
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Vestal’s Flower Seeds 
AGERATUM, Blue Boy. Neat edging or border 
plants covered with fuzzy blue flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
AFRICAN DAISY (Dimorphotheca). Bushy, hot- 
weather annuals from southern Africa, with daisy¬ 
like flowers of glossy yellow and orange shades. Pkt. 
10 c. 
SWEET ALYSSUM, Little Gem. Excellent neat 
annual for edging, covered with white flowers all 
summer. Pkt. 10c. 
Lilac Queen. A very delicate lilac-flowered edging 
plant, deepest in autumn. Pkt. 10c. 
A. saxatile compactum (Basket of Gold). Hardy per¬ 
ennial for rock-work and edging with yellow flowers 
in spring. Pkt. 15c. 
ANCHUSA capensis (Summer Forget-me-not). A bi¬ 
ennial which will bloom the first summer if sown very 
early. Looks like a forget-me-not. Grows 2 feet high. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) 
We offer the following varieties, pkt. 15c. 
Canary Bird. Clear yellow. 
Copper King. Bronzy orange. 
Jennie Schneider. Beautiful pink. 
Old-Gold. Yellow and rose. 
Ruby. Vivid red. 
The Rose. Sparkling pink. 
Super-Giant Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 10c. 
University of California Rustproof Mixture. See 
color illustration on page 23. Pkt. 25c. 
Asters, Wilt-Resistant 
IMPROVED CREGO. Large, double flowers with re¬ 
flexed, twisted rays of the Comet type. Very fine for 
cutting. 
Cattleya (orchid color) Purple 
White Rose-Pink 
Crimson Dark Violet 
Deep Rose Finest Mixed 
Any of above, pkt. 15c 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON (Globe Amaranth). This is 
one of the flowers popularly known as Bachelor’s 
Button. The straw-like, purplish blooms look like 
heads of red clover. Used for winter bouquets. Pkt. 
10 c. 
BALSAM (Touch-me-not). A quick-growing annual 
with leafy stems producing a profusion of double and 
semi-double wax-like flowers among the leaves. Very 
showy. Pkt. 10c. 
BLUE BONNET. The Texas Blue Bonnet is a Lupine. 
It grows 12 inches high, bearing spikes of dark blue 
flowers tinged white. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c. 
CALENDULA, Campfire. A new variety with bril¬ 
liant orange petals brushed with a scarlet sheen. 
Fine for cutting. Pkt. 15c. 
C., Lemon King. Fine lemon-yellow flowers. Pkt. 
10 c. 
C., Orange King. Rich, dark orange flowers. Pkt. 
10 c. 
CALLIOPSIS. A quick-growing yellow annual with 
daisy-like flowers marked with crimson spots and 
rings. Pkt. 10c. 
CANDYTUFT, Giant Hyacinth. Early-blooming 
annual with bold, hyacinth-like spikes of pure white 
flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed. Rose, Pink, and Purple. Pkt. 10c. 
CARDINAL CLIMBER. A fern-leaved vine with 
small, fiery cardinal-red flowers somewhat like the 
cypress vine. Pkt. 15c. 
CAMPANULA, Annual Canterbury Bells (Bell¬ 
flowers). The old-fashioned Canterbury Bells are bi¬ 
ennial plants but this new strain will produce flowers 
the first year from seed. Choice mixture, pkt. 15c. 
C., Cup-and-Saucer Canterbury Bells. Fine old- 
fashioned biennial plants with flowers which look like 
cups and saucers. Mixed colors, Pink, Blue and 
White. Pkt. 10c. 
CARNATION, Enfant de Nice. One of the best 
French strains, producing big, fragrant flowers 
3 inches across. Red, Rose, Salmon, and White, 
mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Double Marguerite. Fine, fragrant strain, pro¬ 
ducing double flowers in about four months from 
sowing the seed. Excellent for cutting. Mixed colors, 
pkt. 10c. 
COCKSCOMB (Celosia cristata ). Dwarf plants with 
extra-large, velvety red flowers in flat panicles. Pkt. 
10 c. 
Childsi (Chinese Woolflower). Flower-heads crim¬ 
son, like a ball of wool. Pkt. 10c. 
Magnifica. Feathery heads of brilliant crimson and 
yellow flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
COLUMBINE (Aquilegia), Dobbie’s Imperial Hy¬ 
brids. Wonderful mixture of long-spurred flowers in 
delicate tones of pink, lavender, blue, white, cream, 
and crimson. Pkt. 25c. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Long-spurred Hybrids. Won¬ 
derful selection of colors. Pkt. 15c. 
COREOPSIS, Double-flowering. A fine, new, 
double form of this popular perennial. Pkt. 10c. 
CORNFLOWER (Centaurea Cyanus). Summer-bloom¬ 
ing, permanent annuals which sow themselves 
readily. The ragged flowers are extra fine for cutting 
and garden decoration. 
Double Blue. The most popular and the loveliest 
of all. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Maroon. Very dark and glossy. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Rose-Pink. A clear color; excellent for 
cutting. Pkt. 10c. 
Double-flowered, Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 10c. 
COSMOS, Early Large-flowering. Fine annuals for 
cutting, with feathery foliage and large flowers of 
white, pink, and red. Blooms from August on. Pkt. 
10 c. » 
C., Double Crested. Very pretty flowers of excellent 
size, adorned by a tight anemone-like cushion in the 
center. All colors, pkt. 15c. 
C., Late Giant-flowering. The largest and finest 
type of this excellent cut-flower. Comes into bloom 
in September or October. Best where the autumn is 
long. Pkt. 10c. 
C. , Orange Flare. A brand-new, early-flowering 
golden yellow Cosmos of great beauty and value. 
Winner of the 1935 Gold Medal at the All-America 
Seed Selections. Pkt. 15c. 
CYNOGLOSSUM amabile (Chinese Forget-me-not). 
Numerous sprays of forget-me-not-blue flowers the 
first season if sown early. Pkt. 10c. 
CYPRESS VINE. Quick-growing vine with fern-like 
foliage and star-shaped scarlet flowers among which 
will sometimes be found a white one. Pkt. 10c. 
DAHLIA, Double Decorative. Seed saved from the 
largest flowered and most vividly colored varieties. 
Pkt. 25c. 
D. , Double Cactus-flowered, Mixed. Seed saved 
from very full, double flowers with twisted and 
curled petals. Pkt. 25c. 
DAISY, Burbank’s Shasta. A perennial opening flat, 
white-rayed flowers with bright golden centers. Pkt. 
10 c. 
