20 Superior Flower Seed 
The STORRS & HARRISON CC 
Arctotis or “African Daisy*' 
American Aster, “Golden Sheaf” 
SPECIAL 
Wilt-Resistant 
Aster Strains 
Aster wilt-disease is devastat¬ 
ing. Science has now gained con¬ 
trol of it; to an extent whereby 
seed of certain Aster types and 
varieties has been developed with 
the power of resistance to this 
parasitic fungus. 
Wilt-Resistant Mixed. A com¬ 
bination of types in many col¬ 
ors, granted the All-America 
1933 Award of Merit. It is 
safe even on wilt-infected soil. 
Pkt. 10c ; Ys oz. 25c ; % oz. 40c. 
Aurora, Golden Sheaf. A mag¬ 
nificent flower for choice cut¬ 
ting ; fully double with a crest¬ 
like center. The deepest yellow 
Aster, and the only yellow to 
be wilt-resistant. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; % oz. 50c„ 
Long Spurred Columbine (Page 19) 
f ARCTOTIS 
Grandis. 2 to 3 feet high. A useful and 
charming cut flower from June till after 
hard frosts; lasting a week or two in 
water, undeveloped buds opening up 
perfectly if kept in the sun. Daisylike, 
glistening white on the face, under sur¬ 
face pale lilac-blue. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 20c; Y 2 oz. 35c. 
Mixed Hybrids. 2 to 3 feet high. Love¬ 
ly, daisy-like flowers in orange, bronzy 
red, rose, cream, yellow and salmon 
shades. Suitable for hot, sunny places. 
Pkt. 15c ; Ys oz. 50c; Yt oz. 90c. 
tASTERS 
For early flowers, sow the seed in house 
or greenhouse during March or April and 
transplant to the open ground in May. 
For late flowers, which are the finest, sow 
thinly in the open ground early in May, 
transplanting later. 
New Super-Giant Asters 
El Mnnto The very earliest As- 
W _ter of giant size, deep, 
glowing crimson. The abundant, 
plume-like petals are daintily in¬ 
terlaced so that the flowers are 
fluffily bulky, borne on heavy non¬ 
lateral, basal-branched stems. 
Pkt. 10c ; Ys oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. 
Inc Fully double flow- 
los wngeies pr , 6 to 8 . i nc h es 
across ; graceful and delicately in¬ 
terlaced. Long, stiff basal-branch¬ 
ing stems, bearing the large, flow¬ 
ers smartly upright. Shell-pink. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 35c; Yl oz . 60c. 
New Imbricated 
or Pompon Asters 
Mixed. Small, round, pompon flow¬ 
ers produced very early, often 
twenty to a plant. Surrounding 
the compact center is a charming 
fringe of lacy guard petals. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 35c; % oz. 50c. 
Feitlw Fir at Bloom 
iLariy inJu i y 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 20c; *4 oz. 35c. 
Queen of the Market ^aii* 
flowers characteristically perfect in 
form, on long stems valuable for cut¬ 
ting. Very branching. Mixed. 
“Lady Roosevelt” 
magnificent rose-pink; long, strong 
stems and for cutting has no superior. 
Extra Early Express 
est early Asters grown. Well develop¬ 
ed flowers range from 3^ to 4 inches 
across, very free of yellow centers and 
borne upon good stems. 
Queen of the Market 
California Giant 
(Crego Type) (Page 21) 
King Asters, ^age 2i) 
Giant California Sunshine 
(See page 21) 
