WHEELER & COMPANY 
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Novelties and Specialties 
Newest 
NOVELTIES AND 
SPECIALTIES FOR 
1940 
THREE NEW MARIGOLDS 
French Dwarf Double Harmony Hybrids 
P"or several years Alarigold Harmony has been one 
of the m(jst pojjular all ai'onnd garden and cnt flower 
plants, and now we have developed an excellent new 
strain embodying all the fine features of Harmony 
combined with a wide and varied color range. The 
compact plants are 12 to 14 inches high .Vll-Double, 
and l)loom about two months from seed. 
The color range includes a distinct golden yellow, a 
golden orange shade, and innumerable blotched and 
striped combinations of yellow, orange, and mai’oon. 
Packet 15c. 
French Tall Single Ferdinand 
Saucy, sprightly, and colorful, Ferdinand is one of 
the gayest of our new flowers. Ferdinand is single flow¬ 
ered with a neat round crested center of dainty tubular 
florets in a shade of golden yellow, surrounded by a 
single row of broad mahogany-red guard petals. Plants 
grow about 2 feet high with compact and upright 
growth. Packet 15c. 
Sunset Giants All-Double, Mixed Shades 
A full double or All-Double counterpart of the po])ulai' 
Marigold Sunset Giants, we present the improved 
Alarigold Gigantea Full Double Mixture for your ap¬ 
proval. d'he color range includes deej) orange, golden 
orange, deeji golden vellow, light yellow, lemon yellow, 
and the lovely new primrose shade. Packet 15c. 
Scabiosa 
SCABIOSA—Blue Moon 
Here is a color that you have wanted for 
Amur annual garden, a color of rich deep 
lavender, a shade that maintains its effec¬ 
tiveness indoors oi' out. This new type has 
flowers composed entirely of broad, heavy, 
wavy petals, eliminating the j)incushion cen¬ 
ter. The flowers are fully double measuring 
2 to 3 inches across. Packet 15c. 
ASTER—Giant Harmony Mixture 
In presenting this new Giant Harmony 
Aster, we are introducing a new cut flower 
type. iSimilar to the Giants of California 
plants are 2J^ feet tall, very long branching 
stems, bearing 4 to 43^ inch blooms. These 
large flowers have full quilled rounded cen¬ 
ters, which open bilght gold, surrounded by 
several rows of broad guard petals. Colors in¬ 
clude lovely shades of light and dark blue, 
flesh, peach blossom, silvery rose, purple, 
and white. Packet 15c. 
Aster—Giant Harmony Mixture 
