
OLDS’ ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS 
Heart of France Aster. 
805. Heart of France. (Wilt Resistant.) The best 
flowers large and 
full, purest ruby. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c; 
pure red aster ever introduced; 
65c; % oz., $1.20; o2z., $2.25. 
806. White Ostrich Plume. 
Without doubt one of the finest 
Large, graceful flowers free from all stiffness. Very 
suitable for cut flowers. Pkt., 10c; 
\%, oz., 35c; YW oz., 60c; oz., $1.00. 
805%. Giant Shell Pink. (Wilt : 
(Branching.) The best clear light pink. 
flowers, graceful in form, Pkt., 10c; 
Y, oZ., 40c; Yo oz., 70c; oz., $1.20. 
807. Giant Crimson. (Wilt Resistant.) 
ing.) A new variety with conspicuously bright red 
flowers, very double. A mass of them produces a 
splendid effect. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 
35e; Y% oz, 60c; oz., $1.00. 
808. Giant Blue. 
oz., 35¢3 Ye oz., 60c; o2z., $1.00. 
809. Giant Purple. H. A. 
(Branching.) _ A rich violet or purple. 
best dark-shaded varieties. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 
if, 0z., 35¢; Ye oz., 60c; oz., $1.00. 
OLDS’ 





AMAZEMENT FLOWER GARDEN. 
This mixture is made up of many attractive 
and easily grown annuals. Some of the varie- 
ties are standard favorites, but many are little 
‘‘Amazement 
Garden’’ will please you with a succession of 
bloom from early spring until late fall. 
known, beautiful flowers. Our 
large pkt., 5c; Ye oz. 10c; o2., 
40c; 1 Ib., $1.25. 

(Wilt Resistant.) 
2 pkts., 15c; 
Resistant. ) 
2 pkts., 15c; 
(Branch- 
H. A. (Branching.) 
Resistant.) Almost a pure lavender shade approach- 
ing an azure blue. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15¢; % 
(Wilt Resistant.) 
One of the 
Va Ib., 
is wilt-resistant. 
Super Giant Los Angeles Aster. 
OLDS’ ASTERS 
(The favorite fall flower) 
_ 800. Olds’ Finest Mixed Wilt Resistant. This 
is a new mixture of Wilt-Resistant varieties of 
asters. By planting this strain asters can be 
grown on soil that has had to be abandoned on 
account of wilt. ‘There are, however, two types 
of aster disease, Aster Wilt and Aster Yellows. 
Wilt can be controlled by planting Wilt-Resistant 
varieties but the Yellows cannot be controlled by 
planting Wilt-Resistant seed as the Yellows are 
caused by an insect. This mixture contains the 
very best varieties, large flowers, bright colors in 
splendid assortment. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 20c; Y% 
0z., 30cC; 0oz., 50c, 
8004. Royal Mixed. (Wilt Resistant.) (Early 
Flowering.) A strain of American aster, growing 
about 2 feet high. Very large double flowers with 
distinetly incurved petals, Recommended for the 
northern states. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; %4 oz., 
35c; Ye oz., 60c; oz., $1.00. 
802. Giant Comet Mixed. (Wilt Resistant.) 
Immense double flowers, resembling chrysanthe- 
mums, .Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 1, 02., 35¢e3 1 02., 
60c; oz., $1.00, 
8024. Olds’ Giant Branching. (Wilt Resist- 
ant.) Mixed. One of the finest of all asters for 
cutting. Large, vigorous plants, bearing a great 
profusion of bloom; immense fluffy flowers. Pkt., 
ee 2 pkts., 15¢c;)44 o2z., 35¢; Ye oz., 60c; oz., 
1.00. 
803. Red Sensation. (Wilt Resistant.) This 
is the reddest of all red asters. The bright color 
glistens in the sunshine like a live coal. Flowers 
double, recurved. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; %4 0o2z., 
35c; Ye oz., 60c; oz., $1.00. 
804. Giant White. (Wilt Resistant, Branch- 
ing.) - One of the best white asters. Four inches 
in diameter. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 44 0z., 35ce; 
if, oz.,. 60¢e; 02., $1.00. 
Y, 02., 
grown. 
Large 
Vy 0Z., 
(Wilt 
California Giant Sunshine Aster. 
815. California Giant Sunshine. (Mixed.) 
H. A. An Anemone-flowered type of Aster. 
The flowers have a raised center with the 
outside petals of a contrasting color, measur- 
ing 4 to 6 inches across. Without doubt 
one of the finest varieties for cutting on our 
entire list, and it is also the most resistant 
to disease. Our strain has extra long stiff 
stems. The beauty of this flower can hardly 
be described in words. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 
Extra | 95c; 14 oz., 70c; Y oz., $1.25; 0z., $2.40. 

811. Super Giant Los Angeles. H. A. This is the 
and most fully double aster known. The flowers are from 6 to 
inches across, full petaled and artistically graceful 
feathery effect of the interlacing ostrich-type petals. 
is soft shell pink blending to creamy pink in the center. Plants 
about 8 feet in height with 6 to 8 long lateral stems on a plant. 
Without doubt the best aster yet introduced. 
resistant variety. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 4% 0z., 65c; 
$1.20; oz., $2.25. 
810. AURORA—Golden Sheaf. H. A. (Wilt Resistant.) This 
is the deepest yellow aster yet introduced and the only one that 
The flowers are fully double, attractive crest- 
like centers of good substance and fine depth petals. The flowers 
last well when cut and are excellent shippers. 
15c; %, oz., 40c; % oz., 70c; o2z., $1.20. 
ASTER PLANTS. 
35c per doz., 50 for $1.15, postpaid. 

The color 
This is not a wilt- 
Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 
(Wilt-Resistant.) Olds’ Finest Mixed. 
PLEASE NOTE. 
The meaning of the initial preceding each 
variety is as follows: 
A. indicates an Annual; these grow, bloom 
and die the first year. 3B. indicates a Biennial. 
these grow the first year and bloom and die the 
next. Usually self seed. P. indicates a Per- 
ennial; these grow the first year, bloom the sec- 
ond and from year to year thereafter. H. indi- 
cates a Hardy Plant. _H. H. indicates a Half- 
Hardy Plant. T. indicates a Tender Plant. Thus 
H. H. A. would mean Half-Hardy Annual, and 
T. P. a Tender Perennial. 

























California Giant Double Mixed Aster. 
817. California Giant Double Mixed. H. A. 
A combination of the sturdy habit of grewth and 
long stems of the Beauty type of asters with 
the well-known Ostrich Feather type of large, 
graceful flowers. Three feet high. The colors 
are: white, peach blossom, light blue, light pur- 
ple, deep rose and dark purple. PKt., 10c; 2 
pkts., 15c; 1% 0oz., 60c; Yo oz., $1.10; oz., $2.00. 
HARDY ASTER 
813. Michaelmas Daisy. H. P. See page 18. 
HOW TO PLANT FLOWER SEEDS 
IN THE GARDEN 
Most flowering plants will live in almost any 
soil, but to give them a fair chance to develop, 
some care must be taken to make the ground 
suitable to their needs. The soil best adapted 
to flowering plants is generally a light friable 
loam, containing enough sand to make it porous, 
thoroughly pulverized and enriched with liberal 
amounts of bone meal or Vigoro. Make the seed 
bed as fine, smooth and level as possible, except 
that a slight rounding of the bed is desirable 
that it may be well drained; do not plant when 
the ground is wet and do not plant too early. 
The ground must be thoroughly warm for most 
flower seeds. Cover each lot of seeds to a 
uniform depth which should not be more than 
four to six times the diameter of the seed; 
press the soil firmly over the seed; plant in rows 
so that the plantlets may be easily seen; thin 
to prevent crowding. We advise protecting early 
set plants with Hi-Caps. See page 54. 
largest 
in the 
Ye 02Z., 

Golden Sheaf Aster. 
