18 THE WETSEL SEED COMPANY, Harrisonburg, Va. 

Wetsel’s Choice Flower Seeds 
ALL AMERICAN SELECTIONS FOR 1942 
Cleome—Silver Medal 
Pink Queen. Spider Plant that 
grows from Maine to Florida and west 
to the Pacific and is never out of 
bloom. Tall attractive border plant 
with huge heads of delightful and re- 
freshing pink without a trace of ma- 
genta. Flower bracts turn white before 
falling. Reaches 4 feet in height and 
blooms from June to frost. Pkt. 25¢. 
French Dwart Marigold— Bronze Medal 
Butterball. Latest addition to Har- 
mony family of Marigolds. Butterball 
is an exquisite little jewel which bears 
dozens of flowers of a lovely soft 
butter yellow shade. More dwarf and 
compact than original Harmony. 
Plants 6 to 8 inches in height and 
literally covered with their 2 inch 
blooms of characteristic Harmony for- 
mation.—Crested centers composed of 
dozens of dainty tubular petals, each 
carrying a touch of maroon at tip. 
Early blooming, Butterball produces a 
blanket of color for border of garden. 


Cosmos—Silver Medal 
Burpee’s Yellow Flare. Similar to 
Orange Flare, winner of gold medal 
in 1925, it differs in color, which is 
rich and compelling butter yellow. 
Some judges called it orange yellow. 
Free blooming, its long wirey stems 
make a growth of three to four feet. 
Pkt. 15¢. 
Nierembergia Purple Robe—Bronze Medal 
Few flowers of recent introduc- 
tion have taken so quickly and 
thoroughly with the gardening pub- 
lic as the little dwarf Nierembergia 
Hippomanica. A very rare criti- 
cism, however, has been that it 
tends to fade to a light unattractive 
color during the heat of the sum- 
mer. Nierembergia Purple Robe 
was introduced to offset this criti- 
cism. It is a fine deep violet purple 
shade. Purple Robe maintains its 
deep color even in full sun and does 

Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 35¢. 
Larkspur—Giant Imperial—Lilac King 
Honorable Mention 
A fine rich clear lilac shade. The individual florets are fully 
double. Plants are extremely upright in habit, and give spikes 
which are ideal for cutting purposes. Pkt. 10¢; % oz. 25¢; ™% oz. 
50¢. 
ASTERS 
Giant California, Sunshine. Snow-white to 
deep blue, light and dark shades of pink. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 45c. 
Giant Peony-flowered. Large, double flow- 
ers. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 85c. 
Giants of California, Improved. Mixed 
colors. Pkt. 10c, Y%oz. 45c. 
Los Angeles. Large shell-pink blooms. 
Pkt. 10c, Ygoz. 45c. 
Super-Giant El Monte. Large, deep glow- 
ing crimson flowers. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 80c. 
Wilt-resistant Strain of Asters 
This strain is successful where other 
types of Asters fail to bloom. 
Giant Branching Comet. Fine mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c, 4%0z. 40c. 
Ostrich Feather Improved, Tall. 
colors. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 35c. 
All Wilt-Resistant Varieties, Mixed. Pkt. 
10c, 4%0z. 35c. 
LARKSPURS 
Emperor. Dwarf and branching. Flowers 
double. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c, %40z. 35c. 
Mixed 
not fade even 
in hottest climate. 
Plant has a neat compact extremely free flowering habit. Is only 
6 inches tall, with a mature spread of some 10 to 12 in. A half 
hardy perennial. Blooms the first year from seed in about 15 
weeks. Seed should be started in flat or prepared seed bed where 
it can be properly tended during 3 weeks period of germ. It bids 
fair to become one of most widely used and admired edging or 
rockery plants. Pkt. 25¢; 1/16 oz. $4.00. 
Giant Imperial. Mixed. Light and dark 
blue, carmine, pink, white. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 
35c. 
Pink King. Soft salmon rose. Fine for cut- 
ting. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, %40z. 50c. 
MARIGOLDS 
Chrysanthemum Flowered. Pt. 10c, “oz. 
45c. 
Double African. Tall 
colors. Pkt. 10c, oz. 60c. 
Dwarf French, Monarch Strain. Double. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c, %4oz. 45c. 
Dixie Sunshine Double, Pkt. 10c, %oz. 35c. 
Guinea Gold. Brilliant golden orange, 
semi-double and double blooms. Plants 
2 to 2% feet high. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 45c. 
Pot O’ Gold. All American prize winner 
for 1941. Is a dwarf Marigold. Some two 
weeks earlier than other Marigolds. Pkt. 
10c, 4%oz. 50c. 
Sunrise. Early. Yellow, 100% double. By 
August 15. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 75c. 
Mixed 
varieties. 
Scarlet Glow. All American prize winner, 
1941. Bright red dwarf double French. 
Blooms 10 weeks from seed. 10 inches 
high with spread of about 18 inches. 
Long stems. Pkt. 10c, %oz. 75c. 
Sunset Giant. Yellow blooms, 5 to 7 inches 
across, sweet scented, Pkt. 10c, %0z. 80c. 
Yellow Supreme. Rich pure yellow blooms 
3 inches across sweetly fragrant. Pkt. 
10c, %40z. 35c. 
NASTURTIUMS 
One of the most popular annuals for 
bedding and for cutting. Plants thrive and 
bloom freely in poor soils. 
Gem Mixture. Sweet-scented, dwarf, dou- 
ble hybrids. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c. 
Golden Gleam. First of the popular Gleam 
Hybrids. Intense golden yellow. Pkt. 10c, 
OZ. 25C. 
Scarlet Gleam. Dazzling scarlet, shining 
like fire. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c. 
Dwarf, Single Varieties, Mixed. Pkt. 10c, 
0Z. 25C. 
Tall, Single Varieties Mixed. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
25¢. 
