
Aster, Giant California, Sunshine 
ASTERS 
For massing in the garden and for 
cutting, Asters furnish most attractive 
flowers in late summer and fall. Bone- 
meal rather than barnyard manure is 
recommended as a fertilizer. Be par- 
ticular not to plant Asters two successive 
years in the same location. 
Giant California, Sunshine. Produces 
4-inch flowers with long narrow petals 
of snow-white to deep blue, light and 
dark shades of pink. Yellow center of 
quill-like petals. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Giant Peony-flowered. Large double 
flowers that keep well when cut. Mixed 
colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Giants of California, Improved. Huge 
flowers like chrysanthemums, borne on 
long stems from late summer to frost. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Los Angeles. Large, double, shell-pink 
flowers on plants 2144 feet high. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Super-Giant El Monte. Fluffy flowers 
6 inches across, of deep glowing crimson. 
Blooms early; plant 21% feet tall. Pkt. 
10 ets. 
Wilt-Resistant Strains 
These strains are successful where other 
types of Asters fail to bloom. 
Giant Branching Comet. Large blooms 
in fine mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Ostrich Feather Improved, Tall. Mixed 
colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
All Wilt-Resistant Varieties, Mixed. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
CLEOME 
Pink Queen. All-America Selection, 
1942. Tall border plant 4 feet high, 
blooming from June to frost. Huge 
heads of pink flowers, turning white 
before falling. Pkt. 25 cts. 
COSMOS 
Burpee’s Yellow Flare. All-America 
Selection, 1942. Rich butter-yellow 
flowers on long, wiry stems. Free- 
blooming plants 3 to 4 feet high. 
Pkt. 15 ets. 

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Larkspur, Giant Imperial 
LARKSPUR 
Emperor. Double blooms in mixed colors 
on dwarf, branching plants. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Giant Imperial. Base-branching type 
producing long bloom spikes. Mixed 
colors—light and dark blue, carmine, 
pink and white. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Giant Imperial, Lilac King. All- 
America Selection, 1942. Fully double 
flowers of a clear lilac shade on spikes 
that are ideal for cutting. Very upright 
plants. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Pink King. Soft salmon-rose, fine for 
cutting. Pkt. 10 ets. 
MARIGOLDS 
One of the most dependable plants for 
the summer garden. Hasy to grow, they 
furnish plenty of color in brilliant shades 
of yellow, orange, and maroon. Many 
varieties make excellent cut-flowers. 
Chrysanthemum-flowered. Large chrys- 
anthemum-like blooms. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Double African. Large, globular flowers 
in mixed colors. Tall plants, reaching 
2% feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

Cleome 
FLOWERS 


Marigold, Yellow Supreme 
Dwarf French, Butterball. All-America 
Selection, 1942. Lovely 2-inch flowers 
of soft butter-yellow, with crested 
center of dainty tubular petals. Plants 
6 to 8 inches high, covered with a 
blanket of bloom early in the season. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
Dwarf French, Monarch Strain. A 
highly selected strain of double flowers 
in shades of mahogany, striped or 
edged golden yellow. Very floriferous. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Dixie Sunshine, Double. Fully double, 
rich golden yellow flowers 2 to 3 inches 
in diameter. Plant 4 to 6 feet tall; 
luxuriant foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Guinea Gold. Brilliant golden orange, 
semi-double and double blooms with 
ruffled petals. Good for cutting. Plants 
2 to 21% feet high. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Pot o’Gold. All-America Selection, 1941. 
Deep golden orange blooms 4 inches 
across and all double. Plant only a foot 
tall, blooming about two weeks earlier 
than other varieties. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Sunrise. Dazzling golden yellow, ball- 
shaped, double flowers on a 3-foot plant. 
Long blooming season. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Scarlet Glow. All-America Selection, 
1941. Dwarf double French variety of 
deep scarlet. Plant grows about 10 
inches high, with a spread of 18 inches. 
Blooms ten weeks from seed. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Sunset Giant. Sweet-scented, huge 
yellow blooms of loose form with a full 
center, making a very deep flower. 
Plant 3% feet tall. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Yellow Supreme. Fragrant, rich yellow 
flowers 3 inches across. Fluffy, and 
carnation-like in form, with broad, 
loose, frilled petals. Vigorous and free 
branching. Pkt. 10 cts. 
NIEREMBERGIA 
Purple Robe. All-America Selection, 
1942. Deep violet-purple, keeping its 
color well even in full sun. Neat, com- 
pact plant only 6 inches tall, of very 
free-flowering habit. Blooms about 
fifteen weeks from the time seed is sown. 
Very fine for edging and the rock-garden. 
Pkt. 25 cts. 

THE WETSEL SEED CO., Harrisonburg, Va. 


