Walter M. Schell admiring the new Royal 
Carpet Sweet Alyssum in Penna. State College 
Trial grounds. 
New Cosmos, FIESTA 
Winner of the All-America Selections Highest 
Award for 1952 
The festival colors of Old Mexico are combined in one flower 
by the plant-breeder’s magic to produce this new sparkling 
flower to glorify your garden. For the first time, anywhere, here 
is true searlet in Cosmos, a new color for the garden landscape. 
These semi-double, ruffled flowers of brilliant scarlet striped with 
gold are borne early, freely and continuously on low compact plants 
just 214 feet high. A riot of blooms all summer long. Ideal for cut- 
flowers and a handsome border plant for the garden or alone and in 
combination with others. Fiesta should by all means have a choice 
place in your flower garden this year. Pkt. 25 cts.; 2 pkts. 45 ets.; 
This Is It! The NEW ALYSSUM 4 pkts. 80 cts.; 14oz. $1.50; 
1hoz. $2.75; oz. $53 Wb. $12. 
ROYAL CARPET | 
New All-America Top Winner for 1953 
First offering, and the first new Alyssum in 12 years. 
A brilliant new gem for your flower garden. A 
vibrant violet-purple carpet just 3 inches high, 
each plant having a spread of 10 to 12 
inches. For a mass carpet-bed ef- 
fect, for borders, for edgings, for 
rock gardens, it is superb. Easy to 
grow, flowering when only weeks old 
until the end of the season and will 
self-sow for next year. 
All America is reading and talking 
about this gem of beauty, Royal 
Carpet Alyssum. Be sure you 
order it. Pkt. 25 ets.; 2 pkts. 
45 ets.; Yyoz. $2; Woz. $3.50; \ 
1,0z. $6; oz. $10; 2 ozs. $18.50; 
Alb. $35. 
SCHELL’S GOLD MEDAL 
Dahlia- P ae 
Flowered Z\ N N [AS 
Friends, these gorgeous flowers 
of monster size, 5 inches across, 
speak to you louder than our words 
could do. For beds, borders, 
bouquets, all summer long, 
they are what you want. 
Easy to grow—abundance 
of flowers. Plant lots of them. 
GOLD MEDAL MIXTURE, 
all Colors. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
2 pkts. 25 cts.; Moz. 
60 cts.; toz. $1; oz. 
$1.95; 2 ozs. $3.50; 141b. 
$6; lb. $20. 
(For separate colors, see 
page 63.) 
WALTER S. SCHELL, INC, icthand Market sts. HARRISBURG, PENNA. 
