AMATEUR cultivator's GUIDE 



NO. PRICE 



136 Aster Peony-Globe. A very early variety, of branching habit ; color very distinct, and 



flower double. Mixed $0.23 



137 ■ Pyramidal. This is a very popular variety of the Aster, growing very uni- 

 form in height and shape. The form of flower resembles an inverted pyramid. 

 Some are quilled, others not ; a fine mixture 10 



138 — — Globe-quilled. This is a fine old variety. The flowers are formed in the shape 



of a half-ball. Mixed lo 



139 — — Giant Emperor. This is a comparatively new variety. The flowers are very 



double, and of immense size. It does not flower so freely as many otiier varieties. 

 In favorable cases it produces four to six flowers, of which the chief blossom is 



often four inches in diameter ; a good variety of colors. Mixed 25 



1391 — — Imbricated Pompon. One of the most pleasing styles; of pyramidal growth, 

 with medium-sized flowers of the most perfect form, very double and densely 

 imbricated. Six colors mixed 10 



140 Porcupine, or Hedgehog. The flowers are composed of long, quilled, curious- 



looking petals : hence the name. Mixed 10 



14 !• Reid's Improved Quilled. One of the finest quilled varieties. Mixed . . .10 



142 ■ Ranunculus-flowered. This is a small flowered variety, very double, imbricated, 



surrounded by a range of green leaves ; not quite as showy as many other varie- 

 ties, yet we consider it quite an acquisition ; valuable for bouquets. Finest 

 mixed 10 



143 — — Rose-flowered. A new class, of great merit, about two and a half feet high, of 



robust growth, fine habit, and profuse bloomers. The flowers are as large as 

 Peony Asters, beautifully imbricated, of oval form, and very double. In habit, 

 height of plant, and form of flower, intermediate between the Tall Chrysanthe- 

 mum and Peony Perfection Asters, and which will become a favorite class. The 

 colors are carmine, carmine and white, dark-blue, deep-lilac, deep-purple, deep 

 purple-white, bright crimson tipped with white, white tinted blush, crimson, and 

 crimson and white. Mixed 2$ 



144 Dwarf Turban, or Chessboard. Leaves of dark-brown tint, with flowers of a 



deep rose with white ; an interesting species 25 



I44J — — Victoria. This beautiful kind forms a new class, allied to the Giant Emperor, but 

 superior to that in habit of plant and form of flower. The plant is very robust, 

 about one and three-quarters feet in height, bearing itself without assistance of a 

 stick, forming a handsomely branched -compact bush, crowned with from ten to 

 twenty large and smaller flowers, half of them of the size of the largest Giant Em- 

 peror Asters, which are of a beautiful globular form, regularly imbricated. It 

 has, besides, the great superiority over the Giant Emperor Aster of being per- 

 fectly constant in height, and .fulness of flower, and, in consequence, of great 

 value for bedding 23 



Persons wishitig any of the above A sters in separate colors are referred to the collec- 

 tions under the head of A ssortments. 



-AlSTR^OA.1L.TJS. Nat. Ord., Leg^iminosa. 



A showy, beautiful, and useful herbaceous plant, succeeding in any common garden soiL 

 Hardy perennial. 



145 Astragalus purpureus; deep-red, a pretty trailer ; from south of France . . . .10 



146 Galegiformis ; yellow, with pretty foliage ; from Siberia. 3 feet 10 



AJIVTH[jV3VA.SIA.. Nat. Ord., Compositee. 



147 Anthanasia Annua (African Daisy); yellow; from Barbary. Hardy annual. 1 foot . .10 



A.TJI3ERG1JN1J (Egg-Plant). Nat. Ord., Solanaceie. 



The varieties enumerated are the eatable fruited kinds so extensively grown about our 

 cities. The white and scarlet are sometimes grown in pots, and are very mteresting, being 

 covered in autumn with beautiful egg-shaped fruit. The scarlet variety is a great novelty. 

 They succeed in a warm southern location. Half-hardy annuals. 



148 Aubergine, White-fruited. From France. 15 feet 05 



149 Purple-fruited. Large ; from France, ij feet 03 



