LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1909. 



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CURRIES SUPERB ASTERS. 



CHOICE AMERICAN GROWN. 



The best results are obtained from rich, well-prepared soil. Sow 

 indoors in February or March for early flowering, transplanting 

 into shallow boxes or pots as soon as the seedlings have formed 

 three leaves; plant outdoors when danger from freezing is past. 

 For late flowering they can be sown outdoors in May or June. 



SEMPLE'S BRANCHING. 



A variety flowering late in the season, of strong, branching 

 habit and robust growth, bearing flowers with twisted or wavy 

 petals of remarkable size, exceedingly handsome and graceful. 



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White . . 

 Blue . . . 

 Lavender 



Pkt. 



. 10 



10 



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Pink 10 



Rose 10 



Mixed Colors, % oz. 25c; oz. 



90c 5 



1 i»kt. each of the 5 named Semple's Branching Asters for 35c. 



ASTER, UPRIGHT, WHITE. 

 The great value of this new form of Asters is in their upright Pkt. 

 form of growth, enabling the planter to grow so many more 

 plants on a given space of ground. For private gardeners 

 and florists who wish to grow the largest number of blooms 

 on a given area, this is the sort to plant 10 



GIANT UPRIGHT BRANCHING. 



A grand Aster, growing about 30 inches tall, with strong, strai 

 permitting of close planting. The flowers are exceptionally large 



Pure White 

 Pink 



lit. upright stems, 

 and very double. 

 Pkt. 



10 



10 



CARLSON'S BRANCHING. 



An improvement on the well-known and justly popular "Paeony- 

 flowered Type." The flowers are large, firm and very double, on 

 long, stout, stiff stems, making it an ideal Aster for cut flower 

 work. The plant grows to a height of 20 to 24 inches and flow- 

 ers at mid-season. 



Early White, Late White, Lavender, Pink, Mixed. 

 Any of the above, pkt. 10c; 4 pkts. 30c. 



SEMFLE S 

 BRANCHING. 



10 



ASTEB, PUBITX. 



OUR GRAND SEXTETTE OP AMERICAN ASTERS. 



Pkt 



IJaybreak — A beautiful, compact, branching Aster, 

 with large, handsome, globe-shaped flowers, which 

 are borne in great profusion, of a charming shell 

 pink color, similar in shade to the well-known 

 Daybreak Carnation. It comes into bloom very 

 early and continues throughout the entire season. 

 A truly lovely sort, which should be represented in 

 all Aster gardens 



Purity — A beautiful pure white Aster, identical in 

 form and habit with Daybreak, to which it forms a 

 worthy companion. It is early and a remarkably 

 free bloomer i o 



Violet King — A distinct style of flower somewhat re- 

 sembling the quilled sorts. The petals, however, 

 are larger and broader near the center; they are 

 twisted, curled and incurved, completely covering 

 the crown. The blooms are large, round and full, 

 many measuring 4 to 5 inches. The color is a soft 

 violet io 



Aster Early Wonder — The earliest White Aster in cul- 

 tivation, coming in ahead of the well-known Queen 

 ,of the Market, with pure white double flowers of 

 great size, after the style of Giant Comet. A good 

 variety for early florists' work io 



Aster Lavender Gem — This color, while not in so great 

 demand as the pink and white sorts, is nevertheless 

 an essential color for decorative work. This is an 

 early variety of Aster, coming in with the Extra 

 Early sorts, of a delicate lavender blue deepening 

 with age. The flowers are very full and double, 

 of the best Giant Comet type, borne on long, stout 

 stems, making it an excellent Florists' Aster 10 



Aster Vick's Mikado White — A beautiful White Aster 

 of the Comet type, flowers often measuring from 4 to 

 4% inches, borne on long, stout, wiry stems, ex- 

 cellent for cut flower uses. The individual flower 

 is exceedingly double, with long curved or twisted 

 petals. This is an Aster flowering at mid-season, 

 enabling a grower, by planting such sorts as Extra 

 Early Hohenzollern, Mikado White and the Sem- 

 ple's Branching, to have choice Asters from July 

 until cut down by frost in 



The American Sextette of Asters, one packet each for 45c. 



