MISS C. H. LIPPINCOTT 



LIPPINCOTT'S CHOICE ASTER SEEDS 



Asters are of very easy culture. The seeds oau be somii in Mav. in the onen 

 ground for bloom in September and October; for earlier bloom thev should be sown 

 in boxes in the house, in "'^''^ ''- — o«j or hotbeds, in March or April! 



LJKEiN OF THE »1AKKKT— Of grace 



* ''il spreading habit, it is in full Uower 



'■wo weeks before most other Asters. 



Oeep blue, white, pink and rose in 



mixture. Tkt., 150 seeds, 5 cti,. 



WHITE OSTRICH 

 PLUME 



Plants of strong branch- 

 ing growth, 15 to IS inches 

 in height. The large size 

 of the flowers, the fine 

 feathery appearance, long 

 stiff stem, and early flow- 

 ering habit combine to 

 make it most desirable for 

 decorations. 



rut., 150 seeds, 8 cts. 



VICK'S ROSE 

 KING ASTER 



Is a bright, brilliant rose 



color. It possesses all the 



haracteristics of a good Astei- 



orous in habit, with stems 



length. 



crowns 



keeping 



cutting. 



do not 



frequently two feet in 

 4 '-lowers large as .«-aucers. 

 i completely covered, a good 



variety and unsurpassed for 

 Petals are stiff and strong and 

 show the effects of cutting until long after 

 many other varieties would be complete] v 

 wilted. Pkt., 150 seeds, 8 cts. 



DAYBREAK 



The plants grow stiffly erect, eigliteen to twentv 



DAi BREAK ASTER inches in height, with ten to fifteen branches, each 



bearing a very large extremenly double llower with 



incurved petals. The broad silvery petals are suffused with soft delicate pink. 



Pkt., 1.50 seeds, 8 cts. 



EARLY SNOWDRIFT 



I.S CERTAINLY THE EARLIEST ASTER IN CULTIVATION— The lea\es an 

 narrow and sparse, and the branches spring from close to the ground. The eiitir.' 

 energy of the plant seems given to the production of twelve to twenty long, slender, 

 upright stems, crowned with immense feathery flowers. The long, recurved pet:.!-; 

 give the flowers an exceedingly graceful effect, heightened in many -oases by the 

 ragged, irregular character of the petals in the center of the flower. The flowers all 

 come perfectly double. Pkt., 150 seeds, 8 cts. 



ROYAL PURPLE 



A new strain of Late Branching Aster, growing about fifteen inches high. Irs 

 habit of growth is entirely distinct, the stems growing directly from the ground, ami 

 not on side shoots from the main stem like other varieties. Nine out of twelve 

 liowers are suflSciently large for cutting, either for house decoration or florists' u-^c 

 A medium early bloomer, continuing in flower until late in the fall. The flowers arc 

 large and full to the center; petals tine and somewhat incurved; color bright purxlc. 

 Ikt., 1.50 seeds, 8 cts. 



MIKADO PINK 'ROCHESTER ' 



In size and beauty the Rochester is equal to the Crego Aster. It v-omes into 

 bloom about ten days earlier. The color is a most exquisite shade of lavender pink. 

 The petals are long, narrow and curled. The vigorous growth of this .aster makes 

 possible its long slender upright stems, giving the plant an exceedingly graceful 

 appearance as it supports its 1.") to 20 immense feathery flowers. Pkt., 150 seeds. 8 cts. 



