MISS C. H. LIPPINCOTT 



THE CULTURE OF ASTERS 



The cultivation of tlie Aster is simple. Do not sow the seed too early ; the middle 

 of March indoors is a very good time. Successive sowings should be made, if a con- 

 stant supply of flowers is desired from July until frost. For early use sow the seed 

 in shallow boxes, covering with one-fourth inch of soil. Later sowings may be made 

 in hot-beds or cold frames; or in the open ground, when all danger of frost is past. 

 Never use the same ground or location twice in succession. The soil should be rich 

 and moist. Use wood ashes and phosphates as fertilizers. Allow plants plenty of 

 room ; rows should be 3 feet apart and 1.3 inches between the plants in the row, but 

 the distance may be less according to the habit or growth of the variety. 



The aster beetle or fly is one of the worst pests but there seems to be only one 

 crop of them, and these if caught and killed, are not usually followed by others. 

 Dusting the plants with air-slacked lime or dry ashes will be found beneficial. Root 

 lice and cut worms are also troublesome. Applications of kerosene emulsion or 

 tobacco water around the roots are effective. Aster blight or "yellows" can usually be 

 traced to the work of the above pests. The plants should be pulled and burned if 

 they should become badly diseased. Good cultivation and the timely use of the 

 remedies suggested should produce healthy, vigorous plants. 



MISS LIPPINCOTT'S CHOICE ASTER SEEDS 



NEW GIANT COMET ASTER 



The plants of this variety are perfectly 



true in character, growing 12 to 15 inches 



high and covered with large double 



owers, as shown in the illustration. 



The flowers measure from 0V2 to 414 



inches in diameter, resembling in 



slinpe and artistically curved and 



twisted petals of the finest Chinese 



Chrysanthemums. 



INIixed colors, 

 Phre white. 

 Deep scarlet. 

 Light blue, 

 Pure lilac, 

 Pure pink. 

 Pure yellow. 



One pkt. of 

 colors, 25 cts. 



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150 seeds, 

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 100 seeds, 

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NEW GIANT COMET ASTER 



WHITE OSTRICH PLUME 



IMants of strong branching growth, 15 to 

 IS inches in height. The large size of the 

 flowers, the fine featherly appearance, long 

 stifl:" stem, and early flowering habit combine 

 to make it most desirable for decorations. 

 Pkt., 150 seeds. 8 cts. 



ROSE KING ASTER 



Is a bright, brilliant rose color. It possesses 

 nil the characteristics of a good Aster, vigor- 

 ous in habit, with stems frequently 2 feet in 

 length, flowers large as saucers, crowns com- 

 pletely covered, a good keeping variety and 

 unsurpassed for cutting. Petals are stiff and 

 strong and do not show the effects of cutting 

 until long after many other varieties would be 

 completely wilted. Pkt., 150 seeds, 8 cts. 



EARLY SNOWDRIFT 



IS CERTAINLY THE EARLIEST 

 .\STER IX CULTIVATION — The 



leaves are narrow and sparse, and 

 the branches spring from close to 

 the ground. The entire energy of 

 the plant seems given to the produc- 

 tion of twelve to twenty long, slen- 

 der, upright stems, crowned with 

 immense feathery flowers. The long, 

 recurved petals give the flowers an 

 exceedingly graceful effect, height- 

 ened in many cases 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. 



QIEEN OF THE MARKET— Of 



graceful spreading habit, it is in 

 full flower two weeks before most 

 other Asters. Deep blue, w^hite. pink, 

 and rose in mixture. 

 Pkt,, 150 seeds, 8 cts. 



