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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



CURRIE'S CHOICE ASTERS. 



The most popular and beautiful of all our hardy annuals. No plant produces so handsome an effect as a bed or border 

 ol Asters, and no garden should be without a liberal supply of these old favorites, as they furnish immense quantities 

 of handsome and brilliant colored blooms during the greater part of our summers. The best results are obtained from 

 rich, ■well -prepared soil. Sow in-doors in February or March for early flowering, transplanting into shallow boxes or 

 pots as soon as the seedlings have formed three leaves, plant out-doors 

 •when danger from freezing is past. For late flowering they can be sown 

 out-doors in May or June. 



Paeony- Flowered Perfection — A handsome variety with incurved 

 petals. The flowers are very large and almost perfectly round; grows 

 about 20 inches high. This is a standard variety for florists' use. 





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Purple, violet and w hite , 



10 

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Mixed colors 







Gem or Ball — A magnificent class of Asters, which were obtained 

 Irom the well-known Pseony-Flowered Perfection Tribe. Similar, but 

 somewhat dwarfer in habit. The flowers, measuring from 2\^ to 3 inches 

 across, are round as a ball, and boren on long stalks. 



Apple blossom 10 I Kose with white 10 



Deep rose 10 | Crimson 10 



Finest mixed 10 



Dwarf Victoria— One of the finest Asters in cultivation; flowers very 

 large, perfectly double, imbricated and globular. 12 inches in height. 

 Pare white 



Carmine rose , 



Scarlet , 



Peach blossom 



Light blue, edged white 



White tinted rose 



10 



Rose with white 



Crimson 



Purple violet 



Light blue 



Mixed colors. 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum, Flowered — A splendid variety of dwarf, compact 

 habit, 9 inches in height. Flowers large, and produced when others are out of bloom. 



White to azure blue 



Flesh color 



Snow White,... 

 Bright scarlet . 

 Dark blue 



Mixed colors 



.10 I Porcelain 



.10 Rosy pink 



.10 j Deep carmine, edged white 



.10 Crimson 



.10 i Bright rose 



10 



GEM OR BALL. 



Comet— A beautiful new class of Asters, bearing semi-globular flowers, 

 with twisted petals, resembling the Japanese Chrysanthemum in foim. Their 

 long stems make them invaluable for cutting. 



Deep rose 10 White, with lilac 10 



Light blue 10 j Rose and white 10 



Snow white 10 t Peach blossom 10 



Mixed colors 10 



Pseony-Flowered Globe— The earliest of the Asters— two weeks earlier 

 than Truffaut's Peeony-fiowered ; flowers very large; plant branching and 

 strong, does not require support. 

 Mixed colors 10 



Imported Collection of Asters. 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum, Flowered— In 6 separate colors 35 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum, Flowered— In 10 separate colors 65 



Dwarf Victoria— In 6 separate colors 40 



Dwarf Victoria— In 10 separate colors 65 



Pseony-Flowered Perfection— In 6 separate colors 35 



Peeony- Flowered Periectiou— In 12 separate colors 65 



Comet — In 6 separate colors 40 



Gem or Ball— In 4 separate colors .'.".'.'.'.'.. '.'..'.'. "... T.ZQ 



China — Fine mixed.. 



Cocardeau, or New 

 Crown — Two-colored 

 flowers, the central petals 

 pure white, sometimes 

 small and quilled, sur- 

 rounded by large, flat petals of a 

 bright color;.lJ4 feet; mixed colors, 10 



Diamond — Is a comparatively new 

 Aster of the Dwarf Imbrlque class. 

 Plants 1)4 feet in height, very robust; 

 blooms freely, flowers perfect and 

 compact, large; mixed colors 19 



Dwarf Pyramidal B o u q u e t — 

 Height from 12 to 15 inches ; a very 

 fine blooming variety. Mixed colore, 10 



Goliath — The flowers of this class are of enormous dimensions and of the 

 most perfect form. It blooms profusely ; the plant is of strong, robust 

 habit; 2 feet 10 



Giant Emperor — A very beautiful variety, with very large doublerlowers, 

 often measuring from 4 to 6 inches in diameter; 1 foot; fine mixed 10 



Hedge Hog or Needle— Petals long, quilled and sharply pointed ; 2 feet : 

 mixed colors 10 



Imbricated Pompone— Very perfect, globe shape, and beautifully imbri- 

 cated ; mixed colors 10 



Large Flowering Rose— Two feet in height; robust: large flowers; petals 

 finely imbricated and of great substance ; one of the very best ; mixed 

 colors ...10 



Mignon — A handsome, pure white variety, similar in shape to the Victoria: 

 flowers arched and somewhat larger than the Pompone 10 



Miniature Bouquet^^ dwarf sort, growing from 6 to 8 inches high, and 

 producing an abundance of very small double flowers 16 



Ray Asters— See Novelties, page 36. 



Reid's German Quilled— Flowers double; the petals have the appear- 

 ance of quills or tubes; height from \y 2 to 2 feet; finest mixed colors — 5 



Victoria Needle— A pretty, free blooming variety with large double flow- 

 ers, similar to Victoria, with the exception that the petals of the flowers 

 are curved round as a needle. Mixed colors 18 



"Snowball," or Princess White— An excellent new dwarf White Aster, 

 producing an abundance of flowers semi-spherical in form, composed of 

 short, very thickly set imbricated petals, a single plant often developing 

 as many as thirty flowers ie 



Aster — New Branching — A variety flowering very 

 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. 

 The flowers are borne on very long stiff stems, which 

 makes it extremely valuable for arranging in vases, or 

 working into floral pieces. 



White 10 | Pink 10 



Lavender 10 | Mixed Colors ...10 



Triumph — This is undoubtedly the most beautiful 

 and perfect of all dwarf Asters. ' The flowers measure 

 from 2% to 3 inches across, and are of the most faultless 

 Paeony form, all petals being beautifully incurved. 

 The color is rich and brilliant. 



Deep scarlet 10 



Deep scarlet and white 10 



Washington— The largest Aster we have ever known, 

 often 5 inches in diameter, and perfect. 

 Mixed colors 10 



TRIUMPH ASTER 



One packet each of the three Asters 

 shown in cuts on this page for 25 cts. 



You may select any four packets of 

 Asters for 30 cts. 



