Novelties and Specialties^ 1894, 



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riOVEIiTIESOp 1894. 



CHOICE OR R AREFLO WER SEEDS. 



See also General List of Flower Seeds for many Novelties, Page 27. 



GIVE NUMBERS ONLY. FROM 1894 CATALOGUE. WHEN ORDERING. 



The descriptions are those we have received from the introducers. 



LADY WASHINGTON ASTER. GENERAL JACQUEMINOT ASTEK. 



Per packet, 20 cents. No. 1242. Per packet, 20 cents. No. 1241. 



Without question our Aster seeds are unequaled for fine quality, and 

 we doubt if a greater variety can be found than is catalogued by us. 

 Please see also pages 29 and 30, General List. 



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39 Vaster, ESTEDLiE. a superb new and perfectly distinct variety. Grows about eighteen inches 

 high with numerous large, double, quilled, ball-like flowers. The blossoms are white with deep 

 riuisoQ centre. Nothing can surpass this fine introduction for beauty and effectiveness. Per 

 packet, 20 cents. 

 1240 VASTER, EARLY " SPRINGTIME," "White, 1894. Earlier than all others and exceedingly 

 valuable for bedding and cutting. If sown in good time, it blooms in June ; is of purest white; 

 very free blooming ; of medium size ; a decided and valuable acquisition. Per packet, 10 cents. 

 41 -VvXSTER, GENERAL JACQUEMINOT. One of the most beautiful Asters ever grown. It is 

 •^ simply splendid. The flowers are large, full, perfectly double and finely imbricated. The color 

 s rich crimson, almost identical with that of the lovely General Jacqueminot Rose. The plant 

 almost two feet high. There are over one hundred seeds in a packet. Per packet, 20 cents. 

 242 Vaster, lady Washington. New. No Aster offered is more beautiful than this superb 

 sort. The very large, perfectly double flowers are white, most charmingly shaded with pale 

 rose, and are produced in such numbers that each individual plant is in itself an object of rare 

 elegance and attractiveness. Per packet, 20 cents. 

 ASTER, SCHMIDT'S NEW SCARLET. A tall growing, very large flowering, double scarlet. 

 One of the most effective in our collection. If planted in combination with our Jffew White 

 French, Pearl Aster in front, either in beds or borders, the effect is excellent. This new Scarlet 

 Aster is very handsome as a cutting sort. Per packet, 15 cents. 



1244 Vaster, blue prince, a grand and stately Aster, with flowers nearly four inches across 

 / and growing to the height of two feet. It is a lovely shade of dark blue, and if planted in the 



/ centre of a bed edged with white Mignon Aster, the effect would be very fine. Per packet, 

 / 15 cents. 



1245 l^ASTER, LA BRILLIANTE. The finest of all dwarf crimson Asters. The habit of the plant is 

 very neat. The flowers are large, beautifully formed, and of a remarkably effective brilliant 

 crimson color For dwarf beds and borders it is very suitable; only about eight to ten inches 



height. Per 3^ ounce, 60 cents ; per packet, 10 cents. 

 124G VASTER, SNOWBALL OR PRINCESS. In form, semi-spherical, very thickly set imbricated 

 petals. Perfectly pure white ; of refined and faultless form. Per packet, 15 cents. 

 ASTER, BALL OR JEW^EL . A magnificent class of Asters with beautiful, perfect, ball- 

 /Tike flowers. It is distinct, the flowers being incurved like a large double Chrysanthemum. 

 , / Height about 18 inches. As yet there are but the following colors: 

 1247yPurple Violet, 1894. A new color in this fine class; beautiful and rich shade. Per packet, 



10 cents. 

 1248 — Apple Blossom. Per packet, 10 cents. 

 1249— Crimson. Per packet. 10 cents. 



1250 — Deep Rose. Per packet, 10 cents. 



1251 — Rose and White. New. Of most perfect form and lovely color. Per packet, 10 cents. 



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