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Qurri^ Bros/ horticultural Quide,- 



Hedge Hog or Needle— Petals long, quilled 

 and sharply pointed ; 2 feet ; mixed colors 10, 



Imbricated Pompone— Very perfect, globe 

 shape, and beautifully imbricated; mixed 

 colors io 



Washington— The largest Aster we have 

 ever known, often 5 inches in diameter 

 and perfect ; mixed colors 10 



Large Flowering Rose— Two feet in height; 

 robust; large flowers; petals finely imbri- 

 cated and of great substance; one of the 

 very best ; mixed colors 10 



Victoria Needle— A pretty free blooming 

 variety with large double flowers similar 

 to Victoria, with the exception that the 

 petals of the flowers are curved round as 

 a needle. Mixed colors io 



Dwarf Pyramidal- Bouquet— Height from 

 12 'to 15 inches; a very fine blooming va- 

 riety. Mixed colors 19 



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

 perfectly double, imbricated and globular; 12 inches in height See cut 

 No 4. 



Pure white 10 



Rose with white 10 



Crimson 10 



Purple violet 10 



Light blue 10 



Carmine rose 10 



Scarlet io 



Peach blossom 10 



Light blue, edged white 10 



White tinted rose 10 



Very beautiful hardy 

 annuals, attaining a 

 height of from 8 to 24 

 inches. When grown in 

 rich soil they produce in 

 great profusion their 

 exceedingly rich and 

 showy flowers. H. H. A. 



Mixed colors 10 



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

 habit, 9 inches in height; flowers large, and produced when others are out 

 of bloom. See cut No. 4. 



White to azure blue 10 



Flesh color 10 



Snow white 10 



Bright scarlet 10 



Dark blue 10 



nixed colors . 



Porcelain io 



Rosy pink 10 



Deep carmine, edaed white 10 



Crimson io 



Bright rose 10 



10 



-Fine mixed 



Cocardeau, or New Crown. See cut No. 1— Two-col- 

 ored flowers, the central petals pure white, some- 

 times small and quilled, surrounded by large flat 

 petals of a bright color; 1% feet; mixed colors 10 



Pajony"=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. See cut No. 2. 



Rose with white 10 



Crimson 10 



Light blue 10 



Carmine with white. 10 



Black blue 10 



Azure blue with white 10 



Mixed colors 10 



Delicate rose 10 



Peach Blossom 10 



Purple, violet and white 10 



Purple 10 



Scarlet... 10 



Pure white 10 



Pasony=Flowered Globe — The earliest of the Asters — two weeks earlier 

 than Truffaut's Pseony-flowered: flowers verv large ; plant branching and 

 strong, does not require support. Mixed colors 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 double flowers, 

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



Diamond — Is a comparatively new Aster of the Dwarf Imbrique class. 

 Plants lVj feet in height, very robust ; blooms freely, flowers perfect and 

 compact, large ; mixed colors.... 10 



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

 twisted petals resembling the Japanese Chrysanthemum in form. Their 

 long stems make them invaluable for cutting. 



De°p rose 10 I White, with lilac 10 



Light blue 10 Rose and white 10 



Snow white 10 | Peach Blossom 10 



Mixed colors 10 



IMPORTED COLLECTION OF ASTERS. 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum, Flowered — In 6 separate colors 35 



" " " — In 10 separate colors 65 



Dwarf Victoria — In separate colors 40 



" " — In 10 separate colors 65 



Paeony=Flowered Perfection — In 6 separate colors 35 



" " " — In 12 separate colors 65 



Comet — In 6 separate colors 40 



Gem or Ball — In 4 separate colors 30 



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

 well-known Paaony-FIowered Perfection Tribe. Similar but somewhat 

 dwarfer in habit. The flowers, measuring from 2)i to 3 inches across, are 

 round as a ball, and borne on long stalks. 



Apple blossom — 10 I Rose with white 10 I Finest mixed 10 



Deep rose 10 | Crimson 10 | 



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

 flowers arched and somewhat larger than the Pompone 1» 



Miniature Bouquet — A dwarf sort, growing from 6 to 8 inches high, and pro- 

 ducing an abundance of very small double flowers It 



"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 io 



Reid's German Quilled — Flowers double; the petals have the appearance of 



quills or tubes; height from 1^ to 2 feet; finest mixed colors 5 



New Branching— (See Novelties, page 37) .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 Freony form, all petals being beautifully incurved. The 

 color is rich and brilliant. 

 Deep^scarlet 10 | Deep scarlet and white ..10 



TRIUMPH ASTER. 



ONE PACKET EACH OF THE FOUR ASTERS AS SHOWN IN CUT FOR 30e. 



