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“PETER HENDERSON &CO., NEW YORK: : 81 
Ganrroweanc OSTRICH PLUME” ASTERS 
GIANT-FLOWERING ° 
HESE comparatively new Asters are winning enthusiastic admiration from all who 
see them. They are so large, so beautiful, so unique in their charming grace, so 
free from the formal stiffness heretofore characteristic of Asters, so different from all 
other types, that we predict unparalleled popularity for this magnificent class, producing 
immense double flowers, often 6 inches across, composed of very long, narrow, loosely 
curled petals, suggestive of a curled ostrich plume; their graceful effect, large size and 
charming colorings render these Asters exceptionally handsome as cut flowers, their long 
stems permitting the flowers to be ‘‘vased”’ as artistically as Chrysanthemums; the 
plants, ofcandelabrahabit, are ofstrong; healthy and luxuriant growth, attaining a height 
of about 18 inches, branching outfreely into well-formed bushes, each plant bearing from 
25 to 40 magnificent flowers. Bedded out they are exceedingly showy. (See cut.) 
GIANT OSTRICH PLUME ASTERS. 
Mixed Colors..............ccceceesseeee cere Pkt.10 | Crimson............... spoesesereeies CUO 
SNOW WhHite............cccccceceee cesses ceeee eeeeee 10 | Bright Bose...... ......ccceccsssessscseeeseeeeees 10 
Blush Pink... 10 
Light Blue. el 
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Collection of Giant Ostrich Plume Asters, 
6 separate colors, 50¢c. 
TWO BEAUTIFUL 
ASTERS, 
PURITY and 
DAYBREAK. 
Most beautiful bushy, 
branching Asters, growing 
about 2 feet high, withlarge 
double flowers composed of 
incurved petals, almost as 
regularly placed as ina 
Dahlia. The flowers are 
borne upright on stiff long 
stems, and the plants in 
bloom are charming be- 
yond description and for 
cutting purposes there are 
no finer Asters grown. 
PURITY. Glistening pure 
white......... agagoadeda Pkt. 10 
SEMPLE’S DAYBREAK. Rosyshell 
BRANCHING ASTERS. POEM esqdocecna009000000 Pkt. 10 
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LATE-FLOWERING 
SEMPLE’ S SATeShowering 
Superior to any otherclass of late-flowering Branching Aster, 
lengthening the Asterseason untilfrost. The flowers arelarge, 
4 inches across, are very double, of purest colors, and borne on long stems. 
They begin blooming about the first of September. Plants strong growers, 
“* Your Daybreak Aster is 
a beauty. Such a lovely 
colorand such long stems.” 
EDITH GIBBONS, 
GIANT OSTRICH PLUME Belmar, N.J. 
ASTERS. 
18 inches to 2 feet high. (Seecut.) Mixed Colors...............:::..c000 iP 10 , 
Semple’s White................. Pkt.10 | Semple’s Crimson... 104 
Ae Lavender.................. 0 oD Shell Pink................. 10 
se Purple.................06 10 ee Collection of 5 sorts, 40 
sucror VICTORIA ASTERS. 
Magnificent double flowers, massive and showy, with regular overlapping 
petals clear to the centre. The flowers measure 4 to 5 inches across, and the 
colors include many extremely delicate and some gorgeous shades. The plants 
grow very evenly, about eighteen inches high, and carry from twenty-five to forty 
flowers on a plant. Perhaps the handsomest Asters, taken allin all, for size, 
color and profusion of bloom. Wictoria, Finest Mixed Colors.......... Pkt. 10 
White; pure. oc tecc cence see Pkt. 10 Purple soqe0e2es505c0002000009 e 10 
Scarlet, dark and rich. ...10 | Sky Blue................. 10 
White, Tinted Rose ....10 | Peach Blossom Pink................-.-- 10 
Imported Collections of Victoria Asters, 6 separate colors, 40c.; 12 colors, 75c. 
“The Victoria Asters raised from seed obtained from you last season were 
the finest I have ever seen. Any attempt at improvement would be a fault.” 
WILLIS L. FERRY, Riverhead, N. Y. 
“Your Victoria Aster seeds I got last year were indeed models 01 perfection; 
my neighbors came from all around to see them, they were so beautiful.” 
JAMES A. WILLIS, West Newbury, Mass. 
HENDERSON'S JUBILEE ASTERS. 
These magnificent Asters bear extraordinarily large double flowers, averaging 
five inches in diameter, of most symmetrical form and of splendid substance. 
The plants are sturdy and compact, about two feet high. Individual plants 
carry from 25 to 40 of the immense flowers, open at one time, completely cover- 
ing the upper half of the plant with bloom. Thecolors are beautiful, clear and 
rich. Their blooming seasonis unusually long, the maturing flowers are followed 
by developing budsin uninterrupted succession for weeks. Jubilee Asters are not 
early ; while the number of flowers displayed equals those of the Victoria and Per- 
fection classes when thelatter are in their prime, yet Jubilee Asters are notin the 
full flush of their glory until the latter sorts are practically over, and Jubilee 
Asters remain in bloom until the late-branching sorts begin to open. (See cut.) 
The collection of Jubilee Asters, § separate colors named below, 75c. 
JUBILEE ASTERS. MIXED COLORSG...................00.cceceecceesetteteee Pkt. 10 
PRAIRIE FIRE. Magnificent glowing crimson-scarlet..... 
BLUSHING BRIDE. White, suffused blush, deepening to pink...............cc0cccccecceceseneeeeeeees 
SNOWDRIFT. Puresatinywhite...Pkt.10| VIVID. Brilliant rosy carmine.... 
GLORIOSA. Deep rich dark blue............. 10| ELEGANCE. Bright azure-blue. ED 
CHARMER. Light silvery lavender........ 10| GRANDEUR. Purerose-pink................... 
«*Am much pleased with Jubilee Asters bought from you.’”’ Mrs. FRANK STORRS, 
North Muskegon, Mich. 
‘“*My bed of Jubilee Asters were the finest 1 ever saw; in spite of the dry weather. they 
did well and I was proud of them.” F.C. PETVTENGILL, Woodford, Me. 
HENDERSON'S 
JUBILEE 
ASTERS. 
