Rose Pink with White Centre. 



f more than usual merit; the flowers are of 

 ■1 to (i inches across, composed of long, 

 wavy, twisted petals, gracefully formed into loose, yet densely dou- 

 ble, flowers resembling some of the finer Japanese Chrysanthemums. The 

 centre crown of the flower is of pure white, surrounded by outer rows of 

 petals of a charming rose pink color, a unique and beautiful combination. 

 The plants are of vigorous, healthy growth, about 15 inches high, each 

 plant bearing from 20 to :tO of these magnificent flowers on long, stiff 

 stems, which gives them an added value as a cut flower for vases, florists' 

 uses, etc. If the plants can be grown when- slightly Shaded from the 

 hottest sun, the coloring will be more vivid and the flowers will last 

 longer. A diploma of honor was awarded thiH Aster by the French 

 Society of Botany and Horticulture. (See cat.) Per packet, 25c. 



GIANT VICTORIA ASTER. 



Snow- 

 White. 



THE Victoria Asters have for years beeti one of the leading classes of 

 Asters the world over. This new type of Giant Victoria, of which 

 the " Snow-White" is the forerunner, is disl inci and of high perfection. 

 The plants are strong, lnxuriaut growers, attaining a height of about 

 2 feet, branching out freely into pyramidal bushes, each plant bearing 15 

 to 20 magnificent large and symmetrically double flowers 4!4 to 5% 

 inches across; the petals are very broad and regular, sitting tile fashion, 

 one on top of the other, to the centre of the flower. A grand variety for 

 show beds or exhibition purposes. Per packet, 20c. 



A magnificent class, producing immense double flowers, often inches across, com- 

 posed of vry long, narrow, loosely curled petals, suggestive of a curled ostrich plume ; 

 their graceful effect, large size and charming colorings render these Asters exception- 

 ally handsome as cut flowers, their long stems permitting the flowers to be "vased " 

 as artistically as Chrysanthemums. As n garden Aster they are equally valuable; the plants, of candelabra habit, grow about 18 inches 

 high are vigorous and i ery florlferous. The " Hohenzollern" Asters, offered by some seedsmen as the same as the Ostrich Feather Asters, 

 are very inferior to the latter, which we highly recommend to our customers as of unusual merit. 



Bright Rose Ostrich Peather Aster Pkt. 20 Snow-white Ostrich Feather Aster Pkt. 15 



mi.?*. „».„„„;„„ ♦„ t»t,v • " " 20 Crimson " " 



Ostrich Peather Aster, Mixed Colors Pkt. 10 



White changing to Pink 



15 



I'S 



NEW ASTER, 



THIS is a new and brilliant, glowing scarlet Aster, free from the 

 magenta tinge usual in red Asters; the flowers measure from 

 3 to 4 inches across, are of regular globular form, perfectly dou- 

 ble to the centre, and borne freely on sturdy candelabra branch- 

 ing plants about 15 inches high; an exceedingly effective bedder. 

 Price, per packet, 15c. 



"1 am delighted with your new Aster (Red Hussar). It is 

 royally grand." Mrs. Thos. Coles, Fulton, N. Y. 



•• I wish to say that the Prize Aster surpasses any Red Aster 

 I ever saw and is admired by all." Mrs. A. K. Kelton, Orange, 

 Mass. 



Y) 00DLE 



Tom TiTlM}!) 



comet, or 



"POODLE" listers. 



THESE beautiful new Asters are the result of a cross between 

 the Giant Comet and the Dwarf Chrysanthemuin-flowered 

 Asters. From the former they have inherited the elegant form 

 and size and douhleness of flowers, measuring 4 inches across, 

 while from the latter they get the dwarf, compact habit of 

 growth, which does not "exceed eight inches in height, thus 

 making them especially valuable as pot plants as well as for gar- 

 den decoration. One particularly good point about these Asters 

 is their earliness — the flowers open early in July, even before the 

 "Queen of the Market"; they are, therefore, the earliest of all 

 large-flowering Asters. (See cut.) 



White Poodle Aster Per pkt. 15 



Pink Poodle Aster " " 25 



REHIHR! 



We deliver FREE to any P. 0. or R. R. Ex- 

 press Office in the U. S. all VEGETABLE 

 and FLOWER SEEDS. BULBS and BOOKS, 

 excepting where otherwise noted. 



