PETER HENDERSON ACQ., NEW YORK 



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ASTERS. 



DWARF CHRYSANTHEnun=FLOWERED. 



Grow 9 inches high. Surpass all the dwarf varieties in size of 

 flowers. They are full and double, and produced in clusters of 20 to 

 30 on a plant. I A»e cur. I 



Finest Mixed Colors [per 1,000 seeds, -40c.) Pkt. 10 



Snow-white 10 | Crimson 10 I Dark Lavender 10 



Flesh Pink 10 | Fiery Scarlet ...10 | Brilliant Rose 10 



Collection of above d Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered Asters. 50c. 



SEMPLE'S LATE=FL0WERING BRANCHING ASTERS. 



Superior to any other class of late-flowering Branching Aster, 

 lengthening the Aster season until frost. The flowers are large, 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. Is inches to 2 feet high. Urandforcutting. (See cut.) 

 White i per 1.000 seeds, 50c.) ...Pkt. 10 

 10 

 .10 

 



POMPON CROWS. 



POflPON CROWN 

 ASTERS. 



These grow compactly, 

 about 12 inches high, 

 branching out freely, 

 bearing great numbers of 

 densely double flowers, 2 

 to 2Vfe inches across. Each 

 flower has a distinct white 

 centre, encircled with some 

 other color. (See cut.) 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 



Fink. White centre 



Crimson. White centre 



Lavender Bine. White centre 10 



Dark Indigo. White centre 10 



Collection of above 4 named Asters, 30c. 



QUEEN OF THE EARLIES. 



The earliest of all by nearly three weeks. 

 Plants are dwarf and very branching, bloom- 

 ing very freely ; very double flowers borne on 

 very long stems, rendering them of exceptional 

 value for cutting. (See cut.) 



White Pkt. 10 I Scarlet Pkt. 10 



Indigo 10 | Mixed Colors 10 



CROWN, OR COCARDEAU. 



Thecentre of eachfloweris white, surrounded 

 by a broad margin of color, such as crimson, 

 rose, violet, etc.; flowers large and freelypro- 

 duced; height, 18 inches to 2 feet. Mixed 



Colors Pit. 10 



Collection of 6 separate colors, 40c. 

 LONG-STEMMED 

 UPRIGHT WHITE ASTER 

 For Cut Flowers. 



A tall variety (30 inches 

 high), carrying 20 to 25 

 very large and very double 

 pure white flowers on the 

 top of the plant. The 

 stems are stiff and 

 strong, and from 20 to 

 24 inches long, and, in 

 :oneeqnence. of excep- 

 tional value for cut- 

 ting Pkt. 10 



Ball of Fire " Aster. 



Brilliant blood-scarlet 



color. The plants are of 



compact, pyramidal 



habit, about 12 inches 



high ; flowersmediumsize. 



very double, and borne in 



remarkable abundance. 



(Seecut.) Pkt. 10 



TRIUMPH ASTERS. 



The most beautiful and perfect of all 

 Dwarf Asters. Each plant forms an elegant 

 bouquet, 7 to 8 inches high, of at least 30 to 

 40 flowers. The flowers measure from 2% to 

 3 inches across, of faultless form and ex- 

 quisitebeauty. (Seecut.) Mixed Colors. .10 



riARVEL" ASTER. 



Compact and bushy, about 18 inches 

 high, double flowers, SYn inches across: the 

 three outside rows of petals are white, en- 

 circling a raised centre of blood-red color. 

 Theeonibination of colors isstriking.. Pkt. 10 



JAPANESE TASSEL " ASTER. 



This new and beautiful type of Aster is 

 strikingly distinct and continues long in 

 flower. The flowers are of immense size, 

 measuring 5 to 6 inches across, with long 

 petals curiously waved and curled, giving 

 them the appearance of the most disheveled 

 Japanese Chrysanthemum. The plants 

 are vigorous and free flowering, grow- 

 ing about 15 inches high. The 

 colors are flesh pink . white, rose, 

 crimson, lavender and violet, 

 which we offer in Mixed 

 Colors Pit. 10 



CHINA ASTERS. 



Mixed Colors. A tall, 

 globe-flowered, double- 

 lb iwering class, very 

 largely sold, but by no 

 means equal to the im- 

 proved 

 varieties 



DAHLIA-FLOWERED ASTER. 



SESIPLE S LATE-FLOWERING. \ .- -..ijSJ-JI (\ 



ASTERS. 



DAHLIA=FL0WERED. 



These beautiful Asters are entirely distinct, 

 and continue long in bloom. A plant pro- 

 duces about 30 pure white, faultlessly formed, semi-spherical 

 flowers, composed of short, thickly set, imbricated petals, giving 

 the flower the charming appearance of a Lilliput Dahlia. 

 Dahlia-Flowered Snow Ball, pure white Pkt. 10 



Princess, white, shaded withroseandblush 1 <> 



Rosalind, bright rose 10 



Mixed Colors [per 1,000 seeds, 50c.) 10 



DWARF-PVRAHIDAL BOUQUET. 



Pretty class ; very profuse, producing 20 to 50 heads of bloom; 



grows 1 foot high.' Mixed Colors. . Pkt. 10 



Collection ofG separate colors, 30c. 



BETTERIDGE'S QUILLED ASTERS. 



An improved strain, with large double flowers, composed of tube 

 or quill-shaped petals, 2feethigh. (.Seecut.) Mixed Colors. .Pit. 5 



VICTORIA NEEDLE ASTERS. 



Flowers very double and large; petals twisted as round as 

 knitting-needles unique and charminir. Plants about 18 inches 

 high, branching and floriferous. Mixed Colors Pkt. lo 



LtETTKBin ,K s QUILLED, 



