PETER HENDERSON fit CO., NEW YORK- 



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TWO BEAUTIFUL ASTERS, 



PURITY and 

 DAYBREAK. 



Most beautiful bushy, branch- 

 ing Asters, growing about 2 feet 

 high, with large, double flowers, 

 composed of incurved petals 

 almost as regularly placed as in 

 a Dahlia. The flowers are borne 

 upright on stiff, long stems, and 

 the plants in bloom are charming 

 beyond description, and for cut- 

 ting purposes there are no finer 

 Asters grown. 



Purity. Glistening pure white. . 

 Daybreak. Rosy-shell-pin k. ... 



. .Pkt. 



10 

 10 



QUILLED COMET ASTERS. 



Unique and beautiful large Comet Asters, 2 

 feet high, producing large, double flowers of rose- 

 pink color, contrasting vividly with the white 

 quilled petals that form the centre 1'kt. .15 



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GIANT COMET OR 

 OSTRIGfi PLUME, ASTERS. 



It would seem as if the highest possible perfection 

 had been attained in these truly grand Asters. They 

 win enthusiastic admiration from all who see them. 

 The flowers are of immense size, often 6 inches across, 

 composed of long, wavy, twisted petals, gracefully 

 formed into loose, yet densely double half-globes, 

 resembling some of the finer Japanese Chrysanthe- 

 mums. These giant varieties differ from the older, 

 well-known Comet Asters, not only in bearing much 

 larger flowers, but the petals are longer and broader. 

 The plants are of luxuriant growth, attaining a 

 height of 15 inches, each plant bearing from 20 to 30 

 of these magnificent flowers on long stems, which 

 give them an added value for cutting for vases. 

 (See cut.) 

 Giant Comet, Mixed. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c, Pkt. .10 



" Crimson 10 



" White 10 



" Rose-Pink 10 



" Deep Blue 10 



" Lavender 10 



" Yellow 10 



" Bride, white, changing to rose 10 



" Salmon-Rose 10 



Collection Giant Comet Asters, 6 separate colors, 60c. 



"I have no doubt you will be getting orders from the 

 gardeners here next spring, as they all proclaimed the 

 Giant Comet Asters I got from you were the finest ever 

 exhibited in Montreal; they were magnificent, no mis- 

 take. I cut over 100 blooms of the different kinds and 

 potted 14 plants of them out of my garden for exhibition. 

 1 did not compete but got a special 1st prize. These Asters 

 made a beautiful show. So much for an amateur!" 



WM. WALKER, Montreal, Can. 



"The Giant Comet Asters I got from you last year 

 were the handsomest I erer saw; they caused much ex- 

 citement around here. One plant had 62 blossoms on 

 at one time; thru were beauties." 

 Mrs. NANCY L. POTTER, McGrawville, N. Y. 



GROWN GOMET ASTERS. 



Strikingly beautiful varieties of the large comet 

 type. The centre of the flower is a crown of pure 

 white surrounded by some rich color, making an 

 effective contrast. These Asters were awarded a 

 diploma of honor by the French Society of Horti- 

 culture. 



Crown Comet, Rose, with white crown Pkt. .10 



" " Blue, with white crown 10 



" " Carmine, with white crown 10 



One pkt. each of the above 3 Crown Comet Asters, 25c. 



TOM THUMB GOMET ASTERS. 



Beautiful new Asters. Flowers of elegant form, size 

 and doubleness, measuring 4 inches across. Plants of 

 dwarf, compact habit of growth, which do not exceed 8 

 inches in height, thus making them especially valuable 

 for garden beds and borders, as well as for pot plants. 

 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. 



Tom Thumb Asters, Mixed Colors Pkt. .10 



" " " White 10 



" •' " Crimson 10 



" " " Pink 10 



" " " Rose, edged white 10 



The collection of above 4 Tom Thumb Comet Asters, 30c. 



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VICTORIA ASTERS. 



Magnificent flowers, massive and showy, with regular 

 overlapping petals double clear to the centre. The 

 flowers measure 4 to 5 inches across, and the colors in- 

 clude many extremely delicate and some gorgeous shades. 

 The plants grow very evenly, about IS inches high, and 

 carry from 25 to 40 flowers on a plant. Perhaps the 

 handsomest Asters, taken all in all, for size, color and 

 profusion of bloom. (See cut.) 

 Victoria, Finest Mixed. .Per 1,000 seeds, 50c, Pkt. .10 



'* Pure White 10 



" Purple 10 



" Scarlet, dark and rich 10 



" Sky-Blue l o 



«« White, Tinted Rose 10 



'* Peach Blossom-Pink 10 



" Miss Alice Roosevelt, new : a blending 



of primrose ami flesh-pink 15 



" Maroon, new: dark, blood-red, almost 



I. lack 25 



" Collection of 6 colors. 40c; 12 colors, 75c. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR SEEDS, ETC., ARE PROCURABLE ONLY FROM US DIRECT. They are too good to be on Sale in Stores. 



