60 PETEH HH^lDE^SOri & CO., flEW YOt^.— FLtOWEH SEED fiOVELtTIES. 



ILLUSTRATED IN COLORS ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE. 



^~>x^HESE comparatively new Asters are winning enthusiastic admiration from all who 

 I r~\ see them. They are so large, so beautiful, so unique in their charming grace, so 

 v_V free from the formal stiffness heretofore characteristic of Asters, so different from 

 all other types, that we predict unparalleled popularity for this magnificent 

 "Comet" family, in which it would seem the highest possible perfection has 

 been attained. The flowers are of immense size, averaging larger than any other class of 

 Asters, or from 4 to 5 inches across ; indeed, we occasionally find a well-grown plant 

 producing flowers up to 6 inches across. The very double flowers are composed of long, 

 wavy, twisted petals, arranged into loose yet dense half-globes, resembling Japanese Chrys- 

 anthemums, and being borne on long stems gives them an added value when cut for vases. 

 The plants of ' ' Comet ' ' Asters (see cut) are of strong, healthy and luxuriant growth, 

 attaining a height of about 15 inches, branching out freely into well-formed bushes, each 

 plant bearing from 25 to 40 magnificent flowers. Bedded out they are exceedingly showy, 

 especially when grown in quantity. 



packet each of the 



Shown in colors on the opposite page \ 7^n 

 and described below J '""•) 



BY ML. 



Henderson's 



' Comet ' ' Asters can also be supplied In separate colors 

 and In mixture, as follows: 



SOLID C0L0BS. 



Pkt. 



Light Blue (No. 1 on plate) 15 



Carmine. .(No. 2 " " ),... 15 



"White (No.3- " ).... 15 



Price, per packet, of mixed colors. 



STRIPED VARIETIES. 



Lavender, edged White (No. 4 on plate) 

 Indigo, edged White — (No. 5 " " ) 

 Rose, edged White (No. 6 " " ) 



For a Grand Combination Offer of all Colored Plate Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 



see page 8. 



Henderson's "Jiarvel" Aster. 



A most distinct, unique and beautiful Aster. The plant grows about 18 

 inches high, is compact and bushy, bearing in greatest profusion and in 

 long succession very double flowers 3 }£ inches across : the three outside 

 rows of recurved petals are pure white, encircling the raised centre of 

 incurved petals, which are of a rich blood-red color. The effective combi- 

 nation of colors is the most striking and fetching thing that we have seen 

 in flowers. We have counted as many as twenty-six flowers, fully open, on 

 a single plant at one time, with numberless buds still to open, thereby in- 

 suring long-continued bloom. (See cut.) 



Price, per packet, 25 cts. 

 pW LiflTE-BliOOIVII^G 



Branching Asters. 



LENGTHENING THE ASTER SEASON UNTIL FROST. 



These Asters are of real value both for garden decoration and for cutting ; 

 the flowers are large, 4 inches across, are very double, and of purest 

 colors ; and being borne on unusually long stems they very gracefully lend 

 themselves to artistic arrangement in vases. The fact that they bloom so 

 late, commencing with us about the first of September and continuing until 

 killed by frost, renders these Asters of exceptional value. The plants are 

 Btrong, luxuriant growers, 18 inches to 2 feet high. 



The following beautiful colors we offer in mixture : 



Pure White, Shell Pink, Delicate Lavender, Crimson. 

 Price, 15 cts. pkt. 



BY 



Petes Henderson &Co. 



HENDERSON S 



"MARVEL" 



ASTER. 



