PETER HENDERSON 6<.C0., IMEW YORK- 



i I 



HENDERSON'S 

 GIANTFLOWERINQ 



OSTRICH PLUME ASTERS. 



■^HESE comparatively new Asters are winning entliusiastic 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 the.se Asters exceptionally handsome as cut flowers, their long 

 stems permitting the flowers to be "vased" as artistically as Chrvsanthemums; the 

 plants, of candelabra habit, ai-e of strong, health.vand luxuriant growth. attaining a height 

 of about 18 inches, branching out freely into well-formed bushes, each plant bearing from 

 25 to 40 magnificent flowers. Bedded out they are exceedinglv showy. {See cut.) 



QIANT OSTRICH PLUHE ASTERS. 



Crimson Pkt. 10 



Bright Bose 10 



Blush Pink 10 



Light Blue 10 



Ziilac 10 



CulJectioD of Giant Ostrich Plume Asters, 

 6 separate colors, 50c. 



Mixed Colors PiMO 



Snow White 10 



^P\ 



'^V' 



VICTORIA ASTERS. 



6EMPLF S 

 BEAXCHISf; ASTEB8 



SP VI D I n ' C LATE=FLOWERINa 

 C iU r L C O BRANCHING ASTERS. 



Superior to any other class of late-flowering Branching Aster 

 lengtheningtheAsterseasonuntilfrost. The flowers are large, 

 4 inches across, are ver.v double, of purest colors, and borne on long stems. 

 They begin blooming about the first of .September. Plants strong growers, 



18 inches to 2 feet high. {See cut.) Mixed Colors Pkt. 10 



Semple's White Pkt. 10 I Semple's Crimson 10 



Lavender 10 " Shell Pink 10 



" Purple 10 1 " Collection of 5 sorts, 40 



HENDERSON'S 

 SUPERIOR 



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 carryfrora twenty-five to forty 

 flowers on a plant. Perhaps the handsomest Asters, taken all in all, for size, 



colo r and profusion of bloom. Victoria, Finest Mixed Colors Pkt. 10 



White, pure Pkt. 10 , Purple 10 



Scarlet, dark and rich 10 \ Sky Blue 10 



White, Tinted Bose 10 Peach Blossom Pink 10 



Imported Collections of Victoria .isters, 6 separate colors, 40c.; 12 colors, Toc. 

 " The Victoria .Asters raised &om seed obtained from jou last season were 

 the Snest I bare ever seen. Any attempt at improvement would he a fault." 



WILLIS L. FERRY, Rirerbead, X. T. 

 " Tour Victoria Aster .seeds T got last rear Here indeed models oi perfection ; 

 my neighbors came from all around to see them, they were so beautiful," 



JAMES A. WILLIS. West Xewbury. Mass. 



HENDERSON]! JUBILEE ASTERS. 



Tlle^^e magnificent Asters bear extraordinaril}' large douljle flowers, averaging 

 five inches in diameter, of most symmetrical form and of splendid suijstauce. 

 The plants are stnrd.v and compact, about two feet high. Individual plants 

 carr.v from 2.5 to 40 of the immense H'>wers, open at one time, completely cover- 

 ing the upper half of the plant with bloom. The coloi-s are beautiful, clear and 

 rich. Their blooming season is unusually long, the maturing flowers are followed 

 by developing budsin uninterrupted succession for weeks. Jubilee .\ster8 are not 

 earl.v; while the numberof flowers displayed equals those of the Victoria and Per- 

 fection classes when the latter are in their prime.. vet Jubilee Asters are not in the 

 full flush of their glorv until the latter sorts are practically over, and Jubilee 

 Asters ri-main in l)loom until the late-branching^orts begin to open, (.s'peeuf.) 



Th-- collection of ■Juhilee .l.sfT.?. 4 separate colors named below, T-'ic. 



JTTBILBE ASTEBS. MIXED COLOBS Pkt. 10 



FBAIBIE PIBE. Magnificent glowing crimson-scarlet 



BLTTSEIN'G BBIDE. White, suffused blush, deepening to pink , 



SNOWDRIPT. PuresatinvHhite...i'Af. 10 I VIVID. Brilliant rosy carmine... 



OLOR.IOSA. Deep richdark blue 10 I ELEGAVCE. Bright azure-blue 



CEABMEB. Light silvery lavender 10 | GBAITDEUB. Purerose-pink... 



TWO BEAUTIFUL 



ASTERS, 



PURITY and 



DAYBREAK. 



Most beautiful bushy, 

 1 ranching Asters, growing 

 out 2feethigh,withlarge 

 uble flowei-8 composed of 

 incurved petals, almost as 

 regularl.v placed as in a 

 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 Astei-s grown. 

 PUBITY. Glistening pure 



■ Pkt. 15 



DAYBBEAK. Rosy shell 



pink Pkt. 15 



1 pkt. each for 25e. 

 " Tour Daybreak Aster is 

 a beauty. Such a lorely 

 color and such long stems." 

 EDITH GIBBOSS, 



Belmar, N.J. 



•• .im much pleased with Jubilee .Asters bought from you," Mrs. FR.AXK STORRS, 



\orth Muske,e;on, Mich. 

 " M,r bed of Juhilee Asters were the Onest 1 erer saw; In spite of the drr weather, tbey 

 did well a/id I was proud on hem," F. C. PETTESGILL, Woodford, Me. 



