PETER HENDERSON & CO-—FLOWER SEEDS. 61 
ON'S - IMPROVED - VIGTORIA - ASTERS. 
AS SHOWN ON THE COLORED PLATE OPPOSITE. 
The flowers are massive, showy, and the 
HENDERS 
HESE improved Victoria Asters are the most magnificent of the China Aster family. 
regular overlapping petals clear to the centre of the flower and the perfect symmetry of form give a distinctive elegance to this 
magnificent class. The flowers are of great size, measuring four inches and over across, and of great richness and variety of color, 
The plants grow very evenly, about eighteen inches high, are elegantly pyramidal in form, and carry from twenty-five to forty of these 
incomparable flowers, rendering them of exceptional value for garden beds, particularly in lines or diagrams of different colors; and for 
pot culture they are of scarcely less importance. Seed sown in the early spring months in the house, 
the plants put out in May will commence blooming in June or July, and two or three later sowings at: intervals in the open ground will 
They are of the easiest culture. 
give an uninterrupted succession of gorgeous bloom until frost. 
er Pkt. | Per Pkt 
No- l= Crimsongand: W nites*-. - 2: fit | No. 5: Peach Blossom Pink...... 1c. 
Now2) Indigo ando@White-....:..... 15. | No. 6. White, turning to Rose... l5e. 
| Wi@e Sipe Se 2 |Wiessc.cec 6 Sano mane eos betas INO! ... Dazzling Scarlets:.-2: & .-e: 15e. 
INO oe URE RV NEOs. oc hats. seleiese ss 15e. No. 8. Dark Blue and White..... 15e. 
For a collection of any four, 50 cts.; or the full set of eight, shown on the Colored Plate, 75 cts. 
““HENDERSON’S GRAND MIXTURE OF IMPROVED VICTORIA ASTERS,” including those shown on Colored Plate op- 
--NEW Al BOS: 
BALL-SHAPED | "|" JEWEL” ASTERS. 
and 
“Dark Rose” 
\ These magnificent Asters belong to a new class, similar to, but eclipsing i 
. beauty those of the Peony-flowered Perfection type. The flowers are perfectly 
round or ball-shaped, nine inches in cireumfereuce, the petals being short and 
incurved, giving them an elegant appearance. Plants two feet high, of sturdy 
habit. (See cut.) ‘ 
“« Apple Blossom.” Deli- 
cate shell pink. Per 
packet, 25 cts. 
‘Deep Rose.” Fine color. 
Per packet, 25 cts. 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED ASTER 
** Snowball” 
or ‘‘White Princess.” 
The raiser, an old and 
reliable German grower, ¢ 
writes us: ‘‘My Snowball 
Asters are simply splen- 
did, and one of the best 
things I ever raised. 
They are entirely dis- 
YAIGHTED las 
TRIUMPH ASTER, 
““SURPASSE TRIOMPHE.” 
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CO yT PETER HENDERSON Roy 
TRIUMPH ASTERS. 
These are undoubtedly the most beautiful and perfect 
of all dwarf Asters. Each plant forms an elegant bou- 
quet in itself seven to eight inches high. The flowers 
measure from two and one-half to three inches across, 
of faultless form. (See cut.) 
' Deep Scarlet Triumph. Color a rich brilliant scarlet; 
each plant bears at least thirty to forty flowers of 
exquisite beauty. Per packet, 25 cts. 
«‘Surpasse Triomphe.” Of surpassing beauty. The) 
flowers are large, frequently measuring five inches | 
across, perfectly double; of a brilliant crimson purple, 
each petal being margined with white, making it ex- | 
ceedingly effective. The plants are very dwarf and | 
tinet, and are the first of 
anew and superior race. 
A single plant develops 
about thirty pure white, 
faultlessly formed flow- 
ers, semi-spherical in shape, and com- 
posed of short, thickly set, imbricated 
| petals, giving the flower a charming ap- 
| pearance that may be compared to a 
| Lilliput Dahlia.” Per packet, 25 cts. = 
Fy New Ball-Shaped 
« Jewel ’’ Aster, 
inches high, bearing twenty to twenty-five large and very 
beautiful double flowers. The centre is pure white, sur- 
rounded with an exquisite rose-colored crown. Anelegant 
bloom profusely. (See cut.) Per packet, 25 cts. 
variety; will make a sensation. Per packet, 35 ets. 
