Choice Flower Seeds 24. 
ASTERS 
The Aster’s vigor and ease of culture are important factors of its popularity. 
Plants from seed sown in the open ground in May bloom finely in September and 
October, when the flowers are seen at their best. For July and August flowers sow 
in March or April, in coldframe, spent hotbed, or pots or boxes in the house. Cover 
the seed about half an inch deep with rich, light soil, and when the plants have three 
or four leaves transplant about 18 inches apart each way into well-prepared beds. 
Manures too fresh or used in too large quantities sometimes induce disease in Asters. 
When used they should be thoroughly well decayed and mixed with the soil. 
WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
QUEEN OF THE 
MARKET ASTERS 
The earliest Aster of all to bloom; 
branching habit; excellent for cutting, 
and yery free flowering. One foot. 
Pure White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Rose. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Light Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Dark Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Perfection Asters 
(Truffaut's Improved Paeony- 
Flowered) 
COMET ASTERS 
The flowers: of this attractive va- 
riety, with their well-twisted and 
curled petals, resemble somewhat those 
of a Japanese Chrysanthemum. One 
and one-half feet. 
Pure White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Peach Blossom. Pkt. 10 ets. 
Dark Rose. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Carmine. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Pink, Bordered White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Light Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Dark Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
VICTORIA ASTERS 
Taking into consideration size, color and profusion of bloom, these 
are probably the handsomest of all the Asters, and cannot fail to 
Blossoms very large, well shaped, al- 
most perfectly round, with flat, beauti- 
fully incurved petals. One and one-half 
eet. 
Pure White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Glowing Crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Light Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Light Blue, Edged White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Rose. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Purple. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Carmine, Edged White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Late Flowering Branching 
Asters 
These are, without a doubt, the finest 
of late flowering varieties. The flowers 
are large, very double, and borne on long 
stems; fine for cutting. Two feet. 
Crimson. Pkt. 10 ets. 
Purple. Pkt. 10 cts 
Aster 
White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Lavender. Pkt. 10 cts. 
give satisfaction, whether grown in beds, pots or for cutting. One Shell-Pink. Pkt. 10 cts. Mixed. Pkt. 10 ets. 
ce ener vale feet. 
Vhite. Pkt. 10 cts. Crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. - 
Scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts. Peach Blossom Pink. Pkt. 10¢ Dwarf Chrysanthemum Flowered Asters 
Purple. Pkt. 10 cts. Light Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. Large double flowers. Very free blooming, fine for pot culture. 
White, Tinted Rose. Pkt. 10c. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 ets. Three-quarter foot. 
Pure White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Fiery Scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Peach Blossom Pink. Pkt. 10 cts. 
VICK’S MIKADO PINK. Of the Comet class. In color a most ex- 
quisite shade of shell pink, petals are narrow, very long and 
eracefully reflexed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
ae Light 4 : cts. 
New Miniature Asters, Waldersee Mixed TCsIGE BEES 10 cts. 
MANY-FLOWERED 
This new type forms compact globular bushes eight to ten inches 
high by eight to ten inches in diameter. They branch densely, are 
well furnished with small, deep green foliage, and resemble, before 
flowering, little mounds of well-kept box, thus rendering them of 
exceptional value for garden edgings even before blooming; but 
when in flower the effect is truly beautiful. When grown in pots 
they make pretty specimens. Rose-pink edged blush. Pkt. 10c. 
IMIPORTED COLLECTION OF ASTERS 
Victoria. 12 separate colors, 90 cts. 
Truflaut’s Peony Perfection. 12 separate colors, 75 cts. 
Comet. Hight separate colors, 75 cts. 
Washington. Six separate colors, 50 cts. 
Betteridge’s Quilled. 12 separate colors, 50 cts. 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered. 12 separate colors, 80 cts. 
Crown, or Cocardeau. Six separate colors, 50 cts. 
Our Aster seed is grown by a 
GIANT EMPEROR. Flowers of large size, very double, fine bril- 
liant colors, robust growth. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
MIGNON. A splendid semi-dwarf variety resembling the Victoria 
type, but flowering more freely. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15 cts. 
SNOWBALL, or WHITE PRINCESS. The flowers are pure white 
and closely resemble Lilliput Dahlias. Pkt. 15 cts. 
TRIUMPH. The prettiest and most perfectly formed of all dwarf 
bes Searlet. Pkt. 10 cts. Scarlet, Edged White. Pkt. 
cts. 
WASHINGTON. [xtra large flowers of great beauty; very double. 
Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CHINA. A splendid mixture. Pkt. 5 cts 
specialist for our own trade. 
