FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 



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PRIZE ASTERS 



JOHNSON'S 

 EXHIBITION 



New Early 

 White Branching 



298. This beautiful aster now 

 offered for the first time is a distinct 

 advance in the branching class. It 

 begins blooming in profusion two 

 weeks earlier than the Late Branch- 

 ing.and the large white flowers borne 

 on extra long stems give it an ad- 

 ditional value as a cut flower and 

 for vases. Per packet, 10c. 



Giant White 

 Hohenzollern Aster 



299. A magnificent aster 

 borne on long stems, of tall branch- 

 ing habit. The flowers are a pure 

 glistening white, measuring 6 to 8 

 inches across, extremely double, 

 with gracefully curled petals resem- 

 bling a Japanese Chrysanthemum. 

 As a late cutting variety it has no 

 equal. Per packet, 10c. 



New Cardinal Aster 



379. As its name indicates, 

 this new and distinct aster is a 

 bright rich carmine and surpasses all 



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other asters for brilliancy in color and profusion of 

 bloom. The flowers are large, round and full and 

 borne on graceful stems of average length. As a 

 bedding aster it vies with the Scarlet Sage and 

 blooms from early August until late in the fall. 

 Per packet, 10c. 



new giant aster — hercules. Per packet, 15c. 



HERCULES WHITE ASTER 



317. This new aster has a most imposing as- 



pect. The plants throw up strong stems 15 to 20 

 inches high, which branch about 4 inches from the 

 ground, bearing at their summit many central 

 flowers, while on the side shoots ap- 

 pear 4 to 6 secondary blooms. The 

 flowers are of the purest white, with 

 very long petals, and attain the enor- 

 mous diameter of 6 to 7 inches, and 

 can be compared to the large exhibi- 

 tion flowers of the Giant Chrysan- 

 themum. It is excellent either for 

 cut flowers or for planting in borders 

 in the open ground. Per pkt., 15c. 



Lavender Gem Aster 



375. We cannot commend this 

 magnificent ostrich-feathered aster 

 too highly for its many excellent 

 qualities. The color is an exquisite 

 lavender, a profuse bloomer, of 

 medium height, erect habit, and the 

 flowers, which resemble a ragged 

 chrysanthemum, are always double 

 and borne on long, slender, wiry 

 stems. Blooms very early, follow- 

 ing the Queen of the Market and 

 before the Daybreak. Per packet, 

 ioc. 



DAYBREAK ASTER 



314. Beautiful free blooming 

 pink aster, of bushy, branching 

 habit, borne on long, stiff stems 

 about 2 feet high. The flowers are 

 extremely double, with incurved 

 petals and unsurpassed for cutting 

 purposes. Per packet, ioc. 



early snowdrift aster. Per packet, 



