JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



JOHNSON'S PERFECTION ASTERS 



FROM THE LEADING AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SPECIALISTS 



We offer herewith a superb collection of 

 Giant Asters, which cannot be surpassed for 

 freedom of bloom, perfection of form, bril- 

 liancy in color, and sturdiness of habit. 



Asters of Sterling* Merit 



LAVENDER GEM ASTER 



375. We cannot commend this mag- 

 nificent 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 arid borne on long slender, 

 wiry stems. Blooms very early, following the 

 Queen of the Market and before the Day- 

 break. Per packet, 15c. 



NEW ROYAL PURPLE ASTER 



377. The flowers of this superb strain 

 are large and full, with centers well covered. 

 Although an offshoot from the popular 

 Branching Aster, it is entirely distinct in 

 flower and habit. It is a vigorous grower 

 and comes into bloom before the Late 

 Branching, when there is a heavy demand 

 for asters. Its long stems make it invaluable 

 for cutting. Per packet, 15c. 



SNOWDRIFT ASTER. 



Per packet, 15c. The earliest aster in cultivtaion. 





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LAVENDER GEM ASTER. 



Per packet, 15c. 



EARLY SNOWDRIFT 



376. The Earliest Aster in cultivation, 



being a few days in advance of Queen of the 

 Earlies, while the flower is not surpassed in 

 beauty by any of the later varieties. The 

 leaves are narrow and sparse, and the 

 branches spring from close to the ground. 

 The entire energy of the plant seems given 

 to the production of twelve to twenty long, 

 slender, upright stems, crowned with im- 

 mense feathery flowers. The long, recurved 

 petals give the flowers an exceedingly grace- 

 ful effect, heightened in many cases by the 

 ragged, irregular character of the petals in 

 the center of the flower. The type is well 

 established, the flowers all coming perfectly 

 double. (See cut. ) Per packet, 15c. 



NEW GIANT COMET ASTER 

 TRIUMPH OF PARIS 



378. A magnificent aster of pyramidal 

 habit and grows from 2 to 2\ feet high and 

 produces flowers from 4J to 5 inches across, 

 with long, pure white outer petals, in the cen- 

 ter of which the quilled disk florets form a 

 bright golden yellow wreath. Per packet, 15c. 



NEW CARDINAL ASTER 



379. As its name indicates, this new and 

 distinct aster is a bright rich carmine and 

 surpasses all 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 fell. 

 Per packet, 15c. 



