64 JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 
Floral Novelties and Specialties 
FLORAL NOVELTIES and 
SPECIALTIES are carefully tested at 
our SEEDTESTING HOUSES before 
being offered to our customers, and can 
be depended upon as being of the 
HIGHEST GERMINATIVE POWER 
The new and standard sorts herein | 
offered are of superlative merit and 
produced by the leading American and 
European growers. 
DAYBREAK ASTER 
No. 314. One of the most beauti- 
ful of asters, and prized by florists and 
private gardeners for cutting and bed- 
ding. Its color is a lovely sea shell 
pink; flowers early ; of strong, com- 
pact habit ; long stemmed, and a con- 
tinuous free bloomer. Per pkt., 10c. 
New Giant Oriental Poppy 
«« Colosseum ”’ . 
No. 2393. Few plants can rival in 
splendor the beautiful Oriental Poppy. 
The tall plants, with their deeply cut 
dark green leaves, produce a striking 
effect. The flowers are a glistening 
dark scarlet, measuring 8 inches across 
and 20 inches in circumference, and 
exceedingly effective when displayed 
in large vases. Per pkt., 15c.;2 pkts.,25c. 
DAYBREAK ASTER. Per pkt., 10c. 
PURITY ASTER 
No. 315. Possessing all the good qualities of 
the Daybreak, with which it is identical in 
form and habit, but the color is a pure white. 
Per pkt., 10ce. 
NEW DOUBLE CRIMSON PETUNIA, 
KING ALPHONSO 
No. 2353. A charming new hybrid that is 
destined to become one of the most popular petu- 
nias that has been introduced in many years. 
The beautiful dark crimson flowers attain an 
immense size, in so much that the broad fringed 
and ruffled petals almost conceal its brilliant 
black throat. Per pkt., 20c.; 3 pkts., 50c. 
HERCULES WHITE ASTER 
No. 317. This new aster has a most impos- 
ing aspect. The plants throw up strong stenis 15 
to 20 inches high, which branch about 4 in- 
ches from the ground, bearing at their summit 
many central flowers, while on the side shoots 
appear 4 to 6 secondary blooms. The flowers 
are of the purest white, with very long petals, 
and attain the enormous diameter of 6 to 7 
inches, and can be compared to the large ex- 
hibition flowers of the Giant Chrysanthemum, 
It is excellent either for cut flowers or for plant- 
ing in borders in the open ground. Price, 
pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts., 25c. 
NEW ASTER, EARLY WONDER 
No. 316. This isthe earliest aster in cultiva- 
tion; of the Giant Comet type; blooming several 
days before the Queen of the Market, with 
pure white flowers double the size. This will 
prove a great acquisition to growers, enabling 
them to have large early blooms in the market 
when they commanda high price. Per pkt., 10e. NEW ASTER, EARLY WHITE WONDER. 
