NEW GIANT COMET ASTER. 
These desirable large-flowered asters attain a height of twelve to fifteen inches. 
They are early bloomers; and are quite distinct from all others in their floral shapes. 
The double flowers are sometimes four or five inches across, with long wavy and 
twisted petals forming a loose half globe, resembling large-flowered Japanese chrys- 
anthemums. I am pleased to be able to offer them in 15 separate colors as follows : 
“Yy WHITE CHANGING TO ROSE. WHITE CHANGING TO LIGHT BLUE. 
f Y)) WY AZURE BLUE BORDERED WITH WHITE. CLEAR ROSE BORDERED WITH WHITE. 
is PURE WHITE. INGlOmPIne Go Lac tIGTROELETICHS Be BRIGHT CRIMSON. 
Sy r Ss parate * ae 
DARK VIOLET. colors of New Giant Comet Asters (15| AZURE BLUE. 
SULPHUR YELLOW. 2 an ae PEACH BLossom. 
REDDISH LILAC. packets in all) for only $1.00, postpaid. PunaRose 
CLEAR CARMINE, BORDERED F ORDERED WITH WHITE. 
THE BRIDE. Very large flowers, with long petals. Color, white changing to rose. 
Any of the above separate colors of New Giant Comet Asters, pkt., 10¢.;3 pkts., 25c. 
NEW GIANT COMET ASTER, FINEST FLOWERING MIXED. 
A mixture of all the beautiful New Giant Comet Asters named above, fifteen 
kinds and almost as many colors. Packet, 10 cts.; 3 packets, 25 cts.; ounce, $2.00. 
NEW COMET CROWN ASTER. 
This beautiful aster is a striking novelty. It grows toa height of about fifteen 
inches. The flowers are very large (3 to 6 inches across), and of the true Giant 
Comet type, composed of long, graceful petals and resembling the most exquis- 
ite Japanese chrysanthemums. The centre of each flower is pure white and the 
outer portion a charming rosy pink, a most admirable combination of colors. 
The long-stemmed fiowers are borne in profusion and are well adapted for cut- 
ting. One of the prettiest asters on my list. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
BRANCHING COMET ASTER. 
A new and desirable strain of the Comet 
Aster type, with a vigorous growth of stem 
and foliage and a free branching habit 
that makes it a great bloomer. The plant 
reaches a height of 16 tol8 inches. Colors 
largely white, pink, etc. The comet flower 
type is one of the most beautiful, and is 
highly satisfactory. Pkt., 10c.;3 pkts., 25c. 
LADY ASTER. 
This is a beautiful and distinct new class. 
It is out of the ordinary in haying ensiform 
or sword shaped foliage, which is of a pleas- 
ing light green color. The plant is of very 
graceful habit. The flowers are white and 
rose tints, large and handsomely formed. 
Very free bloomer. Pkt., 10c.; 3 pkts., 25c. 
NEW BRANCHING ASTER. 
These admirable asters give late flowers, the plants blooming just before the chrysanthemumas, and on this 
account are very desirable. The tendency to form numerous branches gives the class its name. The flowers 
are four inches in diameter, borne on long stems and are rich and showy. Petals both long and broad, and 
more or less twisted and curled, thus causing the flowers to resemble chrysanthemums. lI offer this year eight 
separate colors as follows: Pure white, flesh pink, rose, crimson, lavender, rose and white, crimson and white, 
blackish blue. Any of these separate colors of New Branching Aster, packet, 10 cents; 3 packet, 25 cents. 
NBW_BRANCHING ASTER, ALL COLORS MIXED.—A mixture containing the above eight varieties 
of New Branching Asters. Pkt., 10 cents; 3 pkts., 25 cents. 
KING HUMBERT ASTER. 
An exquisite and remarkable novelty of the Comet type. 
pure white and very early. Its most striking characteris- 
tics are the large size of the flower (4 to 5 inches across) 
and dwarf habit of growth, the plant not exceeding 8 to 12 
inches in jbelehs. 7he giobular mers axe of the true, t 
long petaled type, and are exceedingly showy, excellent 
for pot or border. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. NEWICOMET) CEOWNTAGTER- 
DAYBREAK ASTER. NEW MIGNON ASTER. 
Daybreak is one of the most famous and A new and comparatively dwarf aster de- 
vA popular asters now on the market. The| veloped from the Victoria type, though 
em) color isa rich warm pink, like the blush of| more floriferous. Flowers of semi-globular 
Sfp) earliest morning. The plant is about two| shape and very double. White, rose and 
EAN Gah feet high, producing an abundance of large | blue in a mixture. One of the best new types 
flowers on long and graceful stems. Packet, | of Asters. Packet, 10 cts.;3 packets, 25 cts. 
"3 ( : 
f | 2 § . 2 cents. 
{!) A 9) 10 cents; Lie Saad ce ae PRINCESS ASTER. 
y) af LY PURITY ASTER. A splendid new class, resembling Mignon 
] og Ss Much like Daybreak, except that the color | in growth and bloom, but the flowers have 
‘Am = is pure, spotless white. It grows toa height | shorter petals. Princess is a long term 
of about two feet, and the globular flowers | bloomer, and very satisfactory in all re- 
are borne abundantly on graceful stems./ pects. My mixture has all the best colors. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. Packets, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
OSTRICH PLUME ASTER 6 New Asters 
uy 4 
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A magnificent white aster with flow- 
ers six inches across. It resembles For 25 Cts. 
Giant White Comet, but the petals 6 Separate Packets 
as follows: 
are both longer and narrower, and so 
loosely arranged as to rival the best 
ze J == 3 Japanese chrysanthemums. Grace- 3 
NEw JAPANESE OR TASSEL ASTER. ful and desirable. Packet, 10 cents. 
NEW JAPANESE OR TASSEL ASTER. 
This is a novelty of great merit, entirely distinct in its characteristics. The plant is 
of pyramidal growth, about eighteen inches high, bearing on long stems forty or fifty 
flowers averaging five inches across, composed of wavy and twisted needle-shaped 
petals. It has quite the appearance of some of the rare chrysanthemums. The colors 
range through all shades of pink, white and pale blue. Packet, 10 cents. 
CHRISTMAS TREE ASTER. 
The Christmas Tree Aster gets its name from its sturdy habit of growth, its 
branches giving it the shape of a miniature tree. It is an attractive novelty, 
and certainly the most profuse bloomer of all the asters. Among my trials of 
asters it is the earliest blooming. The flowers are about 2 to 24% inches in diam- 
eter and produced in such great numbers as to be very valuable for 
eutting. The plant attains a height of fifteen inches, but covers an 
area twenty inches or two feet in diameter, owing to the development 
of the lower branches. The petals of the perfectly double flowers are ,, 
finely imbricated, and the effect is attractive. Twenty-five to sixty Sig 
blooms are produced on a single plant. I offer white, rose, carmine, 4 
light blue, ete., mixed. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
{ For General List of Asters please refer to page 104. 
| 93 
New Mignon 
3 Daybreak 
New Japanese 
Ostrich Plume 
New Victoria 
Postpaid for 
Only 25 Cts. 
CHRISTMAS TREE 
ASTER 
