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A5TER N0VELTIE5. 



Every flower lover lias her bed of Asters and the im- 

 provements in tliem recently have been marvellous. Those 

 we offer on this page, are all new and choice. 



NEW JEWEL, OR BALL ASTER. 



A magnificent new class. The flowers are perfectly 

 round or ball-shaped. Nine inches in circumference, the 

 petals being short and incurved. Plants grow about 2 feet 

 higli, of steadv habit. 



351. Apple Blossom. Shell pink, Pkt., 15 



Crimson. Very showy and handsotue, . . '.' 1ft 



Deep Rose. An excellent color, " 15 



1 pkt. each of these 3 Glorious Asters, 35e. 

 DEEP SCARLET TRIUMPH ASTER. 

 This is undoubtedly the most beautiful and perfect 

 of all dwarf Asters. Each plant forms an elegant bouquet 

 of itself, seven or eight inches high. The flowers measure 

 from two and one-half to three inches across, of faultless 

 form. The color is rich, brilliant scarlet ; each plant bears at 

 ieastthirty or forty flowers of exquisite beauty. Pkt., 15c.; 

 2 pkts., 25c. 



NEW QUEEN OF THE EARLIEST ASTER. 

 At our Floracroft Trial Grounds, this aster sown out of 

 dr>ors bloomed ahead of plants that had been started under 

 glass six weeks before. They are dwarf plants with fine 

 large flowers of beautiful form. They are without doubt the 

 very earliest aster listed. If weather is propitious they may 

 be had in bloom by the beginning of July. 



347. Queen of the Earliest. Pure white, . . Pkt., 15 



348. Queen of the Earliest. Mixed colors, . " 15 



a52. 

 353. 



333. 



ITEW WHITB PI/UME 

 ASTER. 



Pkt., 15e. 



NEW JEWEL, OR BALL, ASTER. Pkt., ]5c. 



NEW PLUlViE, or GOjBET 



This new variety of asters are very beautiful and are 

 now fixed in habit so that they produce themselves true 

 from seed. They grow twelve to fifteen inches in height. 

 Flowers three to four inches in diameter, with their 

 petals curved and twisted like a chrysanthemum, as shown 

 in the illustration. 



345. WHITE FLUME, or COMET ASTER. A 



surprisingly beautiful pure white variety. Flowers art- 

 very large, with each petal ribbed with a line of satin 

 white, giving the flowers a very elegant appearance. 

 Pkt., 15c. 



345. CARMINE PLUME, or COMET ASTER. 



Similar in shape and style of flower to the above, but of a 

 beautiful rich carmine color. Pkt., 15c. 



For other varieties of Asters, see page 91. 



