PETER HENDERSON A CO., NEW YORK- 



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In Praise of Henderson's Invincible Asters 



'/ bought 'Invincible Aster Seed' of you last year and received with 

 them your leaflet on 'Aster Culture.' I followed instructions and our 

 Invincibles were the finest Asters I ever saw, admired by every one 

 who saw them." W. C. ELION, Allegheny, Pa. 



"My 'Invincible Asters' took the premium at the Cortland County 

 Fair." S. W. La Due, Cortland, N. Y. 



" Some of my 'Invincible Asters' measured B\ inches across, mag- 

 nificent flowers, and this in open ground without any special care nor 

 pruning." G. BRADFORD ALLEN, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. 



"My 'Henderson's Invincible Asters' were awarded 1st prize at the 

 Port Huron Flower Show — three flowers each of three varieties. There 

 were thirty entries, so you may imagine how pleased I am with my 

 first experience in growing prize Asters." 



M. H. WESTBROOK, Port Huron, Mich. 



"I must say one word about your Invincible Asters; they are the 

 finest in the land, so all the people that see them say, and that has been 

 no small number." C. A. BRIGGS, Taunton, Mass. 



"I grew your white Invincible Asters with stems 28 inches long, 

 flowers 4i inches across — all double and perfect flowers." 



J: A. BALLON, Springville, N. Y. 



"I took first premium last September with Invincible Asters; they 

 were beautiful." GERTRUDE L. TRIPP, Yankton, S. D. 



"I haven't seen any Asters around here that begin to compare with 

 your Invincibles; they are certainly grand." 



JAS. W. DUGAN, Bradford, Pa. 



"I never saw any Asters equal to your Invincibles — they are superb; 

 such large, long-stemmed flowers, and such beautiful delicate colors!" 

 Miss E. K. TOMPKINS, Floyd, Va. 



"The Invincible Asters from- you last year could not have been 

 more perfect." Mrs. THOS. M. ASHE, Raleigh, N. C. 



"Last year we had the grandest Asters ever seen. They were your 

 Invincible; we had one white flower fully 6 inches across, and the pink 

 ones were a dream." IDA A. HAUPT, Milton, Pa. 



"My Asters from your Invincible strain were the best at our flower 

 show; five blooms of the lavender were the best I ever saw, and I have 

 grown Asters for 60 years." 



CHAS. JAS. FOX, South London, Canada. 



HENDERSON'S 

 INVINCIBLE ASTERS 



A »UPERIOR TYPE, OF HEALTHY, ROBUST GROWTH, PRODUCING 

 LONG-STEMMED FLOWERS OF IMMENSE SIZE AND PERFECT FORM 



THEY ARE OF SURPASSING BEAUTY WHEN CUT FOR VASES, 

 AND OF INCOMPARABLE EFFECT FOR GARDEN BEDS 



YY/E introduce to our customers as one of the latest and highest 

 ** achievements in China Asters, a superior race in every way. The 

 plants are of very healthy, robust, branching growth, about two feet 

 high, producing, on long stems, massive, paeony-formed flowers of per-' 

 feet form and faultless outline, and exceedingly double to the very 

 center. The flowers are the most beautifully formed of all large 

 Asters. The petals are of thick durable substance, and, in conse- 

 quence, the flowers last long in perfection. These Asters are wonder- 

 fully prolific and continuous bloomers from summer until checked by 

 frost. When grown in masses in garden borders, or grouped in beds, 

 their decorative effect is unapproachably gay and enlivening. When 

 well grown the flowers of Henderson's Invincible Asters average 3J 

 inches across; 4-inch flowers are quite common, and if grown especially 

 for cut flowers, the side branches pruned, allowing a plant to carry not 

 not over 8 or 10 flowers, one flower to a stem, their size will then be 

 enormous, measuring 4£ and 5 inches across. These magnificent 

 blossoms being gracefully poised on strong, well-leaved stems, 15 to 

 18 inches long, resemble good-sized Chrysanthemums, and are unsur- 

 passed as cut flowers for vases and home decoration. 



HENDERSON'S INVINCIBLE ASTERS 



We offer in the following colors, viz.: 

 LAVENDER - - Pkt., J5c. WHITE - - - - Pkt., J5o 



ROSE -PINK - - - " 15c BLUE " J5c. 



CRIMSON - - - " 15c. MIXED COLORS - " 15c 



The COLLECTION of 5 separate colors for 60c. 



NEW "EARLY JUNE" ASTER 



THE EARLIEST FLOWERING VARIETY GROWN 



LEADING ALL OTHER EARLY ASTERS BY FULLY TWO WEEKS! 



"T'HIS new Aster is very valuable for its extreme earliness, coming into 

 *■ flower fully two weeks before Queen of the Earlies, heretofore the earli- 

 est type, and a month before the Perfection, Victoria and similar classes. 



The plants of " Early June " Aster are of healthy, robust branching 

 growth, about 15 inches high, and bear freely and in succession for several 

 weeks — on long wiry stems, perfectly formed, double, pure white flowers 

 2\ to 2 inches in diameter, the petals of which slightly recurve. 



For garden beds "Early June " Aster is very effective, and for cut flowers 

 most useful. 



PRICE, 25c. per packet; $1.50 per J, 000 seeds. 



NEW GERMAN JUNO ASTER 



A SPLENDID new class of Asters and very early flowering. The plants 

 ** of stocky, sturdy-globular habit, growing about 20 inches high, bearing 

 on long, stiff stems very large, very double and beautifully formed flowers 

 often 4 inches across; the center petals curve slightly, the outer rows are 

 imbricated Victoria-like. 



A splendid Garden Aster and fine for cutting. 



JUNO ASTER, WHITE AND AMETHYST 

 WHITE AND ROSE - - - 

 PURE WHITE - - - - 



Pkt. 



J 5c. 



15c. 

 J5c. 



send free, if requested, our leaflet, 



Latest and Best Methods of Growing Asters," ^Vt^S^l^lV^^T,:^ 



