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Dreer's Six Famous American Asters 



While we offer tliis season over sixty distinct varieties and 

 colors of American Asters, all of which have been grown 

 under our personal supervision, and which cannot be ex- 

 celled for quality, we have again selected the following six 

 sorts to offer as a collection, which embraces several distinct 

 types and colors, which we feel sure will, on account of 

 their free growth, profuse flowering, large size and general 

 excellence, give entire satisfaction to the most critical grow- 

 er ^ of this popular flower. 



1281 Crego's Giant White. We consider 

 this the finest and largest of all Comet Asters, 

 bearing immense fluffy flowers 5 inches and 

 over in diameter, as fine as any Chrysanthe- 

 mum, and when cut keep in good condition 

 longer than any other of this type. 



l'-'8"2 Crego's Giant Pink. Identical in 

 every way to the white offered and described 

 above, except in color, which is a beautiful 

 soft shell-pink. 



1305 Dreer's Crimson Giant. A late- 

 branching variety of upright growth, with 

 extra large, densely double flowers of rich 

 blood-crimson; makes a brilliant bed or bor- 

 der, and is splendid for cutting. 



1346 Rose King. A very distinct and de- 

 sirable sort, with large, handsome double- 

 quilled flowers of a brilliant rose color. A 

 great favorite for cutting with commercial 

 florists, lasting in perfect condition for a 

 long time. 



Drker's Pberlhss Pink Astek 



1393 Dreer's Peerless Pink. This is con- 

 ceded to be the finest pink late-branching 

 Aster ever offered. The plants are of robust 

 free-branching habit, 24 to 30 inches high, 

 bearing liieir magnificent blooms on strong 

 stems, averaging 18 inches in length, and it is 

 hard to find a flower under 4 inches across, and 

 many measure 5 inches by 2§ in depth, forming 

 an almost globular flower. The color is a 

 rich shell-pink, and comes into bloom about 

 the middle of August, being its best during 

 the early part of September, and continuing 

 in good condition well into October. (See 

 cut.) 



1.347 Violet King, Similar in habit and time 

 of flowering to our superb late-branching sorts, 

 and of the same strong, free-branching growth, with 

 very double, sliglitly quilled flowers of a pleasmg 

 soft shade of violet. 



Price. Any of the above, 15 cts. per pkt. ; 2 pkts. for 

 25 cts. 



1338 Collection of a packet each of Dreer's Six Famous 

 American Asters, 65 c'.s. 



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