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SUPERB ASTERS 



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 The varieties offered below are all worthy of 

 extensive cultivation. per pkt. 



1340 China flixed. A general mixture of 



fine sorts and colors. Per oz., 50 cts. ... 5 

 1280 Crown, or Cocardeau. Showy flow- 

 ers, very double, with white centres bor- 

 dered with bright rich colors ; mixed 



colors ; 1.} feet 10 



1278 Imported Collection of 6 colors. 40 

 Dwarf Chrysanthemum Flowered. 

 A large-Bowering dwarf Aster ; very double; 1 

 foot. Excellent forribb^m borders, beds or pots. 



1320 Finest Mixed. All colors 10 



1318 Imported Collection of 6 colors. 40 

 1330 Dwarf Queen. Large-flowering Aster, 



of dwarf habit, bearing profusely full, 



double flowers of great beauty. Splendid 



for bedding or cutting; mixed colors. ... 10 

 1420 Rose Flowered. Pyramidal, robust 



habit, regularly imbricated, large, very 



double flowers; mixed colors; 2 feet . ., 10 



1418 Imported Collection of 6 colors. 50 

 1446 Sunlight. This variety resembles in 



growth and form of flower the Pgeony 



Perfection type, and is said to be the first 



really yellow variety introduced 15 



1417 Fireball. A magnificent sort with very double imbricated 



flowers of a brilliant deep scarlet 10 



1360 Japanese, or Tassel. Entirely distinct and novel. Plants of 



pyramidal growth, about 18 inches high, bearing on long stems 



from 40 to 50 flowers, averaging 5 inches across, composed of 



wavy and twisted needle-shaped petals, making the flower free 



nnd graceful ; mixed colors 10 



1440 Single-flowering Asters. Very effective in beds or borders, 



and offer a pleasing change to the innumerable double sorts; 



mixed colors 10 



1400 Perennial Mixed Asters [Starworts, or Mickaehnas Daisies). Single-flowerin 



any good garden soil. If sown early in the spring they will flower the first season 10 



ARCTOTIS. 



1216 (jrandis. A remarkably h.uulsome new annual from Si'Uthwest 

 Africa. It forms much-branched bushes 2 to 3 feet high; its flow- 

 ers are large and showy, being pure white on the upper surface, 

 embellished with yellow zone, the reverse of petals pale lilac-blue; 

 altogether a lovely flower, of the easiest culture, and flowering in 

 constant succession from early summer until late fall. (See cut.). . 10 

 ARMERI A (Sea Pink. Cushion Pink, or Thrift). 



1221 Formosa. A very pretty eilging plant, bearing large tufls of rosy- 

 pink flowers ; hardy perennial 10 



ASPARAGUS. 



1231 Plumosus Nanus. This graceful climbing Asparagus has foliage 

 finer than that of the most delicate fern, and will last for weeks 

 after being cut. It is an excellent house plant, succeeding under 

 almost any conditions 25 



12'^2 Sprengeri [Emerald feather). One of the best plants to grow m 

 suspended baskets, for greenhouse or for outdoors in the summer. 

 The fronds frequently grow 4 feet long, and are now considered 

 indispensable in all fine decorations; grows readily from seed 10 



ASPERUI.A. 



1241 Odorata (S-iocet Woodruff). An old-fashioned favorite, grown for 

 its fragrant leaves and stems, which have an odor not unlike new- 

 mown hay, and are used for putting among clothes, etc.; also used 

 in Germany to flavor the " Maitrank," or May wine; best grown 

 among shrubbery, woods, or in other semi-shaded positions where it 



can remain undisturbed ; flowers white 5 



1242 Azurea Setosa. A splendid annual variety of easiest culture; 

 grows about 9 inches high and covered throughout the summer with 

 light lavender- blue fragrant flowers; excellent for cutting, and makes 

 a splendid blue line. Pei oz., 25 els 5 



AURICUEA (Primula Auricula). 

 1500 A well-known favorite of great beauty; seed saved from splendid 



choice mixed varieties; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches 10 



Our Asters are renowned for quality. See pages 63, 64 and above. 



Washington, or 



Giant Vicioria Aster, 



offered on preceding 



psge. 



PEH PKT. 



hardy herbaceous plants, thiivini; m 



Arctotis Gkandis. 



