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DREER'S SUPERB ASTERS.— {Conthmed.) 



SPECIAL ATTENTION is direcled to our magnificent strain of 

 ]..ale-l)ranching Asters shown in colors and offered on page 11, also to 

 the other American varieties offered on the same page. 



PER PKT. 



1340 China Mixed. A general mixture of fine soits and colors. 



Per oz.. .50 cts .S 



Betteridge'S Quilled. Perfectly double tube or quilled petals; 

 va-ualile for buuquets and bedding; 2 feet. 



1267 Yellow 5 | 1270 Mixed Colors 5 



1268 Imported Collection of 6 colors 2» 



1280 Crown, or Cocardeau. Showy flowers, very double, with 



white Cciuies bordered with bright rich colors; mixed colors; 



1 J feet 10 



1278 Imported Collection of 6 colors 40 



1311 Daybreak. A grand variety, of Anieiican origin. (For de- 

 scription see page 11.) , . . . . 15 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum Flowered. A large flowering dwarf 

 A.^ter ; very doul le ; 1 foi t. Excellent lor ribbon 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, bear- 

 ing profusely full, double flowers of great. beauty. Splendid for 



bedding ( r cutting; mixed colors. (See cut.) 10 



1348 Emperor Asters, Imported Collection, in 6 distinct colors 40 

 1417 Fireball. Amagnificentsort wiih very double imbricated flowers 



of a brilliant deep scarlet. 10 

 1360 Japanese, or Tassel. 

 Entirely distinct nnd 

 novel. Plants of pyra- 

 midal growth, about 18 

 inches high, bearing on 

 long stems from 40 to 

 50 flowers, averagings 

 Inches across, com- 

 posed of wavy and 

 twisted needle-shaped 

 petals, making the' 

 flower free and grace- 

 ful ; mixed colors. (See 

 cut.) lO 





Dw.iRF Queen Asters. 



imbricated, 



SlN'GLE-FLOWHHING 



Asters. 



PER PKT 



Ostrich Feather. This magnifi- 

 cent class bears some resemblance to 

 the Comet, differing in the candela- 

 bra form of growth and greater 

 freedom of bloom, but its greatest 

 merit is in the flowers, which are of 

 immense size ; made up of much 

 longer, more loosely formed petals, 

 equaling the best Japanese Chrysan- 

 themums. We offer two distinct beautiful colors, viz : 



1371 Pure White 15 | 1372 Pink 15 



A packet of e.ich color, 25 cts. 

 1420 Rose Flowered. Pyramidal, robust habit, regu 



laige, very double flowers ; mixed colors ; 2 feet 



HIS Imported Collection of 6 colors 



1441 Snowball, or White Princess. A beautiful and distinct variety ; 

 the flowers are composed of short petals, resembling a Pompone 



Dahlia : pure white ■ ■ 



1446 Sunlight. This variety resembles in growth and form of flower ihe 

 Psony Perfection type, and is said to be ihe first really yellow variety 



introduced 



1451 Triumph. .\ dwarf-growing P£eon)'-flowered Aster; flowers per- 

 fectly doulile, of faultless form and of the deepest, richest scarlet. . . . 

 1490 Washington. This splendid variety is the largest imported Aster 

 grown, and deserves wider cultivation ; it bears very double flowers 5 



to 6 inches in diameter; mixed colors _ 



1440 Single Flowering. These form globular plants, and carry on long, 

 stout stalks a mass of star-shaped flowers, which appear early and 

 continue late into the autumn. Very effective in beds or borders, and 

 offer a pleasing change to the innumerable double sorts ; mixed colors. 



(See cut.) 



1400 Perennial Mixed {Slarworts or Michaelmas Daisies). Single flow- 

 ering, hardy herbaceous plants, thriving in any good garden soil. If 



■ sown early in the .spring they will flower the first season 



~^ Colored plate and special offer of American-grown Asters on page ii. 



The leading va- 

 rieties of Asters 

 are offered on the 

 preceding page, 

 also on page 11. 



