DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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DREER'S SUPERB ASTERS 



PER PKT. 



Betteridge's Quilled. Perfectly double tube or quilled-shaped petals ; 

 valuable for bouquets and bedding ; 2 feet. 

 5225 Yellow. This variety is real'}' yellow, the large double 



flowers being of a bright sulphur 5 



5200 Mixed Colors 5 



5238 Climax, or Tree. A new Aster of the Pseony flowered type, 



but shows a great improvement over that popular sort. The plant grows 



about 2 feet high, as regularly branched as a pine tree, flowers of 



immense size ; dazzling white ; very double 10 



5173 Cocardeau, or Crown. Showy flowers, very double, with 



white centres bordered with bright rich colors ; mixed colors ; 1 .', feet 10 

 5171 Fireball. A magnificent sort with very double imbricated flowers 



of a brilliant deep scarlet 10 



5177 Giant Emperor. Flowers of great size, very double, fine form, 

 brilliant colors and robust growth, mixed colors ; 2 feet 10 



5181 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 and graceful in appear- 

 ance. Mixed colors. (See cut) 10 



5185 Mont Blanc. {G.liath) 



One of the largest flowering, 

 producing pure white flowers 

 5 inches in diameter . . . .10 

 5244 Ostrich Feather. This mag- 

 nificent new Aster bears some 

 resemblance to the Giant White 

 Comet, differing in its candelabrum 

 form of growth and much greater 

 freedom of bloom, but its greatest 

 merit is found in its flowers, which 

 are of immense size, averaging 6 

 inches in diameter, of a beauti- 

 ful snow-white, made up of 

 much longer, more loosely 

 formed petals, equaling the best 

 Japanese Chrysanthemums. A 

 "Gem" among Asters ... 15 

 Queen of the Market. Blooms 

 three weeks earlier than other Asters, 

 of branching habit, excellent for 

 growing under glass ; 1 foot. 



522G White 10 



5228 Purple 10 



5227 Mixed Colors .... 10 

 5195 Rose Flowered. Pyra- 

 midal, robust habit, regularly 

 imbricated, large, very double 

 flowers ; mixed colors ; 2 feet. 10 



Dwarf Queen Asters. (Offered on page 58.) 



Japanese, or Tassel Aster. 

 Ray Asters. This new class attain a height 

 of about 20 inches ; of branching habit and bearing 

 their large flowers on long, strong stems, the flowers 

 measure from 4 to G inches in 

 diameter and consist of ray -like 

 slender quilled florets resembling 

 the straight-rayed Japanese Chry- 

 santhemums. PER I'lvT. 



5241 Pure White 15 



5242 Bright Rose 15 



5211 Snowball or White 



Princess. A beautiful and 

 distinct variety ; the flowers are 

 composed of short, very thickly 

 set imbricated petals, resembling 

 a Pompone Dahlia ; pure white 10 

 Triumph. A dwarf-growing 

 Paeony flowered Aster ; flowers per- 

 fectly double, of faultless form. We 

 offer two colors, viz. : 

 5176 Scarlet. Very rich ... 10 



5243 White 15 



5222 Vick's White Branch- 



ing. This Aster is a strong 

 grower, of handling habit, 

 and blooms later in the season 

 than any other. The flowers 

 are pure white, four inches and 

 over in diameter, and borne 



on long stems 10 



5187 Victoria Needle Per- 

 Giant White Comet Aster. (Offered on page 58.) fection. Petals long, quilled 



and sharply pointed ; very odd, mixed colors 10 



5180 Washington. This splendid variety is the largest Aster 

 grown, bearing flowers 5 to 6 inches in diameter, very 



double, mixed colors 10 



5220 Fine Mixed (CAina). A splendid mixture of colors. 



Per oz. 50 cts 5 



5170 Single Flowering. These form globular plants and 

 carry on long stout stalks a mass of star-shaped flowers 

 which appear early and eontinue late into the Autumn. Very 

 effective in beds or borders and offer a pleasing change to 



the innumerable double sorts ; mixed colors 10 



5230 Perennial Mixed {Stanvorts or Michaelmas 

 Daisies). Single flowering; hardy, herbaceous plants, 

 thriving in any good garden soil. If sown early in the 

 Spring they will flower the first season 10 



IMPORTED COLLECTIONS OF 

 ASTERS. 



5179 Quilled Ger., 12 varieties 50 



5189 Quiiled Ger., 6 varieties 25 



5199 Pasony Perfection, 12 varieties 75 



5232 Pa?ony Perfection, 6 varieties 40 



5209 Victoria, 12 varieties 75 



5233 Victoria, 6 varieties 40 



5229 Giant Emperor, 6 varieties 40 



5239 Large Rose Flowered , 6 varieties £0 



5249 Cocardeau or Crown, G varieties 40 



5259 Comet, fi varieties 40 



5234 Dwarf Chrysanthemum Fl., 6 varieties .... 40 



