SPA UHIVAS DUG PELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 
DREER’S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS 
Asters are one of the most important summer and autumn 
é af a AB «<a flowers, and receive special care at our hands. Yearly ex- 
. ; haustive tests are made with a view to offering only the 
choicest kinds, regardless of cost. As a result of 
this care our list comprises only such sorts as can be 
planted with perfect confidence that nothing better 
is procurable, no matter at what price or from 
what source. 
The early sorts begin blooming in July, followed 
by the mid-season varieties, which are usually at 
their best during August. Then come the late 
flowering kinds, which bloom from the end of 
August on through September into October. It is 
quite easy, therefore, with a little care in the selec- 
tion of the varieties, to have Asters in bloom from 
the first days in July until hard frost. 
Beauty Asters 
A recently developed late flowering strain 
coming into bloom in late September, and being 
at their best through October, the plants grow 
nearly 3 feet high, and bear their very large, 
densely double flowers on long strong stems. We 
offer six beautiful colors. 
PER PKT. 
1271 American Beauty. Bright cerise-rose............ $0 15 
1272 Lavender Beauty. Soft lavender................ 15 
1273 Purple Beauty. Rich deep purple............... 15 
1274 September Beauty. Delicate shell-pink.......... 15 
1275 Peachblossom Beauty. Peachblossom pink...... i5 
1276 White Beauty. Purest white.................... 15 
1278 Finest Mixed. All colors, } oz., 75 cts............ 15 
1279 Collection, a packet each of the 6 sorts, 75 cts. 
China Asters 
1280 General Mixture. This mixture was saved from the 
many double flowering sorts grown on our trial grounds the 
ick past season. 10 cts. per pkt.; { oz., 25 cts. 
Astermum Asters 
A strain of Comet Asters which, on account of their size and 
Chrysanthemum-like appearance, have appropriately been named 
Astermums. The plants grow about 2 feet high, and come into 
bloom a little earlier than the Crego’s Giant. We offer three fine 
colors, as under: 
1261 Lavender. A rich shade of lavender or light violet. 
1262 Pink. A very attractive shade of lively rose-pink. 
1263 White. Purest snow-white. 
Price. Any of the above. 15 cts. per pkt. 
1269 Collection a packet each of 3 kinds, 35 cts. 
New California Giant 
Branching Asters 
A splendid new midseason to late flowering strain, the result of 
years of painstaking selection by one of California’s leading 
hybridizers; plants grow 3 to 34 feet high with long, strong stems 
18 to 24 inches in length bearing beautifully formed curled and 
interlaced flowers 5 inches and over across. We offer the following 
colors: PER PKT. 
1291) LavendersBlues ere eee eae ee S0NZ0 
1292 Peach Blossom............... ae 5 2D 
VEE UATE) \ Mobi), bon owen anseeasbasue : 55 HD) 
1294) Deep Burp lesser. eee ae ae20 
1205. Rich}Rosese <a ee ae 3 : we20 
1296s ParmarViolet-2 eee prea ea ees PISSED 
1299 Collection of a packet each of above 6 colors...... 1 00 f ASTERMUM 
1300 Finest Mixed. All colors. 4 z., 75 cts............ 15 
A few cultural hints on the growing of Asters, is given on page 67 
