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DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS 



"■-^ .^Bv ,m Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way 



> / .aK^Bhai as you would for a crop of vegetables. They should have an 



^ ^. V -I.*,-' i'#Ht ^^f ,^ open, sunny position, and prefer a good, heavj', loamy soil, enriched 



^^^^ with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good com- 



(' ~ .H^HHHH.-^ ti ^JIV^^^HIfi^^ mercial fertilizer; and the addition of wood ashes or air- 



slacked lime, and should not be grown on the same ground 

 "^^ year after year; it must be changed each season. 



% "^pp^^^^^H^^^^^BQ^fiSI^V^^ ,^ ' ,•''] The main essentials to insure fine Asters are a 



new rich soil, frequent cultivation, no check to 



their growth from start to finish and ample room 



) ,; '"h.*^^ ^ 'WpiBB|^^.KSS^^H^fc]^3^^^B^V]F" to develop. When wanted for cutting with long 



f ~ ■ -''•k ''ii^.. - ^^ _ m t' ^E^'iI^mB^U^S*^^ fBk^ ^^Kft^ ^ stems, they should be set out not closer than 



>■•!»_ ^t^^^feS'fe. '<bB' ^r %Fj£>^^BH^''2Hi^ffi^^HSI&^. 1 twelve inches apart in the rows and two feet 



- -».,i between the rows. When wanted for mass effects 

 in beds they may be planted nine inches to a foot 

 V apart each way. 



Asters are sometimes attacked by an aphis at 

 ^^^IUK^SS9!^k^>JII^^BiK^I^^''''^ir%i their roots; also by stem rot. Both of these troubles 



are rarely met with if the'plants are grown on new 



^ ■ soil, and are not checked in their growth. The 



addition of wood ashes or air-slacked lime at the 



time of the preparation of the beds also helps to 



>^ prevent these troubles. 



Astermum Asters 



A strain of Comet Asters which, on account of 



'^ their size and Chrj-santhemum-Iike appearance, 



^ have appropriately been named Astermums. The plants grow 



,,^^^^^-— _ x'i about 2 feet high, and come into bloom a little earlier than 



"" * W^^^^^^^B»i^^i«j ^ '^ (.Jig Crego's Giant. We offer three fine colors, as under: 



, v^^fc ^-mm 1261 Lavender. A rich shade of lavender or light violet. 



Purple Beauty / mMw'J^ --«.,.•, . ■ , i n- , • i 



Aster W p 1262 Pink. A very attractive shade of lively rose-pmk. 



.^^ 1263 White. Purest snow-white. 



^*^*^ ™^ Price. Any of the above 15 cts. per pkt. 



Beauty Asters 1269 Collection a packet each of 3 kinds, 35 cts. 



A 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. per pkt. '-' , •^ 



1271 American Beauty. Bright cerise-rose .. SO 15 ' . 



1272 Lavender Beauty. Soft lavender 15 



1273 Purple Beauty. Rich deep purple IS 



1274 September Beauty. Delicate shell-pink 15 . ^^ , ;!^. H 



1275 Peachblossom Beauty. Peach- ^lK*^to "AtTt^Bt'^X^M 

 blossom pink IS 



1276 White Beauty. Purest white. . 15 '-^^^^^^^^''^^'^"■i^^^^ ■^m^m^^SW ^ 



1279 Collection, a packet each of the \ ^ " -'"'^9^^-^^^m^f JSd 

 6 sorts, 75 cts. -'ll^^ '^ ^^m^^^^B^'^^^t''^^''"' r' 



1278 Finest Mixed. All colors, J oz., ' .- ^'^^Sgk '*8cl^HB^^^. T^ 



75 cts 15 --^ ^4 ^B j^jk ^Bft'^^^^^^^Mfc y 



California Giant Asters ,^.^■■1^^^^^^ ^ .^^^m^^ 



A splendid midseason to late flowering -^^^^^^S^^^^^^^^K 



strain, plants grow 3 to 3h feethigh with long, j*' .ji^Bm^^^^^^^KLXs'. 



strong stems 18 to 24 inches in length bearing .iZf^^^^' ^""••■F^'-^^^BF x 



beautifully formed curled and interlaced "tS''^^^ --■'''^ ^ ^r^^^^^^t ^'^- 



flowers 5 inches and over across. per pkt. - '^ j^^^^^kk '^'^^ i 



1291 Lavender Blue SO 20 ^ rhaXI^K^^\ .'^^ * 



1292 Peach Blossom 20 \i y- 



1293 Pure White 20 , ^ ■i^gr^ 



1294 Deep Purple 20 ' ^'fml / 



1295 Rich Rose 20 *>^ /J/ ^■l»- >■• 



1296 Parma Violet 20 ^O,' f ^■^' ' 



1299 Collection of a packet each of ^■■^A- _^__ 

 above 6 colors 1 00 ^mS^^' ^^^^^ "tsi 



1300 Finest Mixed. All colors. J ' ^^n ^^ «.™^-«^ 

 oz., 75 cts 15 / i; ^9IWW Jf^BWH^^^^'"' '^ 



China Asters '' i»«»&isl«l^** ™ -4-»> 



1280 General Mixture. This mixture was saved from 

 many double flowering sorts. 10 cts. per pkt.; j oz., 

 25 cts. California Giant Aster . 



We call Special Attention to our Collection of Six Famous Asters offered on page 50 



