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Dreer's Famous 



American Asters 



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Your success with Asters depends primarily upon the kind of 

 seed you sow. Dreer's American Asters are justly famous as 

 they represent the finest, most carefully selected strains of these 

 beautiful annual flowers. Thorough soil preparation and an 

 open, sunny situation are needed to grow Asters to perfection. 



Asters prefer a good heavy loam soil enriched with a liberal 

 quantity of bone meal, wood ashes, and a little air-slaked lime. 

 We have received some very favorable comments from our 

 customers who with the aid of Astogen (offered on page 213) 

 have succeeded in raising a perfect crop of flowers. 



_^ Beauty Asters 



■*' \ 'l y. V ■ -f^S/JKr-^^^f ^ This is one of the finest American Asters, coming 



\ V^^ln^^^^^KaWlflH^^^^B '"('^ bloom late ia September and lasting way into 



\ vBK^^^^^^^fji^P^^^^^^^^ October. Often the plants produce their finest flowers 



i4^" /^C^H^^k i^3^^^^^^^fl^^Bi^^^^^^^^fe^ after wc have had some frost. The plants grow 



f- , -X3^^Mm^^^kJ^^H^^^^^^S^H|^^^^|^^^^^>^ nearly 3 feet high. They vigorous and strong 



branching, bearing very large round blooms which are 



^ "^i^Kyrfi^^^^t' T "^l^tf^^^'^^^lfL ,■'••* " ■ completely double to the very center. The outer 



^'" ' petals reflex and the center ones curve gracefully 



inward. A magnificent Aster for both garden display 

 I ^fc ami fur cutting. 



^..•'j^'T^^ >^ lk. ^M ^F'^Z i^^jl^BK^^J^r^^^HBfc' ' ^'^^ American Beauty. Immense, bright cerise 



^^'^^'^^ ■^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ » ^^^K^B^ - ,,^^ bloom;. I'kt. 15c: special pkt. 60c. 



1272 Lavender Beauty. A charming soft lavender 

 _ ,^^^ ^^ * ^ of huge size. Pkt. 15c; special pkt. 50c. 



*'^^' ^^>i*.-rf' ^B ^^^■?"'^"^k 1273 Purple Beauty. The rich deep purple blooms 



* -^ . arc gorgeous. Pkt. 15c; special pkt. 60c. 



1274 September Beauty. A lovely delicate shell- 

 "V l>iiik color. Pkt. 15c; special pkt. 50c. 



1275 Peachblossom Beauty. Iridescent peach- 

 ^^ blo-<om pink. I'kt. 15c; special pkt. 50c. 



1276 White Beauty. Most attractive with its 

 display of pure white blooms. Pkt. 15c; special 



^ pkt. 60c. 



\ 1279 Collection. One packet 



4, each of the 6 sorts, 75c. 



^ 1278 Finest Mixed Colors. A blend of all of the 

 _ ^^^ ,ibo\c ami some others. Pkt. 10c; i oz. 60c. 



Purple Beauty 



-Aster 



California Giant Asters "^^^^^^ y 



A splendid midseason to late-flowering strain. ^^^ -if / "\ 



Plants grow 3 to 3o feet high with long, strong ^^ 'kla 1^ fi^^^,^. 'A^ 



stems 18 to 24 inches in length bearing beauti- ^^^.^&_>^BW^ KIm^- 



fully formed, curled and interlaced flowers 5 jfc^» ^^^^^Kt^m^J^^^ 



or more inches across. ^^ ^^I^H^ 'S^ Ml '^ ' 



SPECIAL •,».!38k^ t ■^'^i^^^^E ^BB^wTi' 



PACKET PACKET .^ '^M^^^ sL, ^K^KK^ Wf^Bi^k ^' 



1291 Lavender Blue $0 20 $0 75 -4|8 ^^^^ .l^^^K^S^^ErT ""'^^^ 



1292 Peach Blossom 20 75 ^^ ^^^B^B^^^El^fl^^V^ "^m*"^'^ 



1293 Pure White 20 75 jL^^f^^^H^'^^^^QlJl^^^F JlL ^£>»r^ 



1294 Deep Purple 20 75 ^^MI^^^^^W #■ m«.^^^^P^.^AKv "] 



1295 Rich Rose "^i^M^^UHDv^n^^^P^ ^^^H^ 



1296 Parma Violet 20 75 -^S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^L. N^BP^ ^^^ 



1299 Collection of a packet '^ '9'^ .^^^^L. ^g;- ■^'^JL ^P^ 



each of above 6 colors, Sl.OO. ^^hS^^ '^ .^ \^SH^S^'- ' ^^K. -?^^ ' 



1300 Finest Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c; ifl^^^^L^ hm||H^^^^' ^H^KL 



New Super Giant Aster -^ ^^^ ^Kwjm ^^K 4 Mk^P^V^ 



1473 Los Angeles t mFjT ^ ■ ^VB^ ^^^ w^Iki - ^ 



This is the first of a new super giant race. ^ '^ .^^^^^'\J/t^^KltmSsL^L^9S- • 



It is a truly gorgeous flower — beautiful in form iB^^B^ JSV^^^^^Ik ^ 



and excellent in color. The blooms are full 'Ivfia IHVB^^^^^Hkr^ 'j/ 



petaled, very deep, unusually large yet artis- ,' « I ■^fc i ■ I^^E^^P^ ' < ^ 



tically graceful in their feathery effect and in ' jL jIBft i ^^T^'^L^--' 



the interlacing of their narrow slender petals. L/-' IrjjLjT' ^« nB Bf 



The color is an enchanting shade of pure shell ^■^'■^^^V* ^^ ^i ^v 

 pink. Of robust growth and very free blooming. 



Pkt. 25c; special pkt. 7Sc. California Giant Aster 



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