WALTER^ p. STOKES Ul9 Market Street, PHIbADELPHIA,EA. 



Crego Giant Comet Aster 



Semple's Branching Aster 



Flower Seeds 



Flower seeds may be had in all qualities, some costing the dealer only one-tenth as much as the same varieties in the best quality. 

 The seeds I offer are the best obtainable, produced by the most expert growers, whose constant endeavor is to improve the strains. 



Special Premium on Flower Seed Orders 



On orders for Flower Seeds of Si and over, I will send free, when asked for, a book on "Home Floriculture." It is a complete 

 guide for the growing of flowers in the house and garden, cut-flower work, etc. 173 pages. Price, for extra copies, 25 cts. each. 



Free Leaflets on Flowers. To aid my customers in securing the best results, I have prepared a series of leaflet essays on flower- 

 culture. I will send any of these to buyers of flower seeds, who ask for them when they order. The subjects covered are: Annuals from 

 Seed, Asters, Bulbs, Ferns, Gladioli, Hardy Perennials, The Pansy, Rose-Culture, The Sweet Pea. 



STOKES' SUPERB ASTERS 



Culture. Stokes' Superb Asters are of easy culture and deservedly popular. Sow seed in March and April in coldframes, or 



boxes in the house, covering them V^inch deep, and when plants have three or four leaves, transplant about 18 inches apart each way into 

 beds. Look out for black Aster beetle when the buds first begin to come, picking them off by hand. Ask for leaflet on Aster culture. 



Stokes' Standard Asters 



This is a strain of the Branching Aster that, after careful test on 

 my trial grounds, produced the finest result of any Asters that I 

 have ever seen, and this strain I offer is, I believe, the very finest that 

 can be grown. They are the best for the private garden, and for the 

 florist and farmer who grows flowers to sell in market, and they 

 can be had, by successive sowings, in bloom from August until late 



in the fall. 

 Pxire White 



Rose 



Pink 



Purple 



Pkt. 

 .So 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Lavender . . 

 Crimson . . . 

 Dark Violet 

 Mixed 



Pkt. 

 .$0 10 



One pkt. each of the 7 varieties, 50 cts. 



Queen of the Market Asters 



Practically the earliest Asters in cultivation, while the flowers are 

 not surpassed in beauty by any of the later varieties. They are of 

 dwarf, branching habit, with many long, upright stems.»crowned with 

 feathery, very double flowers. 15 inches high. 



Pkt. 



White So 10 



Pink 10 



Crimson 10 



Queen of the Market, Mixed. 



Light Blue. 

 Dark Blue . . 



Rose 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



Pkt. 

 So 10 

 10 

 10 



Giant Comet, or Ostrich Plume Asters 



A very beautiful and distinct class, with long, curled and twisted 

 petals formed into loose, yet dense, half globes, large and fine. 



White Fleece. One of the largest and most perfect of the Comet 

 type, bearing flowers quite 5 inches across; pure, glistening white; 

 makes a fine companion to Lavender Gem. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Lavender Gem. The color is an exquisite shade of lavender, deep- 

 ening with age. Flowers often 6 to 7 inches across. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Peerless Pink. A cross between the Crego and Semple types. 

 Beautiful shell-pink; flowers very large. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Crego Giant Comet Asters. The acme of perfection in Asters, 

 attaining height of 2 feet, well branched, with long, strong stems. Ar- 

 tistic, graceful flowers, rarely less than 4 inches across. Bloom from 

 mid-August through September. Best to keep after cutting. 



Pkt. 



Light Blue So 10 



Dark Blue 10 



Mixed 10 



Snow- White. 



Crimson 



Rose 



Pkt. 



.So 10 



10 



10 



Hohenzollern Asters 



An excellent cut-flower type, with double-curled petals, resembling 

 a Japanese chrysanthemum. Flowers 4 to 6 inches across; long stems. 

 Pkt. 



Pure White So 10 



Crimson 10 



Rose 10 



Pkt. 



Light Blue $0 10 



Dark Blue 10 



Mixed 10 



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