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WALTER P. STOKES 



219 Market Street, PHIbADELPHIA, PA. 



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Specialties in Flower Seeds 



FOR OTHER VARIETIES OF FLOWER SEEDS, SEE PAGES 68 AND 69 



STOKES' SUPERB ASTERS 



ASK FOR LEAFLET 

 IN ASTER CULTURE 



Asters are of easy culture and deservedly popular. Sow seed in March and April in coldframe or boxes in the house, covering them 

 X A inch deep, and when plants have three or four leaves, transplant about 18 inches apart each way into well-prepared beds. Look out for 

 the black Aster beetle when the buds first begin to come, picking them off by hand. 



Stokes* Standard 

 Asters 



This is a strain of the Branch- 

 ing Aster that, after careful test 

 on my trial-grounds, produces 

 the finest result of any Asters 

 that I have ever seen, and this 

 strain that 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. 



S. S., Pare White, Rose, 

 Pink, Purple, Lavender, 

 Crimson, Dark Violet, 

 Mixed. 



Fkt. 10 cts.; 1 pkt. each of the 

 7 varieties, 50 cts. 



Early Snowdrift 



Asters. ^he earliest Asfer 



in cu 1 1 i va t io n , 



while the flower is not sur- 

 passed in beauty by any of the 

 later varieties ; it has 12 to 20 

 long, slender, upright stems,- 

 crowned with immense, feath- 

 ery, pure white flowers. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Type of Stokes' Standard Aster. Pkt. 10 cts. 



lavender Gem Aster. The color ofthis new variety is 

 - an exquisite shade of lavender, 



deepening with age. The plant is erect and of medium height, 

 branching close to the ground. The flowers are borne in profu- 

 sion on long, slender, wiry stems. Pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts. 



New Hercules White Aster. This . new Aster has a 



— — — — — — — — — — most imposing aspect. 



The flowers are of the purest white, with very long petals, ard 

 attain the enormous diameter of 6 to 7 inches, and can be com- 

 pared to the large exhibition flowers of the Giant Chrysanthe- 

 mums. Pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25 cts. 



Semple's Late- flowering Branching Aster. 



The Branching Aster is very popular. The branching' habit is ac- 

 companied with great vigor of growth and profusion of bloom. 

 Flowers of extraordinary size and exceedingly graceful, and are 



borne erect on very long stems. 



Per pkt. 



Crimson So 10 



Lavender 10 



Purple 10 



New Crego Giant Asters. 



Per pkt. 



. .So 10 



Blooms until fall 

 Rose 



Shell-Pink 10 



White 10 



Choice Mixed Sorts 10 



These are the acme of 

 perfection in Asters, at- 

 taining a height of 2 feet, well branched with long, strong stems. 

 Artistic, graceful flowers, rarely less than 4 inches across; as fine 

 as any chrysanthemum. Keep longer in good condition when cut 

 than any other Aster. Bloom from mid-August through September. 

 Crego, Giant White. Pkt. to cts. 

 Crego, Giant Shell-Pink. Pkt. 10 cts. 



FLORISTS' MIXTURE OF ASTERS. This is a mixture of all 

 the best varieties of Asters suitable for cut-flowers, consisting 

 principally of white, pink and the brightest red. with a small pro- 

 portion of blue and purple and some intermediate shades. Large 

 pkt. 10 cts., trade pkt. 25 cts. 



Per pkt. 



Blue $0 10 



Carmine io 



Four Beautiiul 

 American Asters 



Most beautiful bushy, branch- 

 ing Asters, growing about 2 feet 

 high, with large double flowers, 

 composed of incurved petals al- 

 most as regularly placed as in a 

 Dahlia. The 'flowers are borne 

 upright on stiff, long stems, and 

 the plants in bloom are charm- 

 ing beyond description, and for 

 cutting purposes there are no 

 finer Asters grown. 

 Purity. Glistening pure white. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Daybreak. Rosy shell -pink. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Violet King. Double violet. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Crimson King. Double crim- 

 son. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Peony -Flowered 

 Perfection Asters. 



A very favorite type. Thrifty 

 upright plants; large fine flow- 

 ers, with long incurved petals. 

 The florists' Aster, and one of 

 the finest. 



Per pkt. 



Snow- White $0 10 



Crimson 10 



Rose 10 



Violet 10 



Choice Mixed Sorts 10 



Victoria Asters. 



A magnificent race of Asters. The col- 

 ors include many delicate and some gor- 



geous shades ; flowers very double and 4 inches across, and from 

 twenty to thirty in a single plant ; 15 to 18 inches high. 



Per pkt. Per pkt. 



Pure White So 10 Deep Scarlet So 10 



Deep Pink 10 Peach Blossom 10 



Light Blue 10 Choice Mixed Sorts 10 



Choice Mixed Sorts . . . 



Giant Comet, or Ostrich Plume Asters. 



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

 petals formed into loose, yet dense half-globe, resembling the 

 Japanese chrysanthemum. Very large and fine. 



Per pkt. 



Lavender So 10 



Choice Mixed Sorts 10 



_ Pernkt. 



Pure White $0 10 



Crimson' 10 



Deep Pink 10 



Queen of the Mar ket Asters. Excepting Early 



^ ... Snowdrift, the ear- 

 liest Aster known. Of dwarf branching habit, very double flowers ; 

 valuable for cutting. A favorite florists' Aster for early market. 



Per pkt. 



Light Blue $0 10 



Purple 10 



Mixed 10 



H ohenZQllern Asters. An excellent cut-flower variety, 

 with double curled petals, re- 

 sembling a Japanese chrysanthemum. 

 White, Crimson, Rose, Lavender, Choice Mixed. Each, pkt. 

 10 cts. 



White . . . 



Pink 



Crimson . 



Per pkt. 

 . . Jo 10 



10 



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