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WALTER^ P. STOKES 



219 Market §^eet, PHIL>ADELPHIA,PA. 





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 coldfraine or boxes in the house, covering them 

 K inch deep, and when plants have three or four leaves, transplant about i8 inches apart each way into well-prepared beds. Look out for 

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



Stokes' Standard 



Ast 



ers 



This is a strain of the Branch- 

 ing Aster that, after careful test 

 on mj- trial-grounds, produces 

 the finest result of an}- 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 tall. 



S. S., Pure White, Rose, 

 Pink, Purple, Lavender, 

 Crimson, Dark Violet, 

 Mixed. 



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

 7 varieties, 50 cts. 



Early Snowdrift 



.A-Ster. "^'^^ earliest Aster 



' in cultivation, 



"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. 



Xavender Gem Aster. 



Type of Stokes' Standard Aster 



The color of this 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, wirj- stems. Pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts. 



New Hercules White Aster. This new Aster has a 



most imposmg aspect. 



The flowers are of the purest white, with verj' long petals, and 

 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. 

 The flowers are of e.xtraordinary size and exceedingly graceful, 

 and are borne erect on very long stems. Blooms until fall. Pki. 



White Branching $0 10 



Crimson Branching to 



Shell-Pink Branching 10 



Finest Mixed Branching 10 



Two feet high. Beautiful ball- 

 shaped flowers. Pkt. 



Apple Blossoms. Shell-pink $0 lo 



Crimson. Very showv and handsome 10 



Deep Rose, .^^n exre'llent color 10 



New Jewel, Mixed Colors 10 



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

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

 cipally of white, pink and the brightest red, with a small propor- 

 tion of blue and purple and some intermediate shades. Large 

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



Four Beautiful 

 American Asters 



Most beautiful bushy, branch- 

 ing .A.3ters, growing about 2 feet 

 high, with large double flowers, 

 CO nposed 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 .\sters grown. 

 Purity. Glistening pure white. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Dayhreak. 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 



Glowing Crimson 10 



Brilliant Rose 10 



Azure-Blue lo 



Blue, edged white JO 



Choice Mixed Sorts 10 



Per pkt. 



Carmine, edge white $0 10 



Dark Rose, edged white. 10 



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 iS inches high. 



Victoria Asters. 



Per pkt. 



..■$0 10 

 10 

 10 



Per pkt. 



Deep Scarlet $0 10 



Peach Blossom 10 



Choice Mixed Sorts 10 



Pure White 



Deep Pink 



Light Blue 



Giant Comet, or Ostrich Plume Asters. 



.\ very beautiful and distinct class, with long curled and twisted 

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

 Japanese chrysanthemum. 



Per pkt. 



Pure White So 10 



New Carmine 10 



Deep Pink 10 



Jewel, or Ball Asters. 



Per pkt. 

 Delicate Pink, edged 



white 5o 10 



Choice Mixed Sorts 10 



Queen of the Earlies Asters. Excepting Earu 



bnowdrift, the ear- 

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

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



Per pkt. 



Light Blue 5o 10 



Purple 10 



Per pkl. 



White Jo 10 



Pink 10 



Crimson 10 



Hohenzollern Asters. 



Mixed 



.An excellent cut-flower variety, 

 with doub'e curled petals, re- 

 sembling a Japanese chrysaiUliemuni. 

 White, Crimson, Rose, Purple, Choice Mixed. Each, pkt. loc 



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