

WALTER^ P. STOKES 



219 Market §treet, PHIbADELPHIA,PA. 





Specialties in Flower Seeds 



FOR OTHER VARIETIES OF FLOWER SEEDS NOT USTED, SEE PAGES 70 AND 71 



STOKES' SUPERB ASTERS 



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Early Snowdrift Aster. 



Asters are of easy culture and deservedly popular. Sow seed 

 5i inch deep, and wlien plants have three or four leaves, transplant a 

 the black aster beetle when the buds begin first to come, picking them 



The earliest Aster in 

 cultivation, while the 

 flower is not surpassed in beauty by any of the later varie- 

 ties; it has twelve to twenty long, slender, upright stems, 

 crowned with immense, feather}', pure white flowers. Pkt. 15 

 cts., 2 for 25 cts. 



Lavender Gem Aster. The color of this ne^v va- 



riety is an exquisite shade 

 of delicate lavender, deepening with age. The plant is erect 

 and of medium height, laranching close to the ground. The 

 flowers are borne in profusion on long, slender, wiry stems. 



315 



Pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts 



Daybreak Aster. 



316 



31; 



on long stems 

 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Purity Aster. 



This beautiful Aster has flowers 

 round as a ball, very large and full, 

 the color is a lovely sea-shell pink. Pkt. 10 cts.. 



This new Aster is the handmaid to the 

 Daybreak, being identical with it inform 

 and habit, but blooms are pure white. Pkt. 10 cts. 



New Hercules Whit e As ter. This new Aster 



— — — — — — — — has a most im- 

 posing aspect. The flowers are of the purest white, with very 

 long petals, and attain the enormous diameter of 6 to 7 inches, 

 and can be compared to the large exhibition flowers of the 

 Giant Chrysanthemum. Pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25 cts. 



Semple's Late-flowering Branching 



Aster. The Branching Aster is very popular. The branch- 

 * ing habit is accompanied with great vigor of growth 

 and profusion of bloom. The flowers are of extraordinary size 

 and e.xceedingly graceful, and are borne erect on very long 

 stems. Blooms until fall. Perpkt. 



310 White Branching , |o 10 



311 Crimson Branching 10 



313 Shell-Pink Branching 10 



312 Finest Mixed Branching 10 



ASK FOR LEAFLET 

 IN ASTER CULTURE 



.March and April in coldframe or boxes in the house, covering them 

 bout iS inches apart each way into well-prepared beds. Look out for 

 off by hand. 



PEONY -FLOWERED PERFECTION ASTERS. A 



very favorite type. Thrifty upright plants ; large fine flowers, 

 with long incurved petals. The florists' Aster, and one of the 

 finest. 



321 



322 

 318 

 323 

 324 



Per pkt. 



Snow- White So 10 



Glowing Crimson 10 



Brilliant Rose 10 



Azure-Blue 10 



Purple 10 



Per pkt. 



320 Carmine, edged white. So 10 



325 Dark Rose, edged 

 white 10 



319 Blue, edged white 10 



326 Choice Mixed Sorts. 10 

 VICTORIA ASTERS. A magnificent race of Asters. The 



colors include many delicate and some gorgeous shades; flow- 

 ers very double and 4 inches across, and from twenty to thirty 

 in a single plant ; 15 to 18 inches high. 



Per Pkt. I Perpkt. 



355 Pure White $0 10 ' 358 Deep Scarlet So 10 



356 Deep Pink 10 359 Peach Blossom 10 



Light Blue 10 360 Choice Mixed Sorts. 10 



GIANT COMET, or OSTRICH PLUME ASTERS. A 



very beautiful and distiirct class, with long curled and twisted 

 petals formed into a loose, v'et dense half-globe, resembling the 

 Japanese chrysanthemum. 



Per pkt. 

 349 Delicate Pink, edged 



white So 10 



347 Choice Mixed Sorts. 10 

 QUEEN OF THE EARLIES ASTERS. Excepting Early 

 Snowdrift, theearliest Aster known. Of dwarf branching habit, 

 very double flowers ; valuable for cutting. .\ favorite florists' 

 Aster for early market. 



Per pkt. 



305 Light Bine 10 



306 Purple 10 



307 Mixed 10 



35 



Perpkt. 



345 Pure White So 10 



346 New Carmine 10 



348 Deep Pink 10 1 



Per pkt. 



302 White So 10 



303 Pink 10 



304 Crimson 10 



New Lavender Gem Aster. Pkt. 10 cts. 



OTHER VARIETIES OF ASTERS 



GERMAN QUILLED- Perpkt. 



Mixed Colors So 05 



Pure White 05 



DEEP SCARLET TRIUMPH. Dwarf rich scarlet 10 



DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM - FLOWERED— 



Mixed 05 



Pure White 05 



JEWEL, or BALL ASTERS. 2 feet high. Beautiful 

 ball-shaped flowers. 



Apple Blossom. Shell-pink 10 



Crimson. \'ery showy and handsome 10 



Deep Rose. An excellent color 10 



1 pkl. each ol lhase 3 glorioua Astars, 25 cla. 



New Jewel. Mixed colors 10 



DWARF QUEEN ASTERS. Very large; fine form; 

 dciiilile. 



Satin-White. Spotless white 10 



Crimson. Rosy crimson 10 



CROWN ASTER. Flowers with white center 10 



POPULAR MIXTURE OF ASTERS. This is a mi.xture of 



all the best \arifties of .Asters suitable for cut-flowers, consist- 

 ing principally of white, pink and the brightest red, with a 

 small proportion of blue and purple and some intermediate 

 shades. This mixture, being made by ourselves, we know con- 

 tains only the most salable colors for cut-flower use, and offer 

 it as a good substitute for the higher-priced separate colors. 

 Large pkt. 10 cts., trade pkt. 25 cts., oz. S'-25. 

 WHITE ASTERS IN MIXTURE. This mixture is made up 

 bv ourselves of all the wliite-flowering Asters suitable for cut- ' 

 flowers, and includes Giant Comet Snow and White Branch- 

 ing. Large pkt. 10 cts., trade pkt. 25 cts., oz Si. 50. 



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