WALTEP^ P. STOKES 219 Market Street. PHIbADELPHIA,PA. 



Specialties in Flower Seeds 



FOR OTHER VARIETIES OF FLOWER SEEDS, SEE PAGES 78 AND 79 



STOKES' SUPERB ASTERS 



ASK FOR LEAFLET 

 IN ASTER CULTURE 



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

 V 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 off by hand. 



New Hercules White Aster. P'^ new 



i Aster has a 



most imposing 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 Chrysanthemums. 

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

 PEONY-FLOWERED PERFECTION ASTERS. A 

 very favorit* type. Thrifty upright plants ; large fine 

 flowers, with long incurved petals. The florists' Aster, 

 and one of the finest. 



Karly Snowdrift Aster 



Early Snowdrift Aster. 



Lavender Gem Aster. 



The earliest .\ster in culti- 

 vation, while the flower is 

 not surpassed in beauty by any of the later varieties ; it has twelve 

 to twenty long, slender, upright stems, crowned with immense, 

 feathery, pure white flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



The color of this new variety 

 is an exquisite shade of laven- 



Daybreak Aster. 



der. 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. 



This beautiful Aster has flowers round 

 as a ball, very large and full, on Iimg 

 stems; tlie color is a lovely sea-shell pink. Pkt. loc, 3 pkts. Z5C. 



Puj.j'l^'y Aster. This new Aster is the handmaid to the Day- 



— ■ break, being identical with it in form and 



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



. Semple's Late-flowering Branching Aster. 



The Branching Aster is verv popular. The branching habit is ac- 

 companied with great vigor of growth and profusion of bloom. 

 The flowers are of extraordinary size and ext eedingly graceful, 

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



Pkt. 



White Branching $0 10 



Crimson Branching 10 



Shell-Pink Branching 10 



Finest Mixed Branching 10 



Per pkt 



Snow- White $0 10 



Glowing Crimson ... 10 



Brilliant Rose 10 



Azure-Blue 10 



Purple 10 



VICTORIA ASTERS. A magnificent race of Asters. 

 The colors include many delicate and some gorgeous 

 shades ; flowers very double and 4 inches across, and 

 from twenty to thirty in a single plant; 15 to 18 inches 



Per pkl. 



Carmine, edge white. So 10 

 Dark Rose, edged 



white 10 



Blue, edged white. ... 10 

 Choice Mixed Sorts. :o 



high. 

 Pure White . 

 Deep Pink . . 

 Light Blue . . 



Per pkt Per pkt. 



.. 5o 10 Deep Scarlet .. , $0 10 



10 Peach Blossom 10 



10 Choice Mixed Sorts. 10 

 GIANT COMET, or OSTRICH PLUME ASTERS. 

 .■\ very beautiful and distinct class, w ith long curled and 

 twisted petals formed into loose, yet dense half-globe, 

 resembling the Japanese chrysanthemum. 



Pure White. . . 

 New Carmine. 

 Deep Pink. 



Per pkt. Per pkt 



So 10 Delicate Pink, edged 



white $0 10 



Choice Mixed Sorts. 10 



QUEEN OF THE EARLIES ASTERS. Excepting 

 Earlj' Snowdrift, the earliest Aster known. Of dwarf 

 branching habit, very double flowers; valuable for cut- 

 ting. A favorite florists' Aster for early market. 



Per pkt. Per pkt 



White $0 10 Light Blue So 10 



Pink 10 Purple 10 



Crimson 10 Mixed 10 



HOHENZOLLERN ASTERS. An excellent cut-flower variety, 

 with double curled petals, resembling a Japanese chrysanthemum 

 Per pkt. 

 ..$0 10 



Purple 



Choice Mixed. 



Per pkt. 

 10 

 10 



White 



Crimson 10 



Rose 10 



FLORISTS' MIXTURE OF ASTERS. This is a mi.xture of all 

 the best varieties of .-Xsters 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. 



WHITE ASTERS IN MIXTURE. This mixture is made up by 

 ourselves of all the wliite-flowering Asters suitable for cut-flowers, 

 and includes Giant Comet Snow and White Branching. Large 

 I)kt. ]o cts., trade pkt. 25 cts. 



China Aster, Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Per pkt. 



GERMAN QUILLED, Mixed Colors $0 05 



DEEP SCARLET TRIUMPH. Dwarf rich scarlet 10 



DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED, Mixed... 05 

 JEWEL, or BALL ASTERS. 2 feet high Beautiful bnll- 

 sliapt-d llciw crs. 



Apple Blossom. Shell-pink 10 



Crimson. Wry showy and handsome 10 



Deep Rose. An excellent color 10 



New Jewel, Mixed Colors 10 



CROWN ASTER. Flowers with white center lo 



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