Stokes S ee d Farms Co MPANr Y. Moorestown, New Jersey 



STOKES' SUPERB ASTERS 



There is an ever-increasing demand for this favorite flower, which 

 surely proves its popularity, both with the florist and the home-gar- 

 dener. It has few superiors for cutting, and ranks with the best annuals 

 for bedding. 



Asters prefer a sunny location and rich soil, although manure used 

 too fresh or in too large quantity sometimes induces disease; when 

 used it should be thoroughly decayed and well mixed with the soil. 

 Small quantities of unslaked lime or fresh wood-ashes stirred into the 

 surface of Aster beds form good tonics for the plants and keep disease 

 and insects from the roots. In order to prolong the blooming season, 

 we suggest growing them in the order named below. Queen of the Mar- 

 ket is a first-class, early-flowering variety, coming into bloom in July 

 or fully three weeks before the general run of Asters, and is excellent 

 for cutting or growing under glass. 



Stokes' Standard Asters are of the Branching strain, and produce 

 the finest Asters we have ever seen. They are the best for the florist 

 and private garden, and with successive sowings can be had in bloom 

 from August until late fall. 



The Daybreak type of Aster is very beautiful, bearing large, double 

 flowers composed of incurved petals almost as regularly placed as a 

 dahlia, and coming into bloom in August. Victoria is another splendid 

 class, either for bedding or cutting, which comes into bloom during 

 August and September. Giant Crego is of the Giant Comet type and 

 often bears flowers measuring 4 to 5 inches in diameter; period of bloom 

 from the middle of August on through September. 



Giant Comet, or Ostrich Plume, is a midseason variety, bearing 

 flowers of immense size, with long, wavy, twisted petals, and having 

 fifteen to twenty flowers on very long stems, making them valuable 

 for cutting. 



Peony-flowered Perfection is an Aster which is today very popular 

 with the florists and is a midseason variety. The Late Branching 

 Asters are of American origin, and are especially suited to our climatic 

 conditions. These are at their best in September. 



For early flowering seed should be started in a sunny window, hot- 

 bed or coldframe in March and April; cover the seeds about \i inch deep with rich, light soil, and when the plants have three or four 

 leaves, transplant 18 inches apart in well-prepared soil. Plants from seed sown in the open ground in May bloom finely in September and 

 October. Our leaflet on Aster-culture free for the asking. 



Semple's Branching Aster 



Stokes' Standard Asters 



pkt. 



Stokes' Standard Pure White $0 10 



Stokes' Standard Rose 10 



Stokes' Standard Pink 10 



Stokes' Standard Purple 10 



Stokes' Standard Lavender 10 



Stokes' Standard Crimson 10 



Stokes' Standard Dark Violet 10 



Stokes' Standard Finest Mixed 10 



1 packet each of the 7 varieties, 50 cts. 



GIANT COMET OR OSTRICH PLUME ASTERS. 



White Fleece. One of the largest and most perfect Pkt. 3 pkts. 

 cf the Comet type, bearing flowers quite 5 inches 

 across; pure, glistening white; makes a fine com- 

 panion to Lavender Gem $0 10 $0 25 



Lavender Gem. The color is an exquisite shade of 

 lavender, deepening with age. Flowers often 6 to 

 7 inches across 10 25 



Peerless Pink. A cross between the Crego and 

 Semple types. Beautiful shell-pink; flowers very 

 large 10 25 



SEMPLE'S LATE-FLOWERING BRANCHING ASTERS. 



Pkt. 



Crimson $0 10 



Lavender 10 



Purple 10 



Rose 10 



1 packet each of the 6 varieties, 50 cts. 



Shell-Pink 



White 



Choice Mixed Sorts. 



PEONY-FLOWERED PERFECTION ASTERS. 



Snow- White 



Crimson 



Rose 



Violet 



Pkt. 

 SO 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Pkt. 



$0 10 

 10 

 10 



Pkt. 



Blue $0 10 



Carmine 10 



Extra-Choice Mixed 10 



1 packet each of the 6 varieties, 50 cts. 



IF YOU EXPECT THE BEST RESULTS FROM ASTERS, 

 PROCURE OUR FLORISTS' SPECIAL MIXTURE 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET ASTERS. 



Pkt. 



White $0 10 Light Blue... 



Pink 10 Purple 



Crimson 10 Finest Mixed. 



Pkt. 

 .$0 10 

 10 

 10 



1 packet each of the 5 varieties, 45 cts. 



CREGO- 



-GIANT COMET ASTERS. 



Pkt. 



Snow-White $0 10 



Crimson 10 



Rose 10 



Pkt. 



Light Blue $0 10 



Dark Blue 10 



Mixed 10 



1 packet each of the 5 varieties, 40 cts. 



VICTORIA ASTERS. 



Pkt. 



White $0 10 



Pink 10 



Blue 10 



1 packet each of the 



Scarlet 



Peach Blossom . . . 

 Choice Mixed. . . . 

 5 varieties, 40 cts. 



Pkt. 

 $0 10 

 10 

 10 



Four Beautiful Asters of the Daybreak Type 



Pkt. 



Purity. Pure white $0 10 



Daybreak. Shell-pink 10 



Violet King , 10 



Crimson King 10 



1 packet each of the 4 varieties, 30 cts. 



Florists' Special Mixture of Asters 



This is a mixture of all the very best varieties of Asters suitable 

 for cut-flowers, consisting principally of white, pink and the brightest 

 red, with a small proportion of blue and purple and some intermediate 

 shades. Large pkt. 10 cts.; trade pkt. 25 cts. 



Hardy Perennial Asters 



Michaelmas Daisies 



Where once established, these handsome, single, perennial Asters, 

 with their hundreds of bright, daisy-like flowers, afford a grand dis- 

 play which increases in beauty year after year. Finest mixed. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



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