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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



ASTERS 



It is unnecessary to dwell on the great beauty 

 of these popular favorites, as they are appre- 

 <;iated by every one. Our seed is the finest 

 that France and Germany produce. We recom- 

 mend our friends to plant a number of vari- 

 •eties, as no other annuals afford so magnificent 

 a display during the summer and fall. Hardy 

 ■unriual. 



Per pkt. 



-Comet. See Novelties 10 



Mignon. See Novelties 10 



White Branching. See Novelties 15 



DWARF QUEEN ASTEIl. 



Dwarf ftueen. Tliis magnificent new Aster 

 L_has given excellent satisfaction. The 

 dwarf, busily plants grow only ten inches 

 liigh branching very freely; the branches 

 are upright, making a dense compact bush 

 excellent for pot culture as well as for 

 bedding. The llowers are of extraordinary 

 size, perfectly double, and resemble the 

 finest Victoria Asters in form— excellent for 

 cutting: fine mixed colors 10 



Dwarf Queen. Pure white 10 



Triumph. This is the most beautiful and 

 perfect of all Dwarf Asters. Each plant 

 forms an elegant bouquet of itself 7 to S 

 inches liigh. The flowers measure from 2V2 

 to H inches across, of faultless form. The 

 color is scarlet lO 



Dwarf Bouquet. A most charming class, 

 of cornpaci habit, only (5 to 8 inches high. 

 Each plant is covered with handsome flow- 

 ers. ;uul looks like a bouiiuet set in tlie 

 ground, mixed 5 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered. Very desi- 

 rable on acc(nint of its large and pei-fect 

 fiowers, srreat beauty and late blooming: 

 mixed, 10 in 5 



Dwarf Schiller. A dwarf Aster of great 

 beauty: eachindividual plant will make a 

 sliow for itself: very double and a profuse 

 blootnor; mixed, 12 in 5 



•Queen of the Market. Of graceful spread- 

 ing hal)il; its great merit is its early 

 fiowerint: character. b(iing in full bloom 

 fully two weeks before iiny other Aster 

 begins to blossom; mixed colors. 12 in .5 



Hew Rose-flowered. Large fiowers. double 

 to the center, robust growth, brilliant 

 •colors: mixed. 18 in 10 



PKONY-FLOWERED ASTER. 



Per pkt. 



Truffaut's Peony-Flowered Perfection. This 

 class represents the greatest perfection of 

 the Aster family, which for form of flowers, 

 variety and brilliancy of colors and habit 

 of growth is universally admitted to sur- 

 pass all others; mixed, 18 in 10 



Jewel, or Ball- These magnificent Asters 

 belong to a new class, similar to, but eclips- 

 ing in beauty, those of the Pieony-flowered 

 perfection type. The flowers are perfectly 

 round, or ball-shaped, nine inches in cir- 

 cumference, the petals being short and in- 

 curved, giving them an elegant appear- 

 ance. Plants two feet high, of sturdy 

 habit: mixed colors 10 



Fine Mixed, embracing a great many vari- 

 eties and colors 5 



BALSAMS. 

 (Lady's Slipper or Touch-me-not.; 



These are old favoiites with every one owing 

 to their handsome doubl*^ flowers, brilliant col- 

 ors and stately growth. To produce very double 

 flowers, they must be transplanted into rich soil, 

 15 inches apart, in a sunny position, and fre- 

 quently watered. Cutting out some of the side 

 branches is also advisable, especially with the 

 strong and bushy growing varieties. Half-hardy 

 annuah. 



Double White 



Perfection. This is a fine 

 strain of Double 

 White Balsam. 

 Double as a 

 Camelia; perfect 

 form; pure 

 white: continues 

 a long time in 

 bloom. Invalu- 

 ble for cut flow- 

 ers during the 

 summer months. 



Camelia-flowered, 



double: very 

 choice: spotted 

 and variegated 

 with white, 

 mixed 



10 



10 



BALSAMS. 



Fine Mixed. Fin- 

 est varieties and 

 colors mixed 5 



