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ASTERS 



Make a splendid ornament 

 in any garden, 

 whether they 

 are massed 

 in beds or 

 grown as 



single 

 specimens. 

 Our 

 "FULL OF 

 LIFE" varieties 

 , always come true 

 to name and 

 3 color. 



Paeony Flowered Perfection Aster. 



PAEONY FLOWERED 



PERFECTION 



One of the most perfect and deservedly one of 

 the most popular of all Asters; very double, 

 large and beautiful flowers, with incurved petals; 

 height IS inches to 2 feet. It is one of the 

 most beautiful and extensively cultivated varie- 

 ties. Separate Colors: 

 Bright Red— Pkt. 4c. ; \ oz. 25c. ; oz. $ 1.20. 

 Clear White— Pkt. 4c.; i oz. 2Sc.; oz. $1.20. 

 Peach Blossom— Pkt. 4c.; i oz. 25c.; oz. $1.20. 

 Violet — Pkt. 4c.; i oz. 25c.; oz. $1.20. 

 Blue — Pkt. 4c.; \ oz. 25c; oz. $1.20. 

 Perfection Mixed — Pkt. 5c.; i oz. 20c.; oz. 95c. 



NEW JAPANESE OR TASSEL 



Entirely distinct and novel. Plants of pyra- 

 midal growth, about eighteen inches high, bear- 

 ing on long stems from forty to fifty flowers, 

 averaging five inches across, composed of wavy 

 and twisted needle-shaped petals, making the 

 flowers free from the stiff and formal appearance 

 usual to Asters. The beautiful flowers of this 

 new strain of Asters offer a most striking con- 

 trast with those of any other variety. The color 

 is of a soft flesh pink and rose, the two colors 

 mixed. Pkt. 6c. ; 4 oz. 50c. 



HARLEQUIN ASTER 



A striking Aster of greatTieauty and a profuse 

 bloomer. This new Aster produces odd flowers 

 of the most handsome and attractive appear- 

 ance which continue in bloom a long time. In 

 the gardens of Paris they are considered the 

 most valuable of all varieties on account of their 

 long duration in bloom and remarkably bright 

 and conspicuous colors. Pure white, blue and 

 red petals on each blossom. Pkt. Sc.; \ oz. 50c. 



EXTRA EARLY HOHENZOLLERN 



Plants of medium size, extremely early and 

 producing abundantly, blooms of the largest 

 size, fully four inches in diameter. The petals 

 are of open Comet type and unusually graceful 

 in their seemingly careless arrangement. These 

 Asters have the desirable combination of ex- 

 treme earliness. large size and splendid cutting 

 qualities. We offer the white, also thepink variety. 

 White— Pkt. 8c.; \ oz. 35c. 

 Pink— Pkt. 8c. ; \ oz. 3Sc. 



LAVENDER GEM ASTER 



One of the finest feathery flowers in the beau- 

 tiful Comet tTOe. The coloring is an exquisite 

 silvery white when first opening, changing to tlie 

 most delicate shade of lavender when fully ex- 

 panded . Pkt. 8c ; i oz. SOc 



New Japanese or Tassel Aster. 



Harlequin Aster. 



Buckbee's Snowball Aster. 



SNOWBALL ASTER 



A Most Distinct and Handsome Varletj 

 Equally Valuable for Pot Culture 

 and Cut Flowers 

 It is a most profuse bloomer, a single 



Elant often producing as many as twenty, 

 ve to thirty pure snow-white flowers^ 

 globular in form and of extraordinary 

 size. Pkt. 6c.; \ oz. 50c. 



FIRE KING ASTER 



The Most Brilliant Aster Ever Introduced 



And the nearest approach to scarlet 

 yet obtained, a color previously un- 

 known in this popular flower. Habit 

 very compact, not more than twelve 

 inches in height, with large beautifully 

 incurved flowers Pkt. 6c. ; J oz. SOc. 



VIOLET KING ASTER 



Individual flowers will measure from 

 four to five inches in diameter and are 

 composed of an immense number of 

 long slender curled petals of rich violet- 

 purple. Pkt. 8c ; \ oz. SOc. 



CHRISTMAS TREE ASTER 



This new type has a branching pyra- 

 midal form of growth, flowers large and 

 very double and range through many 

 beautiful colors. The plants are quite 

 early in blooming and sfiould be planted 

 at least one foot apart to show to best 

 advantage. 



BUCKBEE'S SUPERB MIXTURE 

 OF GIANT ASTERS 



ABSOLUTELY UNEXCELLED 



Producing beautiful flowers, gigant.j in sizei 

 gorgeous in colors, oerfect in form. This mix- 

 ture includes the cream of all the Asters on this 

 and the other two pages together with many 

 other sorts of the most beautiful forms and 

 brilliant colors. Especially selected from the 

 finest, large sized, double-flowering types and 

 the most critical flower lover will be pleased 

 and astonished at the wide range of colors and 

 varieties, and we guarantee it will give satisfac- 

 tion. Pkt. lOc; J oz. 40c.; oz. $1.75. 



BUCKBEE'S FINE MIXED ASTERS 



This is a most splendid collection of the lead- 

 ing types of this beautiful flower in choice mix- 

 ture. I have made the price so low that .you 

 cannot pass it by. Pkt. Sc.; J oz. 30c.; oz. 7Sc 



GOOD MIXED ASTERS 



Many bright colors from standard varieties 

 free-bloomers and strictly fresh new seed, 

 Pkt. 3c.; i oz. 20c.; oz. 60c. 



