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VICTORIA ASTERS 



Magnificent flowers, massive and showy, with regular overlapping petals' 

 double clear to the centre. The flowers measure 4 to 5 inches across, and the 

 colors include many extremely delicate and some gorgeous shades. The plants 

 grow very evenly, about 18 inches high, and carry from 25 to 40 flowers on a' 

 plant. Perhaps the handsomest Asters, taken aD in all, for size, color and 

 profusion of bioom. (See cut.) 

 Victoria, Finest Mixed Per 1,000 seeds, 50c, Pkt. 10c. 



Pure White 10c. 



Purple 10c. 



Scarlet, dark and rich 10c. 



Sky-Blue 10c. 



White, Tinted Rose 10c. 



Peach-Blossom Pink 10c. 



Carmen, distinct color, deep rich salmon tipped with white 10c. 



Miss Alice Roosevelt, a blending of primrose and flesh-pink 10c. 



Maroon, dark blood-red, almost black 10c. 



Collection of 6 colors, 40.; 12 colors 75c. 



'HERCULES." ASTER. 



Surpassing all others in size, form and doubleness, the flowers often measur- 

 ing 6 to 7 inches across, of the finest Comet form. t 



Hercules white Pkt, 15c. 



" Rosy Lilac, new and beautiful color 15c. 



." Brilliant Rose, beautiful lustrous rose color 35c. 



"QUEEN OF THE EARLIES" ASTER 



(Queen of the Market), valuable on account of their extreme earliness and 

 for cutting; plants 12 ins. high; medium-sized double flowers on long stems. 

 Queen of the Earlies, white Pkt. 10c. 



" " " rose-pink ._•_• ■ 10c 



" " " indigo-blue 



" " " scarlet 



" " " mixed colors 



BALL, or JEWEL ASTER. 

 Mixed colors, sturdy, compact plants, 2 ft. hi 

 with round ball-shaped, densely double flowi 

 3 ins. across Pkt. 10 



BETTERIDGE'S QUILLED ASTER 



Mixed, large double flowers with quill-like 

 petals, surrounded by broad guard petals; 

 plants 2 ft Pkt. oi 



CACTUS-FLOWERED ASTER. 



A beautiful new form; the flowers — 

 large and double — are composed of grace- 

 fully recurved petals with twisted tips, 

 thus resembling the flowers of a Cactus 

 Dahlia; plants of pyramidal growth, 

 medium height and free-flowering. 

 Cactus Flowered Rose-Carmine . Pkt. 15c. 



" " Lilac, new 25c. 



JAPANESE TASSEL ASTER 



Immense double flowers, 5 to 6 ins. 

 across, with long, narrow curly petals; 

 plants 15 ins.' high. ~ 

 Mixed colors Pkt. 10c. 



YELLOW-QUILLED ASTER 



A beautiful sulphur-yellow colored va- 

 | riety having large globular flowers 4 to 

 ; 4H inches in diameter, composed of round 

 . quill-like petals split at the tips ; plants of 

 ) bushy growth about*2 feet high. .Pkt. 10c. 



"/ look first prize for Hercules Asters 

 'raised from your seed. Some of the flowers 

 measured 5 inches -across and perfectly 

 Joubii." At. H. WESTBROOK. 



Port Huron, Mich. 



Single flowers are coming much in vogue 

 among people of aesthetic tastes and those 

 influenced by fashion's decree: beautiful but 

 simple. — This change of front from double to 

 single has created a demand for long-stem- 

 med large single china asters which are of 

 unsurpassed decorative effect when cut and 

 vased. These asters, of strong healthy growth, 

 are profuse bloomers and are also showy gar- 

 den plants. 



Single China Aster. White Pkt. 10c. 



" " Rose-pink 10c. 



" " Heliotrope 10c. 



" " " Mixed Colors 10c. 



"/ Tmust praise your Asters. My beds of 

 Asters are the admiration of everybody. The 

 flowers are magnificent." 



Mn. AtACAULEY ARTHUR. 



Atiddleborough, Kv. 



MINIATURE WALDERSEE ASTERS. 



This-riew type forms compact, globular bushes 8 to 10 inches high by 8 to 10 inches in diameter; 

 they branch densely, forming little mounds and when in flower the effect is truly beautiful; the plants 

 aTe literally smothered with charming small double flowers 1 to l'-j inches across; 100 to 200 flowers 

 borne on a single plant are not unusual. They are especially effective for bedding out in masses and 

 edgings, as they remain in bloom for a long period. When grown in pots they make pretty 

 specimens. (See cut.) 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED DWARF ASTER 



Bushy plants. 9 ins. high, bearing large perfectly double flowers. 

 Finest mixed colors Pkt. 10c. | Collection of 6 colors, 40c; 12 colors Pkt, 75c. 



CROWN POMPON ASTEKS 



Compact, plants 1 ft. high, crowded with densely double flowers -" _• ins. across, having a white 

 center surrounded by some other color. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



To every purchaser of Aster seed we 

 free, if requested, our leaflet. 



send 



"Latest and Best Methods of Growing Asters," whkh ^ ^^STlfe; bo *" 



