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ASTER 



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Very Dwarf, or Pygmsea. The plant is about six inches 



high, a cluster of leaves close to the ground, surmounted 



by a bunch of large, bright colored flowers. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Shakespeare. Plants about six inches high, well branched 



and verv floriferous. Flowers in a wide range of colors. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Triumph. Plants about one foot high, covered with deep 



scarlet flowers Pkt. 15c. 



Dwarf Victoria. Flowers like those of the tall Victoria but 



plants only about a foot high. A fine sort for borders. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Pyramidal Bouquet. The plant is a perfect bouquet of 

 fifteen to twenty large flowers which quite conceal the 

 foliage; one foot high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



LilHput. Plant about fifteen inches high, bearing many 

 small but perfectly formed flowers; petals finely quilled 

 and brilliantly colored. Mixed Colors Pkt: 10c. 



Princess. {Pure White or SnowbaU). Plants wonderfully 

 floriferous, often producing as many as thirty fine flowers 

 made up of broad, short, imbricated petals One of the 

 best for cutting. About eighteen inches high. .Pkt. 10c. 



Truffaut's Perfection t"? S-fign^fpl-o^ 



Paeony Flowered ^ZiMlitt^c'Z^i'^';^^}, 



with petals curving upward and inward, forming blooms of 

 great beauty. The different colors come quite true to name. 



Snow White.. 



..Pkt. 10c. 



Scarlet (white 



Light Blue.... 



.. " 10c. 



edged) Pkt. 10c. 



Dark Blue.... 



.. " 10c. 



Crimson " 10c. 



Rose 



.. •' 10c. 



Mixed " 10c. 



C^nyntf»f ^^ *^^^ ^^^^^ *^® petals are very long and 



%.^«^£tic;L recurved, having much the effect of the 

 finest chrysanthemums. They are of varied and beauti- 

 ful colors and one of the most popular sorts, continu- 

 ing in bloom till quite late in the season. Plants about 

 two feet high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c. 



Comet, Giant White. The plant is more vigorous and 

 taller groAving than the ordinary comet and the flowers 

 are larger and equal in form Pkt. 15c. 



Comet, Giant Mixed. A carefully proportioned mix- 

 ture of various colors .\ .Pkt. 15c. 



Washington. Plants two feet high, floAvers very large, of- 

 ten four inches in diameter. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c. 



Giant Emperor. Produces floAA-ers of the largest size, 

 fine form and clear white Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Victoria, Peach Blossom. Very large, Avell formed 

 floAA-ers of a delicate pink shade Pkt. 15c. 



Giant Victoria, White. Like Peach Blossom but petals 

 are AAhite Pkt. 15c. 



Semple's Branching tro^lf:S!%Tt 



coming into bloom until A-ery late, but producing 

 flOAvers so large, double, perfect in form and borne on 

 such long stems that florists sometime sell them for 

 chrysanthemums. For many years this class Avith us 

 has been entirelj' free from aster bhght. 



White Pkt. 10c. Light Blue Pkt. 10c. 



Blush White... " 10c. Tyrian Rose . . . . " 10c. 



Lavender " 10c. Deep Carmine .. " 10c. 



Light Pink " 10c. Dark Purple.... " 10c. 



Semple's Mixed " 10c. 



Aster, Finest Mixed. A mixture of the finest strains 

 and colors Pkt. 5c. 



Auricula 



Balloon Vine 



Balsam 



^<;k 



Sempl.e's Bran 



CHiNG Aster 



Called also Primula Auricula and French 

 CoAvslip. This is an old and Avell knoAvn 

 favorite. It thrives best in a moist soil and cool at- 

 mosphere. Tender perennial; height six inches. 

 Alpine. The most hardy A-ariety; a good mixture of 



colors Pkt. 15c. 



Finest Prize. A mixture of all the various colors and 



markings Pkt. 30c. 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON— (See Centaurea). 



{Cardiospermum halicacabum). 

 Remarkable for its inflated 

 membranous capsules containing the seed. It is 

 sometimes called "Love-in-a-Puff." A rapid and grace- 

 ful climber. Flowers white. Tender annual ; six feet 

 high Pkt. 5c. 



KnowTi as Lady Slipper and Touch- 

 me-not. Balsams have been so 

 much improved by cultivation that, 

 with good seed and proper care, a single flower is the 

 exception uoAV rather than the rule. Hardy annual; 

 one to tAvo feet high. 

 Double So'ferino. Satiny white, streaked and spotted 



Avith crimson and lilac. li Pkt. 5c. 



Double Camellia, extra fine mixed. As double as a Camellia Avhich it 



resembles; Avhite blotched Avith various colors Pkt. 5c. 



Double Pure White. Well adapted for florist's. use and for bouquets; very 



double Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dark Red. {Atrosanguinea plenissima). A A^ery double, dark 



red A'ariety Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed Double Rose. Very large and double rose-like blossoms . .Pkt. 5c.. 



Mixed Double Dwarf. About one foot high " 6c. 



Mixed Double Tall. About two feet high " 5c. 



Ra rfrkrtj:Pi Aur'f^a -^ pretty floAA^ering plant of the gentian family 



Mjai L^iiAO. .t^ui CO. and someAA^hat like a AAild rose in appearance, 



producing a profusion of fine, bright metallic yelloAV blossoms, about two 



inches across and fragrant in the evening. Tender annual: one foot 



high Pkt. 5c. 



