HENRY A. DREER 



Annual Flower Seeds 



WHOLESALE CATALOG 



Asters — Continued 



Giant Peony-Flowered Asters 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Azure Fairy. Clear azure blue $0 50 $2 50 



Maiden's Blush. Delicate flesh 50 2 50 



Purple Kobe 50 2 50 



Rosebud. Clear deep rose 50 2 50 



Silvery Rose' 50 2 50 



Swansdown. Pure white 50 2 50 



Mixed Colors 30 1 75 



Aurora Golden Sheaf (W. R.) 



The deepest yellow of all Asters. Has fully double 

 flowers representing a comparatively new type in that 

 they are composed of several rows of short ray petals 

 surrounding a full crest-like center cushion. Comes 

 perfectly true and is wilt resistant. Tr. pkt. 40c; oz. 

 $2.00. 



Heart of France (W.R.) 



This is the largest flowering of the very dark red 

 sorts. The plants grow about 24 inches high, are nicely 

 branched and bear In September large, rich deep ruby 

 red flowers on long, strong stems. A fine dark variety 

 Tr. pkt. 50c; oz. $2.25. 



Red Aster "Sensation" (W.R.) 



This is the reddest of all red Asters, the color being 

 a rich garnet or ox blood red which glistens in the 

 sunshine like a live coal. The plants are of free- 

 branching habit, about 18 inches high. The very double 

 flowers average 3% inches across. Tr. pkt. 30c; oz. $1.50. 



Dreer's "Peerless Pink" Aster 



Dreer's "Peerless Pink" Aster (W.R.) 



The finest pink commercial Aster ever introduced 

 Almost globular flowers, rarely under 4 inches across 

 and frequently over 5 inches. The color is rich shell 

 pink. The center petals are prettily incurved while 

 the wide outer petals reflex making a most artistic and 

 finely finished flower. Stands cut longer than any other. 

 Tr. pkt. 30c; oz. $1.50. 



New Super-Giant Aster, Los Angeles 



The flowers are full-petaled and unusually large. 

 They are most artistic and graceful with the interlac- 

 ing petals giving a feathery effect that goes well with 

 the pure shell pink of the blooms. Of magnificent tall 

 growth. Tr. pkt. 40c; oz. $2.00. 



New Super Giant Aster, El Monte 



A magnificent new color — deep glowing crimson. Very 

 large fluffy blooms composed of a mass of daintily In- 

 terlaced plume-like petals and borne on heavy non- 

 lateral stems. An early bloomer remaining in flower 

 for a long time. Tr. pkt. 40c; oz. $2.00. 



Beauty Asters 



This type is most valuable on account of its late 

 flowering, coming into bloom fully two weeks later than 

 our Superb Late Branching and furnishing high-grade 

 cut flowers from early October until killing frost In 

 November. The plants are unusually vigorous. They 

 grow from IVi to 3 feet high and bear a great quantity 

 of perfect blooms. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 

 Azure Blue (W.R.). Azure blue or dark 



lavender $0 40 $1 75 



Crimson (W.R.). A lovely rich color 40 1 75 



Deep Rose (W.R.). Rich deep rose 40 1 75 



Purple (W.R.). Rich lustrous deep purple 40 1 75 



Shell Pint (W.R.). Delicate shell pink 40 1 75 



White (W.R.). Purest white 40 175 



Finest Mixed (W.R.) 30 1 50 



California Giant Aster 



Improved California Giant Asters 



A splendid midseason to late flowering strain, the 

 result of years of painstaking selection by one of Cali- 

 fornia's leading hybridizers. The plants grow 3 to 3 V4 

 feet high. They have long, strong stems, 18 to 24 

 inches in length, bearing beautifully formed, curled, 

 and interlaced flowers, 5 inches and over across. 



Appleblcsfiom . 

 Lavender-Blue 

 Peachblossoni . 

 Pure White . . , 

 Deep Purple . . 

 Rich Rose 



Any of 



these: 



Tr. pkt. 40c; 



oz. $2.25 



Finest Mixed. Tr. pkt. 40c; oz. $2.00. 



King Asters 



Finest Mixed (W.R.). Of strong sturdy habit, growing- 

 fully 18 inches high, and bearing from August to 

 October very large double blossoms, the petals of 

 which are more or less quilled. Tr. pkt. 30o; oz. $1.60. 



Starting Early Vegetable and Flowering Plants Under Glass (Nissley). $3.25 per copy postpaid. 



