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VARIOUS ASTERS. p,,p«, 



5238 Climax, or Tree. A new Aster of the I'asony 

 flowered type, but shows a great improvement over 

 that popular son. The phiiit grows about 2 feet 

 high, as regularly branched as a pine tree, flowers 

 of immense size; dazzling while ; very double. . 15 



5173 Cocardeau, or Crown. Showy flowers, 



very doid)le, with white centres bordered vviih 

 bright rich colors; mixed colors ; 1.} feet 10 



5171 Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet. Mixed 



colors ; splendid variety for pots or edge of bed. 10 



5177 Giant Emperor. Flowers of great size, 

 very double, fine form, brilliant colors and robust 

 growth, mixed colors ; 2 feet 10 



5181 Japanese. Entirely distinct and novel. 

 Plants of pyramidal growth, about 18 ir.ches 

 high, bearing on long stems from 40 to 50 

 flowers, averaging 5 inches across, composed 

 of wavy and twisted needle-shaped petals, making the 

 flower free from the stiff and formal appearance usual 

 to aster;;. The color is a soft flesh pink. (See cut.) . . 



5185 Mont Blanc {Goliatli). One of the largest flower- 

 ing, prt)ducing pure white flowers 5 inches in diameter. 

 Queen of the Market. Blooms three weeks 

 earlier than other asters, of branching habit, excellent 

 for growing under glass ; 1 foot 



52-26 White 10 | 5227 Mixed Colors. . 



5195 Rose Flowered. Pyramidal, robust habit, regu- 

 larly imbric.ited, large, very double flowers; mixed 

 colors ; 2 feet .... 



5211 Snowball or White Princess. A beautiful 

 and distinct variety; the flowers are composed of short, 

 very thickly set imbricated petals, resembling a Pom- 

 pone Dahlia ; pure white. 10 



Kay Asters. 'I'his new 

 class attain a height of 

 about 20 inches, of branch- 

 ing habit and bearing their 

 large flowers on long strong 

 stems; the flowers measure 

 from 4 to 6 inches in diam- 

 eter and consist of ray-like 

 slender quilled florets re- 

 sembling the straight-rayed 

 Japanese Chrvsandiemums. 



5241 Pure White 15 



5242 Bright Rose 15 



5170 Sing-le Flowering- 

 Asters. These form glob- 

 ular plants and carry on long 

 stout stalks a mass of star- 

 shaped flowers which appear 

 early and continue late into the autumn. 

 Very eftective in beds or borders and 

 offer a pleasing change to the innu- 

 merable double sorts; mixed colors. , 10 



v-^. -,;., VICK'S 



Aster, New Japanese. per pkt. 



5223 Semple's Branch- 

 ing-. A choice strain of 

 American-orown Asters. 

 Mixed colors 10 



Our strain of these Asters is 

 extra fine; separate colors 

 offered on page 5. 



5222 Tick's White 

 Branching-. This Aster 

 is a strong grower of branch- 

 ing habit, and blooms later 

 in the season than any 

 other. The flowers are 

 pure white, four inches and 

 over in diameter, and borne 

 on long stems. (See cut.). 



5176 Triumph. Flowers of 



faultless Paeony form, petals 



leautifullv incurved. Color 



WHiTK Branching Aster. scarlet, rich and brilliant.. . 



5187 Victoria Needle Perfection. Petals long, 



quilled and sharply pointed; very odd, mixed colors. 



5180 \Tashington. This splendid variety is the largest 

 Aster grown, bearing flowers 5 to 6 inches in diameter, 

 very double, mixed colors 



5220 Fine Mixed (C/n'va). A splendid mixture of 

 colors. Per oz 50 ct* 



5230 Perennial 3Iixed (Stanvorts or Michaelmas 

 Daisies). Single flowering ; hardy herbaceous plants, 

 thriving in anj' good garden soil. If sown early in the 

 spring they will flower the first season 



IMPORTED COLLECTTONS OF ASTERS. 



Dwarf Queen Asters. 



5179 Quilled Ger,, 12 



varieties 50 



5189 Quilled Ger., 6 



varieties 25 



5199 Pfeony Perfec- 

 tion, 12 varieties. . 75 



5232 Paeony Perfec- 

 tion, 6 varieties. . 40 



5209 Victoria, 12 va- 

 rieties 75 



5233 Victoria, 6 varie- 

 ties 40 



5519 Dwarf Bouquet, 

 6 varieties 



5229 Giant Emper- 

 or, 6 varieties 



5239 Liarge Rose 

 Flow^ered, 6 va 

 rieties 



5249 Cocardeau or 

 Crowai, 6 varieties. 



5259 Comet, 6 varieties. 



5234 Dwarf Chry- 

 s a n t h e m u m 



Fl., 6 varieties 



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