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h^^%?e^^kVictoria 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 Is inches high, and carry from 25 to 40 flowers on a 

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

 profusion of bloom. (.See cut.) 

 Victoria, Finest Mixed Per 1.000 seeds, 60c.; Pkl. 10c. 



" Pure White Pkt. 10c. Victoria, 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, 40c.; 12 colors 7Sc. 



"7 must praise your Asters. 

 The flowers are magnificent. " 



Mv beds of .Asters are the admiration of everybody. 

 Mrs. MACAULEV ARTHUR. 



Middleborough, Ky. 



"HERCULES" ASTERS 



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

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

 Hercules, White Pkl. ISc. 



" Rosjr Lilac, new and beautiful color ISc. 



" Brilliant Rose, beautiful lustrous rose color 35c. 



"I look first prize for Hercules Asters raised from your seed. Some of the flowers 

 measured inches across and perfectly double." M. H. WESTBROOK, 



Port Huron, Mich. 



MINIATURE WALDERSEE ASTERS 



This new 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 

 are literally smothered with charming small double 

 flowers 1 to 1'^ inches scross; 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.) 

 Miied Colors Pkt. 10c. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED 

 DWARF ASTERS 



Bushy plants, 9 inches high, bearing large perfectly 

 double flowers. 



Finest Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



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



LARGE SINGLE CHINA ASTERS 



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-stemmed 

 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 garden plants. 

 Single China Aster, White Pkt. 10c. 



" " " Rose-Pink 10c. 



" " " Heliotrope 10c. 



" " " Mixed Colors 10c. 



"QUEEN OF THE EARLIES" ASTERS 



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

 and for cutting; plants 12 inches high; medium-sized double flowers on long 

 stems. 

 Queen of the Earlies, White, Pkt. 10c. Queenof the Earlies, Scarlet, PA;(. 10c. 



" " " Rose-Pink.. 10c. " " " Mixed Colors, 10c. 



" " " Indigo-Blue.lOc. 



BETTERIDGE'S OyFLLED ASTERS 



Mixed, large double flowers with quill-like petals, surrounded by broad 

 guard petals; plants 2 ft Pkt. 5c. 



JAPANESE TASSEL ASTERS 



Immense double flowers, 5 to 6 inches across, with long, narrow curly 

 petals; plants 15 inches high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



YELLOW-QUILLED ASTERS 



A beautiful sulphur-yellow colored variety having large globular flowers 

 i to 4)^ inches in diameter, composed of round quill-like petals split at the 

 tips; plants of bushy growth about 2 feet high Pkt. 10c. 



HARDY ASTERS, NEW LAKGE-FLOWERING 



These "Michaelmas Daisies" are splendid subjects for permanent 

 positions in the herbaceous border, where they form large bushy clumps, 

 1 5^ to 2 feet high, and are covered with clusters of large single flowers during 

 the late summer months, forming one of the charms of the autumn garden. 



White Queen. Pure white single flowers of immense size Pkt. 15c. 



Amelius Grandiflorus. Single blue and pink flowers of great size 15c. 



Townshendi. Superb lilac-pink flowers about 2 '4 inches across; veryfree-flowering. 15c. 



New Pink and Red Shades. These new "Michaelmas Daisies" surpass all former 



types in size of flower*; and brightness of coloring, ranging from silky-pink to claret-red. 15c. 



Hardy Asters. Mixed Colors. N'ew large-flowering hybrids 10c. 



To every purchaser of Astei 

 free, if requesced 



seed we vvil 

 our leaflet. 



send 



"Latest and Best Methods of Growing Asters, " 



which tells how to grow them to perfection, both i 

 the g&rden beds and for cut flowers. 



