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Give Vour Asters Rich Mellow Soil and Perfect Drainage 

 FERRY'S SEEDS 



Giant 

 California 

 Sunshine 



Aster 



These Flowers Make Uniisualbj Graceful Bouquets 



ASTER [hhA] What a brilliant display asters make in the garden in early autumn! We offer a splendid assortment of the chief 

 types which differ in form and season of blooming. Asters are ideal border plants, and the long stems of many sorts make them 

 exceptional as cut flowers. In Northern latitudes they should be started in a hotbed. 



Double Early Queen of the Market [18 in.] For an early Double American Branching [2 ft.] Of all asters this 



blooming type this branching class offers many advantages. class produces the most regular and symmetrical flowers. 



The handsome blossoms, which are rather flat, are rela- The plants are quite spreading and bear many good sized 



tively broad and full with incurved petals. It wiU bloom blooms which are fully double with petals evenly incurved, 



two weeks earlier than any other sort in our list and remain This sort blooms in season with the Cregos and is 



in good condition until the later varieties begin to flower. splendidly suited for both bedding and cutting. 



Crimson Purple [:^^^"^^'^ Lavender Peerless Pink Purple Rose 



Rose Pink White . r .^ u i/ nr . j 4. in 



. r ii . w ,-^ , i ../^ Any one of the above: 14 oz. 5oc; pkt. 10c 

 Any one of the above: 34 oz. 55c; pkt. 10c 



Mixed Moz. 45c; pkt. 10c Ball's White J^ oz. 65c; pkt. 10c 



_ ., ,,. ,^^ ,.x „ ^ ,v r„ ^ , rr,, ■ , Ruby Rcd (Hcart of France) 34 oz. 55c; pkt. 10c 



Double King (Narrow Needle Petal) [2 ft.] This unusual m" H i/ Ai^ ■ tt 



Aster differs from all others by producing large roimded iVIixea /i oz. 45c; pJct. lUc 



heads composed of narrow tubular or quilled petals. The r, ., . ■ r. ^ rr.w r, n r,^, • ■ • •, . 



long stems are erect and sturdy. The plants bloom before Do"*''^ American Beauty [23^ ft. This group is simJar to 



most of the late kinds. American Branching. However, the flowers, though fewer, 



Crimson Pink Violet ^^^ longer stemmed and larger and about two weeks later 



I o.ionHo.. D«oo u/k:»o in season. There are two strains, Early Beauty and Late 



Lavenaer "°se ,\^ Beauty. We supply the earlier type. 

 Any one of the above: 34 oz. 55c; pkt. 10c 



Mixed iioz.50c; pkt. 10c C'"''"^"" Peach Blossom Rose 



r^ ... i^- . n r^ . , rr,, . , , „ , .,^ • , Laveuder Purple White 



Double Giant Crego [2 ft.] This class, also called "Ostrich ■ t ^u u i/ -ta i* ik 



Plume" and "Giant Comet," blooms a few days after the ^^^ ^^^ ^^ *^e ^^°^®= ^ o^- ^0°; pkt. 15c 



King varieties. The double flowers are of fine size, have Mixed 34 oz. 60c; pkt. 15c 



long, shaggy, twisted petals, and are borne abundantly 



on branching plants of robust growth. It is undoubtedly Giant California Sunshine [23^2 ft.] This artistic flower has 



the most popular of all Asters for American gardens. a single row of outer petals adorned with a tufted center 



Crimson Pink Purple White of short florets. A new race which is taller and larger 



Any one of the above: U oz. 60c; pkt. 10c flowered than any of the older Sunshine types. 



Mixed M oz. 50c; pkt. 10c "^lixed i^ oz. 50c; pkt. 25c. 



Double Giants of California [2^ ft] Selected from the single Perennial or Michaelmas Daisy [hP-3 ft.] In late 

 Lregos, this type has flowers of the sam^ form, but they autumn, when most other flowers are past, this fine native 

 are larger and carried on longer stems. This makes them of ^g^ England comes into its own. The plants are 

 better as cut flowers. They come into bloom two weeks sturdy, branch well near the top, and produce quantities 

 later than the Cregos and should be planted only where the ^f flowers. These are daisy-hke in shape with small con- 

 growing season IS long. trasting discs and come in a variety of soft and vivid 

 Lavender Peach Blossom Purple Rose White colors. Placed among shrubbery or at intervals in the 

 Any one of the above: 3^ oz. 50c; pkt. 15c hardy border, they supply the season's last patches of color. 

 Mixed i^oz. 45c; pkt. 15c Mixed J^oz. 65c; pkt. 10c 



