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'YOUR ASTERS WERE THE PRETTIEST I EVER HAD/> 



ASTERS 



Asters are of very easy culture. The seeds can be sown in May, in the open 

 ground for bloom in September and October; for earlier bloom they should be sown 

 in boxes in the house, in cold f^'^mes or hotbeds, in March or April. 



' ^ QUEEN OF THE MARKET— Of 



graceful spreading habit, it is in 



full flower two weeks before most 



other Asters. Deep blue, white, 



pink and rose in mixture. 



Pkt., 150 seeds, 5 cts. 



WHITE OSTRICH 

 PLUME. 



Plants of strong branch- 

 ing growth, 15 to 18 inches 

 in height. The large size 

 of the flowers, the fine 

 feathery appearance, long 

 stiff stem, and early flow- 

 ering habit combine to 

 make it most desirable for 

 decorations. 



Pkt., 150 seeds, 10 cts. 



VIOK S ROSE 

 KING ASTER. 



Is a bright, brilliant rose 

 color. It possesses all the 

 characteristics of a good Aster 

 vigorous in habit, with stems 

 frequently two feet in length, 

 flowers large as saucers, crowns 

 completely covered, a good keeping 

 variety and unsurpassed for cutting. 

 Petals are stiff and strong and do not 

 show the effects of cutting until long 

 after many other varieties would be com- 

 pletely wilted. Pkt., 150 seeds, 10 cts. 



DAYBREAK. 



The plants grow stiffly erect, eighteen to twenty 

 r-iA-v/DDCAu- Ac-rcD inches in height, with ten to fifteen branches, each 

 DAYBREAK AoT tR bearing a very large extremely double flower with 



iucurved petals. The broad silvery petals are suffused with soft delicate pink. 



Pkt.. 150 seeds, 10 cts. CARDINAL. 



THE BEST BEDDING ASTER EVER INTRODUCED— The coloring of this 

 Aster is entirely distinct from any other Aster on the market today. This variety 

 is particularly adapted for bedding, owing to its free blooming qualities and brilliant 

 coloring. When massed in a bed, its deep vivid cardinal color is as striking: as the 

 brilliant scarlet Salvia. Begins blooming the first to middle of August, retaining its 

 brilliant coloring and full, well-developed flowers until late in the fall. Pkt., 150 



seeds, 10 cts. EARLY SNOWDRIFT. 



IS CERTAINLY THE EARLIEST ASTER IN CULTIVATION— The leaves are 

 narrow and sparse, and the branches spring from close to the ground. The entire 

 energy of the plant seems given to the production of twelve to twenty long, slender, 

 upright stems, crowned with immense feathery flowers. The long, recurved petals 

 give the flowers an exceedingly graceful effect, heightened in many cases by the 

 ragged, irregular character of the petals in the center of the flower. The flowers all 

 come perfectly double. Pkt., 150 seeds, 10 cts. 



ROYAL PURPLE. 



A new strain of Late Branching Aster, growing about fifteen inches high. Its 

 habit of growth is entirely distinct, the stems growing directly from the ground, and 

 not on side shoots from the main stem like other varieties. Nine out of twelve 

 flowers are sufficiently large for cutting, either for house decoration or florists' use. 

 A medium early bloomer, continuing in flower until late in the fall. The flowers are 

 large and full to the center; petals fine and somewhat incurved; color bright purple. 

 Pkt., 150 seeds, 10 cts. 



