From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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Large Single China Aster 



Single flowers are simple and beautiful and much in vogue among 

 people of taste. This liking for single flowers has created a de- 

 mand for long-stemmed large single China Asters, which are 

 of unsurpassed decorati%-e effect when cut and vased. These 

 Asters, of strong, healthy growth, are profuse bloomers and 

 are also showy garden plants. (See illustration.) 



1244 Heliotrope .Pit. Wti 



1246 Rose-pink Pkt. 10c. 



1248 White Pkt. 10c. 



1250 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



General Joffre 



A New Single Aster 



1253 One of the most attractive single va- 

 rieties of recent introduction. The 

 plants grow about 18 inches high, pro- 

 ducing a mass of bloom of single and 

 semi-double flowers measuring from 

 l^i to 2 inches in diameter. The color 

 is an intense crimson-scarlet, with a 

 clear golden-yellow disc. A very de- 

 sirable sort for bedding Pkt. 15c. 



For over two centuries the China Aster has been the 

 delightofthehorliculturistandgarden lover. Sincethe 

 first packet of seed was sent to the Jardins des Plantes 

 of Paris by the Jesuit missionary Father d'Incarville 

 in 1731, plant hybridizers the world over have been at 

 work to develop new and improved types. That they 

 were eminently successful is shown plainly by the many 

 beautiful and interesting sorts that are now in cultivation 

 — the very cream of which are offered in this catalog. 



SEMESAN. — The New Mercuric Disinfectant, has 

 proven highly efficacious in controlling bacterial 

 blight, and other plant diseases. 

 See page 196. 



Henderson's 



Giant Comet Aster 



Also known as Astermums and 

 Mammoth Ostrich Plume Asters 



These truly grand Asters win enthusiastic admira- 

 tion from all who see them. They are a highly de- 

 veloped American type of the German Comet, or 

 Mammoth Ostrich Plume Asters and are far su- 

 perior to imported strains. The flowers are of im- 

 mense size, 4 to 5 and often 6 inches across, com- 

 posed of long, wavy, twisted petals, gracefully 

 formed into loose, yet densely double, half globes, 

 equaling some of the finer Ostrich Plume Chrysan- 

 themums. The plants, of luxuriant branching 

 growth, attain a height of 18 inches to 2 feet, each 

 plant bearing from 20 to 30 of these magnificent flow- 

 ers on very long stems, which gives them an added 

 value for cutting and vasing. (See illustration.) 



Per Per 

 Pkt. 1 ,000 seeds 



1264 Azure-blue 10c. 60c. 



1266 Crimson 10c. 60c. 



1 268 Lavender 10c. 60c. 



1272 Rose-pink 10c. 60c. 



1274 Shell-pink 10c. 60c. 



1276 Violet-purple 10c. 60c. 



1278 White 10c. 60c. 



1280 Mixed Colors 10c. 50c. 



1281 HENDERSON'S COMPLETE COLLECTION OF 

 GIANT COMET ASTERS. ONE PKT. OF 

 EACH OF THE ABOVE SEVEN VARIETIES 50c. 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum 

 Flowered Aster 



12i>0 Bushy plants, 9 inches high, bearing large perfectly double flowers: line 

 for either gardens or pot culture. 

 Finest Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



To every purchaser of ASTER SEEDS, we til _f-„i -»„J R«.h lVAotksxJo ^t /"" »„..,;..,» A ,.»„.... " which tells how to grow them to perfection 

 will send FREE, if requested, our leaflet. Latest and DeSt MethOdS Ot tjrOWing AsterS, botil j n g.rden beds end for cut floweis 



