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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



VARIOUS ASTERS. 



"HERCULES," ASTER. 



Surpassing all others in size, form and doubleness, the flowers 

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



Hercules white Pkt I • 



Hercules Rosy Lilac, new and beautiful color -'•">< 



BALL, or JEWEL ASTER. 



Mixed colors, sturdy, compact plants, 2 ft. high, with round ball- 

 shaped, densely double flowers 3 ins. across P kt. 10c. 



BETTERIDGES QUILLED ASTER. 



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

 broad guard petals; plants 2 ft Pkl. 5c. 



CACTUS-FLOWERED ASTER. 



A beautiful new form; the flowers — large and double — are com- 

 posed of gracefully recurved petals with twisted tips, thus resembling 

 the flowers of a Cactus Dahlia; plants of pyramidal growth, medium 



height and free-flowering. Rose-Carmine Pkl. 15c. 



Cactus Flowered Lilac, new 25c. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED DWARF ASTER. 



Bushy plants, 9 ins. high, bearing large perfectly double flowers. 



Finest mixed colors Pkl. 10c. 



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



CROWN POMPON ASTER. 



Compact, plants 1 ft. high, crowded with densely double flowers 

 2H ins. across, having a white center surrounded by some other color. 

 Mixed colors Pkl. 10c. 



JAPANESE TASSEL ASTER. 



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

 petals; plants 15 ins. high. Mixed colors Pkl. 10c. 



YELLOW-QUILLED ASTER. 



A beautiful sulphur-yellow colored variety having large globular 

 flowers 4 to 414 inches in diameter, composed of round quill-like petals 

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



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 Vi inches across; 

 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.) 



White Pkt. 10c. I Rose Colored Pkt. 10c. 



Crimson 10c. Mixed Colors 10c. 



Light Blue 10c. I 



To every purchaser of ASTER SEED we will 

 send FREE, if requested, our leaflet, 



H ende su? e ^>k VICTORIA ASTERS. 



agnificent flowers, massive and showy, with regular overlapping petals double clear to the 



tre. The flowers measure 4 to 5 inches across, and the colors include many extremely delicate 



some gorgeous shades. The plants grow very evenly, about 18 inches high, and carry from 



to 40 flowers on a plant. Perhaps the handsomest Asters, taken all in all, for size, color 



nd profusion of bloom. (See cut.) 



Victoria, Finest Mixed Per 1 .000 seeds, 50c, Pkt. 10c. 



Pure White Pkt. 10c. Victoria, Sky-Blue 10c. 



" Purple 10c " White, Tinted Rose 10c. 



" Scarlet, dark and rich 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, 40.; 12 colors 75c 



New Gekman Juno Asters. 



A splendid new class of Asters and very early flowering. The plants of stocky, sturdy, 

 globular habit, growing about 20 inches high, bearing on long, stilt stems very large, very 

 double and beautifully formed flowers often 4 inches across; the center petals curve 

 slightly, the outer rows are imbricated Victoria-like. A splendid Garden Aster and fine 



for cutting. 



Juno Aster, White and Amethyst Pkt. 10c. 



" White and Rose " 10c. 



" Pure White " 10c. 



" Mixed Colors " 10c. 



Asters, Queen 

 of the Earlies. 



(Queen of the Market), valuable 

 on account of their extreme earliness 

 and for cutting; plants 12 ins. high; 

 medium-sized double flowers on long 

 stems. 



Queen of the Earlies, white. . Pkt. 10c 

 " rose-pink . . 10c 

 " indigo-blue. 10c 



" scarlet 10c. 



" mixed colors 10c 



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-stem- 

 med 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 



giants. 

 ingle China Aster, White . . . Pkt. 10c 

 " " Rose-pink . . . 10c 

 " " Heliotrope. . . 10c 



" " Mixed Colors. 10c. 



LARGE SINGLE CHINA ASTERS. 



"Latest and Best Methods of Growing Asters, 



which tells how to grow them to perfection, both 

 in garden beds and for cut flowers. 



