Warren, Me. ---"From your seed we had the grandest 

 display of Asters ever seen in this town, ' ' 



—Mrs. S. F. Howard 



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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



MY SELECT ASTERS 



What Varieties Shali I Buy? Will you take my judgment? For early. Queen of the 

 Market: second early, or mid-season, Daybreak, Comet and Crego or Mikado types; late, Semple's 

 and Inrincible types. 



Almost all the Novelties are variations of the above mentioned Asters. I offer the best 

 of the recent novelties, using tlie name of the introducer, both because mine are grown from 

 their strains and because of the nation-wide reputation iheir advertising has given them. 



Don't be Afraid of my Low prices. You can pay more for Aster seed if you want to, but 

 you won't get anyihing better. My price is low, not because of low grade, but of my cus- 

 tom to lessen the size of the packet, thus giving a larger selection for the same outlay.' Does 

 this method not appeal to you? 



"Most Perfect Asters Growm/' My seed is raised by an expert and careful grower. 

 This is what he says of his 1911 crop: "I have over S.COO plants, and when the field was 

 at its best not an imperfect tlower nor an 

 off color could be found." 



NEW ASTERS 



VICK'S EARLY BRANCHING 



It is hard to improve on so gocd a 

 tvpe as the late-branching, but these 

 new Asters, while having all the beauty 

 and vigor of the former have also a de- 

 cided advantage in coming from 10 days 

 to two weeks earlier. They should be in 

 your garden if you wish continuous 

 bloom from the earliest-flowering sorts 

 down to the gorgeous late bloomers. 

 Two colors, rose pink and white, mixe^ 

 Pkt., 100 seeds, 6c; 2 pkts., 10c. 



ASTER LEAFLET FREE 

 With every Aster purchase amount- 

 ing to I Oc, or over, My Aster Leaf- 

 let on How to Grow Best Asters. 



Edwardsville. lU 

 "Last year from y 

 Aster seed I sold 200 

 to our florist, besides 

 giving away that 

 many. ""Mrs. Gilbert 

 Atchison* 



ELECTRIC ASTERS 



A new and unique variety, bearing the same relation 

 to the Aster family that the Cactus Dahlia does to its 

 family, and indeed the blossoms, with their quilled, 

 thread-like snowy petals, look very much like a white 

 Cactus Dahlia, and are most beautiful and distinguished- 

 looking flowers. Pkt., 75 seeds, 6c; 2 pkts., 10c. 



Cortland, N. Y.— "I must thank you for the grand Asters I had 

 from your seed, the largest and most beautiful colors I ever had. From 

 a small plot I sold $15.01 in cut Asters, two of tne florists buying of me 

 by the hundred, as mine were larger and nicer than any they raised. ' ' 



— Lettie M. Babcock 



PEERLESS PINK ASTER 



Introduced by Dreer, and said by ex- 

 perts to be the best shell-pink of its 

 type. It is a cross between the pink 

 Crego and late-branching shell-pink, but 

 is more closely related to the latter 

 class In form, color and season of flow- 

 ering. The plants are robust, bearing 

 on long, strong stems their immense, 

 almost globular flowers, 4 and 5 inches 

 across, a beautiful rose, or shell-pink. 

 Pkt.. 7.-) seeds. 6c; 2 pkts.. 10c. 



LADY ROOSEVELT ASTER 



This new and exceedingly mammoth 

 Aster Is one of the most ■ satisfactory 

 Asters ever produced. A strong and 

 rampant grower, producing immense 

 flowers, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, 

 borne on long stiff stems, 24 to .30 

 inches long. The long, broad petals 

 are curled, giving an appearance of a 

 graceful chrysanthemum: color a beau- 

 tiful deep rose-pink. While a branch- 

 ing Aster in form, it blooms so much 

 earlier that it may more properly be 

 classed with the Mid-season Asters. 

 Pkt., 75 seeds, 6c; 2 pkts., 10c. 



