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aSTER Continued 



DWARF SORTS 



Very Dwarf, or Py gmaea. The plant is about six inches 



high; a cluster of leaves close to the ground, sur- 

 mounted by a bunch of large, bright colored flowers. 

 Mixed colors Pkt. lOcts 



Shakespeare. Plants about six inches high, well 

 branched and very floriferous. Flowers in a wide 

 range of colors. Mixed colors Pkt. 1 Octs 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum. Plant abojat ten inches high, 

 bearing llow^ers which are often three inches in diam- 

 eter and very bright in color. Mixed colors. Pkt. Sets 



Triumph. Plants about one foot high, covered with 

 deep scarlet flowers Pkt. locts 



Dwarf Victoria. Flow^ers like those of the Tall Victoria 

 but borne on plants only about a foot high. A fine 

 sort for borders. Mixed colors Pkt. lOcts 



Pyramidal Bouquet. The plant is a perfect bouquet of 

 fifteen to twenty large flow-ers which quite conceal 

 the foliage, one foot high. Mixed colors. ..Pkt. lOcts 



LilHput. Plant about fifteen inches high, bearing a 

 great many small but perfectly formed flowers, the 

 petals being finely quilled and brilliantly colored. 

 Mixed colors Pkt. lOcts 



TALLER AND LATER SORTS 



In this class the petals are very long and 

 recurved, having much the effect of the 

 finest chrysanthemums. They are of varied and beau- 

 tiful colors, and one of the most popular sorts, continu- 

 ing in bloom till quite late in the season. Plants about 

 two feet high. Finest mixture Pkt. 15cts 



Comet, Giant White. The plant is more vigorous and 

 taller growing than the ordinary Comet, and the 

 flowers are larger and equal in form Pkt. 1 Sets 



Comet, Giant Mixed. A carefully proportioned mix- 

 ture of various colors Pkt. IScts 



Comet 



Washington. Plants two feet tall, flowers very large of- 

 ten four inches in diameter. Mixed colors.. Pkt. IScts 



Giant Emperor. Produces flowers of the largest size, 

 fine form and clear white color Plit. lOcts 



Goliath, Mont Rose. Very large well formed flowers of 

 delicate pink color Pkt. IScts 



Goliath, Mont Blanc. Like Mont Rose, but white in 

 color Pkt. 15cts 



Semple's Branching 



A class of very strong growing asters not coming into 

 bloom until very late, but producing flowers so large, 

 double, perfect in form and borne on such long stems, 

 that florists often sell them for chrvsanthemunis. 



White Pkt. lOcts Tyrian Rose. . .Pkt. 1 Octs 



Lavender " lOcts Deep Carmine.. " lOcts 



Light Pink.... " lOcts Dark Purple. . " lOcts 

 Light Blue... " lOcts Semple's Mixed " lOcts 



Sets 



Aster, Finest Mixed. A mixture of the finest strains and colors. 



Called also Primula Auricula and French Cowslip. This is an old 

 and well known favorite. It thrives best in a moist soil and cool 



BaSloon Vine 



Aiiriculd 



***^" ^^ atmosphere. Tender perennial; height six inches. 



Alpine, the most hardy variety; a good mixture Pkt. 1 Sets 



Finest Prize, a mixture of all the choicest varieties " 3 Octs 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON— (See Centaurea). 



iCardiospermumhalicacahum). Remarkable for its 



inflated membranous capsules containing the seed. It 



is sometimes called " Love-in-a-Pufl:. " A rapid and 



graceful climber. Flowers white. Tender annual; six feet high Pkt. Sets 



1^ 7¥ I C 7T IVI KnoTvn as Lady Slipper and Touch-Me-Not. Balsams have 

 11/-% Lfc3rA i I been so much improved by cultivation that, with good seed and 

 ^ „ proper care, a sinqle flow-er is the exception, each blossom bemg 



fully as double as a rose. The colors range from white to dark purple, and are either 

 self colored or spotted and striped. Balsams are tender and should be started m boxes 

 mdoors or in the open ground v/hen danger of frost is past. The seeds are large and ger- 

 minate quickly. The plants prefer a rich, moist or even wet sandy loam, and must not 

 suffer for moisture. Better results are obtained when onlv a few^ main branches are al- 

 low-ed to grow, all the seccndary and weak ones being pinched out. Well grown plants 

 should stand two feet apart each way. Hardy annual, one to two feet high. 

 Double Solferino, satiny white, streaked and spotted with crimson and lilac. . . Pkt. Sets 

 Double Camellia, extra fine mixed; as double as a Camellia, which it resembles; white 



blotched with various colors Pkt. Sets 



Double Pure White, well adapted for florists. 



bouquets: very double. 



Double Dark Red, {Atrosanguinea plenissima), 



very double, dark red variety 



r Mixed Double Rose, has perfectly double, rose- 



.Pkt lOcts like blossoms of almost every shade and color., 



a. Mixed Double Dwarf, about one foot high 



•• lOcts Mixed Double Tall, about tico feet high 



Sets 

 Sets 

 Sets 



Rfipfrin jfl TCigppi^ A pretty flowering plant of the gentian family and somewhat like a wild rose in appear- 



■-r^i ivriKiuf-ftui V.U ance, producing a profusion of fine, bright metallic yellow blossoms, about two inches 



across and fragrant in the evening. Tender annual: one foot high Pkt. Sets 



