Not only the most popular, but the most effective in the entire list. While most easy of culture, there is no flower which 

 combines so much beauty and variety of color and shape and habit as the modern Aster. For a late summer or full display 

 they have no successful rival. Give them a rich soil, and in hot, dry weather they should be mulched and well watered. 



^'^^?^')^t^^f'}T'^AJ^h. Truflfaut's Paeony Perfection Aster. A very 



f|V», ^\/ ^.i^^^^^^ ' ',i^iS3i5|Sv favorite type. Thrifty, upright plants ; large fine flow- 



''''^^7^W'Nw^#lw4^VSH*^ ers, -witli long incurved petals. The florists' .ilster and 



^ -1 «^^ vvraMOTW^X w «JKffiiYj1wrV.l»>i^ one of the finest. 



•^*^^\'^^W?!^^^>MmWW'^r^^B^^^^^A 320. A. Paeony Perfection. Finest mixed ; all 



^^'l^^SS^i^^WOl'Tr^tW^^}^^^ colors, . 10 



i- 'Wyi-Ji^Jv^S^Ak fc^>\\\m^^lla^^; iaiMtii y' 321. A. P£Eo.ny Perfection. Satin-white, ... 10 



75^5^«wK'^-iV'T'ni''^^^^M^MiBP 322. " " Crimson lo 



\^'/ilL^f'i^^^l.Z'il);^k'Si^^^^fm^^^^^HSH^^ ^^^- " " I*ark blue 10 



■'*'l'ffll\MJBSaiife3a'faM.tt'*yaMr^ 324. " •• Vlolet with -white, 10 



'^^^l/^^^^K^m^^^^ 325. " " Rose " " lo 



i.Ji Wfi^miSSSlai^SliBJ^^^ 326. " " White with carmine, 10 



fra^'v--SBK^nWiiW/*v?^WP^S^^ DWAKF CHKTSANTHEHUM-IXOWEKED 



?jtK<ffi^gWv U** jlv'i\(4,rtv ASTERS. 



^^^^M^pP'K^fJal/^I^M Plants only ten to twelve inches high; producing 



'li'f' /^iis^ ' ■MfcV t'lMJi^^rHSlB flowers of the largest size and choicest colors. 



l^^i'''WF^^<i*«HBMlMjyW ''27. A. Chrj'santhemum-Flowered. Mixed, . 10 



rr'^M^®!^^^^'^;^''^--^^ 328. " " Pure white 10 



ttill'i!M'Sm%))l';'I!v VICTORIA ASTERS. 



il;,,^J'ajj..i.'i.kj, ,\ljd.iiIi;..*.^K^^riaTSJ ^ magnificent race of Asters. The colors include 



,_.,.,_ _^ many delicate and some gorgeous shades ; flowers very 



^_ ^ lypMffiir double and four inches across and from twenty to thirty 



^^^^S^ISS^^^^^^^T^^SmW^^ in a .single plant; fifteen to eighteen inches high. 



IsS^^^^M^^^^iM^^^S 329. A. Victoria. Choice mixed 15 



J^W^^^^9S««Mj^^^^k^ 330. " Pure white, 15 



^™*^*'^^'^^^^^^^j^Z7^ gerjvian qutllel) aster. 



^^i^Sf^r'i£^^^^m^^^§S^^^^^^^^>Zir^ Flowers composed of tube or quilled-shape petals. 



*k^^^^^^^^^^^^^^j:!:;. Very beautiful, with a great variety of colors. 



SM^g^^^W^^^^^^^^sf: 3.31. German Quilled. (Betteridge's Prize). Mixed, 10 



vf^g^^g^^^^^^^g::; 332. German «Juilled. Pure white, 10 



Vv M>i^^ia^^^^^S lf DEEP SCARLET TRIUMPH ASTER. 



333. This is undoubtedly the most beautiful 



and perfect of all dwarf Asters. Each plant 



TRUFFAUT's i>.EOKY PERFECTION ASTER. form an elegant bouquet of itself seven to eight 



^j^ incheshigh. The flowers 



„^ . __"5^ ,.<^^<^^v .--Tin measure from two and one- 



NEW PE.4.RL ASTER. t^^^'^/^^m^i^ '"^'^ '" '^'"^*^ '"'^''"'^ across, of 



This entirelv new and distinct —.^^IViilSyifa^Q^S faultless form The color is 



clnssof Asters issuperior to most j^^^^S^UmvS^S^^^ rich bnlhant scarlet^; each 



other frs-pes. The plants form /^^^^^^^^MBSS^^^ms F'"."* a*""" ^^^ '^'^''''- }° 



handson'.e pvr.amids about fifteen V^^^^^^^^Bp^ffi^^i ^^"K *''''"''^''* of e x q u i s 1 1 e 



inches high" and are literally /^^Sgl^^S^^^ffiS^i^l^^^^W^^ oeauiy, a 



covered with a mass of the most fej j^^fe ^B^SM^sJalBBSSW^^S^'.i'llRjS^ COMET ASTER. 



perfect flowers, round in shape, ^^^S^^^^^^^^raBK^^aWJ^^CS^S^^KN 334. Its long wavv and twisted 



and three and one-half to four l^^SSlS^gKfflKMHrtalSSi^ petals are formed into a loose 



inches in diameter, finely and ^^^|^g^K|^B!l|»'R'S»i!fi>Kv!^ yet dense half-globe, resem- 



fully mibricated, and borne on ^&^S^^MM^m'ltlsFVtM!S^^f^J^ Wing the Japanese Chrysan- 



long stems. They are most l^^»*«fflM]|l™B*fiJ^^ themums; flowers three and 



admirably adapted for pots and ^l^^yiilSMfwaKa^VrtGi^si^^t^ one-half to four and one-half 



borders and especially valuable f5^»jOJBgi|«jM{aiB^tf^ inches across. Each petal a 



for cut-flowers. wSlMmK^isSK^^m^^S^f^^tJSB^^X^^^ delicate pink, margined with 



337. New Pearl Mixed, . 25 ^M^^Pra^|v|Sl6S^iM^ white 20 



338. Pure 'S^ra'PlSjmBlfVwS^^^Ira 

 AA-hite, 25 ^flMlral^?^i^^^^1mS^ _ 



COMET ASTEE. 



NEW QUEEN ASTER. 

 The Finest Dwarf Aster in Cul- 

 "^ -ii ^Si^ tivation. 



■a^SC ^^V rj.^^^ splendid Aster makes vrw:' 



*!^ f^. dwarf bushy plants about ten * '^^ 



inches high, of compact habit of ,-«s.e^h^-,«5»b«5i3£is5» - 



growth, producing a great number <^:^^^^^Ue^^^^r*^'^ 



-_^_,._,.,_^ of double flowers, which resemble <^'V6^<S-^ 



^»=^^ in shape and size the Victoria ceo WN ASTER. 



Aster. It IS excellent for pot , j- .■ i 



W/'^'^!k^>>^P^7^^^^?^^^~~~- culture and for bedding. As yet there are only two colors distmct 

 «»i^«->^^^^^te5?^ enough to be worthv of introduction. 



o ^.J^i:^^^^i^^^^^^^^^^^^=:>^ a3.5. Satin White Queen, j" 



336. Crimson Queen 



CROWN ASTER. 

 NEW PE.\KL ASTEE. 339 The centre of each flower is white, surrounded by a broad 

 margin of color, such as crimson, rose, violet, etc.; floweri large and freely produced; height, eighteen inches ^^ 

 to two feet, tiSte cuI.J • 



