Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



79 



NUMBER and NAME. 



% oz. at oz. rate only on articles quotei at 

 $1 per oz. and over. 



General Observations. 



per oz., 



$1-5° 



Asters, Truffaut's Paeony Perfec 

 tion — Dark Blood Red . . . 

 —Striped . . . 



— Light Blue . . 

 —Deep Mauve ... 



—Mixed pe 



Washington, White 

 — Crimson . . . 

 — Peach Blossom 

 —Light Blue . - 

 —Mixed .... 

 Victoria, White 

 — Cream-colored 

 — Apple Blossom 

 —Peach Blossom 

 — Dark Scarlet . 

 —Light Blue . . 



—Mixed per oz., $2.50 



—Dwarf White 



Rose . . . 



Mixed . . . . per oz., $3.50 



Shakespeare, White 



— Crimson 



—Dark Blue .... 



— Mixed per oz., $2.50 



Comet, Rose . . . 

 — Rose and White 



-Light Blue . . . 

 —Snow White . . 



— Mixed per oz., $3 



Imbricated Pompon, White 



Rose 



Sky Blue 



— — " Mourning Aster " 



Mixed per oz., $2 



Bouquet Dwarf, Crimson 



White 



Mixed. . . . per oz., $1.50 



Large Rose-flow' d, Dark Scarlet 



Mixed. . . . peroz.,$2 



Candelabra Red 



—White 



— Rose 



Triumph, Dark Scarlet . 

 —Dark Scarlet and White 

 Jewel, Apple Blossom . . 



Schiller, White 



Mignon 



Snowball 



Dwarf Queen, White . . 

 Liliput-flowered, White . 

 Mixed Crown . . . peroz. 

 -Non Plus Ultra . . 

 — Betteridge's Quill'd " 

 —Queen of the Market " 

 — Victoria Needle . 



— Goliath 



— Giant Emperor . . " 

 —Quilled, or China. " 

 — Harlequin (striped petals) 

 — Perennial 



$2.50 



75 

 1. 00 



3.00 

 50 



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cts. 



u. red 



1 'A 



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stri. 





IO 



1. blue 





IO 



mauve 





IO 



mixed 





10 



white 



2 



IO 



cr 1 in . 





IO 



peach 





IO 



i Kino 





IO 



mixed 





1 0 



w h i t e 



I 72 



IO 



cream 





IO 



I. pk. 





IO 



peach 





IO 



d. scar. 





IO 



1. uiue 





1 0 



mixed 





IO 



white 



I 



IO 



rose 





IO 



rn '* 1 f e< ^ 





IO 



white 



T 1/ 



I 72 



IO 



crim. 





IO 



d . blue 





IO 



mixed 





IO 



rose 





IO 



ro. &w. 





IO 



1. uiue 





IO 



white 





1 0 







IO 



white 





IO 



rose 





IO 



blue 





IO 



dark 





IO 



mi xed 





IO 



crim. 





IO 



white 





IO 



mixed 





IO 









mixed 





IO 







IO 



white 









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IO 



d scar. 





IO 



sc. &w. 





IO 



1. pk. 





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25 







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mixed 



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5 







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1-2 



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choicest double sorts. The spe- 

 cial attention given of late to 

 the cultivation of the Aster has 

 resulted in the production of 

 many truly magnificent varie- 

 ties. Among them we may men- 

 tion the Victoria, which pro- 

 duces the most beautiful and 

 perfectly - formed flowers, and 

 is also the best for pot cul- 

 ture ; the Triumph, deep scar- 

 let and white, are very effect- 

 ive for bedding or pot culture. 

 For cutting and bunching, the 

 long-stalked, perfectly globular 

 flowers of the Jewel are espe- 

 cially desirable. The Truffaut 

 class is remarkable for its large 

 incurved flowers and the bright- 

 ness of the colors. The Wash- 

 ington varieties have extra 

 large, perfectly-formed flowers, 

 resembling somewhat a double 

 Zinnia. Imbricated Pompon 

 are very handsome, and most 

 suitable for bouquets. In this 

 latitude Asters should be sown 

 from the middle of March to the 

 first part of May, on a spent 

 hotbed or in pots or shallow 

 boxes, in a frame or in the 

 house. W T hen an inch high, they 

 should be transplanted into fine 

 soil spread over a discarded 

 hotbed, whence they can be 

 bedded out when three or four 

 inches high. This should be 

 done before or during showery 

 weather. Asters do finely sown 

 in the open ground from the 

 middle to the last of May. The 

 only objection to this mode is 

 their late and short duration of 

 flowering. They can also be 

 grown in pots successfully. Use 

 fine and rich soil, and keep well 

 watered. 



COLLECTIONS. 



We invite careful attention to the 

 collections offered below. These 

 are put up in Germany, by men 

 of long experience in selecting 

 the best flowers, and contain 

 only seed saved from the very 

 finest plants. In each collection 

 the colors are separate ; for in- 

 stance, the collection of 24 Truf- 

 faut's Paeony Perfection contains 

 24 separate and distinct colors 

 or varieties of the class. 



COLLECTIONS OF CHOICE ASTERS. 



5 Dwarf Queen (beautiful)jo 35 



6 Comet, New 40 



18 Double Quilled German . 60 



I « • 45 



6 . 25 



12 Double Dwarf German . 50 



6 *' " " . 30 



12 Dwarf Bouquet 60 



£ " " 50 



o 40 



6 Shakespeare 35 



12 Dwarf Victoria 85 



6 " " 45 



Pyramidal Dw'f Bouq . $0 60 

 45 



[2 Giant Emperor 



Imbrique Pornpc 



35 

 80 

 60 

 45 



Truffaut's Paeony Perf. 1 25 

 " 1 00 



75 

 55 

 45 

 6n 



6 Imbrique Pompon . 

 6 Lilliput-Flowered . . . 

 12 Chrvsanthemum-flow'd 



18 Dw'f Chrys'mum-flow 



12 " " '* 



8 '« 

 6 " 



12 Large Rose-flowered 



. $o 40 6 Victoria Needle . . . $0 45 

 30 4 White-center'd Crown . 30 

 70 ; 1 8 Victoria Prize . ... 1 25 

 50 1 12 " " .... 90 



40 8 " " 60 



90 6 " " 50 



65 j 12 Uhland Globe 60 



5' 6 " " • • • 35 



40 8 Schiller 35 



60 6 " 3° 



50 6 Goliath 35 



40 ! 6 Washington 45 



