Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



79 



NUMBER and NAME. 



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

 $1 per oz. and ouer. 



General Observations. 



2291 Asters, Truffaut's Paeony Perfec- 



tion—Dark Blood Red 



2291a — Striped 



2292 — Light Blue 



2292a — Deep Mauve 



2293 —Mixed per oz., $1.50 



2294 Washington, White 



2294a — Crimson 



2295 — Peach Blossom 



2296 — Light Blue 



2296a — Mixed 



2297 Victoria, White . . per oz., $1.50 

 2297a — Cream-colored 



2298 —Apple Blossom 



2299 — Peach Blossom 



2300 —Dark Scarlet 



2300a — Light Blue 



2301 — Mixed per oz., $1.50 



2302 — Dwarf White 



2303 Rose 



2303a Mixed 



2304 Shakespeare, White 



2305 — Crimson 



2306 — Dark Blue 



2306a — Mixed 



2307 Comet, Rose 



2308 — Rose and W r hite 



2308a — Light Blue 



2308^ — Snow White 



2309 — Mixed pcroz., $'2 



2310 Imbricated Pompon, White . . 



231 1 Rose 



2311a — ■ — Sky Blue 



23116 " Mourning Aster " . . . . 



2312 Mixed. . . . per oz., $1.50 



2313 Bouquet Dwarf, Crimson . . . 



2314 White 



2315 Mixed. . . . per oz., $1.50 



2315a Large Rose-flow' d, Dark Scarlet 



2316 Mixed 



2317 Candelabra Red 



2317a — White 



23176 — Rose 



2318 Triumph, Dark Scarlet .... 

 2318a — Dark Scarlet and White .... 



2319 Jewel, Apple Blossom 



2320 Schiller, White 



2321 —Mixed 



2322 Mignon 



2322a Snowball 



2323 Dwarf Queen, W T hite 



2324 Lilliput-fiowered, White .... 



2325 Non Plus Ultra 



2327 Mixed Crown 



2330 — Betteridge's Quilled, oz., 50c. 



2 33 J — Queen of the Market 



2 33 2 —Victoria Needle 



2333 —Goliath 



2334 — Giant Emperor 



2335 —Quilled, or China . .oz.,5oc. 



2336 —Harlequin (striped petals) . . 



2337 — Perennial 



hhA 



hP 





cts. 



d red 





10 



stri. 





10 



1. biue 





10 



mauve 





10 



mixed 





10 







10 



crim 6 





10 



peach 





10 



1. blue 





10 







10 



whife^ 





10 



c rcQ 111 





10 



1. pk. 





10 



peach 





10 



d.scar. 





10 



1. blue 





10 



mixed 





10 



white 





10 



rose 





10 



mixed 





10 



white 





10 



crim. 





10 



d.blue 





10 



mixed 





10 



rose 





10 



ro. & w. 





1 0 



1. blue 







white 





10 



mixed 





10 



white 





10 



rose 





10 



blue 





10 



dark 





10 



mixed 





10 



crim. 





10 



white 





10 



mixed 





10 



d. scar. 





10 



mixed 





10 



red 





10 



white 





10 



rose 





10 



d. scar. 





10 



sc. &w. 





10 



1. pk. 





10 



white 





10 



mixed 





10 



white 





10 







25 





3/ 



10 







10 



cream 



1 



10 



mixed 



1 



10 





i l A 



5 







10 





1 



10 





1V2 



10 







10 







5 







10 





1-2 



10 



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 culture ; 

 the Triumph, deep scarlet and 

 white, are very effective for 

 bedding or pot culture. For 

 cutting and bunching, the long- 

 stalked, perfectly globular flow- 

 ers of the Jewel are especially 

 desirable. The Truffaut class 

 is remarkable for its large in- 

 curved flowers and the bright- 

 ness of the colors. The Wash- 

 ington varieties have extra 

 large, perfectly-formed flowers, 

 resembling somewhat a double 

 Zinnia. Imbricated Pompons 

 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. When 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 )fo 35 



6 Comet, New . . . . 50 

 18 Double Quilled German . 60 

 I '' " " ■ 45 



6 " . 25 



12 Double Dwarf German . 50 



6 " " " . 30 

 12 Dwarf Bouquet 60 



8 " " 50 



6 " " 40 



12 Dwarf Victoria .... 1 00 



I " " 60 



[2 Pyramidal Dw'f Bouq 



8 " " " 



6 



12 Giant Emperor . . . 



24 Truffaut's Paeony Perf 

 18 



12 " " " 



8 " " " 



6 



12 Imbrique Pompon . . 

 8 . . 



$0 75 

 • 50 

 . 40 

 1 00 

 . 80 

 . 60 

 1 25 

 I 00 

 75 

 53 

 4> 



I 5 

 bo 



Imbrique Pompon.. . . $c 

 Lilliput-fiowered . . . . 

 Chrvsanthemum-flow'd 1 



Dw'f Chrys'mum-flow'd 

 Large Rose-flowered . 



6 Victoria Needle . . . . $0 60 

 4 White-centered Crown . 40 



18 Victoria Prize 15° 



12 " " 1 25 



8 " " 90 



6 " " 75 



t2 Uhland Globe 60 



6 " " 35 



8 Schiller 35 



6 " 30 



6 Goliath . 35 



6 Washington 50 



