Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



79 



NUMBER and NAME. 



}{oz. at oz. 

 $1 per oz. 



rate onlu on artiola* quoted at 

 and over. 



2290a Asters, Truffaut's Pieony Perfec- 

 tion — Crimson 



2290/7 — Apple-blossom 



2291 — Dark Blood Red 



2292 — Light Blue 



2293 — Mixed per oz., $150 



2294 Washington, White 



2294a — Crimson 



2295 — Peach Blossom 



2296 — Light Blue 



2296a — Mixed 



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



2297a — Flesh Color 



2297b — Rose 



2298 — Indigo 



2298a — Light Violet 



2299 — Dark Scarlet 



2299a — Dark Blue 



2300 — Sky-blue 



2300a — Light Blue 



2301 —Mixed per oz., $1.50 



2304 Shakespeare, White 



2305 — Crimson 



2306 —Dark Blue 



2306a — Mixed 



2307 Comet, Rose . 



2307a — Dark Red 



2308 — Rose and White . . per oz., $2 



2308a —Light Blue 



23086 —Dark Blue 



2308c — Snow White 



2 3°9 — "The Bride," Giant-flowered 



2309a —Mixed peroz., $2 



2310 Imbricated Pompon, White . . . 



231 1 Rose 



2311a — — Sky Blue 



2312 Mixed . . . . per oz. , Si. 50 



2315 Large Rose-flow'd, Dark Scarlet 



2316 Mixed 



2318 Triumph, Dark Scarlet .... 



2318a — Dark Scarlet and White . . . 



2 3 J 9 Jewel, Apple Blossom 



2319a Japanese Tassel (new) 



2320 Schiller, White 



2321 — Mixed 



2322 Mignon 



2322a Snowball 



2323 Dwarf Queen, White 



2324 Lilliput-flowered, White .... 

 2327 Mixed Crown . . 



2330 — Betteridge's Quilled .oz.,5oc. 



2331 — Queen of the Market 



2 33 2 — Victoria Needle 



2 333 —Goliath 



2334 —Giant Emperor 



2 335 —Quilled, or China . .oz.,5oc. 



2 336 —Harlequin f striped petals) . . 



2 337 —Perennial 



hhA 



crim. 



pink 



d. red 



1. blue 



mixed 



white 



crim. 



peach 



[. blue 



mixed 



white 



flesh 



rose 



indigo 



violet 



d.scar. 



d. blue 



1. blue 



mixed 

 white 

 crim. 

 d. blue 

 mixed 

 rose 

 d. red 

 ; ro.& w. 

 i. blue 

 d. blue 

 white 

 blush 

 mixed 

 white 

 rose 

 blue 

 mixed 

 d. scar, 

 mixed 

 d. scar. 

 sc.& w. 

 I. pink 

 rose 

 white 

 mixed 

 white 



mixed 



1% 



1 



1 



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cts. 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



10 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



iO 

 IO 

 IO 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 IO 

 IO 

 IO 

 10 



10 



10 



10 

 10 



10 



10 



10 



25 



10 

 10 



10 

 10 



10 



10 



10 



10 

 10 

 10 



25 



10 

 :o 

 10 

 25 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 5 



10 

 10 

 10 



TO 



5 

 10 

 10 



General Observations. 



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 Triutufih, 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 Truffcud 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. The Japanese Tassel 

 Aster is a very distinct new va- 

 riety, with long, wavy petals and 

 flowers of immense size. 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 3 or 4 inches 

 high. This should be done be- 

 fore or during showery weather. 

 Asters do finely sown in the 

 open ground from the middle to 

 the last of May, but bloom quite 

 late. They can also be well 

 grown in pots ; use fine and rich 

 soil, and water well. 



COLLECTIONS. 



We invite careful attention to the 

 collectionsoffered 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 of24 Truf- 

 faut's Preony Perfection contains 

 24 separate and distinct colors 

 or varieties of the class. 







COLLECTIONS 



OF 



CHOICE ASTERS. 









5 Dwarf Queen(beautiful)$o 35 



12 Pyramidal Dw'f Rouq. 



$0 75 



6 Imbrique Pompon . . 



$0 5° 



6 Victoria Needle . . . 



$0 60 



6 Comet, New .... 



• 50 



8 " " '« . 



• 5° 



6 Liliput-flowered . . . 



• 30 



4 Wbite-centered Crown 



. 40 



iS Double QuO'ed German 



. 60 



6 



. 40 



12 Chrysanthemum-flow'd 



1 00 



18 Victoria Prize . . . . 



1 50 



12 " " " 



• 45 



12 Giant Emperor . . . 



1 00 



8 



• 75 



12 " " . . . . 



1 25 



6 



• 25 



8 " 





6 



. 60 



" , . . . 



. 90 



12 Double Dwarf German 



■ 50 



6 " " . . . 



. 60 



18 Dw'f ('hrys'mum-now'd 



1 25 



6 •' " . . . . 



• 75 



6 



• 30 



24 Truffaut's Pseony Perf. 



1 25 



12 " " . 



• 85 





60 



12 r warf Bouquet . . . 



. 60 



18 " " " . 



1 00 



8 " 



• 75 



6 " " . . . . 





8 " " ... 



•50 



12 " 1 ' " . 



• 75 



6 " 



. 60 



8 Schiller 



• 35 



6 " '« ... 



. 40 



8 '■ ■ « 



• 55 



12 Large Rose-flowered . 



• 85 



6 " 



• 30 



12 Dwarf Victoria . . . 



1 00 



6 " " . 



• 45 



8 " 



• 75 



6 Goliath 



• 35 



6 " 14 ... 



. 60 



12 Imbrique Pompon . . 

 8 . . 



• 75 

 . 60 



6 " 



. 60 



6 Washington , . . . 



, 50 



