DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS 



Purple Beauty 

 Aster 



Beauty Asters 



A late flowering strain coming into bloom in late September, 

 and being at their best through October, the plants grow nearly 

 3 feet high, and bear their very large, densely double flowers on 

 long strong stems. per pkt. 



1271 American Beauty. Bright cerise-rose. $0 IS 



1272 Lavender Beauty. Soft lavender 15 _ 



1273 Purple Beauty. Rich deep purple 15 4& 



1274 September Beauty. Delicate shell-pink. 15 



1275 Peachblossom Beauty. Peach- 

 blossom pink 15 v 



1276 White Beauty. Purest white. . . 15 

 Special pkt. of any of the above, 



50 cts. V • 



1279 Collection, a packet each of the 



6 sorts, 75 cts. 

 1278 Finest Mixed Colors, i oz., 



60 cts 15 Jr 



California Giant Asters 



A splendid midseason to late flowering strain, 

 plants grow 3 to 3\ feet high with long, strong 

 stems 18 to 24 inches in length bearing beauti- 

 fully formed curled and interlaced flowers 5 ^ 

 inches and over across. special pkt. per pkt. j 



1291 Lavender Blue $0 75 $0 20 [Sg- 



1292 Peach Blossom 75 20 



1293 Pure White 75 20 / , 



1294 Deep Purple 75 20 \ fr- - 



1295 Rich Rose 75 20 ( 



1296 Parma Violet 75 20 



1299 Collection of a packet each of 

 above 6 colors, $1.00. 



1300 Finest Mixed Colors. \ oz., 

 75 cts 15 



Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way 

 as you would for a crop of vegetables. They should have an 

 open, sunny position, and prefer a good, heavy, loamy soil, enriched 

 with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good com- 

 mercial fertilizer; and the addition of wood ashes or air- 

 slacked lime, and should not be grown on the same ground 

 year after year; it must be changed each season. 

 The main essentials to insure fine Asters are a 

 » new rich soil, frequent cultivation, no check to 



r their growth from start to finish and ample room 



to develop. When wanted for cutting with long 

 stems, they should be set out not closer than 

 twelve inches apart in the rows and two feet 

 between the rows. When wanted for mass effects 

 in beds they may be planted nine inches to a foot 

 apart each way. 



Asters are sometimes attacked by an aphis at 

 their roots; also by stem rot. Both of these troubles 

 are rarely met with if the plants are grown on new 

 soil, and are not checked in their growth. The 

 addition of wood ashes or air-slacked lime at the 

 time of the preparation of the beds also helps to 

 prevent these troubles. 



Astermum Asters 



A strain of Comet Asters which, on account of 

 their size and Chrysanthemum-like appearance, 

 have appropriately been named Astermums. The plants grow 

 about 2 feet high, and come into bloom a little earlier than the 

 Crego's Giant. We offer three fine colors, as under: 



1261 Lavender. A rich shade of lavender or light violet. 



1262 Pink. A very attractive shade of lively rose-pink. 



1263 White. Purest snow-white. 

 Price. Any of the above 10 cts. per pkt.; Special pkt., 50 cts. 



California Giant Aster 



We call Special Attention to our Collection of Six Famous Asters offered on pages 45 60 



