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ASTERS — Continued . 
EARLIEST OF ALL ASTERS 
Vick's Snowdrift. Is without doubt the earliest of all 
1 extra early vaiieties. The plants 
grow erect, with slender wiry stems, crowned with beautiful, 
feathery flowers, nearly a week ahead of any other variety we have 
ever seen. The long recurved petals give the flowers an exceed- 
ingly graceful effect, heightened, in many cases, by the ragged 
irregular character of the inner petals. Under favorable condi- 
tions a block of Snowdrift is a money making proposition the 
first few days while prices are high. Pkt., 20 cts. 
Earliest Lavender. .Identical with Vick's Snowdrift ex- 
cept in colour, which is the same 
desiiable shade as Lavender Gem. Pkt., 20 cts. 
Earliest Pink. Just what we have been trying to get for 
years to go with Snowdrift to which it is so 
similar except in colour. One of the best new things we offer this 
year. Pkt., 20 cts. 
Earliest Purple 
A fine rich shade. Identical with Snow- 
drift except in colour. Pkt., 20 cts. 
A packet each of four Earliest of all Asters, 65 cts. 
NEW EARLY-BRANCHING ASTER 
A distinct advance in the branching class, coming into bloom 
about two weeks earlier than the Semple's or Late Branching 
the plants are of vigorous growth; flowers; large and double, 
and produced on long stems. 
Rose Pkt., 10 cts. 
White Pkt., 10 cts. 
Crimson Pkt., 10 cts. 
Lavender Pkt., 10 cts. 
Purple Pkt., 10 cts. 
Shell Pink Pkt, 10 cts. 
Rosy Carmine. 
Cardinal. 
A packet each of six Early Branching Asters for 50 cts. 
Lavender Gem. One 01 tne most beautiful Asters. 
It is of true Comet type, with large, 
artistic, loosely-arranged flowers on long wiry stems of the most 
charming shade of lavender imaginable. Per pkt., 15 cts. 
A particularly new and pleasing color 
"of the branching type, the flowers being 
much larger; a fino keeper. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Cardinal, the color is, as its name implies, a 
"beautiful shade of cardinal. The growth is 
similar to the Branching Asters, but somewhat dwarfer. The 
flowering season begins about the middle of August and the flowers 
retain their brilliant coloring for many weeks. Pkt., 10 cts. 
SrarlfftPom Scarlet Gem is the nearest approach to a 
otarieiuem, truo scar i ct ct> i or tnat ] las so f ar been prod- 
uced in Asters. The plants are of the Branching type. The 
flowers are larger than those of the Cardinal, a brighter, more 
fiery color, and not quite so double. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Victoria Improved. Plants grow strong and robust, 
— bearing flowers of enormous size, 
very double, showy and massive, with recurved petals. Choicest 
mixed. Pkt., 10 cts. 
DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERED. 
A large flowering Dwarf Aster, very double. 1 foot. Excellent 
for ribbon borders, beds or pots. 
White Pkt., 10 cts. 
Scarlet Pkt., 10 cts. 
Light Blue PH., 10 cts. 
Dark Blue Pkt., 10 cts. 
Carmine Pkt., 10 cts. 
Rose Pkt., 10 cts. 
Mixed Pkt., 10 cts. 
A packet each of the six colours 50 cts. 
ABRONIA, Umbellata. 
_The Abronias are trailing 
plants with prostrate branches 
bearing clusters of sweet, scented flowers, very much like Verbenas. 
The seed should be started under glass, first removing the husky 
covering. Annual. Rosy lilac with white eye. Pkt., 5 cts. 
ARITTITOM Flowering Maple.. Elegant flowering half 
ABU 1 1HJ1N. hardy shrubs of strong growth and easy 
cultivation, suitable for house in winter and garden in summer. 
Sown any time before April, in a temperature of 60 degrees, they 
will produce fine flowering plants the first season. Of choice 
varieties and colours. Per pkt., 15 cts. 
A | A Elegant half-hardy shrubs, having fine ornamental 
AI^A<_1 A. foliage, and beautiful clusters of various shades of 
yellow globular flowers. Soak the seed in warm water before 
sowing. Fine varieties mixed 6 to 10 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. 
ACHILLEA, Ptarmica, "The Pearl."— belthL'dy 
white perennials, bears a profusion of small, double, white flowers 
during the entire season. Fino for cutting. Height, 2]/ 2 feet. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; y s oz., $2.00. 
Late Branching Aster. 
SINGLE ASTER— Elegance(New). — Of compact 
pyramidal habit. The 
plants bear many long-stemmed single flowers with small disc and 
very long wavy petals. Useful both for the garden and for cutting. 
The best single aster yet raised. Can be supplied in 4 colours: 
White, lavender Blue, dark Blue and Rose. Each per pkt., 
20 cts. Mixed per pkt., 15 cts. 
PERE NNIAL ASTERS(Starworts or Michaelmas Dai- 
sics). — Single-flowering hardy, 
herbaceous plants, thriving in any good garden soil. If sown 
early in the Spring, they will flower the first season. Mixed 
colours. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Ferguson's Superb Mixed Aster 
The mixture comprises the finest varieties of large-flowered 
Asters, including Victoria, Giant Crego Comet, Vick's Branch- 
ing, Peony-flowered, Hohenzollern, Washington, King Asters, 
Imperial and others, and the best colours of these. This com- 
bination enables the purchaser to get in. a single packet a 
choice and varied selection of the most splendid Asters in 
cultivation. Oz., $4.00; Y s oz., 60 cts.; pkt., 10 cts. 
ArOVITl T1V/I Hardy perennials. Showy spikes of hood 
ALU1NI 1 UM. shaped flowers, 4 feet. June to September. 
Wilsoni. This recent introduction from China, with large 
pale-blue trusses, is the latest-flowering of all the 
Monk's-Hoods. It attains a height of about 4 feet. After the 
terminal flower truss is over, lateral shoots are produced which 
continue flowering until late in the season. Pkt., 20 cts. 
NapeHus.— Blue. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Albus.— White. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Lycoctonum. — Yellow variety from Siberia, very hardy. Pkt. 
25 cts. 
All colours mixed. — Pkt., 10 cts. 
ADONIS, Aestivalis. (Flos. Adonis).— 
Handsome plants, with showy flowers, and of easy culture in any 
soil. Seed should be sown early. Annuals. Scarlet. 1 foot. 
Pkt., 5 cts. 
APRHPI IIMIIIM One of the most beautiful and valuable 
ftv - r "-"- iVl. ovcr iasting flowers and grown extensiv- 
ely for winter bouquets. Sow in hot beds and transplant. Annuals. 
Single mixed. — Pkt., 5 cts. 
Double mixed.— Pkt., 5 cts. 
