Flower Seed Novelties for 1911 
A Magnificent New Aster 
'HERCULES BRILLIANT ROSE' 
•This grand New Sort certainly reprpecnts the 
. highest achjcvement of liorticullurai endeavour 
in this ever popular flower. Varying in height 
u°°) . inches, the plants throw up sturdy 
thick stalks crowned witli gigantic flowers of the 
most perfect curled and waved Chrysanthemum 
type, measuring often six inches and more in dia- 
meter, a size attained by no other Aster in cultivation. 
After several years of patient selection the intro- 
ducer is now able to offer anotherf new* color of this 
magnificent class, a lu-'itrous* ro.^ef of unusual bril- 
hance, quite as perfect in every respect as the white 
parent foiin. It must, however, be) borne in' mind, 
that good soil, careful culture andfa suiiicient dis- 
tance between the plant3\ are essential in order 
that the Hercules Aster mayldevelop its fulllbeauty-, 
pkt. cr--. 
The Sensational Sweet 
Pea Novelty of 1911 
* ETHEL ROOSEVELT' Spencer 
There is naturally some variation e^■en in Spenrr ra 
and ' Ethel Roosevelt " claims the most exclu- 
sive Spencer perfection. 
It is a true waved variety of the largest and most 
perlect form The ground colour is a soft, plensirig 
primrose, or straw colour, overlaid with dainty 
Hakes and splashes of blush crimson. The crim.'on 
is not at all pronounced and simply gives «ome 
warmth and golden tinting to the yellowish ground 
work It bunches .splendidly and will easily lead 
in this type of coloring for a long time. pit. SOc. 
The Beautiful New 
FREESIAHYBRIDA RA6I0NIERI 
Extremely valuable new varieties, with dowers 
in different shades of pink, rose,lpurple, blue, violet 
orange, sulphur yellow, brown, etc.; often deli- 
cately spotted arid veined They can be grown 
and forced as easily as the old white Freesias and 
may be had in bloom in 6 to 7 months from 
seed. The flowers when cut remain a long time 
fresh m water Gold medal at the Nice Show la«t 
pkt. 60c. 
The Largest and Best 
Lavender Spencer Sweet 
Pea yet introduced 
♦FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE' 
• The flowers are truly magnificenti'aud' ofi immense 
size. I he standard is unusually large andS bold 
pronouncedly waved, yet .standing erect^and broad— 
frequently measuring 2 inches across. The color ' ~ 
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SUBERB NEW GLADIOLUS "PRAECOX AMARYLLIDIFLORUS " 
^4 sh^uW rommr.nJ.n Kln^m? " A ■ ^ "^"^ transplanted soon after, 3 or 4 inches apart and set out when weather per- 
open at once.— afiades ot white, cream, chamois, salmon, rose, red, purple, lilac, etc., etc. Pkt SOc 
GERBERA JAMESONI HYBRIDA (Adnet's Hybrids) 
One of the most interesting introductions of recen t years 
GardenI a' "ca'Ste'Clid^ Mr ^/!^."!f^"ri'l^'^K*'l^'?[,-*^?' S™'^ P'«"*^ ^° ^y^^'^' ^'^^'^^^^ *e Botanic 
«nH with th» fnJf^^^^ Jingiand. Mr. Lynch added to the brilliant orange scarlet of the type a series of fine new colours 
oolouTfoftcomn^rib?; delJ^^^ A '^T' French specialist, who has taken these plants in hand, we have now a galaxy 
wsrcerte anTrubfr^d tn^^^^^ in which an mfinity of tints, from pure white throi.gh yellow, orange,^ salmon, 
l^n^,nrrtt?«tn7l/.„ ^ .1° represented The starry lightness of these beautiful flowers ai^d their beini borne on 
Pkt $1 00^ ' ^^^"^ admirably suited to all kinds of Boral decoration. They are most easily propagatfd by seed 
