WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
VALUABLE FLORAL 
Aster 
New Early Branching Aster. 
New Aquilegia (Columbine), Long- 
Spurred "Rose Queen" 
This splendid novelty, which has arisen among the 
highly popular long-spurred hybrids of Aquilegia Coeru- 
lea, attains a height of 12 to 16 ins. Freely branching 
and with the characteristic elegant Columbine foliage, 
the plants produce on long and slender stalks a great 
profusion of graceful long-spurred flowers of light to 
dark rose with white centre and yellow anthers, a most 
delicate and beautiful combination of color. This lovely 
Aquilegia comes about 80 per cent true from seed 
New Eschscholtzia, Erecta Compacta 
"Dainty Queen" 
An exquisite new color in Eschscholtzia, so delicate 
and striking that it will excite universal admiration. 
The color is a tender blush or pale coral pink, slightly 
deeper towards the edges, with a ground work of delicate 
cream, and is quite the same shade inside the flower as 
outside, so that the effect in color is the same when the 
flower is open as when closed, which is quite unusual 
m all other Eschsoholtzias. It forms a small compact 
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NOVELTIES FOR 1908 
Vick's 2 Newi,Early 
Branching Asters. 
OflFered for the first time this sea- 
son, Vick's Early Branching is a 
selection from the Late Branching. 
In two colors, white and rose. 
Both are similar in habit to the 
parent but .derive considerable 
value from their earliness, ena- 
bling a grower to get into the 
market with Branching Asters 
considerably ahead of regular 
Branching sorts. These colors are 
both well fixed, and will give 
entire satisfaction to the most 
critical grower. Rosp, pkt. 25c. 
White 
New Giant Comet Aster 
" Triumphvof ;Paris " 
Of pyramidal habit, this new 
Aster grows 2 tol2i feet high and 
produces enormous flowers, 4J to 
6 inches across, with long pure 
white outer petals, in the centre 
of which the quilled disk florets 
form a bright golden yellow wreath. 
A first class certificate of the 
French Horticultural Society was 
awarded to this Novelty on 
August 29th, 1907 
New Antirrhinum, Ma jus Nanum 
" Daphne " 
(Dwarf Snapdragon). Of late years some 
remarkably fine colors have been introduced in 
the semi-dwarf Antirrhinums, and among these 
this new variety ^ill certainly take high rank. 
Its flowers are deep carmine rose, the lower lip is 
suffused with white, and the throat pure white. 
This delicate coloring produces a most fascinating 
effect, and in combination with the bright dark 
green foliage renders the plant an excellent one 
for groups and cutting 
bush, very free blooming, with the lowers standing well 
above the bright green foliage 
New Godetia, Dwarf Compact 
" Crimson Glow " 
It forms a compact little bush about 9 inches in height 
completelysmothered with flowers of the most dazzling 
intense crimson. A bed of this variety produces a vivid 
effect the intensity of which it is impossible to describe, 
and to be fully appreciated it must be seen growing 
New Pansy " Eros 
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A grand new Large Flowered Pansy, deep velvety 
brown with broad golden yellow edge. The back of 
each bloom has the same broad margin as the front, 
while the dark velvety centre is shining through, so that 
a bed of this lovely Pansy has an appearance of be- 
ing full and rich flowering. This peculiarity renders 
Pansy " Eros " most valuable for groups and beds ; 
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