HELENA. MONTANA 
FLOWER SEEDS— Continued. 51 
Late Branching. 
Karly Branching 
ASTERS 
As a popular flower the Aster ranks with Sweet Peas, 
Pansies and Nasturtiums. No flower is more popular, and 
few have held so high a place in popular esteem for so many 
years, and it is still growmg in favor. For an autunm show 
of flowers,,we have not its equal. We offer only Asters of 
superior quality. 
ASTER— (Splendid Mixed Qz., 75c; pkt., 5c 
Double dwarf variety of many colors. 
ASTER— (Queen of the Market) „ Mixed, pkt., 10c 
One of the earliest blooming varieties, blossoming frequently in July. 
01 spreadmg habit, 8 to 10 inches high. Blossoms medmm sized, with 
the petals curved outward. 
ASTER— (Giant Comet) Pkt., 10c; 6 packages, your selection, for 40c 
A good bedding variety, with large blossoms, the petals of which are 
long, narrow, and curled backward. Splendid for cut flowers. These 
colors are the best: White, Peach Blossom, Pink and White, Deep Rose 
Light Blue, Yellow, Carmine, Purple, etc., or Mixed. 
ASTER— (Vick's Early Branching) „ .....Pkt., 10c 
This excellent Aster possesses all of the desirable qualities of the Late 
Branching, but comes into bloom about a week or ten days earlier. A 
vigorous growing and free blooming variety. Quite free from side 
buds. Two colors, white and rose. 
ASTER— (Vick's Imperial Purity) ptt lOc 
This snowy-while Aster is similar to Vick's Daybreak except in color. 
A finer combination of color cannot be imagined than the massing to- 
gether of these two beautiful Asters for bouquet groups or for decor- 
ative designs. The plants are symmetrical, of medium height, and lit- 
erally covered with a mass of flowers. 
ASTER — (Vick's Imperial Daybreak) pti.^ iqc 
This beautiful Aster is one of these rare gems tharhave com^ to slay. 
The flowers are round as a ball, very large and full, borne upright on 
long stiff stems. The color is a delicate sea-shell pink. 
ASTER— (Vick's Imperial Sunset) „ pkt. lOc 
An extremely delicate light pink, shading to a deeper {iink iii the 'cen- 
ter. Plant is similar to Daybreak and Purity. P'lowers are borne on 
long stems in the greatest profusion. 
ASTER— (Victoria Mixed) pj^t, jqc 
Flowers very large and perfectly double, of globular shape aiid imbri- 
cated; plants of fine pyramidal form, 1% feet high. 
ASTER— (Truffaut's Paeony Flowered Perfection)— Mixed colors....Pkt., 10c 
This variety has the most brilliant and showy assortment of colors 
Flowers medium sized and almost globular. Plants about 16 inches of 
upright growth, and flowers all borne on top. ' 
Branching) Pkt., 10c; 6 pkts., your selection, 40c 
Ihe tallest and best variety. The plant grows 18 inches high and about 
18 inches in diameter, and the blossoms which are large and full petaled 
are borne on long stems or branches. The most satisfactory type of 
tall Asters. Colors: carmine, crimson, lavender, light blue pink 
purple, rose pink, white, Mary Semple (very light pink), mixed.' 
ASTER — (The Crego) _ pej. pjj^ ^Q^. 
From the florists' standpoint this Aster is one^of thr most valuable to 
be found; it always maiulairts its position at the top of the market. A 
large late bloomer in good clear, pure white. 
ASTER — (Crego's Giant Pink) pgj. p]j^ 
Identical in all respects to the white sort offered"above,"^'b^ of a beau- 
tiful soft shell-pink color, a shade that is always admired, and which 
combines perfectly with the white. 
ASTER— (Violet King) per pkt 10c 
A distinct variety similar in habit to the Late Branching type being a 
very free grower, always doing well, with long, strong stems, and per- 
fectly double flowers of a pleasing, soft shade of violet. 
