MISS C. H. LIPPINCOTT, HUDSON, WISCONSIN. 
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ASTERS 
Queen of the Market. 
Cf graceful spreading 
• habit, it is In Cull flower 
two we.ks before most 
other A si rs. Deep blfie, 
white, pink, and rose in 
mixture. 
Per pkt., 100 seeds, 5 cts. 
White Ostrich Plume. 
Plants cf strong branch- 
ing growth. fifteen to 
eighteen inches in height. 
The large size of the flow- 
ers, the fine feathery ap- 
pearance, long stiff st i. 
and early flowering hab t 
combine to make it most 
desirable for decorations. 
Per pkt., 100 seeds, 10c. 
Vick’s Rose King Aster. 
Is a bright, briiuant rose 
color. It possesses all the 
characteristics of a good 
Aster, vigorous in hab.t, 
with stems frequently two 
feet in length, flowers large 
as saucers, crowns com- 
pletely covered, a good 
keeping variety and unsur- 
passed for cutting. Petals, 
are stiff and strong and do 
not show the effects of cut- 
ting until long after many 
other varieties would be 
completely wilted. 
, Per pkt., 100 seeds, 10 cts. 
Daybreak. Two for 15 cts. 
The plants grow stiffly erect, eighteen to twenty inches in height, with ton to fifteen 
branches, each bearing a very large extremely double flower with incurved petals. The 
broad silvery petals are suffused with soft delicate pink. Per pkt., 100 seeds, 10 ets. 
Cardinal. 
Daybreak Aster 
The Best Bedding Aster Ever Introduced. 
The coloring of this Aster is entirely distinct from any other Aster on the market 
today; in fact, possesses a striking color of its own. This variety is particularly adapted, 
for bedding, owing to its free blooming qualities and brilliant coloring. When massed 
in a bed, its deep vivid cardinal color is as striking as the brilliant scarlet Salvia. Cardi- 
nal begins blooming the first to middle of August, retaining its brilliant coloring aid 
full, well-developed flowers until late In the fall. Per pkt., 100 seeds, 10 cts: two pkts.» 
15 Cts. * 
Early Snowdrift. 
Is Certainly the Earliest Aster in Cultivation. 
The leaves are narrow and sparse, and the branches spring from close to the ground. 
The entire energy of the plant seems given to the production of twelve to twenty long, 
slender, upright stems, crowned with immense feathery flowers. The long, recurved petals; 
give the flowers an exceedingly graceful effect, heightened in many cas^s by the ragged, 
irregular character of the petals in the center of the flower. The flowers all come per- 
fectly double. Per pkt., 100 seeds, 10 cts.; two pkts., 15 cts. 
Royal Purple. 
A new strain of Date Branching Aster, growing about fifteen Inches high. Its habit 
of growth is entirely distinct, the stems growing directly from the ground, and not on 
side shoots from the main stem like other varieties. Nine out of twelve flowers are sulfi- 
clently large for cutting, either for house decoration or florists' us°. A medium early 
bloomer, continuing in flower until late in the fall; in fact, it holds Its blooms longer 
than any other variety we know of. The flowers are large and full to the center; petals 
fine and somewhat incurved; color bright purple. Per pkt., 100 seeds, 10 cts.; two pkts.. 
15 cts. 
