■ YOUR ASTERS WERE THE PRETTIEST I EVER HAD.” 
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ASTERS 
Asters are of very easy culture. The seeds can be sown in May. in the open 
ground for bloom in September and October; for earlier bloom they should be sown 
In boxes in the house, in eold frornes or hotbeds, in March or April. 
QUEEN OF THE MARKET— Of 
graceful spreading habit, it is in 
full flower two weeks before most 
other Asters. Deep blue, white, 
pink and rose In mixture. 
Pkt., 150 seeds, o ct« 
WHITE OSTRICH 
PLUME. 
Plants of strong branch- 
ing growth, 15 to 18 inches 
in height. The large size 
of the flowers, the fine 
feathery appearance, long 
stiff stem, and early flow- 
ering habit combine to 
make it most desirable for 
decorations. 
Pkt., 150 seeds, 10 cts. 
VICK’S ROSE 
KING ASTER. 
Is u bright, brilliant rose 
color. It possesses all the 
characteristics of a good Aster 
vigorous In habit, with steins 
frequently two feet In length, 
flowers large as saucers, crowns 
completely covered, a good keeping 
p variety aiul unsurpassed for cutting. 
Petals are stiff and strong and do not 
show the effects of cutting until long 
after many other varieties would be com- 
pletely wilted. Pkt., 100 seeds, 10 cts. 
DAYBREAK. 
The plants grow stiffly erect, eighteen to twenty 
niVRRPik' AQ-TCD , inches in heignt, with ten to fifteen branches, each 
. , , m, , bearing a very large extremely double flower with 
incurved petals. The broad silvery petals are suffused with soft delicate pink. 
Pkt., 100 seeds, 10 cts. CARDINAL. 
THE BEST BEDDING ASTER EVER INTRODUCED— Tbe coloring of this 
Aster is entirely distinct from any other Aster on the market today This variety 
is particularly adapted for bedding, owing to its free blooming qualities nnd brilliant 
coloring. When massed in a bed. Its deep vivid cardinal color is as striking as the 
brilliant scarlet Salvia. Begins blooming the first to middle of August, retaining Its 
brilliant coloring and full, well-developed flowers until late In the fall. rkt. 150 
seeds, 10 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 Tbe 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 cases by the 
ragged, Irregular character of the petals in the center of tbe flower. The flowers all 
come perfectly double. Pkt., 150 seeds, 10 cts. 
ROYAL PURPLE. 
A new strain of Late 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 sufficiently large for cutting, either for house decoration or florists’ use 
A medium early bloomer, continuing in flower until late in the fall. The flowers are 
large and full to the center; petals fine and somewhat incurved; color bright numle 
Pkt., 150 seeds, 10 cts. 
