JOHN LAWRANCE, OGDENSBURG, N. Y. 
xxiil 
NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 
NEW ASTER, LAVENDER MIKADO. 
A grand new variety of Aster which originated on our own grounds, and 
which will undoubtedly become just as popular as the well-known Mikado 
Pink “Rochester” which it resembles in every respect except color. The 
petals are long and narrow and gracefully reflexed, while gradually toward 
the center they twist and curl across each other in magnificent disorder; In 
size the blooms are immense, some of them measuring 5 and 6 inches in 
diameter under ordinary cultivation. The color is a delicate shade of laven- 
der, deepening with age. One of the strong points of this variety is its vigor- 
ous’ growth, the average plant producing a dozen or more long stemmed 
flowers even in unfavorable seasons when other varieties of the Comet type 
are struggling to exist. Per pkt. 15 cts. 
NEW ASTER, MIKADO PINK. 
“Rochester.” 
This wonderful new Aster continues to uphold the previous record it 
has made, and from the many favorable reports from those who have grown 
them the past two seasons, it will doubtless hold its place at the head for 
many years to come. On account of drought in this section the past year, 
many varieties of Asters were a failure, but this variety produced and de- 
veloped its mammoth blooms while many others were dried up and worth- 
less. This beautiful variety belongs to the Comet type of Asters; the 
ASTER — Mikado Pink Rochester. 
