CONTINENTAL AND OTHER CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 
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P/EONY-FLOWERED PERFECTION ASTER (TRUFFAUT’S). 
TJie finest and most generally cultivated variety. Height from 15 to 18 inches. The flowers are 
large and double, and the petals beautifully incurved. 
216 Twelve superb and distinct colours, separate 2s. 6(i. 
217 Six „ ■ ,, ,, Is. 6d. 
218 Extra Choice mixed per pkt. Is. del. 
NEW DWARF BOUQUET ASTER (BOLTZE). 
This variety grows from 12 to 16 inches high, and produces an abundance of small florets, and is 
exceedingly attractive either in beds or pots. 
21 9 Six fine and distinct colours, separate Is. 6(7. 
220 Extra Choice Mixed per pkt. Is. 0(7. 
NEW ROSE ASTER. 
This new and splendid variety is intermediate between the large-flowered Iml/ricated and Per- 
fection Pceony-floicered. Being of a beautiful pyramidal habit, it requires no tying ; the flowers are 
large and double, the outer petals finely imbricated. 
221 Eight choice and distinct coloure, separate 2s. 6c7. 
222 Four ,, ,, „ „ Is. 6<i. 
223 Extra Choice Mixed . per pkt. Is. Od. 
VICTORIA ASTER. 
This is unquestionably the finest and most beautiful variety in cultivation, and for exhibition 
purposes unequalled. The flowers are perfectly double; imbricated, globular, and as large as the 
Oiant Emperor Aster. Each plant on an average produces from ten to twenty flowers ; the habit is 
that of an elegant pyramid, 21 to 24 inches high. 
224 Twelve splendid and distinct colours, separate 2s. 6<7. 
225 Six ,, ,, ,, Is. 6(7. 
226 Extra Choice Mixed per pkt. Is. 0(7. 
SHAKESPEARE ASTER. 
An extremely pretty, dwarf, and distinct variety, especially adapted for pot culture and edgings. 
The plant form neat compact bushes, 6 inches in height by 10 to 12 inches in diameter, and produce 
abundant, extra double, and well-imbricated flowers. 
227 Assortment of eight splendid colours 2s. 0(7. 
228 Choice Mixed per pkt. Is. 0(7. 
IMPROVED NEW P/EONY PERFECTION ASTER. 
The excellence of these Asters was fully borne out by their being awarded a prize at the Hamburgh 
Exhibition. They are thus referred to in the Gardeners' Chronicle •. — “ Finer Asters than these we 
have never seen.” 
229 Assortment of eight distinct colours 2s. 6(7. 
230 „ four ,, ,, Is. 0(7. 
231 Extra Choice Mixed per pkt. Is. 0c7. 
DWARF VICTORIA ASTER, 
This variety gi'eatly resembles the preceeding, but is dwarfer, its height not exceeding 10 inches. 
232 ROSY LILAC per pkt. Is. 0(7. 
233 DARK BLUE Is. 0(7. 
234 SNOW WHITE Is. 0(7. 
Sow Aster seed in April and May, in pans, or on a spent hot-hed in drills 6 indhes asunder ; when 
the plants are 1 inch high, prick out into a cold frame, or v/nder hand-glasses, 3 or 4 incites apart, from 
whence they can he planted out when 4 inches high ; select showery weather for planting out, when the 
ground is in good working order ; plant in rows 1 foot apart each way. To grow Asters to perfection 
a rich soil is indispensahlc, and during dry weather they should he watered, and a top-dressing of well- 
rotted manure applied early in August. 
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