CONTINENTAL AND OTHER CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 
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P^EONY-FLOWERED PERFECTION ASTER (TRUFFAUT’S). 
The finest and most generally cultivated variety. Height from 15 to 18 inches. The flowers are 
large and double, and the petals beautifully incurved. 
203 Twelve superb and distinct colours, separate 2s. 6d. 
204 Six ,, ,, ,, Is. Qd, 
205 Extra Choice mixed. per pj^t. i*. od. 
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. 
206 Six fine and distinct colours, separate . ' Is. 6<f. 
207 Extra Choice Mixed ] per pkt! is! oi 
NEW ROSE ASTER. 
This new and splendid variety is intermediate between the IciTge-Jlow&rcd IwhTic(xtcd and PcTfcction 
Poiony-flowered. Being of a beautiful pyramidal habit, it reejuires no tying ; the flowers are large and 
double, the outer petals finely imbricated. 
208 Eight choice and distinct colours, separate 2s. 6d. 
209 Four „ „ ,, „ 6<f. 
210 Extra Choice Mixed per pkt. Is. Od. 
, VICTORIA ASTER. 
This is unquestionably the finest and most beautiful variety in cultivation, and for exliibition 
purposes unequalled. The flowers are perfectly double, imbricated, globular, and as large as the 
Qicmt Em/peror 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. 
211 Twelve splendid and distinct colours, separate ....... 2s. Qd. 
212 Six ,, ,. Is. 6cf. 
213 Extra Choice Mixed Is. 0(7. 
SHAKESPEARE ASTER. 
An extremely pretty, dwarf, and distinct variety, especially adapted for pot culture and edgings. 
The plant forms neat compact bushes, 6 inches in height by 10 to 12 inches in diameter, and produces 
abundant, extra double, and well-imbricated flowers. 
214 Assortment of six splendid colours Is. 6(7. 
215 Choice Mixed pei- pkt! Is! 
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’ Chro7iiclc : — “Finer Asters than these we 
have never seen. ” 
216 Assortment of eight distinct colours 2s. OrZ. 
217 „ feur „ „ Is. 0(7. 
218 Extra Choice Mixed ........ per pkt. Is. 0(7. 
NEW DWARF VICTORIA ASTER. 
This variety greatly resembles the preceding, but is dwarfer, its height not exceeding 10 inches. 
219 Six choice and distinct colours Is. 6(7. 
220 Extra Choice Mixed per pkt. Is. 6(7. 
Soto Aster seed in April and Maij, in pans, or on a spent hot-hed m drills 6 incites ccsimder ; when 
t tc plants we 1 inch high, prick <nlt into a cold frame, or under hand-glasses, 3 or 4 inches 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 indispensable, and during dry weather they should he watered, and a top-dressing of xoell- 
rotted manxere applied early in Axcgxtst. 
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