The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
DANIELS’ PRIZE ASTERS. 
DANIELS - GIANT SINGLE ASTEES. 
DANIELS’ DWARF PERFECTION BEDDING. 
These beautiful dwarf Asters, introduced by us a few years ago, have proved themselves by far the 
finest and best dwarf bedding varieties in existence. The plants grow only about 7 or 8 inches high, 
with stiff upright stems and branches, and form handsome circular bushy plants with the flowers well 
above the foliage. The blooms are of large size, perfectly double, beautifully imbricated and of the 
most perfect form. Planted in beds of distinct odours, or used as an edging, they are splendidly 
effective and continue in bloom for quite a long time. 
144 ASSORTMENT OF SIX VARIETIES . . 2 #1147 DANIELS’ PURE WHITE per pkt. 0 a 
145 DANIELS’ BRILLIANT SCARLET per pkt. 0 6 148 DANIELS’ BRIGHT ROSE „ 0 8 
146 DANIELS’ DARK BLUE „ 0 8 | 149 DANIELS’ CHOICEST MIXED „ 6d. & 1 0 
SINGLE-FLOWERED ASTERS. 
All the varieties of Single Asters have attained great popularity during the last few years. They 
are extremely free-flowering, the flowers being borne on strong stiff stems making them very valuable 
for cutting. The blooms have small golden yellow centres, and the single row of petals gives them a 
light, graceful effect seldom obtained in Annual flowers. per pkt.— «. a. 
150 APPLE BLOSSOM (new). A charming shade of rose shaded white, good border plant; 
compact habit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6d. and 1 0 
151 CINNABAR RED (new). Brilliant colour, valuable both for decoration and for cutting 6d. and 1 0 
152 MAUVE BEAUTY (new). A great improvement on the old Single Mauve, having much larger 
flowers and wider petals, good branching habit, and excellent for out flowers 6d. and 1 0 
153 SINGLE MAUVE. Large, handsome single flowers having a single row of delicate pale 
mauve florets; with golden central disc. First-class as border plant or for cut flowers . . 0 8 
DANIELS’ GIANT SINGLE. A fine showy class for garden decoration, and very effective when 
grown in large beds of separate colours. The flowers are produced on long wiry stems and are 
very useful to cut for decoration. 
138 BRILLIANT SCARLET (new) 
139 BRIGHT ROSE 
140 LIGHT BLUE 
Ter pkt, — ». 
.. 0 
.. 0 
.. 0 
Per pkt. — s. 4. 
141 PURE WHITE .. .. ..0 6 
142 DARK BLUE 0 6 
143 CHOICE MIXED per oz. 4s. 6d. ; 6d. & 1 0 
DANIELS’ SUPERB TEN-WEEK AND OTHER STOCKS. 
GIANT ENGLISH 
BROMPTON STOCKS. 
An exceedingly fine and useful class of Spring flowering plants of the 
old cottage garden type, producing large, handsome spikes of beautifully 
coloured and deliciously scented flowers in April and May. The seeds 
should be sown in May or June,\and soon as the young plants are large 
enough to handle, prick them out about six inches apart on nursery beds 
in a sheltered position where they can remain during Summer. In 
September or October they should be planted out where intended to bloom 
in Spring. The plants grow about two feet high, and should be planted 
eighteen inches or more apart. 
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154 SIX CHOICE VARIETIES. Separate 
155 DARK BLOOD RED. Splendid colour .. 
156 SNOW WHITE. Very fine 
157 BRILLIANT ROSE. Splendid variety 
158 DARK PURPLE. Fine colour 
159 CHOICEST MIXED. In beautiful variety of colour 
.. .,26 
per pkt. 0 6 
„ 0 6 
0 6 
0 6 
6d. and 1 0 
STOCK— DWARF BOUQUET. 
Perpetual Perfection 
Ten-week Stocks. 
A new and exceedingly valuable 
class growing to the height of about 
eighteen inches, and blooming profusely 
from July till late in Autumn. 
160 CHOICEST MIXED 6d. & 1 0 
Dwarf Bouquet Stocks. 
A charming dwarf-growing class 
with compact heads of flowers. Useful 
for small beds and edgings. 
161 CHOICE MIXED 6d. and 1 0 
NEW 
GIANT-FLOWERED 
STOCKS. 
These magnificent stocks are of 
French origin, and furnish one of the 
most profuse flowering types of Stocks 
obtainable. The habit is strong and 
branching, and the flowers are of the 
largest size. Treated as Ten-week Stocks 
they will flower but little later ; and will 
also furnish fine blooms in the conserva- 
tory or greenhouse if grown in the same 
manner as East Lothian Stocks. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
SIX CHOICE VARIETIES 2 6 
AURORA (new). A lovely 
shade of chamois, lightly 
shaded rose ; a charming 
colour 
ALMOND BLOSSOM. 
White, delicately shaded 
rarmine . . 
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163 
164 
STOCK— NEW GIANT-FLOWERED. 
165 BEAUTY OF NICE. Delicate flesh 
166 CRIMSON KING. Fiery orimson 
167 MADAME RIVOIRE. Early-flowering, pure white 
168 MAUVE BEAUTY Pale bluish mauve 
169 MONT BLANC. Very fine pure white . . 
170 MONTE CARLO. Canary yellow 
171 NUIT D’ETE (Summer Night). Deep blue 
172 PARMA VIOLET (new). Charming shade of mauve 
173 QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Soft rosy lilac .. 
174 SOUVENIR DE CANNES. Rich shade of maroon 
175 CHOICE MIXED. A grand mixture of this fine new class, 
■^4 including many beautiful shades .. .. 6d. and 
CULTIVATION OF TEN-WEEK STOCKS. 
Ten-Week Stocks are easily raised from seed, but require careful treatment when in the seedling stage, as they are liable to damp off If 
over-watered and kept close, but if they are given an abundance of air and kept moderately moist, nothing need be feared and sturdy plants 
are assured. Sow from February to April under handlights or in a frame close to the glass, use a light rich compost, prick out under handlights, 
&e., to strengthen, harden off by giving plenty of air, and plant out towards the end of April where intended to flower. For succession sow in April 
or May in a sheltered place, and thin out or transplant. 
In planting out seedling Ten-Week Stocks, with a view to securing the largest number of double flowers, preference should always be given to 
those with a good share of fine fibrous roots, even if the plants are somewhat weaker ; we have found from long experience that those having coarse 
forked roots invariably produce the largest percentage of single blooms. 
