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ELLIS BJROTHESS' CATALOGUE. 
COLLECTION ASTERS. 
Truffaut's Perfection. Large Flowered, Snow White, Rose, Dark Blood Red, 
Light Blue, Black-Blue, Glowing Dark Crimson, White and Black-Blue, Rose and 
White, Carmine, Carmine and White, Crimson Ball, Dark Crimson and White, Dark 
Red and White, Victoria Red, Lilac Red and White, Violet, Dark Scarlet and White, 
Sky Blue and White, Black-Blue and White, Light Blue and White. The finest col- 
lection of Asters ever offered. Ten seeds each of above twenty varieties, two hundred 
in all. We shall this season include in our collection, a few seeds each. White Comet, 
Pink Comet, Semple’s White and Mary Semple Asters. Price 25 <Ss. 
Penacook, N. H. — Ellis Bros. Dear Sirs: I must not fail to speak of the Asters which I raised 
from seeds ordered from you last year. They were the most beautiful Asters I ever saw and were greatly 
admired by all. I consider your Asters the finest strain I ever saw without exception. 
Respectfully, MRS. JOHN S. BOUTEHI.E. 
SoMERSwoRTH, N. H. — ElUs Bfos. Sirs ; I have sent you one or more orders every year for twelve 
years. My garden is just beautiful from seed ordered from you. Asters are my special hobby, and such 
a display as I have from your seed. MRS. E. C. HOLMES. 
Laconia, N. Ellis Bros. The Asters 1 raised from seeds received from you last year, were the 
finest I have ever received. MRS. MARY I. HALL. 
Ayer, Mass —Messrs. Ellis Bros. >Iy Asters last year were the most beautiful ones I ever raised. 
You will know by my order my friends all admired them too. MRS. M. J. BROWN. 
Adams, Mass.~E//i> Hros. Gentlemen : The seeds I had of you last year were the best and cheap, 
est collections of seeds I ever bought of any firm at any price. I have bought a great many collections of 
Asters, but I have never had such a large number of plants (over 200), or such a large varietv as 1 had from 
the packet I bought of you. When 1 say this, it means a good deal. Asters are my fecial hobby. 
V'ery truly yours, F. D. BROVVN. 
COhhECTION DIA^THVS. 
Diademy mottled, extra; Heddewigi Hybrids, great variety; Atropurptirea, fine 
dark shades; Laciniafus, fringed; Striatus, striped varieties; Albus, new, white; 
Morning Pinky a new sort, very beautiful ; Imprrialis, fine double, mixed; Lacuiiatus 
Purpurea, a fine variety; Laciniatus Capreo, dwarf, double, beautiful. 
The above ten varieties are the finest of all Dianthus; forty seeds of each, four 
hundred in all, price 25 < 5 ts., or any one of ten varieties in packets of about one hun- 
dred seeds, price 10 < 5 ls. 
Concord. N. II. — Ellis Bros. Have been cutting Dianthus from your collection packets, have had a 
beautiful hunch on our dining table all summer long. Your grandifloni hybrid Petunias and Nasturtiums 
are admired by everyone. MRS. R. A. JEFFERS. 
CON'COKD. — Ellis Bros. The flowers from Collection Dianthus were so lovely that I could not spare 
a flower. I have bought seeds of you for several years, and I find that in all varieties you have the best. 
You may use my name if you care to, for ** Honor to whom honor is due,” and I always have better suc- 
cess with your seeds than any others. Cordially yours, MRS. W. J. M. GATES. 
COEltMCTION VERBENAS. 
Mammoth Red, finest large sorts in shades of red; Defiance, medium size florets, 
fiery scarlet; Sea Foam, ^\xx^ white in fine large trusses ; Mammoth Pink, 
shades of pink, extra large trusses ; Coerula, medium size florets in shades of blue ; 
Italian Striped and Large Eyed, sorts, mixed, a grand mixture. Twenty-five seeds 
of each of above six varieties, one hundred and fifty seeds in all. Pride 25 ( 5 ls. 
COhhECTION TEN WEEKS^ STOCJK^. 
New, Large Flowering Giant Stocks, in following twelve beautiful colors : 
Sulphur Yellow, Fiery Crimson, Brick Red, Light Blue, Brown-Violet, Ash Gray, 
Dark Brown, Old Rose, Mauve, Purple, White, Blush. 
A very large per cent. of. the above will come in extra large double flowers. 
Twenty-five seeds each of above twelve varieties. Price 25 <fts. 
Little Compton, R. I. — Ellis Bros. Stocks raised from seed bought of you were the wonder and 
admiration of all beholders. The flowers were as large as small roses. 
MISS BESSIE A. GREY. 
