New Schiller. —A late, dwarf bouquet 
Aster of peculiar habit and great beauty. 
It grows about fifteen inches in height and 
produces :i great quantity of bloom and a 
great vari , y of colors. The leaves are all 
at the base of the plant and are drooping. 
Pyramidal-Flowered German. —A tall 
branching variety of very fine form. The 
plant supports itself without tying. 
Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet. —This is a 
magnificent dwarf variety which grows 
about one foot in height. When well 
grown, a single plant forms a complete bou¬ 
quet of pyramidal shape, and covers itself 
with blossoms, often producing 150 to 200 
flowers which almost entirely hide the foli¬ 
age. It is fine for edging and small beds. 
VICTORIA ASTER. 
The Victoria Aster is recommended as 
one of the most desirable flowers. It is 
perfectly double, imbricated, globular¬ 
shaped and in size equal to the Pa?ony-flow- 
ered Globe. The petals are flat, large and 
full. It is of a pyramidal habit and grows 
to a height of fifteen to eighteen inches. 
Washington Aster. —This fine variety is 
derived from the Victoria, from which it 
is distinct in its much more robust habit. 
The flowers are larger and more gloublar, 
its colors being exceedingly pure and deli¬ 
cate. The noble size and perfect outline of 
the flowers in the Washington Aster mark 
it as one of the finest forms yet raised. 
Truffaut's Pceony-Flowered. —This is the 
highest and most perfect type of its class. 
Selected from the most perfect of Mr. Truff¬ 
aut’s magnificent strain. 
IMI5RIQUE POMPON ASTER. 
Imbricated Pompon. —The flowers of this 
are so very double that they appear almost 
spherical, and are densely imbricated. The 
plants are of pyramidal growth and about 
eighteen inches in height. 
Reid's Improved Quilled —This is remark¬ 
able for the globular form of its singular 
flowers. The single petals consist of tubes 
or quills and the outer courses are blossom 
petals which are slightly reflexed. Plants 
are one and a half to two feet high. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED. 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered. —This 
one of the most dwarf varieties, growing 
only about ten inches high. It is quite 
late in blooming and therefore valuable for 
succesion. The flowers are very large, 
three or four inches in diameter and freely 
produced. A single plant is a bouquet irr 
itself. There are many distinct colors and 
tints mixed. 
Diamond. —This is a novelty of the high¬ 
est merit which was especially recommend¬ 
ed by the floral committee of the London 
Horticultural Society. The plants are about 
