California Giant Giant California Sunshine Asters 
Super-Giant, Los Angeles Aster Culture 3 
Los Angeles, the first of this giant race, beautifully upholds 
the romantic traditions of the City of Sunshine and Flowers. 
The pure shell-pink flowers are full-petaled, deep, and un¬ 
usually large, yet artistically graceful in the feathery effect of 
the interlacing petals. In the annual border or cut-flower bed 
in the garden, they stand majestically above their fellow 
Asters, and show up best when combined with blue lace 
flower (Didiscus cxrulea). Pkt. 35 cts. 
California Giant 
Culture 3 
In this splendid cut-flower strain, the earliness and the 
beautiful fluffy Comet type of flower of the Crego Asters is 
combined with the giant size and vigor of the American 
Beauties. The flowers are full-centered and substantial, 
averaging 5 to 6 inches across, and produced on stout stems 
to 2 feet long without disbudding. Ht. 3 to Z]/2 ft. 
Mixed, pkt. 20 cts.; 85 cts. 
Giant California Sunshine Cultures 
These are the result of a direct cross between the now well- 
known California Giants and the smaller Sunshine type. 
Plants of this new race grow 3 feet high and bear blossoms on 
long, stiff stems, admirable for cutting. The half-double 
flowers, from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, exhibit the grace and 
beauty of the single Aster, enhanced by a golden yellow 
cushion center of tiny quills, contrasting with the outer petals. 
Mixed. Contains pink, mauve, dark blue, dark red, and pastel 
shades from white to coral-pink, and clear mauve to silver- 
lavender. Pkt. 25 cts.; L^oz. 65 cts. 
Asters like good soil, sun¬ 
shine, and ample supplies of 
water, although the ground 
must not be soggy. Cultivate 
them weekly, taking care not 
to disturb their roots while 
they are small, but cease 
cultivation as soon as the 
plants touch each other. If 
extra-fine blooms are wanted 
for exhibition or cutting, dis¬ 
bud the plants, leaving only 
one flower to the stem, and 
feed them with copious sup¬ 
plies of weak liquid manure. 
For garden display, such at¬ 
tention is unnecessary, and 
they may be left entirely alone 
after they become large 
enough to shade the ground. 
Heart of France, Wilt-Resistant Cultures 
This beautiful variety opens red as the purest ruby, deepens 
with age, and retains its remarkable color till frost. The petals 
appear strikingly changeable, at one time showing a glow 
and sheen quite unique, and at another a soft, warm, velvety 
texture. In any light. Heart of France commands instant ad¬ 
miration. The flowers are large and full, the plants of branch¬ 
ing type and robust habit and the stems are long with few 
laterals. Ht. 13^ to 2 ft. Pkt. 20 cts.; j^oz. 35 cts. 
Royal Aster 
Culture 3 
One of the best early-flowering sorts similar in type of flower 
to Forbes Branching. Very desirable for beds or borders and 
excellent for cutting. Mixed, pkt. 15 cts.; 35 cts. 
Super-Giant, Los Angeles 
22 WEST PARK .ST., NEWARK, N. J. 17 
Annual Flower Seeds 
