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Aster, mixed dwarf chrysanthemum, a dwarf va¬ 
riety. growing only about ten inches high ; is 
also late, and valuable for succession. The 
flowers are very large, three or four inches in 
diameter, and freely produced. A single plant 
is a bouquet of itself. A ll colors mixed .... 15 
*' mixed dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet, a mag¬ 
nificent dwarf variety, about one foot high. 
When well grown, a single plant forms a com¬ 
plete bouquet of pyramidal shape, and covers 
Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet Aster. 
itself with blossoms, often numbering 150 to 
200 flowers, and entirely hiding the foliage. 
Fine for edging and small beds. A fine 
range 0/ colors mixed .to 
44 Diamond, a novelty of the highest merit , 
especially recommended by the floral com¬ 
mittee of the London Horticultural Society. 
Plants eighteen inches high, with very large 
flowers of the greatest perfection ; constant 
in habit and color. All colors mixed .25 
44 mixed rose flowered, flowers large, brilliant, 
very double, and regularly imbricated ; they 
are oval in form, and somewhat resemble a 
double rose. Plants are one and a half feet 
high. All colors mixed. One of the very 
best sorts . .15 
“ Imbricated Pompon, mixed, the flowers are 
of very perfect form, so double as to appear 
a sphere, and densely imbricated. Plants are 
of pyramidal growth, and about one and a 
half feet high. All colors mixed .10 
41 mixed German Quilled, very double, of oval 
form; the petals have the appearance of quills 
or tubes; the outer ring is sometimes slightly 
reflexed, so as to form a sort of guard petal. 
The mixture includes all colors. Flowers 
large, brilliant, and freely produced. One 
and a half to two feet high.5 
4 ‘ Truffaut’s peony flowered, Perfection, the 
highest and most perfect type of this class. 
Seed saved from the most perfect of Mr. 
Truffaut’s magnificent strain. One and a 
half feet high. 
44 Truffaut’s peony 
flowered, 
Perfection, 
Snow white . 
. 15 
44 Truffaut’s peony 
flowered, 
Perfection, 
Light blue . 
44 Truffaut’s peony 
flowered, 
Perfection. 
Crimson . 
44 Truffaut’s peony 
flowered, 
Perfection, 
mixed, includes a 
very large and fine range 
of colors . 
Truffaut’s Peony Flowered, Perfection Aster. 
Aster, mixed peony flowered, the flowersof this 
variety arc remarkable for their perfect form 
and immense size, being four or five inches in 
diameter, oval in shape, not showing an open 
center till the last stages of growth, on account 
of the many closely set reflexed petals. The 
colors run through a large number of shades. 
Two feet high.10 
“ mixed Victoria, one of the most beautiful 
Asters in cultivation, flowers very large,glob- 
Victoria Aster. 
ular in form, and beautifully imbricated. 
Plants of pyramidal growth, about two feet 
high, and a single plant will often produce 
ten or twenty perfect flowers. 
11 Victoria, white, turning to azure blue.15 
44 44 peach blossom.15 
14 “ violet.. 
14 44 mixed, including all colors.15 
44 Cocardeau, or Crown, mixed, a very hand¬ 
some variety, producing large flowers, the 
centers being pure white, surrounded with 
many bright colors ; about two feet high.10 
44 Reid’s Improved Quilled, mixed, 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, and there 
are a number of distinct colors mixed .xo 
