D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Queen of the Market. Truffaut s Perfection. Peony Flowered. 
ASTERS. 
ture. 
The Aster is so well known and so universally admired that it hardly needs any description. For 
summer and autumn flowering they are unexcelled by any class of plants known to garden cul- 
Xone furnish a wider range of colors or more perfect flowers and but few are easier grown. 
QUEEN of THE MARKET. A class of asters but lately introduced to general use, characterized by 
extreme earliness and the profusion of their flowers. Plants-average one foot in height, are much branched and carry ten to 
fifteen large, finely formed flowers. Mixed in many colors . i . 15 
TRUFFAUT'S PERFECTION (Paeopy Flowered )• This magnificent race must be seen in 
order to get any adequate idea of the possibilities in Aster culture. The plants form large, compact bushes about two feet 
high, which, in the full flowering season, are literally covered with large, many being three to four inches in diameter, 
extremely double, perfectly shaped flowers. 
While each class of Asters has a beauty and individuality of its own and it is better to sow seed of many of them, yet if 
we were confined to a narrow range of choice and could sow of but one class, we would choose this one. We offer seed of the 
most distinct and desirable colors separately, or in finest mixture. 
Snow White . 15 j Crimson. 15 
Light blue .15 j Mixr»d, a fine range of colors . 15 
ASTER.—Comet, this new and distinct class of Asters 
resembles very much the Japan Chrysanthemum in size 
and sham* of flowers. They have a wide range of hand¬ 
some colors and are extremely floriferous. Finest mix¬ 
ture of all colors.. . 25 
Shakespeare, mixed, plants form compact bushes, ten 
to twelve inches in diameter, and six inches high. Ex¬ 
tremely handsome: very double. All colors mixed . 20 
Dwarf Houquet, (Boltz), very constant in height and 
habit of plant, which is a valuable quality. Splendid 
mixed: height eight inches . 10 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum, flowers large, three .to four 
inches in diameter, later than the above; height ten 
inches. All colors mixed . 15 
Dwarf Victoria, like tall Victoria in habit. Of great 
utility for edgings and pot culture. Height twelve inch¬ 
es. All colors mixed .10 
Pyramidal Houquet, dwarf, forming a complete pyra¬ 
midal shaped bouauet, carrying from fifteen to twenty 
flowers, and completely hiding the foliage; height one 
foot. A fine range of colors mixed . 10 
Triumph, deep scarlet, one of the finest dwarf asters yet 
produced; height one foot . 15 
Diamond, has large double flowers of rich and varied 
colors. One of the best for cut flowers; eighteen inches 
high. All colors mixed . 25 
Rose, large flowered, flowers double, oval, resembling a 
double rose in shape; coloi-s very brilliant; height eigh- 
teen inches. All colors mixed . 15 
Imbricated Pompon, flowers of perfect form and so 
double as to appear spherical; height eighteen inches. 
All colors mixed . io 
German, Quilled, flowers large, freely produced and 
of brilliant colors; height eighteen inches. Mixed all 
colors . 5 
Lilli put, characterized by the diminutive size and abun¬ 
dance of the flowers; fine for cut flowers; height one 
and one-half feet. All colors mixed . io 
Pieony Flowered, flowers four to five inches in diame- 
ti-r: height two feet. Mixed , many colors . 10 
A ietoria.-— These are only equaled in perfection of form, 
and variety and purity of colors by Truffaut's Pceony 
flowered. The petals of the latter curve upward and a 
inward, while those of tlie Victoria out and down, over- ™ 
lapping like the petals of the double Dahlia. Height 
about two feet. 
Cocaroeau, or Crown. 
"White, turning to azure blue. 15 
Peach blossom. 15 
Violet. 15 
Mixed, including all colors.. .10 
Cocardeau, or Crown, an ex¬ 
cellent variety; flowers white 
centered and surrounded with 
many bright colors : height two 
feet. Mixed , all colors.-. . 10 
Goliath, Mont Rose, splendid 
variety; flowers a charming 
peach color; plants large, 
brandling. 20 
Goliath, Mont Rhine, similar 
to Mont Rose, except with white 
flowers. 20 
Goliath, crimson, valuable for 
florists . 25 
Giant Emperor, snow white: 
flowers very double, and of en¬ 
ormous size; height two feet.. 10 
Washington, flowers the larg¬ 
est of any of the Asters, often 
four to six inches in diameter: 
plants two feet high. Mixed 
colors .15 
