JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
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Asters. 
The acknowledged queen of au¬ 
tumn annuals. Indispensable for the 
flower garden, line as a show plant for 
fairs and exhibitions, and charming 
pot plants. Very profuse bloomers, 
with exceedingly beautiful flowers of 
most exquisite colors and almost per¬ 
fect form. There are several forms of 
Asters, some being imbricated like a 
Rose, some loose and globular like a 
Peony, while others are partly in¬ 
curved like the Chrysanthemum. In 
regard to height they are classified 
as tall, half-dwarf and dwarfs. The 
tall varieties are fine for the center of 
large beds and for cutting, as their 
flowers are borne on long stems; the 
dwarfs are particularly fine for bor¬ 
ders or masses of one color, as they 
are so compact and bloom so pro¬ 
fusely as to seem like so many bou¬ 
quets set in the ground; the semi¬ 
dwarf are good for all purposes, and 
extra fine for pot culture. 
It is a good plan to make two or 
more successive sowings, two weeks 
apart, to prolong the season of bloom; 
seeds can be sown in hot-bed or house 
and afterwards transplanted, or they 
can be sown in open ground. In hot. 
dry weather, mulch liberally with old 
manure or coarse litter, and do not let 
them suffer for water. Our list of vari. 
eties is a fine one. There is not a poo? 
sort among then! aTl. Per pkt. 
New Rose —Tall sort, about two feet in height. One of 
the very best varieties, and a profuse bloomer. Outer 
petals are fully recurved, and inner petals beautifully 
incurved and imbricated like the rose. Mixed colors. | 
New Rose ¥ Pure White —Pure pearly white; exquisite 
for cutting or wearing..5 & 10* 
New Rose, Dark Red -Very rich, clear color. -5 & 10 
New Rose, Blue— A beautiful shade of clear blue. The 
white, red and blue sorts are admirable for ribbon 
bedding, contrasting finely with each other.5 & 
Truffaut’s Peony-Flowered —A valuable and standard 
variety. The most perfect peony-type known. Tall- 
growing, and bearing an enormous quantity of extra 
large double flow¬ 
ers, beautifully in¬ 
curved and of every 
shade from pure 
white to glowing 
crimson. Twenty 
colors or more, 
mixed.5 & 10 
Relne Des Halles—A 
French introduc- I 
tion of much merit. 
ThisAster is of me¬ 
dium height, ro¬ 
bust and free flow¬ 
ering; three weeks 
earlier than any oth¬ 
er variety known. 
Mixed colors....5 & 10 
Washington — Fine 
exhibition sort. A 
tall grower of pyr¬ 
amidal habit. The 
larges t-flowered 
Aster on the list; 
fine form and splendid colors; extra fine. Mixed colors...10 & 
•>0 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum Flowered —Plants ten inches in height; 
perfect pyramids of bloom. Fine for edging, and especially 
valuable as a late bloomer. Mixed colors................ ; • • o & 1U 
Dwarf Bouquet— Very compact, but six to eight inches high, a 
mass of flowers from bottom to top. Mixed, colors..... .5 & 1U 
Imbrique Pompon —Exquisite pompons of flowers, almost as 
round as a ball; medium height. Mixed colors... - - • • • • • •• & 
Giant Emperor— Tall grower and robust habit.. Each stalk 
usually bears one very double flower of mammoth S1 ^e. 
Showy. Mixed colors.•. ;•••♦*• . 30 & ^ 
Harlequin—One of the most curiously marked flowers grown. 
Lovely pure white petals, irregularly interspersed with deep 
blue or bright red petals, making bright splashes ana stripes 
of color over the snowy groundwork. Mixed colors. Medium 
height. Very odd and very beautiful. . & 
Ball of Jewel— This is a new and distinct class of Aster of re 
cent introduction. It differs from all others in two respec j. 
The petals are very short, forming a compact blossom which^ 
is as round as a ball.. 
.10 & 30 
