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Our Handsome Double Asters 
The Most Popular of all Autumn Flowers 
Beauty and King Asters 
4 Astermums for 22 cts. 
The Astermums are so named because they are a fancied cross 
between Asters and Chrysanthemums. They grow 18 to 24 inches 
high and each plant is a perfect bouquet of large, gracefully 
curled flowers. This race of Asters is very popular where known. 
103 — PURE WHITE. Always a popular and useful color. 
Pkt. 8c. 
104— LAVENDER. Useful and desirable shade. Pkt. 8c. 
105— ROSE PINK. Nice bright shade. Pkt. 8c. 
106— FINE MIXED. All colors in Astermums. Pkt. 6c. 
The Astermum Set (4 pkts.) 22c. 
6 California Giant Asters for 40c. 
There has been a popular demand for a large late Crego or 
Ostrich Feather Aster with the long stems of the late Beauty 
Type. This demand is now supplied in the California Giants. 
Flowers are larger and more substantial than the Crego, measur¬ 
ing 6 to 6 inches in diameter. They stand up well and keep 
when cut. Especially fine in bouquets or funeral work and are 
the nearest approach to large chrysanthemums. 
107— ROSE. Fine rose color. 
108— PEACH BLOSSOM. Handsome. 
109— WHITE. Large. 
110— LIGHT BLUE. Clear sky blue. 
111— Purple BEAUTY. Deep rich purple. 
112— MIXED. Above and other colors. 
Above California Giant Asters, 8c a packet; the 6 packets 40c. 
CALIFORNIA GIANT SUNSHINE 
Asters of upright habit, bearing exquisitely beautiful blooms 
with a single row of brightly colored rays surrounding a tufted 
center of golden yellow florets. Superb for cutting. Pkt. 10c ; 
3 pkts. for 25c. 
PEERLESS YELLOW 
114 — A midseason Aster of the branching type and is con¬ 
ceded to be the best yellow Aster known. Pkt. 8c; 2 pkts. 15c. 
HEART OF FRANCE 
116—The best pure red Aster ever introduced. Heart of France 
opens red as the ruby, deepens with age and retains its remark¬ 
able beauty to the very end. The petals appear strikingly change¬ 
able, showing now a glow and sheen quite unique, now a soft, 
warm, velvety texture. In any light, natural or artificial, Heart 
of France is certainly beautiful and will command instant ad¬ 
miration. Pkt. 10c. 
JULY QUEEN ASTERS 
July Queen Asters are the earliest bloomers. Flowers of good 
f^rm. perfectly double and produced on good stems for cutting. 
The individual flowers are not so large and beautiful as some 
late sorts, but sown at the same time they can be had in blos¬ 
som before later sorts commence to bud. 
79— SCARLET. Good scarlet color. 
81— LAVENDFR. Lavender blue. 
82— POS^ PINK. Light rose pink. 
83— WHITE. 
84— MIXED. Above and other July Queens. 
Above July Queen Apters 5c a pkt.: the 5 pkts. for 20c. 
”LA BELLA ROSA” ASTER 
80— A variety originated in Italy and said to be the best me¬ 
dium tall Aster grown. Blossoms are very large and have a curl 
distinct from ail others. Color a brilliant rose. Pkt. 10c; 3 
pkts. 25c. 
GIANT COMET ASTER 
Blossoms 3 to 4 inches across with centers finely twisted and 
outer petals broad and flat. 
87—GIANT COMET. Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 10c. 
Crego Asters 
The Crego surpasses in size and beauty most other Asters. The 
plant is well branched, grows about 2 feet high, and produces 
many long flower stems, which make this sort a very profitable 
one for the gardener or florist. The flowers are as fine as Chry¬ 
santhemums, seldom measuring less than 5 inches across, of 
beautiful form, double, with long, fluffy, graceful petals. 
89— CREGO WHITE. Clear, glistening white. One of the fin¬ 
est for cut flowers. 
90— CREGO PINK. True rose pink, enormous flowers. 
91— CREGO LAVENDER. Beautiful, showy lavender. 
92— CREGO DARK PURPLE. Clear, dark purple. 
93— CREGO CRIMSON. Very showy. None attracts greater 
attention. 
95— CREGO MIXED. All varieties of these grand Asters in 
splendid mixture. 
Above 6 pkts. of Crego Asters 8c each, or the 6 for 27c. 
KING Asters 
A magnificent class of Asters, distinct from all others. The 
long, narrow petals are folded lengthwise, appearing almost as 
though quilled. The flowers are of great size and substance and 
last longer when cut than those of almost any other class. The 
plants are large and the stems exceptionally long and strong. 
All are strikingly handsome and fold petals like a Cactus Dahlia. 
96— ROSE KING. Beautiful rose color. 
97— VIOLET KING. First of this type, rich violet, always ad¬ 
mired. 
98— SHELL PINK KING. Soft, pleasing, bluish pink, glori¬ 
ously beautiful. 
99— WHITE KING. Grand companion for the other sorts. A 
magnificent snow-white Aster. 
190 — LAVENDER KING. Massive, fluffy flowers of pleasing 
deep lavender. 
101—CRIMSON KING. Rich, striking Aster of large size and 
brilliant crimson. 
102—KING ASTERS MIXED. All colors. 
Above 7 Jiing Asters 8c a pkt.; or one pkt. of each for 34c. 
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