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GROSMAN BROTHERS' CATA LOG TIE. 
ASTER. 
The Aster stands unrivaled for beauty, variety of habit, form and color, and 
the brilliancy of its perfectly double flowers makes it a great favorite, and no 
flower garden can be considered oomplete without it. The seed may be sown in the 
hot-bed, or seed-bed in the garden; can be easily transplanted. The tall varieties 
should be twelve inches apart, and the dwarfs six inches ; the former need a little 
support to prevent being blown down during a wind or rain storm. Give the Aster 
a deep, rich soil, and mulching with coarse manure is beneficial during hot, dry 
weather. Ilardy annuals. 
Pkt. Cts. 
ASTER FLOWER. 
New Viet oria, free flowering, 
large; habit pyramidal; 2 feet: 
mixed colors.10 
New Victoria "White, one of 
the finest white Asters grown. 10 
Truffaut’s Pseony-Flow¬ 
ered Perfection, very large, 
beautiful flowers; one of the 
best; height, 2 feet; mixed 
colors.10 
Large Flowered Rose, a 
charming variety, about two 
feet high, with large flowers, 
beautifully imbricated and 
very double; mixed colors... 10 
Dwarf Clirj santhemum- 
Flowered, flowers large and 
perfect; very desirable; 1 foot 
high ; finest colors mixed.... 10 
Imbrique Pompon, free 
blooming, compact; height 18 
inches; mixed colors.10 
Cocardeau, or Crown, very 
beautiful variety, with mag¬ 
nificent white center; 18 in¬ 
ches; mixed colors.10 
German, Quilled, flowers large, fieely produced and of brilliant colors; height 
18 nches; mixed colors. .10 
Paeony-Flowered Globe, Uliland Aster, flowers very large, early; 
plant robust and branching; does not require tying; mixed colors.10 
Boltze’s Dwarf Bouquet, extremely Dwarf. Mixed Colors. 10 
Washington, one of the Onest extant; flowers very large and fine; mixed colors 10 
White Branching, an American variety of branching character. Its large 
flowers are pure white, borne on long stems; excellent for cutting, and a late 
bloomer.10 
ALONSOA. 
A showy class of plants, fine for mixed beds. Succeeds best if sown under 
glass and transplanted about the first of June. Properly a greenhouse plant, but 
blooms finely in open ground when treated as a tender annual. 
Mixed Varieties. 5 
ASPERULA. 
This hardy little annual produces numerous clusters of small, sweet-scented 
sky-blue flowers, which, though not brilliant, are quite effective when worked into 
small bouquets. 
Azurea Setosa, very neat and pretty. 5 
