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CROSMAN BROTHERS' CATALOGUE. 
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 green-house plant, but 
blooms finely in open ground when treated as a tender annual. put. Cts. 
Mixed Varieties.. 5 
AMARANTIIUS TRICOLOR. 
AMARANTHUS. 
An ornamental foliaged and much admired class of 
plants, useful as the background of a flower border or 
for making an ornamental hedge, or bed on the lawn. 
The seed may be sown in the open ground, or in a hot¬ 
bed, which is recommended, and transplant two feet 
apart the first of June. They are the most brilliant in a 
poor soil and dry season. Half-hardy annuals. 
Pkt. Cts. 
Tricolor, foliage green, red and yellow; 2 feet.5 
Cm id at us (Love Lies Bleeding), red, very graceful; 
3 feet.5 
Crueutus (Prince’s Feather), upright; 3 feet. 5 
Saliciiolius, or Fountain Plant, 4 to 6 feet in height, 
extremely graceful habit and rich-colored foliage; 
valuable as a pot plant. 5 
Mixed varieties. 5 
ASPERULA. 
Ibis hardy little annnal 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 
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 complete without it. The seed may be sown in the hot¬ 
bed, or seed-bed in the garoen; 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. 
Hardy annuals. 
New Victoria, free flowering, 
large; habit pyramidal; 2 ft; 
mixed colors .10 
New Victoria White, one of 
the finest white Asters grown. 10 
Tr ii flfa u t’s Pseon y-F 1 o weretl 
Perfection, very large, 
beautiful flowers; one of the 
best; height, 2 feet; mixed 
colors. (Illustration).10 
New Rose, a charming variety, 
about 2 feet high, with large 
flowers, beautifully irubricated 
and very double; mixed colors.10 
I> w a r f Chrvsantheinuin- 
Howered, flowers large and 
perfect; very desirable; 1 foot 
high; finest colors mixed ...10 
Imbrique P o in p o n, free- 
blooming, compact; height 18 
' inches; mixed colors.10 
Cocardcau, or Crown, very 
beautiful variety, with mag¬ 
nificent white center; 18 
inches; mixed colors..10 aster—p.^eony-flowered perfection. 
