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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 
JOHNSON’S PERFECTION ASTERS 
FROM THE LEADING AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SPECIALISTS 
Wo offer herewith a superb collection of 
Giant Asters, which cannot be surpassed for 
freedom of bloom, perfection of form, bril¬ 
liancy in color, and sturdiness of habit. 
Asters of Sterling' Merit 
LAVENDER GEM ASTER 
375. We cannot commend this mag¬ 
nificent ostrich-feathered aster too highly 
for its many excellent qualities. The color is 
an exquisite lavender, a profuse bloomer, of 
medium height, erect habit, and the flowers, 
which resemble a ragged chrysanthemum, 
are always double and borne on long slender, 
wiry stems. Blooms very early, following the 
Queen of the Market ami before the Day¬ 
break. Per packet, 15c. 
NEW ROYAL PURPLE ASTER 
377. The flowers of this superb strain 
are large and full, with centers well covered. 
Although an offshoot from the popular 
Branching Aster, it is entirely distinct in 
flower and habit. It is a vigorous grower 
and comes into bloom before the Late 
Branching, when there is a heavy demand 
for asters. Its long stems make it invaluable 
for cutting. Per packet, 15c. 
I.AVEXDEB UKM ASTF.H. 
Per packet, 15c. 
SNOWDRIFT ASTER. 
Per packet, 15c. The earliest aster in cultivtaion. 
EARLY SNOWDRIFT 
376. The Earliest Aster in cultivation, 
being a few days in advance of Queen of the 
Earlies, while the flower is not surpassed in 
beauty by any of the later varieties. The 
leaves are narrow and sparse, and the 
branches spring from close to the ground. 
The entire energy of the plant seems given 
to the production of twelve to twenty long, 
slender, upright stems, crowned with im¬ 
mense feathery flowers. The long, recurved 
petals give the flowers an exceedingly grace¬ 
ful effect, heightened in many cases by the 
ragged, irregular character of the petals in 
the center of the flower. The type is well 
established, the flowers all coming perfectly 
double. (See cut.) Per packet, 15c. 
NEW GIANT COMET ASTER 
TRIUMPH OF PARIS 
378. A magnificent aster of pyramidal 
habit and grows from 2 to 2.V feet high and 
produces flowers from 41 to 5 inches across, 
with long, pure white outer petals, in the cen¬ 
ter of which the quilled disk florets form a 
bright golden yellow wreath. Per packet, 15c. 
NEW CARDINAL ASTER 
379. As its name indicates, this new and 
distinct aster is a bright rich carmine and 
surpasses all other asters for brilliancy in 
color and profusion of bloom. The flowers are 
large, round and full and borne on graceful 
stems of average length. As a bedding aster 
it vies with the Scarlet Sage and blooms 
from early August until late in the fell. 
Per packet, 15c. 
