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FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 
JOHNSON’S 
EXHIBITION 
New Early 
White Branching 
298. This beautiful aster now 
offered for the first time is a distinct 
advance in the branching class. It 
begins blooming in profusion two 
weeks earlier than the Late Branch¬ 
ing,and the large white flowers borne 
on extra long stems give it an ad¬ 
ditional value as a cut flower and 
for vases. Per packet, 10c. 
Giant White 
Hohenzollern Aster 
299. A magnificent aster 
borne on long stems, of tall branch¬ 
ing habit. The flowers are a pure 
glistening white, measuring 6 to 8 
inches across, extremely double, 
with gracefully curled petals resem¬ 
bling a Japanese Chrysanthemum. 
As a late cutting variety it has no 
equal. Per packet, 10c. 
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 fall. 
Per packet, 10c. 
HERCULES WHITE ASTER 
317. This new aster has a most imposing as¬ 
pect. The plants throw up strong stems 15 to 20 
inches high, which branch about 4 inches from the 
ground, bearing at their summit many central 
flowers, while on the side shoots ap¬ 
pear 4 to 6 secondary blooms. The 
flowers are of the purest white, with 
very long petals, and attain the enor¬ 
mous diameter of 6 to 7 inches, and 
can be compared to the large exhibi¬ 
tion flowers of the Giant Chrysan¬ 
themum. It is excellent either for 
cut flowers or for planting in borders 
in the open ground. Per pkt.,15c. 
Lavender Gem Aster 
375. We cannot commend this 
magnificent 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, follow¬ 
ing the Queen of the Market and 
before the Daybreak. Per packet, 
ioc. 
DAYBREAK ASTER 
314. Beautiful free blooming 
pink aster, of bushy, branching 
habit, borne on long, still stems 
about 2 feet high. The flowers are 
extremely double, with incurved 
petals and unsurpassed for cutting 
purposes. Per packet, 10c. 
EARLY SNOWDRIFT aster. Per packet, IOC. 
