NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. 
IN FLOWER SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1895. 
ALYSSUM, LITTLE GEM. This is a distinct and 
very beautiful variety ofSw 4 et Alyssum. Each 
plant, when fully grown, will cover a circle twenty 
inches in diameter. The plant attains a height of 
about six inches. The flowers are pure white, 
very fragrant and show to perfection when planted 
out with any of the dwarf blue Lobelias. Pkt., 
io cents. 
ASTERS. These beautiful and easily-cultivated flow¬ 
ers have been specialties with us for a number of 
years. Our collection embraces all desirable vari¬ 
eties, and is unsurpassed by any. The seed offered having been raised especially for us by the leading 
growers of the respective sorts in Germany, 
France, England and the United States. Please 
see -pages 63 and 64. 
LADY IN WHITE. Two features distinguish this 
new aster from all others, namely, its unap¬ 
proached freedom of flowering, and its long, nar¬ 
row leaves of a peculiar light-green color. In 
their free-branching habit, the plants somewhat 
resemble the Migvon Aster , being exceedingly 
graceful, the flowers are elegantly borne on long, 
slender stalks and are semi-globular in form. 
Well-grown plants produce from forty to seventy 
buds, which open gradually and prolong the 
blooming period into the late autumn. Pkt., 25 
cents. 
COMET. All the colors of this form have been most 
favorably received. The flowers are large and 
double, somewhat resembling the Japanese Chrys¬ 
anthemums. We can supply the following separ¬ 
ate colors, or all mixed. Pink, bordered white, 
Carmine, Light Blue, White, shaded rose, Pui^ 
White, Improved White Giant. Either color, or 
all mixed. Pkt., 10 cents. 
ASTER. Triumph, Deep Scarlet and White. A 
new and handsome variety of the paiony-flowered 
race. The flowers are regularly striped and pro¬ 
duced in great abundance. Pkt., 10 c^mts. 
Boston Florists’, White. We can Jfio roughly rec¬ 
ommend this variety to all wha^vish a first-class 
Aster either for bedding or antting. It is grown 
extensively by the florist^n Boston, with whom 
it is a great favorite oi^account of its color, size, 
and earliness, p'frs^o cents; ounce, $3.50. 
Harlequin. variety with very oddly spotted and 
striped double flowers of various colors. They are dwarf in habit and very novel. Pkt., 10 cents. 
Snowball. This is the first of an entirely new class which, from the build of its flowers, is as beautiful as 
it is distinct. A single plant develops as many as thirty pure white flowers, which by reason of their 
refined and faultless form, may be utilized with the greatest advantage, as they remain a longer time in 
good condition than any other Aster. The Snowball will be found an excellent variety for pot culture. 
Pkt., 10 cents. 
Breck’s “ International Prize.” Mixed. A choice mixture 
prepared by ourselves from the finest strains of the best 
French, German, and American growers. This collection 
embraces all the choicest varieties, and is especially suited 
for those of our customers who grow in limited quantity 
and wish a selection of the many kinds and colors. Pkt., 
15 cents; ounce, $3 25. 
Tour Asters are the best / ever grew ,* 
flowers very double and of every shade. 
P. McG., 
Belmont. 
Alyssum. Little Gem. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
