No flower Is more 
popular 'than the 
and few have held so high 
a place in popular esteem 
for so many years, and is 
still growing in favor. 
For an autumn show of 
flowers we have- not its 
equal. 
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NEW JAPANESE 
ASTERS. 
ly 
Plants of pyramidal growth, 
about 18 inches high, bearing on 
long stems from 40 to 50 flowers, 
averaging 5 inches across, com¬ 
posed of wavy and twisted needle 
shaped petals, making the flower 
free from the stiff and formal ap¬ 
pearance usual to asters. The 
color is a soft flesh pink and rose, 
the two colors mixed. Pkt., 50 
seeds, 6 cts. 
New-Japanese Aster. 
New... 
Diamond 
Asters. 
This new race is of the highest 
me) it. The flowers are extremely 
beautiful ami of the greatest per¬ 
fection. 2 to 2*a inches across, 
perfectly double, and each petal 
Is distinctly incurved. The flow¬ 
ers are particularly valuable for 
cutting tor liouquets. The plants 
grow eighteen to twenty inches 
ill height, and the entire plant is 
a perfect mass of bloom. The 
colors are rich and varied, rang¬ 
ing from pure white, violet rose, 
pink, carmine, purple lilac tp 
dark crimson. All colors in best 
mixture. Pkt., 100 seeds, 6 
cts. 
Miss A far)’ E. Dana, Athens , O. 
July J7th,' J89t>, writes:—I am 
very much pleased with the seed 
purchased from you in the spring, 
especially the Asters. 
Fir© King- Aster. 
ASTER, FIRE KING. 
The Most Brilliant 
Aster Ever Introduced 
And the nearest approach to 
scarlet yet obtained, a color 
previously unknown in this 
popular flower, which for an 
autumn show of flowers few 
others equal. Habit very com¬ 
pact, not more than twelve 
inches in height, with large, 
beautifully incurved flowers, 
and makes a charming com¬ 
panion to SNOWBALL. Pkt., 
100 seeds, 4 cts. 
ASTER,SNOWBALL. 
A Most Distinct and Hand¬ 
some Variety , Equally Val¬ 
uable for Fot Culture and 
Cut Flo :uers. * 
It is a most profuse bloom¬ 
er, a single plant often pro¬ 
ducing as many as twenty-five 
to thirty pure snow • white flow¬ 
ers, globular in form and of 
extraordinary size. Pkt., 100 
seeds, 4 cts. 
