Whether you have acres of ground or just a 
little dooryard, you want the best lowers you can 
buy. On the following pages we offer a carefully 
selected list of choice varieties, that are easily 
grown by amateurs. Ey planting assorted kinds 
a profusion of Powers may be had from early 
summer until killing frosts in the fall. In this 
list you will find flowers for all purposes—for 
edging and borders, for garden display and cut 
©GIANT OF CALIFORNIA 
We have had this strain under observation and 
it now fully meets with our ideas as to quality. 
It is a splendid mid-season flowering strain, the 
result of years of painstaking selection by one of 
California’s leading hybridizers. They grow 
feet high with long strong stems 18 to 24 inches 
in length, bearing beautifully formed, curled and 
interlaced flowers 5 inches and over across. 
Finest Double Mixed. Containing all colors. 
Pkt., 10c; 'A oz., 25c; 1 oz., 80c. 
® HEART OF FRANCE-Wilt Resistant 
The best pure red aster ever produced. Opens 
red as the purest ruby, deepens with age and 
retains its remarkable beauty to the very end. 
The flowers are large and full. The plants are of 
branching type and very robust habit. Stems are 
long and strong. The plants begin to bloom quite 
early in the season. Pkt., 7c; y 8 oz. 15c. 
® CREGO'S GIANT ASTER 
Wilt Resistant 
With their long twisted curved petals they 
resemble the choicest of Japanese Chrysanthe¬ 
mums; flowers measuring five inches in diameter; 
borne on long, strong stems, making them suit¬ 
able for cut flower purposes. 
Credo’s Giant Mixed. Pkt., 7c; J 4 oz. 20c, 
1 oz., 70c. 
©DAKOTA SUNSHINE 
We offer this wonderful new aster as the best 
aster novelty ever introduced. 
The color in these new asters is startlingly 
beautiful. A full ring of tubular petals surround 
the center, creating an airy, lace-like effect which 
is altogether charming. In color the flowers may 
be described as varying shades of Enchantress- 
pink, Apple-blossom, Deep-rose, Blue and Laven¬ 
der. 
We feel confident this glorious new strain will 
be acclaimed a distinct acquisition to modern 
floriculture. Pkt., 10c; Ve oz., 20c, 
Aster Collection 
1 Pkt. Dakota Sunshine.10c 
1 Pkt. Early American Beauty Mixed. . . 7c 
1 Pkt. Giant of California Double.10c 
1 Pkt. Heart of France. 7c 
1 Pkt. Extra Early Hohenzollern . 5c 
Total..39c 
I Pkt., each of the above 5 asters only 3Q C 
ASTERS 
IF YOU should have any trouble 
raising Asters — TRY OUR WILT- 
RESISTANT STRAINS. Perhaps your 
soil is infested with aster wilt. 
©SUPER GIANT LOS ANGELES 
All America Selection—Los Angeles is the 
largest and most fully double Aster known. The 
flowers, six to eight inches across, are a lovely 
soft shell pink. For those who want the finest 
Aster yet developed, we heartily recommend 
Los Angeles. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c. 
© QUEEN OF THE MARKET 
The earliest of all except Hohenzollern. 
Grows about nine inches high; very branching; 
fine double flowers are produced on long stems, 
making it valuable for cutting. This comes 
in a wonderful assortment of colors. Pkt., 5c; 
>4 oz., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
flowers, and for winter bouquets. You need not 
be without flowers any time during the growing 
season. Cultural directions are on each packet 
and the prices given are prepaid Sow perennial 
seeds at the same time as the annuals: the earlier 
in the season they are started, the better next 
year’s plants will be. Try some of the new all 
American flowers. They are better 
Carpei of Snow 
ALYSSUM 
© EXTRA EARLY HOHENZOLLERN 
The earliest grown, earlier than Queen of the 
Market. Height about twelve inches, branching 
and free flowering. Flowers measure about two 
and one-half inches. Mixed Colors. Pkt., 5c; 
l / 8 oz., 15c; J4 oz., 25c. 
• EARLY AMERICAN BEAUTY 
ASTER-Wilt Resistant 
This new strain of American Beauty Aster is 
at least 4 weeks earlier than the regular strain 
and is the only American Beauty that should be 
planted in the North. Immense, brilliantly 
colored flowers borne on long stems make this 
one of the best cut flowers; mixed colors. Pkt., 
7c; !4 oz., 25c. 
Dakota Sunshine 
9 Carpet of Snow—New, very dwarf, blooming 
profusely. A solid mass of white all Summer. 
.Splendid for edging. Try it this year and you 
will always plant Little Gem. Plants 3 to 4 inches 
high. Pkt., 5c; Vz oz., 15; 1 oz., 25c. 
® Lilac Queen—The plants are of dwarf, com¬ 
pact, upright growth, 4 to 5 in. tall. The flower ' 
clusters are composed of small, rich lilac florets 
which become lighter as they age. Pkt., 6 c; 
Vz oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c. 
AGERATUM 
As an addition to the flower garden’s blue, the 
Ageratum is a valuable flower. The dwarf sort 
being particularly desirable for borders, edg¬ 
ings, etc., being very compact and erect. 
• Little Dorrit Yellow—A new yellow Age¬ 
ratum for borders. There are many good white 
and blue border and rock garden plants, but 
very few good yellows. This new compact round 
plant grows 6 to 8 inches tall and is completely 
hidden by a mass of bright golden yellow flowers. 
Pkt., 7c; /t oz., 20c. 
© Little Blue Star—-A variety of exceedingly 
dwarf and even growth; the tiny bushes, not 
over 4 to 5 inches high, are densely covered with 
bright blue flowers, a fine variety for edging, 
Pkt., 5c; y A oz., 20c; y 2 oz., 35c. 
• BROWALLIA 
Amethyst Blue—A beautiful large-flowering 
variety of the most brilliant ultramarine blue, a 
rare color; does finely outside in the border, or 
in hanging-baskets or vases, but is especially 
valuable as a pot plant for winter and early 
spring flowering. Pkt., 5c; y 8 oz., 15c. 
® BALSAM OR LADY SUPPER 
Camella Flowered—The largest flowered of 
any of the Balsams and perfectly doubled. The 
individual flowers frequently measure IVz inches 
across, the ’plants forming symmetrical, well 
branched erect bushes, the branches being al¬ 
most covered with the magnificent double flow¬ 
ers. In color they vary from the brightest scarlet 
to pure white, including spotted violet, royal 
purple and many others. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c. 
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