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JAMES J. II. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
Comet Aster. 
%. ASTERS. (A.) Price per plcg. 
Sow the seed early in the spring, under glass or in pots in the house, and 
transplant into rich soil one foot apart. 
22 Aster, Snowball or Princess. {See cut.) A beautiful new aster, semi spherical in 
form with quite short and thickly set imbricated petals. A single plant develops 
as many as thirty pure white flowers, ivhich remain longer in good condition than 
. any other varieties ...... 
Aster, Ball or Jewel. The petals of these handsome and highly attractive new asters 
are so symmetrically incurved as to give them the exact shape of a ball. Flowers 
measure from two and one half to three inches across, and being borne on long 
stalks will prove very useful for cutting. 
23 -Apple Blossom. Shell pink. 15 
24 -Deep Rose... - .15 
25 -Purple-violet. ,20 
Aster, Washington Needle. Flowers large and double with curved petals as round as a 
knitting needle. Free bloomers. 
20 --mixed. 10 
27 -white.. 10 
28 Aster, Perfection. Flesli-colored. Flowers of the delicate “blush rose” tint, and 
perfect in form. A great acquisition. 15 
29 --Light Yellow. Beautiful creamy yellow; quite a new color in asters .15 
30 Aster, Goliath. An acquisition of extremely vigorous growth, forming large 
bushes, profusely covered with very double flowers, immense in size. The seed 
which we offer is a fine mixture of white, rose, dark-blue, ash-gray, and crimson. .15 
31 Aster Harlequin. Dwarf in habit, flowers very double, with oddly striped petals .10 
32 Aster. Mignon, Mixed.15 
This new variety resembles 
the Victoria race in habit, height 
and form, but blooms more pro¬ 
fusely. Flowers globular and 
beautifully imbricated, in colors 
of light blue, lilac, rose, car- 
mine-rose, crimson and white. 
33 Aster, Queen of Market. Mixed. 
Fine in shape, and comes into 
bloom several weeks earlier than 
any other variety. .15 
34 -Queen of Market. White.15 
35 Aster, Boston Florists’. White. 
The best and purest white grown 
for florists’ use or bedding pur¬ 
poses.- Very double and globu¬ 
lar in form.!. 10 
Aster, Truffaut’s Paeony-flowered 
Perfection. Flowers perfect in 
form, size and fulness, petals 
incurved. We offer the follow¬ 
ing colors of this fine class. 
36 -Snow White.... 10 
37 -Fiery Scarlet. 10 
38 -Dark Purple-red.15 
39 -Black-blue.15 
40 -Finest Mixed. 10 
Aster, Comet. {See cut.) A beauti¬ 
ful new and very distinct va¬ 
riety, with long, wavy and 
twisted petals, resembling the 
J apanese Chrysanthemums; 
well-grown plants produced 
from twenty-five to thirty per¬ 
fectly double flowers measuring 
from three to four inches in di¬ 
ameter. 
41 -- Snow White. 
42 --Light Blue. 
4 3 -Deep Rose. 
44-Pink bordered with white 
4 5-Mixed. 
Aster, Washington. Splendid va¬ 
riety, very large-flowering, extra 
double; fine for exhibition pur¬ 
poses. 
46 -Pure White. 
47 -■-Peach Bloom. Very del¬ 
icate tint. 
48 -Silver Gray. 
49 Aster, Victoria, Finest Mixed. An 
unrivalled and favorite class. 
Flowers very large and perfectly 
double, of globular shape. 
50 Aster, German, Double Quilled 
and Striped. Twenty splendid 
varieties mixed. 
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*1 A * ter > Pyramidal, Large and Double. Similar in style to the Pamny variety, but more 
branching, with splendid, large, extra double flowers. Sixteen varieties mixed .. .10 
fo -Hedgehog {or needle). With white centre. Six splendid varieties mixed.io 
53 — Giant Emperor, Mixed. Flowers few, very double, often four inches in 
clIcI merer *«• • ..... 9 
54 —Triumph. Dark Scarlet. {See cut.) The most'beautiful‘ and perfect of'all 
dwarf Asters. The flowers are produced in great abundance, and are of the most 
iaultless pamny form. Fine and effective for bedding. 
55 -Dwarf, Brilliant Rose. Quite vivid and striking. .in 
56 -Dwarf, Fiery Scarlet. Very briIlian t..i o 
57 — r Boltze’s New Dwarf, Bouquet. About eight inches high, are very’double’ 
rich and free-flowering; very fine for pots or beds. Six splendid varieties 
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-Globe-flowered, Double German. Twelve splendid varieties mixed..in 
o9 -All varieties mixed. Fine mixture of tall and dwarf, in great variety’'of 
colors* ..* . ... •••♦•••»*•»*••«« n * 
AspBrulff Azurcff. (A ) 
m Dwarf, hardy plants with fine foliage and deliciously fragrant, bright, skv-blue 
flowers; well adapted for shady places.... ..' __ ........ I.. .05 
Azalea. (F.) 
m orna mental greenhouse shrub, and admirably adapted for a window plant. 
The roots being very fine it requires a light soil. Finest varieties mixed...25 
Bachelor’s Button (Oentaured). (A.) 
<62 A showy, hardy annual, about two feet high, succeeding well in any soil... .05 
Balloon Vine. (A.) 
63 Ornamental climbing plant, remarkable for an inflated membranous capsule from 
which it derives its name. .f.* 05 
Browallia. (A,) 
64 Bushy plants completely covered with blue and white flowers throughout the sum¬ 
mer; fine for bedding or for pot culture in the winter..05 
Bryonopsis Eaciniosa. (A.) 
60 An elegant climber, with ivy-like foliage, and brilliant scarlet fruit exquisitely 
marked with white.._. q 5 
Snowball Astp;r. 
