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GILL BROS. SEED CO. 
FLOWER SEEDS 
Gill’s Choice Asters 
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Wonderful progress has been made with Asters in recent years and today they are one of our 
very best cut flowers. No flower garden is really up-to-date without them. For early flowers plant 
seed in box, cold frame or hot bed about February 15 to March 1, transplanting as soon as frost 
is over, or later sowings may be made for fall flowers. 
Type of Crego Asters 
AGERATUM. 
Beautiful annuals suited for boxes, pots 
and borders. 
Blue Perfection—Large, deep blue; com¬ 
pact growth. Pkt., 10c. 
Dwarf White—8 inches high. Pkt., 6c. 
Mixed—Pkt. 5c. 
AFRICAN DAISY. 
Showy annuals from South Africa. Sow 
seed same as asters or petunias and plant in 
sunny position. They bloom the greater part 
of the summer. 
Aurantiaca.— Flowers 2}4 to 3 inches 
across, of a rich glossy orange gold, with dark 
disc and halo. Pkt., 10c. 
New Hybrids.— A grand new mixture 
varying in color from the purest white through 
the shades of yellow and orange to rich salmon 
shades, many being zoned with these colors 
around a black disc. Pkt., 20c. 
ALYSSUM. 
Sweet Alyssum, Maritimum—Hardy an¬ 
nual, blooming with white flowers in early 
spring. Trailing habit. Pkt., 5c. 
Little Gem—Of dwarf compact habit; 
about four inches high, with white blossoms. 
The best sort for edgings. Pkt., 6c; J^oz., 30c. 
BRANCHING ASTERS. 
Tall plants of branching habit, bearing good- 
sized flowers, petals somewhat quilled and in¬ 
curved. This type makes good stiff, long stems 
and stand handling best. 
Dreer’s Superb Late Branching—Chrysan- 
themum-like flowers five inches in diameter. 
Makes good long stems and blooms quite 
late. We recommend this type of asters. 
Offered in the following colors: ' Pure White, 
Shell Pink, Deep Rose, Deep Purple and 
Lavender. Pkt., 10c. 
Crimson Late Upright — This is a flower 
of a color unusual in asters, being bright crim¬ 
son. Very free blooming. Pkt., 10c. 
Comet Asters 
These are the largest flowering sorts, with 
long narrow petals, curving slightly back, those 
about the center curved and twisted. The 
flower is often six inches in diameter and 
carried on long stems. We offer fine seed of 
the following sorts: 
*Glant Crego Asters — One of the most de¬ 
sirable types of aster. Flowers large and fluffy 
averaging 4 to 6 inches in diameter and full 
to the center. Stems 20 to 30 inches long 
produced on strong vigorous plants. Fine for 
garden effect or cut flowers. We offer Crego 
Asters in Shell Pink, Rose Pink, White, 
Violet Blue, Lavender and Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Gill's Fancy Mixed—This is a splendid 
mixture of about 20 reliable sorts and will 
contain nearly every color known in asters. 
There are few better mixtures on the market 
than this and it is sure to please. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c. 
AMARANTHUS. 
Brilliant foliage annuals growing 3 to 5 feet 
high. Do best in a hot sunny location. 
Candatus.— Blood red, drooping. Pkt., 6c. 
Sunrise.— The most brilliant. Foliage 
bronzy crimson, each branch tipped with 
bright, scarlet carmine leaves. Pkt., 10c. 
Tricolor.— Leaves red, yellow and green. 
Pkt., 5c. 
BALSAM. 
Hardy annuals growing one to two feet high. 
Plant Inside or in hotbed in March, plant 
out after danger of frost is over. 
Mixed Double Tall—Two feet. Pkt., 6c. 
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