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FLOWER SEEDS 
VICK’S GARDEN AND FLORAL GUIDE 
GOLD MEDAL ASTERS 
VICK’S BRANCHING 
Late-flowering. This exceptionally fine Aster is without a rival. It is as 
well known in Europe as in America, and although we placed it on the market 
only a few years ago, to-day every florist has a fine stock of the flowers in his 
window just before the Chrysanthemum comes in; and it is often mistaken 
for the Chrysanthemum, which it so much resembles. The flowers are ot 
extraordinary size—much larger than other varieties,—and stand erect on long, 
graceful stems, well above the foliage; flower stems 15 to 20 inches long. 
Grand for cutting. Plants extra large and of strong growth ; one plant will 
cover a space two and a half feet square. By far the most satisfactory Aster 
grown. 
Snowy-white, pink, crimson, purple, lavender, each.10 
One packet each of the five colors for.40 
All colors mixed. . 
DAYBREAK 
This beautiful Aster, which we introduced to the public, has proved itself 
worthy of the wide and very flattering reception it has met with every¬ 
where. It is one of those rare gems that has come to stay ; no private 
garden is complete without it; and for florist's use it is simply unsur¬ 
passed. The flowers are round as a ball, very large and full, on long 
steins; the color a lovely sea-shell pink. The plant flowers very early, 
and is a continuous free-bloomcr, a compact strong grower, and in all 
respects a desirable acquisition. 
LADY ASTER 
The distinguishing features of this Aster are its profusion of bloom and the 
distinctness jf its foliage. The leaves are long and narrow, light green 
in color. The plant is light and graceful in habit as compared with other 
Asters, and bears from forty to sixty buds, which develop gradually, 
affording a prolonged season of bloom. The small flowers are very 
double, semi-globular, about an inch and a half in diameter, produced on 
slender stiff stems, and are excellent for floral design work. Several 
new colors have been added of late. White, White passing to Rose, 
Rose, Azure Blue, Dark Lilac. Each. 
Mixed Colors. 
GLORIA 
This is an extremely pretty novelty in Dwarf Asters. The plants attain a 
height of twelve to fifteen inches, are very branching and free-flowering. 
The flowers measure two inches in diameter, are semi-globular in form 
and perfectly double. 1 n color they arc quite unique, being of a pure white 
surrounded by a narrow deep scarlet margin, forming a striking contrast. 
A very attractive variety, fine for low borders or beds, and useful for 
cutting. 
LAVENDER OEM 
This is the result of several years effort to produce, in an early Aster, one of 
the delicate colors that occur in the Branching Asters. When first 
opened the flower is an exquisite shade of delicate lavender, deepening 
with age. It has been pronounced by many “the most beautiful color 
ever seen in the Aster." The flower is always full double, showing no 
tendency to produce single or semi-double blooms. In Vick'.- Lavender 
Gem the feathery effect of the Ostrich-feathered type ;s further enhanced 
by the fact that it bears a large proportion of long, partly tubular florets 
that are irregularly cut and slashed, so that the flower looks like a ragged 
Chrysanthemum. In habit the plant is erect and of medium height 
branching close to the ground. The flowers are borne in profusion on 
long, slender, wiry stems. In season it comes between Queen of the 
Earlies and Vick’s Daybreak. To the florist the value of Vick's Laven¬ 
der Gem can scarcely be overestimated, coming, as it does, at a time 
when there is a dearth of flowers of delicate colors. 
EARLY SNOWDRIFT 
In Vick’s Early Ostrich-feathered Aster Snowdrift we offer our customers 
the most valuable addition to the list of Asters that has been made since 
our introduction of Vick’s Branching Aster in 1893. It is seldom that 
any plant combines extreme earlincss and high quality. Vick’s Early 
White Snowdrift is positively the earliest Aster in cultivation, being a few 
days in advance of Queen of the Earlies, while the flower is not surpassed 
in size and beauty by any of the later varieties. The leaves are narrow 
and sparse, and the branches spring from close to the ground. The 
entire energy of the plant seems given to the production of twelve to 
twenty long, slender, upright stems, crowned with immense feathery 
flowers. The long, recurved petals give the flowers an exceedingly 
graceful effect, heightened in many cases by the ragged, irregular char¬ 
acter of the petals in the center of the flower. The type is well estab¬ 
lished, the flowers all coming perfectly double. 
PURITY 
This new Aster is the handmaid to our Daybreak, being identical with it in 
form and habit, but the blooms are pure white. A finer combination of 
color cannot well be imagined than the massing together of these two 
beauties, cither in bouquet groups or for decorative design. The plant is 
an early and free bloomer, like its companion. 
MID - SUMMER. TRIUMPH 
Dark Scarlet. Various early-flowering Asters have been introduced, but 
not one has combined perfection in form with earliuess of bloom. This 
variety, however, combines both these features. Plants small and bushy. 
Flowers deep scarlet-rcd, of perfect incurved shape. Blooms as early as 
25 the 25th of June. A gem for amateurs, a bonanza for florists. 
GOLD MEDAL COLLECTION 
\\ E have received from customers who grew our Gold Medal Collection of Asters last summer, so many letters extolling the good 
qualities of the varieties composing it, that we again offer it, confident that those who avail themselves of this opportunity will be 
included in the long list of admirers of the “ Gold Medal.” It is not a collection of cheap, common varieties, but rather one composed 
of the best and most beautiful kinds — early, midsummer, and late-flowering sorts — rich in color, and of eight different styles of habit 
and bloom. If you want an up-to-date Aster bed next summer, sow seed of the Gold Medal Collection. 
A Handsome Picture in Colors. Illustrations of these eight varieties have been painted in water colors from the natural flowers, and are faithful 
representations. These have been reproduced in the same style, and to every purchaser of a Gold Medal Collection will be sent free a handsome colored 
/•late of these flowers • 1 lie plate is 10 by 15 inches, and when framed makes a handsome wall piece, alone worth the cost of the collection. 
Vick s Branching.10 Lady.15 Vick’s Lavender Gem .... 25 Vick’s Purity.15 
Vick s Daybreak.10 Gloria...25 Vick’s Snowdrift.25 Midsummer Triumph .... 25 
This Collection, including Colored Plate, $1.00 
ABRONIA 
ABRONIA 
The Abronias are trailing 
plants with prostrate branches, 
bearing clusters of sweet-scented 
flowers very much like Verbenas. 
They arc natives of California. 
The seeds should be started 
under glass, first removing the 
husky covering. Annual. 
Umbellata. Rosy lilac, 
white eye. g 
Arenaria. Waxy yellow . . 10 
AS PERU LA 
Azurea setosa. A charming little, profuse¬ 
blooming hardy annual, bearing clusters of 
fragrant sky-blue flowers, admirably adapted 
for bouquet making. One foot . 
Odorata. A perennial of delightful fragrance; 
it is the May flower of the Germans, being used 
in their Maitrank or May wine; the flowers 
arc pure white, and the whole plant is often 
dried and preserved for its perfume. If kept 
among clothes it imparts an agreeable odor to 
them. Six inches. 
