50 Flower Seed 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
Vick’s 
Lavender 
Gem 
Vick’s Cardinal 
The best bedding Aster ever introduced. The coloring of this 
Aster is entirely distinct from any other Aster on the market today; I 
in fact it possesses a striking color of its own. Cardinal is the I 
nearest we can come to it. This variety is particularly adapted for | 
bedding, owing to its free blooming qualities, and brilliant coloring. I 
When massed in a bed, its deep vivid cardinal color is as striking I 
as the brilliant scarlet Salvia. Vick’s Cardinal begins blooming | 
the first to middle of August, retaining its brilliant coloring and I 
full, well-developed flowers until late in the fall. Packet, 25 cents; j 
two for 40 cents. 
QUEEN OF THE MARKET 
This variety is two weeks earlier than most other sorts. Plants dwarf and 
branching ; flowers quite double; valuable for cutting. White, flesh, 
light-rose, rose, crimson, light blue, dark blue, and all colors mixed; each 10 
VlCK’S 
Lavender Gem 
When first open the flower I 
is an exquisite lavender, deep- { 
ening with age. The flower is f 
always full double, showing no § 
tendency to produce single or 
semi-double blooms. The fluffy I 
effect of the Ostrich - feath- I 
ered type, to which it belongs, | 
is enhanced by the fact that it ( 
bears a large proportion oflong, I 
partly tubular florets, that are I 
irregularly cut and slashed, so I 
that the flower looks like a I 
ragged Chrysanthemum. The I 
plant is erect and of medium I 
height, branching close to the £ 
ground. The flowers are borne in I 
profusion on long slender, wiry stems. In 1 
season it comes between Queen of the | 
Earlies and Vick’s Daybreak, and is therefore 1; 
classed with the early sorts. To the florist the I 
value of Vick’s Lavender Gem can scarcely be over- 1 
estimated. Packet, 20 cents ; two for 35 cents. 
BALL OR JEWEL 
A beautiful class, selected from the well-known Peony Perfection race, 
somewhat dwarfer in habit than the latter, with shorter florets ; flowers 
round as a ball. Mixed. 
BOLTZE’S DWARF BOUQUET 
Each plant looks like a bouquet of flowers. Fine for edgings or small 
beds. About twelve difTerent colors mixed.. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED 
A desirable class, one foot high. Late, and valuable on this account, as 
well as for its great beauty. Mixed colors, or white, rose, fiery scarlet, 
light blue,each.. 
COCARDEAU, OR CROWN 
Two-colored blooms, the central florets pure white, sometimes small and 
quilled, surrounded with large flat florets of a bright color. Plant eigh¬ 
teen inches high. Mixed colors .. 
LADY ASTER 
T he distinguishing features of this Aster are its profusion of bloom and the 
distinctness of its foliage. The leaves are long and narrow, light green 
in color I he plant is light and graceful in habit, and bears from forty 
to sixty buds, which develop gradually, affording a prolonged season of 
bloom. I he small flowers arc very double, semi-globular, about an inch 
and a half in diameter, produced on slender stiff stems, and are excellent 
for floral design work. Mixed colors. 
LARGE-FLOWERED ROSE 
One of the very best. Two feet in height; robust. Flowers large, finely 
imbricated, and of great substance. Mixed colors. 
OSTRICH PLUME 
A class with pure white and rose-colored flowers similar to Giant Comet, 
but with longer petals and the plants more free-blooming. Each color . . 
QUILLED GERMAN 
A showy class, from one and a half to two feet high, with quilled flowers 
and branching habit. Mixed colors. 
QUEEN OF THE EARLIES, or Earliest Paris 
An improved strain of our own growing; fully three weeks earlier than 
any other variety. Should be cultivated by every up-to-date grower . . . 
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TRUFFAUT’S PEONY-FLOWERED PERFECTION 
A standard Aster, two feet in height, blooming very freely; the flowers are 
large, very double, peony-like, the florets mostly incurved. The colors 
range from pure white to light blue, violet, crimson, rose, and scarlet, each 10 f 
Amethyst. A superb new color in the Peony-flowered race. Flowers 
white at first, changing with age to a beautiful amethyst.10 I 
Mixed colors. 10 , 
VICTORIA 
One of the finest. Two feet high; habit pyramidal; flowers large; having, I 
with one or two exceptions, the greatest range of colors of any of the Asters. I 
White. Peach-blossom. Crimson. Light Pine. 
Light Yellow. Roseand White. Dark Crimson. Dark Blue and White I 
Apple-blossom. Carmine Rose. Dark Scarlet. Violet. 
One packet each of the above twelve varieties 85 cts. 
Separate colors, each. 10 I 
Mixed colors.. } 
DWARF VICTORIA 
The finest class of Half-Dwarf Asters, and the best for pots. For size, 
color, and profusion of bloom it is unsurpassed. Mixed colors, or dark 
scarlet, white, rose, dark crimson, light blue, rosy lilac, apple-blossom, 
peach-blossom ; each.. 
MIXED ASTERS 
1 Tall varieties mixed, ounce, $1.50. 
10 Dwarf varieties mixed, ounce, $1.50. 
