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ASTER. 
The Aster now is a general favorite, and its popular¬ 
ity is on the increase. Give the Aster a deep, rich soil, 
and mulching with coarse manure is very beneficial. 
Plants may be grown in the hot-bed, cold-frame or a seed¬ 
bed in the garden. The Aster transplants easily. 
Twelve inches apart is the proper distance for making a 
showy bed of the large varieties, and the dwarf kinds 
may be planted so that they touch. In this way they 
make elegant borders. Our engravings show the Dwarf 
Aster, looking like a bouquet, and the habits of growth 
of some of the best sorts. We also give a flower of the 
natural, though quite medium size. 
Aster, Truffaut’s Paeony-flowered Perfection, 
large, beautiful flowers, petals long; a little re¬ 
flexed; 2 feet in height; mixed colors . 
Truffaut’s Paeony-flowered Perfection, same 
as above, in twenty-four separate colors, and 
very true to color ; each color, . 
Aster, La Superbe, large flowers, 4 inches in 
diameter, 2 feet in height; three colors mixed, 15 
La Superbe, three separate colors — rose, blue 
and white — each color,. 15. 
New Rose, 2 feet in height ; robust; large flow¬ 
ers, petals finely imbricated and of great sub¬ 
stance; one of the very best; mixed colors, . . 15. 
New Rose, fifteen separate colors — white, crim¬ 
son, violet, etc., each color, . 15. 
Imbrique Pompon, very perfect; almost a globe, 
and beautifully imbricated ; mixed colors, . . 10 
Imbrique Pompon, fifteen separate colors — 
white, blue, crimson, etc.; each color, .... 15. 
Cocardeau or New Crown, two-colored flowers, 
the central petals being of pure white, sometimes 
small and quilled, surrounded with large, flat 
petals of a bright color, as crimson, violet, scar¬ 
let, etc. 18 inches; mixed colors,. 10 
Cocardeau, or New Crown, carmine, violet, 
blue, deep scarlet, violet brown, etc., each with 
white center; each variety, . 10 
New Paeony-flowered Globe, the earliest of 
the Asters—two weeks earlier than Truffaut's 
P(gony-fl<nuered; flowers very large; plant 
branching and strong ; docs not require support, 10 
New Victoria, flowers large ; habit pyramidal; 
2 feet high; one of the finest; flowers freely ; 
mixed colors,. . 15 
Washington, the largest Aster we have ever 
known, and we have exhibited them five inches 
in diameter and perfect ; mixed colors, .... 25 
Hedge-Hog, or Needle, petals long, quilled, 
and sharply pointed ; very curious ; two feet; 
mixed colors, . 15 
Half-Dwarf multiflora mauve, one of the best. 
About 15 inches in height, of fine form ; flowers 
perfect and abundant, delicate white and mauve, 10 
New Chrysanthemum - flowered Dwarf, 
a desirable class, 1 foot in height ; late, and valu¬ 
able on this account, as well as for its great 
beauty; mixed colors, . 15 
Chrysanthemum-flowered Dwarf, White, 
a superb variety ; every flower usually perfect, 15 
Newest Dwarf Bouquet. Each plant looks 
like a bouquet of flowers ; fine for edging or 
small beds ; about 12 different colors mixed, . 15 
New Schiller, a late, dwarf, bouquet Aster; 
leaves all at base of plant; 15 inches high, . . 10 
