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Crego’s GIANT COMET ° K 0STR1CH T PLUME ASTERS 
Extra-Early Hohenzollern 
or EXPRESS COMET ASTERS 
Early-flowering Comet Asters of great merit, not only for garden purposes, 
but of even more value for early cut flowers. Extra-early flowering Asters have 
heretofore been produced at the expense of either size, doublcness, substance 
or length ot stem, but the Express Comets are nearly as good as later-flowering 
sorts and come into bloom in the open ground with us by the middle of July. 
Ihey are the largest early Asters of which we know, flowers 3^ to 4 inches 
across, of double Comet type; splendid substance and long stems; plants healthy 
and sturdy, of branching habit; 18 inches high; free bloomers. 
White Passing to Rose. The flowers open white, changing to blush, then pink 
and finally to rose color. Pkt. 10c .\Per 1,000seeds, 60c. 
Crimson Pkt. 10c.; Per 1,000 seeds , 60c. Dark Blue... . 10c.; 60c. 
Silver-lilac . 10c.; 60c. Azure-blue ... 10c.; 60c. 
Pure White 10c.; 60c. Rose-pink .... 10c.; 60c. 
Purple-violet... . 10c.; 60c. 
Mixed Express Comet.10c.; 60c. 
Collection of Express Comet Asters, 1 pkt. each of 6 separate colors.50c. 
SEMPLE'S Late-Flowering ASTERS 
Superior late-flowering Branching Asters. The flowers are large, very double,, 
and borne on long stems. They begin blooming about the first of September. 
Plants strong growers, 18 inches to 2 feet high. 
White. . Pkt. 10c.; Per 1,000seeds, 60c. Crimson.. PklAOc.-, Per 1,000seeds, 50c. 
Lavender. . . 10c.; 50c. Shell-pink.... 10c.; 50c. 
Purple.10c.; 50c. Mixed Colors. 10c.; 50c. 
Collection of above 5 separate sorts.40c. 
ASTERMUMS 
A strain of American raised Comet Asters—with a fetching title. 
Snow-white, Pkt. 15c.; Per 1,000seeds, 75c. Rose-pink, Pkt. 15c.; Perl ,000 seeds, 75c. 
Lavender Astermums. 15c.; 75c. 
Mixed Astermums. 15c.; 75c. 
Collection 1 pkt. each of the above 3.40c. 
double, half-globes, equalling some of the finer Ostrich Plume Chrysanthemums 
The plants, of luxuriant branching growth, attain a height of 18 inches to 2 feet* 
each plant bearing from 20 to 30 of these magnificent flowers on very long stems' 
which gives them an added value for cutting and vasing. (See cut.) 
Crego’s Giant Comet Asters. Price—Per Pkt.; Per 1,000 seeds ; Per oz. 
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1 pkt. each 
White 
Rose-pink. 
Shell-pink. 
Salmon-rose. 
Crimson. 
Violet-purple. 
Azure-blue. 
Lavender. 
Mixed Colors, 
Collection of Crego’s Giant Comet Asters, . 
of the above 8 separate colors.60 C| 
"The Mammoth Ostrich Plume Asters—from your 
seed—were the most beautiful ever grown in our 
neighborhood, and were greatly admired by all who 
saw them. They measured from 5 to 6 inches 
in diameter, on stems 16}4 inches high." 
Miss KATHERINE FISHER, 
Unionville, Mich. 
‘My Giant Comet Asters last year took 
two prizes at our exhibit, where there 
was a large and beautiful dis¬ 
play. One prize was for my 
Lavender Comet—rit being 
the largest Aster dis- 
CORNELIA M. 
BOA RDM AN, 
1335 River 
Boulevard , 
St. Paul, 
Minn. 
‘‘Your Giant 
Comet A sters were 
very fine, surpassing 
any Asters I ever had." 
RUSSEL SMITH, 
Crete, III. 
Crown Comet Asters 
Strikingly beautiful varieties of the large Comet 
type. 1 he center of the flower is a crown of pure white 
surrounded by some rich color, making an effective con- 
trasC 1 hese Asters were awarded a diploma of honor by 
the hrench Society of Horticulture. 
Rose, with white crown. p joc 
Carmine, with white crown. .10 C ‘ 
Blue, with white crown. !!!!!!!..!! 10c. 
One pkt. each of the above 3 Crown Comet Asters.25c. 
These truly grand Asters win enthusiastic admiration from all who see them. 
They are a highly developed American type of the German Comet, Hohen¬ 
zollern or Mammoth Ostrich Plume Asters and are far superior to imported 
strains. The flowers are of immense size 4 to 5 and often 6 inches across, com¬ 
posed of long, wavy, twisted petals, gracefully formed into loose, yet densely 
‘‘The Giant Comets from you last 
year were the finest Asters I ever 
saw; they bloomed profusely 
and the flowers were very 
large." 
Miss EMMA 
HARPER, 
Reno, Pa. 
To every purchaser of ASTER SEED, we 
will send FREE, if requested, our leaflet, 
"Latest and Best Methods of Growing Asters,” 
which tells how to grow them to perfection, 
both in garden beds and for cut flowers. 
