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HENDERSON’S INVINCIBLE ASTERS 
“ \fy Aslers grown from your 
Invincible strain were the best of our 
flower show. Five blooms of the 
lavender were the finest Asters I ever 
saw and I have grown Aslers for 
sixty years.'’ 
CIJAS. JA S. FOX, 
South London, Canada. 
"Mrs. Schmell won the first prize 
at the Interstate Fair at Spokane 
this fall for large, long stemmed 
Asters; they were grown from your 
Invincible Seed." 
C. E. SCHMELL, 
Spokane, Wash . 
"I have had wonderful success 
with your Invincible Asters this year 
while others in this section fell com¬ 
pletely down." 
C. D. TINNEMEYER, 
Evansville, lnd. 
“ I had the pleasure last fall of 
taking first premium at our County 
Fair with my Invincible Asters over 
several other competitors." 
Mrs. CHAS. I. SALE. 
Medford, 117$. 
“/ grew your Invincible Asters 
last year and never saw any to equal 
them in size, fullness and color." 
HAROLD BIGGS, 
Berkeley, Calif. 
“ We have had many people come 
from long distances to see our won¬ 
derful Invincible Asters. They have 
grown to a height of 4 K feet with 
about 25 immense flowers to each 
plant." 
CROSS &• BEARDSLEY. 
Numbers 1 and 2 shown in colors on the opposite page 
“THEY ARE ROYALLY GRAND” 
The Largest and Most Beautiful of all Asters 
Henderson’s Invincibles are the latest and highest achievements in China 
Asters, a superior race in every wav. The plants are of very healthy, robust, 
branching growth, about 2 feet high—though under best culture often 3 feet— 
producing, on long stems, massive Chrysanthemum-like flowers of perfect 
form and graceful outline, and are exceedingly double to the very center. The 
flowers are the most beautifully formed of all large Asters. The petals arc of 
thick, durable substance, and in consequence, the flowers last long in perfec¬ 
tion. These Asters are wonderfully prolific and continuous bloomers from 
summer until frost. When grown in masses in garden borders, or grouped in 
beds, their decorative effect is unapproachably gay and enlivening. When 
well grown the flowers of Henderson’s Invincible Asters average 3 inches 
across; 4-inch flowers are quite common, and if grown especially for cut 
flowers, the side branches pruned, allowing a plant to carry not over 8 or 10 
flowers, one flower to a stem, their size will then be enormous, measuring 4 
and 5 inches across. These magnificent blossoms being gracefully poised on 
strong, well-leaved stems 15 to 18 inches long, resemble large-sized Chrysan¬ 
themums, and are unsurpassed as cut flowers for vases and home decoration. 
We have received many enthusiastic letters of praise from our patrons re¬ 
garding these Asters—some of whom have been fortunate enough to capture 
prizes with them at local exhibitions, flower shows, etc. 
HENDERSON’S INVINCIBLE ASTERS, 
Price — Pkt. of 100 seeds. Per 1,000 seeds. 
Pure White. Purest snow-white. 15c. 75c. 
Pearl-pink. Exquisite blush and shell-pink... 15c. 75c. 
Deep Pink. Lively warm rose-pink. 15c. 75c. 
Lavender. Charming silvery-lavender. 15c. 75c. 
Deep Blue. Bright indigo-blue. 15c. 75c. 
Violet-purple. Rich velvety purple. 15c. 75c. 
Carmine-rose. Bright rosy-carmine. 15c. 75c. 
Crimson-brilliant. Rich bright red. 15c. 75c. 
Henderson’s Invincible Asters, Mixed Colors 15c. 00c. 
Customer’s Collection of any 4 pkts. selected for 50c. or 2 pkts. for 25c. 
Henderson’s Collection of Invincible Asters, 1 pkt. each of the 8 varieties for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
“7 am glad, indeed, to add my 
Praise to your *wonderful Invincible 
Asters. From seeds I bought of you 
last spring, I produced garden grown 
Asters that no professional florists 
could surpass. The flowers were 
immense and the colors charming in 
the extreme. We had great quantities 
of the flowers in our home all season 
and gave our friends dozens and 
dozens at a lime, and all praised 
them most enthusiastically." 
Mr. LEE CANTRELL, 
Nashville. Tenn. 
“ The largest and most beautiful 
Asters I ever saw were your Invin¬ 
cibles grown in my flower garden." 
Mrs. J. K. SHAD MAN, 
Duke Center, Pa. 
“Your Invincible Asters are 
grand. I entered them in the Mille 
Lacs Co. Fair last September and 
they took first prize.” 
II. E. COOK, 
Princeton, Minn. 
"My Invincible Asters are pro¬ 
nounced the glory of the neighbor¬ 
hood. There are more than 800 
blossoms standing between three and 
four feet high with foliage from tip to 
root: the flowers so large and perfect 
as to deceive many into believing they 
are Chrysanthemums. They are a 
vision of color and beauty. The 
blossoms measure 4)fi inches in 
diameter and many 5-inch ones. 
The measurements were taken by 
florists who came from the' extreme 
limits of North and South Chicago 
with tape lines and cameras. Do 
you wonder that 1 am proud of my 
Invincible Asters f" 
Mrs. FRANCIS E. FOSS, 
9828 Winston Av ., Chicago, Ills. 
Crego’s Giant Comet 
Asters 
ALSO KNOWN AS ASTERMUMS AND 
MAMMOTH OSTRICH PLUME ASTERS 
Number 3 shown in colors on the opposite page 
These truly grand Asters win ‘enthusi¬ 
astic admiration from all who see them. 
They are a highly developed American 
type of the German Comet, Hohenzollern 
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, composed of long, 
wavy, twisted petals, gracefully formed 
into loose, yet densely double, half-globes, 
equalling some of the finer Ostrich Plume 
Chrysanthemums. The plants, of luxuri¬ 
ant 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. 
CREGO’S GIANT COMET ASTERS. 
Customer’s Collection —Any three 10c. 
pkts. selected for 25c. 
Price Per 
Per 
1,000 seeds 
Pkt. 
White. 
10c. 
Rose-pink. 
GOc. 
10c. 
Shell-pink. 
10c. 
Salmon-rose. 
GOc. 
10c. 
Crimson. 
10c. 
Violet-purple. 
Azure-blue. 
GOc. 
10c. 
GOc. 
10c. 
Lavender. 
10c. 
Mixed Colors.. . . 
10c. 
Complete Collection, 
8 varieties, GOc. 
CUSTOMERS PRAISE 
CREGO’S GIANT COMET ASTERS. 
“My Giant Comet Asters last year took 
two prizes at our exhibit, where there was a 
large and beautiful display. One prize was 
for my Lavender Comet—it being the largest 
Aster displayed .” 
COR N ELI A M. BOA RDM A N, 
1335 River Boulevard, 
St. Paul, Minn. 
Imperial or 
“Daybreak” Asters 
THE REDDING ASTERS PAR-EX¬ 
CELLENCE FOR AMERICAN 
CONDITIONS 
Number 4 shown in colors on the opposite page 
These comparatively new Asters — made in 
America — are midsummer flowering varie 
ties, healthy and vigorous in growth, of 
upright bushy habit and very “profuse 
bloomers—veritable bouquets of flowers — 
and in consequence are unrivalled for 
bedding. The flowers—borne on good 
long, stiff stems—are so very double as to 
appear almost like balls. The petals, short 
and narrow, are slightly folded and of 
durable, lasting substance. While splen¬ 
did as cut flowers, it is as the bedding 
Asters—par excellence — for our American 
climate and conditions, that the Im¬ 
perial Asters are especially recom¬ 
mended. 
Per 1,000 Per 
seeds Pkt. 
Imperial Daybreak. An ex¬ 
quisite shade of shell-pink GOc. 10c. 
Imperial Purity. Pure snow- 
white. 00c. 10c. 
Imperial Bluebird. Lively 
bright blue. 00c. 10c. 
Imperial Salmon. A lovely 
shade of pinkish-salmon. GOc. 10c. 
Imperial Violet. Rich dark 
violet-purple. GOc. 10c. 
Imperial Yellow. Soft 
lemon-yellow. GOc. 10c. 
Imperial Rose. Bright 
silvery-rose color. GOc. 10c. 
Imperial Lavender. A deli¬ 
cate shade of pale laven¬ 
der. GOc. 10c. 
Imperial Mixed Colors. 50c. 10c. 
Customer’s Collection of any three 10c. 
pkts. for 25c. 
Henderson’s Collection of Imperial 
Asters, above 8 separate varieties, GOc. 
CUSTOMER’S COLLECTIONS OF 
ASTERS. 
Any three 10c. pkts. or any two 15c. 
pkts. selected for 25c. 
To every purchaser of ASTER SEED wp will 
send FREE, if requested, our leaflet 
“Latest and Best Alethods of Growing Asters,” 
which tolls how to grow them to perfection 
both in garden beds and for cut flowers 
