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Asters, Queen 
of the Earlies. 
ENDERSON'S 
SUPERIOR 
VICTORIA ASTERS. 
Magnificent flowers, massive and showy, with regular overlapping petals double clear to the 
centre. The flowers measure 4 to 5 inches across, and the colors include many extremely delicate 
and some gorgeous shades. The plants grow very evenly, about 18 inches high, and carry from 
25 to 40 flowers on a plant. Perhaps the handsomest Asters, taken all in all, for size, color 
and profusion of bloom. (See cut.) 
Victoria, Finest Mixed. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c., Pkt. 10c. 
“ Pure White. Pkt. 10c. Victoria, Sky-Blue. 10c. 
Purple.10c. “ White, Tinted Rose. 10c. 
Scarlet, dark and rich.10c. ! “ Peach-Blossom Pink.10c. 
Carmen, distinct color, deep rich salmon tipped with white. 10c. 
Miss Alice Roosevelt, a blending of primrose and flesh-pink. 10c. 
Maroon, dark blood-red, almost black.10c. 
Collection of 6 colors, 40.; 12 colors.75c. 
New Gekman Juno Asters. 
A splendid new class of Asters and very early flowering. The plants of stocky, sturdy, 
globular habit, growing about 20 inches high, bearing on long, stiff stems very large, very 
double and beautifully formed flowers often 4 inches across; the center petals curve 
slightly, the outer rows are imbricated Victoria-like. A splendid Garden Aster and fine 
for cutting. 
Juno Aster, White and Amethyst. Pkt. 10c. 
“ “ White and Rose. “ 10c. 
" “ Pure White. “ 10c. 
° “ Mixed Colors. “ 10c. 
(Queen of the‘Market), valuable 
on account of their extreme earliness 
and for cutting; plants 12 ins. high; 
medium-sized double flowers on long 
stems. 
Queen of the Earlies, white. .Pkt. 10c. 
“ “ “ rose-pink . . lOci 
“ “ “ indigo-blue. 10c. 
“ “ “ scarlet. 10c. 
“ ** “ mixed colors 10c. 
VARIOUS ASTERS. 
"HERCULES. ' ASTER. 
LARGE SINGLE CHINA ASTERS. 
Large Single 
China Asters. 
Single flowers are coming much in 
vogue among people of aesthetic tastes 
and those influenced by fashion’s 
decree: beautiful but simple. — This 
change of front from double to single 
has created a demand for long-stem¬ 
med large single china asters which 
are of unsurpassed decorative effect 
when cut and vased. These asters, 
of strong healthy growth, are profuse 
bloomers and are also showy garden 
plants. 
Single C. .na Aster, White ... Pkt. 10c. 
“ “ “ Rose-pink . . . 10c. 
“ “ Heliotrope... 10c. 
“ “ “ Mixed Colors. 10c. 
Surpassing all others in size, form and doubleness, the flowers 
often measuring 0 to 7 inches across, of the finest Comet form. 
Hercules white. Pkt. 15c. 
Hercules Rosy Lilac, new and beautiful color..25c. 
BALL, or JEWEL ASTER. 
Mixed colors, sturdy, compact plants, 2 ft. high, with round ball- 
shaped, densely double flowers 3 ins. across. Pkt. 10c. 
BETTERIDGE'S QUILLED ASTER. 
Mixed, large double flowers with quill-like petals, surrounded by 
broad guard petals; plants 2 ft. Pkt. 5c. 
CACTUS^FLOWERED ASTER. 
A beautiful new form; the flowers—large and double—are com¬ 
posed of gracefully recurved petals with twisted tins, thus resembling 
the flowers of a ('actus Dahlia; plants of pyramidal growth, medium 
height and free-flowering. Rose-Carmine. Pkt. 15c. 
Cactus Flowered Lilac, new.25c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM^FLOWERED DWARF ASTER. 
Bushy plants, 9 ins. high, bearing large perfectly double flowers. 
Finest mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Collection of 6 colors, 40c.; 12 colors. Pkt. 75c. 
CROWN POMPON ASTER. 
Compact, plants 1 ft. high, crowded with densely double flowers 
2V-a ins. across, having a white center surrounded by some other color. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
JAPANESE TASSEL ASTER. 
Immense double flowers, 5 to 0 ins. across, with long, narrow curly 
petals; plants 15 ins. high. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
YELLOW'QUILLED ASTER. 
A beautiful sulphur-yellow colored variety having large globular 
flowers 4 to 414 inches in diameter, composed of round quill-like petals 
split at the tips; plants of bushy growth about 2 feet high. . Pkt. 10c. 
MINIATURE WALDERSEE ASTERS. 
This new type forms compact, globular bushes 8 to 10 inches high by 
8 to 10 inches in diameter; they branch densely, forming little mounds 
and when in flower the effect is truly beautiful; the plants are literally 
smothered with charming small double flowers 1 to 1 1 {> inches across: 
100 to 200 flowers borne on a single plant arc not unusual. They are 
especially effective for bedding out in masses and edgings, as they 
remain in bloom for a long period. When grown in pots they make 
pretty specimens. (See cut.) 
White. Pkt. 10c. I Rose Colored. Pkt . 10c. 
Crimson.10c. Mixed Colors.10c. 
Light Blue. 10c. ' 
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. 
