•FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 
H Superior Paeony Perfection Asters. 
A giant-flowering type of this favorite class; thrifty, upright growers, 1£ to 2 feet high, 
producing abundantly immense double flowers (4 inches across) and almost perfectly 
round, with incurved petals. 
Perfection, Finest Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c., Pkt. 10c. 
Amethyst. Opening white, changing to blue and finally rich amethyst-blue.10c. 
Surprise. Charming color; salmony-apricot, shading to rosy-flesh.10c. 
Queen’s Scarlet. Magnificent fiery-scarlet, rich and brilliant.10c. 
White. Pkt. 10c. I Purple, indigo-purple.10c. 
Brilliant Rose, splendid color.10c. | Azure-Blue.10c. 
Imported Collections of Improved Pieony-flowered Perfection Asters, 
6 separate colors, 40c.; 12 colors, separate, 75c. 
Semple’s Late=Flowering Branching Asters. 
Superior to any other class of late-flowering Branching Aster, lengthening 
the Aster season until frost. The flowers are large, 4 inches across, are very 
double, of purest colors, and borne on long stems. They begin blooming about 
the first of September. Plants strong growers, 18 inches to 2 feet high. 
Semple’s, Crimson. Pkt. 10c. 
“ Shell-pink.10c. 
“ Collection of 5 sorts. 40c. 
Semple’s, Mixed Colors. . .Pkt. 10c. 
“ White.10c. 
“ Lavender.10c. 
“ Purple.10c. 
“ The Asters I grew from your seeds took first premium at the Rensselaer County 
Fair held last September.” Airs. HIRAM BARRINGER. 
Henderson’s Jubilee Asters. 
These magnificent Asters bear large double flowers, averaging 5 inches 
in diameter, of most symmetrical form and of splendid substance. The plants 
are sturdy and compact, about 2 feet high. Individual plants carry from 25 
to 40 of the immense flowers, open at one time, completely covering the upper 
half of the plant with bloom. The colors are beautiful, clear and rich. Their 
blooming season is unusually long, the maturing flowers are followed by de¬ 
veloping buds in uninterrupted succession for weeks. Jubilee Asters are 
not early, following Victoria and Perfection classes, and remain in bloom 
until the late-branching sorts begin to open. ( See cut.) 
The collection of Jubilee Asters, 6 separate colors named below, 60c. 
Jubilee Asters, Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, G0c., Pkt. 10c. 
Prairie Fire. Magnificent glowing crimson-scarlet. 10c. 
Snowdrift. Pure satiny-white.10c. 
Gloriosa. Deep, rich dark, blue. 10c. 
Charmer. Light silvery-layender .10c. 
Vivid. Brilliant rosy-carmine . 10c. 
Grandeur. Pure rose-pink. 10c. 
“My bed of Jubilee Asters were the finest I ever saw; in spite of the dry 
weather they did well and, I was proud of them.” 
F. C. PETTENGILL, Woodford, Me. 
New Miniature 
Flowered Asters. 
This new type forms compact, globular bushes 8 to 10 inches high by 8 
to 10 inches in diameter; they branch densely, are well furnished with small 
deep green foliage, and resemble, before flowering, little mounds of well- 
kept box, thus rendering them of exceptional value for garden edgings, 
even before blooming; but when in flower the effect is truly beautiful; then 
the plants are literally smothered with charming small double flowers 1 to 
li inches across; 100 to 200 flowers borne on a single plant are not unusual. 
They are especially effective for bedding out in masses, as they remain in 
bloom for a long period. When grown in pots they make pretty specimens. 
(See cut.) 
Miniature Aster. Rose, edged blush. Pkt. 15c. 
“ “ Blue, shaded lavender.15c. 
“ ** White, tinted blush.15c. 
“ •* Dark violet.15c. 
“ “ Mixed Colors.15c. 
