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Rose Pink with White Centre. 
T HIS striking novelty 1 h of more than usual merit; the flowers are of 
the true Giant Comet type, 4 to G inches across, composed of long, 
wavy, twisted petals, gracefully formed into loose, yet densely dou¬ 
ble, flowers resembling some of the finer .Japanese Chrysanthemums. The 
centre crown of the flower is of pure white, surrounded by outer rows of 
petals of a charming rose pink color, a unique and beautiful combination. 
The plants are of vigorous, healthy growth, about 15 inches high, each 
plant bearing from 20 to 80 of these magnificent flowers on long, stiff 
stems, which gives them an added value as a cut flower for vases, florists’ 
uses, etc. If the plants can be grown where slightly shaded from the 
hottest sun, the coloring will be more vivid and the flowers will last 
longer. A diploma of honor was awarded this Aster by the French 
Society of Botany and Horticulture. (See cut.) Per packet, 25c. 
GIANT VICTORIA ASTER. 5 K 
1 'HE Victoria Asters have for years been one of the leading classes of 
Asters the world over. This new type of Giant Victoria, of which 
the “Snow-White” is the forerunner, is distinct and of high perfection. 
The plants are strong, luxuriant growers, attaining a height of about 
2 feet, branching out freely into pyramidal bushes, each plant bearing 15 
to 20 magnificent large and symmetrically double flowers 4V? to 514 
inches across; the petals are very broad and regular, sitting tile fashion, 
one on top of the other, to the centre of the flower. A grand variety for 
• show beds or exhibition purposes. Per packet, 20c. 
OSTRICH FEATHER ASTERS. 
A magnificent class, producing immense double flowers, often G inches across, com¬ 
posed of very long,narrow,loosely curled petals,suggestive of a curled ostrich plume; 
their graceful effect, large size and charming colorings render these Asters exception¬ 
ally handsome as cut flowers, their long stems permitting the flowers to be “ vased ” 
as artistically as Chrysanthemums. As a garden Aster they are equally valuable; the plants, of candelabra habit, grow about 18 inches 
high, Tire vigorous and very floriferous. The “ Hohenzollern ” Asters, offered by some seedsmen tis the same as the Ostrich Feather Asters, 
are very inferior to the latter, which we highly recommend to our customers as of unusual merit. 
Bright Rose Ostrich Feather Aster.Pkt 
White changing to Pink “ “ “ 
20 
20 
Snow-white Ostrich Feather Aster.Pkt. 15 
Crimson “ “ “ . “ 15 
Ostrich Feather Aster, Mixed Colors.Pkt. 10 
HENDERSON’S 
NEW ASTER, 
T HIS Is a new and brilliant, glowing scarlet Aster, free from the 
magenta tinge usual in red Asters; the flowers measure from 
8 to 4 inches across, are of regular globular form, perfectly dou¬ 
ble to the centre, and borne freely on sturdy candelabra branch¬ 
ing plants about 1 5 inches high ; an exceedingly effective bedder. 
Price, per packet, 15c. 
“/ am delighted with your new Aster (Red Hussar). It is 
royally grand.” Mas. Thos. Coles, Fulton, N. Y. 
” I wish to say that the Prize Aster surpasses any Red Aster 
I ever saw and is admired by all.” Mrs. A. R. Kklton, Orange, 
Mass. 
K”' “POODLE” Asters. 
'THESE beautiful new Asters are the result of a cross between 
* the Giant Cornet and the Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered 
Asters. From the former they have inherited the elegant form 
and size and doubleness of flowers, measuring 4 inches across, 
while from the latter they get the dwarf, compact habit of 
growth, which does not exceed eight inches in height, thus 
making them especially valuable as pot plants as well as for gar¬ 
den decoration. One particularly good point about these Asters 
is their earliness—the flowers open early in July, even before the 
“Queen of the Market”; they are, therefore, the earliest of all 
large-flowering Asters. (See cut .) 
White Poodle Aster.Per pkt. 15 
Pink Poodle Aster . “ “ 25 
REiilEHER! 
We deliver FREE to any P. 0. or R. R. Ex¬ 
press Office in the U. S. all VEGETABLE 
and FLOWER SEEDS, BULBS and BOOKS, 
excepting where otherwise noted. 
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