ASTERS. 
DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED, 
Grow 9 inches high, 
Grow 9 inches high. Surpass all the dwarf varieties lu size of flowers. 
I he.v are full and double, and produced in clusters of 20 to 30 on a 
plant. (.See cut.) 
Finest Mixed Colors (per 1,000 seeds, 40c.) . Pkt. 10 
Snow-white...lo I Crimson. 10 I Dark Lavender.1 0 
Flesh Pink. ...10 | Fiery Scarlet . 10 | Brilliant Rose.10 
Collection of Above 6 Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered Asters, 50c. 
SEMPLE’S LATE-FLOWERING BRANCHING ASTERS. 
Superior to any other class of late-flowering Branching Aster, 
lengthening the Aster season until front. The flowers are large, 4 
indies across, are very double, of purest colors, and borne on long 
stems. J hey begin blooming about the first of September. Plants, 
strong growers, 18 inches to 2 feet high. Grand foreuttiug. (See cut .) 
-—^Semple’s White (per 1,000 seeds, 50c.). .Pkt. 10 — 
Semple’s late-flowering. 
ASTERS. 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED, 
POMPON CROWN. 
POMPON GROWN 
ASTERS. 
These grow compactly, 
about 12 inches high, 
branching out freely, bear¬ 
ing great numbers of 
densely double flowers, 2 
to 2V6 inches across. Each 
flower has a distinct white 
•centre, encircled with some 
other color. (.See cut.) 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 
Pink, white centre. Pkt. 1 
Crimson. White centre.1 
Lavender Blue. White centre.1 
Dark Indigo. White centre.I 1 
Collection of above 4 named Asters, 30c. 
QUEEN OF THE E.ARL1ES. 
The earliest of all by nearly three weeks. 
Plants are dwarf, and very branching, 
blooming very freely; very double flowers 
borne on very long stems, rendering them 
•of exceptional value for cutting. 
White. Pkt. 10 
Mixed Colors.10 
GROWN, OR GOGARDEAU. 
The centre of each flower is white, sur¬ 
rounded by a broad margin of color, such as 
•crimson,rose, violet,etc.; flowers large, and 
freely produced ; height, 18 inches to 2 feet. 
Mixed Colors, Pkt., 10c. Collection of 6 
separate colors, 40c. 
“RAY” ASTERS. 
The plant is of candelabra 
form, about 20 inches high 
bearing large flowers, 4 to 
inches across, of long, 
slender, quilled petals, 
having the charming 
effect of the straight- 
rayed Japanese Chry¬ 
santhemums. 
Ray Aster, White 1 0 
-Bright Rose 10 
DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM- 
FLOWERED. 
“Ball of Fire” Aster. 
Brilliant blood - scarlet 
color. The plants are of 
compact, pyramidal 
habit, about 12 Inches 
high; flowers medium 
size, very double, and 
borne in remarkable 
abundance. (See cut.).... 10 
'German “St.John’s” Day 
Asters. These are valuable 
on account of their extreme earli¬ 
ness. They were in bloom on our 
grounds the past summer on June 
20th, fully two weeks earlier than “ Queen 
of the Early” Asters, and quite a month 
earlier than any other varieties, all sown 
at the same time. The plants are round 
and compact, about 10 inches high, bear¬ 
ing about 25 medium-sized very double 
flowers. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 
TRIUMPH ASTERS. 
Themost beautiful and perfect of all Dwarf 
Asters. Each plantforms an elegant bouquet, 
7to8inches high.ofat least80to40 flowers. 
The flowers measure from 2V6 to 8 inches 
across, of faultless form and exquisite beauty. 
(See cut.) 
Triumph Scarlet, blood-scarlet .10 
Triumph White, pure white.. 10 
Triumph Rose and White, a charming 
blending of rosy pink and white.10 
“MARVEL” ASTER. 
Compact and bushy, about 18 inches 
high,double flowers 8% inches across; 
the three outside rows of petals 
are white, encircling a raised 
centre of blood-red color. 
The combination of colors 
is striking. Pkt.10 
CHINA ASTERS. 
Mixed Colors. A tall, 
gl o be- fi o wered, do ublo- 
flowering class, very 
largely sold, but by no 
means equal to the im¬ 
proved varieties.5 
These beautiful Asters are entirely distinct, 
and continue long in bloom. A ’plant pro¬ 
duces about 80 pure white, faultlessly formed, semi-spherical 
flowers, composed of short, thickly set, Imbricated petals, giving 
the flower the charming appearance of a Lllliput Dahlia. 
Dahlia-Flowered Snow Ball, pure white. Pkt. 1 0 
- - Princess, white, shaded with rose and blush 10 
- - Rosalind, bright rose.io 
- - Mixed Colors (per1,000 seeds, 50c .) Pkt. 1 0 
DWARF-PYRAMIDAL BOUQUET. 
Pretty class; very profuse, producing 20 to 50 lieuds of bloom ; 
grows 1 foot high. 
Mixed Colors. 10c. Collection of6 separate colors. 30c. 
BETTERIDGE’S QUILLED ASTERS. 
An improved strain, with lnrgedouble flowers, composed of tube 
or quill-shaped petals, 2 feet high. (Seecut. i Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5 
VIGT0RIA NEEDLE ASTERS. 
Mowers very double and large; petals twisted as round as 
knitting-needles, unique and charming. Plants about 18 
inches high, branching and floriferous. Mixed Colors.. 10 
hkttkridok’h quilled. 
