GIANT ASTER NOVELTY 
Last year we sent out to our customers for TRIAL 
Thousands of Test Packets of our Giant Aster Novelty 
and offered $100.00 for a NAME, to be selected by two 
Horticulturists. 
The conditions required that all names submitted be 
written on the empty Seed Packets, and also the name 
and address of the Customer submitting the name. 
The naming contest closed at midnight Oct. 20th, 1939, 
and the two Judges after a great deal of work in checking 
over the thousands of names submitted, decided on 
''LAVENDER TREASURE ” and awarded the $100.00 
to the customer submitting it, according to their report 
below—• 
The following is the Judges’ report: 
We, the undersigned Horticulturists acting as Judges, 
have examined all names submitted in the Aster Naming 
Contest, and hereby certify to the award as follows: 
MISS C. R. DORAN, 32 Jenkins St., Providence, R. I. 
LAVENDER TREASURE 
Arnold J. Pearson, Onondaga Hill, N. Y. 
Andrew W. Kuhl, 172 Kuhl Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Horticulturists 
This has proven to the most interesting and success¬ 
ful Test we have made in many years, and instead of our 
describing this Aster we are printing a portion of as 
many letters as possible from Customers telling what 
they think of it, selected from the thousands received 
from various parts of the country. 
We are making LOW PRICES so all our Customers 
can grow LAVENDER TREASURE ASTER in 1940. 
Pkt.. 60 seeds 10«; 100 seeds 15*; 250 seeds 30t» 
Mrs. David Crosby, New York, writes 
My new Aster is so surpassingly beau¬ 
tiful in its varied shades of lavender 
with white stripes on edges of petals 
that I consider it the queen of flowers. 
Mrs. J. Bochnewetch, New York, writes 
The Asters were so large and beauti¬ 
ful. We have never had anything like 
them before. We had several different 
kinds and beds of Asters but nothing to 
compare with what you sent us as to 
size and beauty. 
Mrs. Wilbur Jacobus, N. J., writes:- 
Must congratulate you on the addition 
of the glorious new Aster. The plants 
were strong, clean, and handsome while 
the flowers were 6 to 7 in. across of an 
exquisite shade of lavender, and all but 
one plant showed light stripes on petals. 
Miss M. Diorio, New Jersey, writes:- 
It was truly a beautiful flower, far 
lovelier than any Aster I have ever 
grown before; the satiny texture of the 
petals, the strength and form of the 
plant, and the delightful color of the 
bloom make it a really wonderful flower. 
Mrs. James V. Howarth, Pa., writes:- 
I grew the Aster that you sent trial 
seed of and my blooms are lavender with 
white stripes just as you described it; 
large and beautiful. 
Mr. Charles F. Hoover, Pa., writes 
After raising your Asters they are just 
as you describe them in your catalog. I 
have several varieties this season, but 
yours surpass all others. Exquisite, is 
the only word that could describe such a 
gorgeous creation. 
Mrs. C.W. Stephens, Wisconsin, writes:- 
My Asters are beautiful, such lovely 
shade of lavender. Wish you could see 
them. 
Mr. Luke Budnlch, Wash., writes 
Your Novelty Aster did very well here 
in Seattle. My friends admired them 
very much and I think they are beau¬ 
ties. The flowers are in several shades 
of lavender with white edges and when 
the light shines on them they look as if 
they were lined with silver. 
Mrs. George Bossert, California, writes 
I planted the giant Novelty Aster seed 
you sent me last spring. It has been so 
interesting watching the blossoms come; 
one of the first was a lovely large one 
with such dainty white edgings on the 
petals. They look so silvery in the morn¬ 
ing light. 
Mrs. L. H. Geddes, Ohio, writes:- 
The Aster is the most beautiful I 
have ever raised and received the most 
comments of any flowers in my garden. 
Mrs. Frank York, Oregon, writes 
Your Aster is the most beautiful I 
have ever grown. I took first prize with 
it at the County Garden Show. The 
blooms measured 6*6 in. across. 
Mrs. T. S. Bradford, Texas, writes:- 
My Asters are beautiful large flowers, 
all the same shade of lavender with fine 
white stripes on the edge of the petals. 
Mrs. W'. T. Lang, Mississippi, writes:- 
Aster seed came up and grew to be 
giant hardy plants, with the different 
shades of lavender and white striped 
petaled flowers. 
Mrs. Jennie Pearson, Alabama, writes: 
I grew 13 plants which have been 
blooming since early summer and are 
still pretty indeed. There has never been 
another so colorful, so beautiful, so 
magnificent. It sure is the Southern 
beauty. 
Mrs. E. C. Cook, Florida, writes:- 
The Asters grew giant fluffy flowers, 
the petals curled and twisted, and in 
different shades of lavender. I have 
never seen a more beautiful Aster. 
Mrs. G. D. Golden, Georgia, writes 
I can truly say your Aster is the most 
gorgeous I have ever grown or seen any¬ 
where. I won a blue ribbon on a vase of 
them. 
Mrs. O. C. Ferrier, Arkansas, writes:- 
I’ve never seen such beautiful Aster 
blossoms. 
Mrs. Frank J. Stevens, Tenn., writes 
This Aster is the first I have been able 
to successfully grow in this climate; the 
blooms are large, striped, and shading 
from deep lavender almost to white, and 
very lovely. 
Thelma Woodson, S. C., writes:- 
Have grown your Aster novelty and 
And it to be the most delicate and beau¬ 
tiful shade of lavender I ever saw, with 
white stripes on edges of petals. 
Adeline Price, Virginia, writes 
All my friends and neighbors are just 
simply wild about my wonderful Asters. 
They are the most beautiful I ever saw. 
J. H. May, North Dakota, writes:- 
The Asters were the most beautiful 
grown in this part of the state. 
Mrs. C. M. Beckwith, Mass., writes 
It is a delight, a beauty to look at; 
blossom 5-in. across, delightful lavender 
shade with clear white margin on each 
petal, strong sturdy stalk. 
Mrs. Thomas A. Mowbray, Md., writes 
Your lovely new Aster is a gem, a 
delicate lavender touched with white rib¬ 
bon-like edge. 
Mrs. Evelyn Cousins, Maine, writes 
I have tested your new Aster seeds 
and find them very beautiful; none 
better. 
Mrs. W. A. Watland, Canada, writes 
I have grown the new Aster and it' is 
the most beautiful flower I have ever 
grown in my garden, beautiful enough 
to be grown in a King’s garden. 
Mrs. M. Shellabarger, Alaska, writes:- 
I wish to submit name for your lovely 
new Aster. It is a lovely shade of lav¬ 
ender resembling the soft glowing lav¬ 
ender of the Northern Lights. 
Mrs. Maud TaySor, Toledo, Ohio, writes 
My friends and neighbors were 
amazed at the beauty of your new Aster. 
I enclose photo of my 4-year-old 
granddaughter who is holding her arms 
full of these beautiful flowers. 
Mrs. Syner, Iowa, writes 
Novelty Asters were the most beauti¬ 
ful I’ve ever had; they were simply 
gorgeous and so large. They looked 
more like Chrysanthemums than Asters. 
These and thousands of other original letters are all on file at our office, and can be examined by anyone wishing to do so. 
F. B. Mills Seed Grower (53 Years) Rose Hill, N. Y 
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