

NORTHRUP, KING & CO.’'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 

ASTERS—Wilt Resistant (Continued) 
Improved Crego or Ostrich Plume, 
Comet 2 feet 
This class of annual asters produces vig- 
orous, branching plants bearing flowers 
with long, shaggy, twisted petals. Blue, 
crimson, dark blue or purple, rose, light 
blue, pink, lavender, white. 
Improved Giants of California 21/4, ft. 
This class has flowers of same type as 
the Crego—but larger and on longer stems, 
making them more attractive for cutting. 
Require long growing season. Lavender, 
pink, purple, rose, red, blue, white. 
King (Needled Type) 2 feet 
Entirely different from all the other 

Bachelor’s Button 
Bachelor’s Button, Double Blue 2 ft. 
Centaurea Cyanus—also known as Corn 
Flower. An old fashioned hardy annual easy 
to grow. Foliage is plain but blooms are 
very attractive, excellent for a mass or 
border of gorgeous blue color in the garden 
and especially desirable for cut flowers. In 
bloom from early summer to hard frost. 
Bachelor’s Button, Double Mixed 2 ft. 
Similar to above only an attractive mix- 
ture of pink, red, maroon, blue and white 
flowers. 
Balloon Vine 5 to 10 feet 
A hardy annual climber, also known as 
“Love-in-a-Puff.” A quick growing plant 
with delicate foliage, in demand as a cover 
for fences, arches, garden houses, etc. 
Bears small white flowers followed by in- 
flated seed pods about 1 inch in diameter, 
resembling small balloons. Succeeds well in 
light soils. 
asters in that the blooms are globular heads 
of narrow, tubular or quilled petals, those 
in the center being curled and incurved, 
completely covering the crown. Erect, 
sturdy habit, with long stems and blooming 
earlier than most late sorts. 
Queen of the Market 20 inches 
Considered the best among the early 
Asters. Plant of spreading habit and very 
productive. Before most other asters begin 
to bud, this variety is blooming profusely. 
Blooms of good size, nearly round, beauti- 
fully formed, fully double, and carried on 
long graceful stems. Excellent for bedding. 
Separate colors—scarlet, rose, dark blue, 
lavender. Also offered in mixture. 
Balsam or Lady Slipper, 
Double Mixed — 18 inches 
An old-time popular hardy annual. Bushy 
plants grow rapidly and may be trans- 
planted when of good size. Grow well in 
partial shade. The flowers are double as 
roses, frequently 2 inches in diameter. They 
are produced on short stems close to the 
central stalk. Leaves may be trimmed back 
if they hide the bloom. Plants require con- 
siderable moisture. Bloom in about 60 days. 
Bellis Perennis, Double English Daisy 
8 inches 
A hardy perennial for borders, low beds 
and rock gardens. The leaves form a rosette 
at base of plant and daisy-like double flow- 
ers are born on stiff, graceful stems. White, 
pink and red. 

Blue Lace Flower 
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