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Harmony Sunrise 
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Aurora Golden Sheat 
ASTER PARADE 
CHINA ASTERS, WILT-RESISTANT 


Princess Bonnie 
We offer here seed of selected and tried Asters of especial merit, sure to produce large flowers 
of beauty and good substance, the very finest kinds obtainable. 
Those marked W. R. are the new 
wilt resistant strains. The several non resistant types are so desirable in other ways that we could 
not overlook them. . 
NOVELTIES 
HARMONY, SUNRISE. An entirely new color to 
Asters, very exquisite, delicate shade of rich 
apricot pink with bright apricot gold center. 
Pkt. 10c; Giant Novelty Pkt. 25c. 
THE THREE PRINCESS ASTERS: WR—Regular 
packet 10c; Novelty packet 25c. 
Princess Bonnie. Early, wilt-resistant 3'’ flowers 
of full crested aurora type surrounded by sev- 
eral rows of guard petals. A luscious new color 
combination of soft salmon rose with the center 
rich gold while opening. 
Princess Anne. Companion to Princess Bonnie. 
Heavy stemmed delicate pink. 
Princess Marsha. An exciting new color note of 
vibrant cinnabar scarlet with boldly contrasted 
golden center. 
GIANT COMET OR CREGO 
Regular pkt. 5c; Jumbo pkt. 10c 
3 ft. Of all Asters, this is considered the most 
beautiful and most useful. The long-stemmed 
flowers are great fluffy balls, 5 to 8 inches across, 
rivaling the finest Chrysanthemums, and lasting 
better than others when cut. Colors: 
Crimson. Royal Purple. 
Deep Rose. Shell Pink. 
Lavender Pink. White. 
Separate or mixed. 
SUPER GIANTS 
The largest, most fully double Asters known. 
2/2 ft. plants bear 6-8 long stems with flowers 6°’ 
across. Two fine varieties: 
LOS ANGELES is a lovely delicate shell-pink, 
blending to a creamy pink center. The hand- 
some, robust plant produces large graceful 
featherv-petaled flowers upon fine upright 
stems. Snowy in the garden and fine for cutting. 
EL MONTE. Special 1936 Council selection. Large 
deep glowing crimson, a companion, but earlier 
flowering variety, to Los Angeles. Those who 
take pride 1n growing the finest types of flowers 
must have these Super-Giant varieties. 


3 2, Fe 
Super Giant Los Angeles 


Early Giant Rose Marie 
EARLY GIANTS—W. R. 
Regular pkt. 5c: Jumbo pkt. 10c 
LIGHT BLUE. 3 ft. (1939 Silver Medal Winner.) 
The extra large, lacy, curled, 5'' flowers bloom 
four weeks earlier than California Giants. 
PEACH BLOSSOM. Companion to ‘Light Blue.’’ 
New, early, dwarf-growing strain of Giants. A 
glorious Aster. 
EARLY ROSE MARIE (1940 Medal Winner). The 
lif,‘ plants branch low and produce 6-8 huge 
4-5 inch full flowers with daintily plumed and 
inter-twined petals of a lively shade of popular 
rose. Do not miss it. 
AURORA GOLDEN SHEAF WR. 2!/, ft. The onl 
wilt-resistant yellow Aster. Flowers are of goo 
size with a full-cushioned center of quill-like 
petals surrounded by several rows of broad 
longer petals. Deep yellow in bud turning to 
rich cream when open. 
SINGLE GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA WR. Continu- 
ally popular is the original type of single As- 
ters, now greatly improved in the single Giants 
of California. The flrs. are large, attaining a 
diameter of 3 to 4 in. The broad heavy petals 
are set closely around the large yellow eye. 
Plants sturdy, stems fine. We offer this mid- 
season popular variety in mixture. 
SINGLE ASTER CHINENSIS GIANTS WR: 
Plants 11/2-2 ft. Flowers daisy-like, petals wide 
and closely placed; blooms late in August. 
Blue Mist, Lovely light blue. 
Marschal Joffre, Crimson scarlet. 
Rose Queen, Bright shining rose. 
White Empress, Pure white. 
Mixed. 
Dear Sirs: Last spring I received a packet of 
mixed Aster seed and have been wanting to write 
you about my lovely bed of Asters. They were 
all strong plants and wonderful bloomers. One 

morning I picked 20 doz. and you could not miss 
them from the bed. 
MRS. HANNAH PFETZING. 
Havana, IIl. 



