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ASTERS 
Ts there anything more beautiful than a large 
bed of Asters in September? Their colors are en- 
chanting and cut flower material in these colors 
is particularly welcome at this time when so 
many other garden flowers have faded. 
If you haven’t planted Asters in recent years 
you are in for a surprise for the plant breeders 
have been doing a wonderful job of improving 
them, not only in form and colors, but in sturdi- 
ness as well—Plant some Asters this year. 
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Early Giant Asters are the earliest, largest 
and most informally decorative of all the asters. 
New Early Giant Asters 
These new asters have the large shaggy, full 
petaled flowers of the original California Giants 
but are much earlier. Plants are strong growing 
producing many beautiful blooms on long clean 
stems. 11% ft. (Wilt resistant) 
1820—Variety Mixture. A well balanced mix- 
ture made up of the three colors listed below 
plus crimson and white. 11% ft. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 14 oz. $1.25 
1822—Rose Marie. Bright deep rose. 
1823—Peach Blossom. Very soft pink. 
1824 —Light Blue. Clear light azure blue. 
Any one of above colors: Pkt. 20c; 
Lg. Pkt. 40c; 14 Oz. $1.25. 
American Branching Asters 
OUR EIGHT BEST ASTERS 
From the many Asters available today we 
have selected the following eight for their out- 
standing beauty and performance. There are 
three types of flowers, three seasons of bloom 
and all are wilt resistant. 
1078—Heart of France. Deservedly the most 
popular red aster. The deep garnet-red flowers 
are produced freely on medium height plants. 
Our stock is the best that has yet been de- 
veloped. 11% ft. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 14 Oz. $1.50. 
1823—Early Giant Peach Blossom. Very large 
flowers with broad curled and twisted petals 
opening almost white and gradually passing 
through light pink to a bright lavender-pink are 
borne on long stems. The tall vigorous growing 
plants start blooming very early. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 14 Oz. $1.25. 
1601—American Branching, White. A pure 
white aster of unusually fine form with whorled 
petals which hide the yellow centers. The aver- 
age plant has eight to ten large flowers with 
long stems almost entirely free of small side 
flowers. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 75c. 
1066—Peerless Pink. The most reliable shell- 
pink aster ever produced. The large globular 
flowers are a lovely soft pink on long, stiff, very 
clean stems. 2 ft. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 85c. 
1824—Early Giant Light Blue. Not only is this 
new aster a better shade of light blue than any 
we have ever seen, but the flowers and plants 
are far superior. These Early Giants have the 
large size and graceful shaggy form of the Cali- 
fornia Giants but the plants are sturdier and 
bloom is produced earlier. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 14 Oz. $1.25. 
1403—Crego, Deep Rose. An enormous mid- 
season aster resembling a large shaggy chrys- 
anthemum. It is a beautiful shade of bright 
rose with long, clean stems. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 75c. 
1402—Crego, Shell Pink. One of the daintiest 
asters, in both form and color. The large shaggy 
blooms are particularly effective when com- 
bined with the deeper colors of other mid-season 
blooming varieties. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 75c. 
1605—American Branching, Purple. Perfectly 
formed large flowers of rich royal purple with 
tightly incurved petals. The stems are long and 
free from small side flowers. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 75c. 
1500—Eight Best MIXED COLORS. Seed of each 
of the eight varieties listed above goes into this 
mixture giving you the whole range of types 
and colors: White, shell-pink, bright pink, deep 
rose, red, lavender-blue, lavender-pink and 
purple. 11% to 2 ft. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 95c; Oz. $3.50. 
Illustrated in color on page 43. 
€150—Eight Best COLLECTION. One packet each of the eight varieties described above for $1.10. 
American Branching Asters 
Also called ‘Late Branching.’”’ Large full, 
double flowers with broad incurved petals, stiff 
stems and well formed plants. They bloom with 
the Cregos and are just as popular now as they 
have always been. 2 ft. (Wilt resistant.) 
1600—Variety Mixture. A splendid mixture 
we make using fresh seed only of the seven sepa- 
rate colors listed below. 
Pkt. 10c; Lg. Pkt. 20c; 14 Oz. 60c; Oz. $2.00. 
1601—White 1604—Azure Blue 
1602—Flesh Pink 1605—Purple 
1603—Rose 1606—Crimson 
1607—Peach Blossom 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 75c; Oz. $2.50. 
€160—Collection. One packet each of the 
seven colors for 85e. 
Crego Asters 
Cregos are known also as Ostrich Feather be- 
cause of the loose shaggy arrangement of the 
petals. 2 ft. (Wilt resistant). 
1400—Variety Mixture. Only fresh new crop 
seed of the five varieties listed below is blended 
by us into this mixture. 
Pkt. 10c; Lg. Pkt. 20c; 14 Oz. 70c; Oz. $2.25. 
1401—White 1403—Rose 
1402—Shell Pink 1404—Azure Blue 
1405—Purple 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 75c; Oz. $2.50. 
€140—Collection. One packet each of the five 
colors for 60c. 
AS 
Early Beauty Asters 
1900—Variety Mixture. One of the most de- 
sirable of the early flowering types with well 
formed flowers of good clear colors and excel- 
lent keeping qualities. Blooming with Cregos 
and American Branching, the form of the flower 
is intermediate between these two. Our mixture 
is made from seed of separate colors: white, 
pink, lavender and purple. 21 ft. (Wik resistant). 
Pkt 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 85c. 
MORE ASTERS ON NEXT PAGE. 
Crego Asters 
