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Powderpuff Asters 
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Burpeeana Asters 
Waldersee Asters 
For CutHlowers 
use these new attractive flowers grown from ALL BREEDS CHOICE seeds 
offered in this catalog: 
See page 
Aster Bouquet Type......... Ronete etoile sitar Zz 
Asters burpecanaie een ier Pe ere 2 
Aster Early Giant, new colors......... Teoma Te 
Aster Super Giant Wilt Resistant, . 
NEW COLOTS praclyereicle. svete a sare Oaie Fe Fore 
Calendulan Novica macnn cet tee as 3 
Delphinium a Sapp hitom ae eerie 6 
Echinops, Sphaerocephalus) 2... ase... see: 6 
Larkspur Supreme, Light Blue.............. 3 
Liatris)Scariosa;) While) arene 6 
Marigold, Fluffy Ruffles............. Bes cenetaee 4 
Snapdragon, new Greenhouse varieties.... 3 
Snapdragon, new Tetra colors............. 3 
Stocks Column, Pacific Pink and White.... 5 
Stocks) TrySomic ye cunciteeie sinters tetra erctererer 3) 
Streptocarpus, Wiesmoor Hybrids.......... Ss 
Sweet Peas Multiflora.................-.- 4 
Wallflower, Early Wonder Reselected...... 6 
Zinnias Giant Cactus, new varieties........ 4 
For Pots and Combinations compare A. B. C. Spring Catalog 1953, page 2 
All Breeds Choice New Aunual Hower Seeds 
ASTERS 
Bouquet Type. Wilt Resistant. Very early. Ideal 
market cutter and shipper. Plants strictly up- 
right, bearing quilled flowers on long stems 
at top of 2’ plant. 
Crimson Bouquet. Bright crimson. 
Rose Pink Bouquet. Florist’s pink. 
White Bouquet. 
Powderpuffs. The mixture of all colors, includ- 
ing many more than the above. The 2’ plants 
are covered with full double “puff ball” cut 
flowers. The plant takes less than 12” of 
space, all the flowers are on top, as many as 
20 cut flowers per plant. 
Sina cteatere4 OCMNY/ 410 Zone 9.1. O0ME Oz sero s00 
Burpeeana. The earliest of all Asters. Base 
branching. Large shaggy type flowers are 
carried on strong 18” stems. Fine cutflower 
and beddingplant. 
Finest Mixed. Tr. Pkt.. .$1.00 
Super Giant. Wilt Resistant. After fifteen years 
of intensive breeding work, last year this wilt 
resistant strain of the largest and best of all 
giant Asters was introduced and welcomed by 
the trade. Now a number of new colors were 
added, so that we can offer: 
Beverly Hills. Azure blue. 
Los Angeles. Shell Pink. 
Pasadena. Peach Blossom. 
El] Monte. Crimson. 
Hollywood. Pure White. 
Santa Barbara. Dark Purple. 
Finest Mixed. 
Greeti 00C my Oz OUCMOZ EES 2.80. 
Early Giants. If you have only a short fall 
season before frost, you need the Early Giants. 
The flowers are of the Giants of California 
type, blooming four to six weeks earlier. With 
last year’s Azure Blue now Crimson joins the 
colors of this valuable class. 
Crimson. 
Azure Blue. 
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Giant Incurved. We offer now three colors of 
these fine cut-flowers. They are fully double 
on long stems, and highly wilt resistant. 
Azure. Clear light blue. Blooms mid-August. 
Tr. Pkt.....$1.75 Y%oz.....$3.20 Oz.....$9.60 
Pure White. Exceptionally double, with fine 
stiff stems. Blooms late August. 
Shell Pink. Blooms mid-August. Needs very 
little disbudding. 
Tr. Pkt.....$1.50 %4oz.....$2.50 Oz.....$7.50 
Dwarf Triumph. 
Gerhart Hauptmann. The charming 10” plants 
abundantly bear globular large fully double 
flowers of an attractive cinnabar red. Fine 
material for lively colored pots and bedding. 
Originators imported seed. 
TraPkta1.4-40c% | Y2ioz). 1. 80c) = Ozmeee sees 
Waldersee. An outstanding dwarf Aster. The 
10" high bushy pyramids are covered with 
innumerable little flowers. Highly decorative 
graceful potplant, quite different from other 
Asters. Originators imported seed. 
Crimson. Dark Blue. White. 
Tr. Pkt.....50c¢ Y4oz.....$1.00 Oz.....$3.30 
