he Florist 
CREGO IMPROVED 
Plants are robust, branching, about 2% ft. 
The. large flowers have long ribbon-like, 
curled and twisted petals giving them a 
fluffy appearance. Blooms early September 
BOUQUET TYPE 
(New.) Ideal market cutter and shipper. 
Strictly upright, quilled flowers on long 
stems, 2'. 
Coppery Rose Bouquet 
on. Responds well to additional light. Crimson Bouquet 
Rose Bouquet 
Azure Blue Peachblossom Rose Pink Bouquet 
Blue Flame. Navy blue Purple Scarlet Bouquet 
Crimson Shell Pink White Bouquet 
D : Powder Puffs. The mixture of all colors. 
eep Rose White The flowers are on top, as many as 20 
Orchid (Cattleya) Finest Mixed cut flowers per plant. 
Tr. Pkt... .35¢ %4oz....65¢ ~Oz....$2.00 Tr. Pkt....50e %%oz....$1.50 Oz... .$4.50 
NON-RESISTANT STRAINS 
IMP. GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA KING BRANCHING 
c Flowers have twisted long petals. Excellent 
Very large, full flowers with broad curled for cutting. A good shipper. Blooms in 
and interlaced petals are borne on heavy ieee teenies 
non-lateral stems. Plants reach 3 ft., bloom- P 
ing from late summer to frost. Lavender Shell Pink 
Peach Blossom (New) Violet 
Azure Blue Purple Rose White 
Salmon (New) Mixed 
Deep Rose White 
Tr. Pkt... .40c VAVOZs ee UC @z ne $2670 
Peach Blossom Finest Mixed 
Tr. Pkt....45¢ OZ ICH OZ. S270 
CALIFORNIA GIANT 
SUNSHINE 
A large flowered Anemone type composed 
of a single row of outer petals contrasting 
with a yellow quilled center. Blooms early 
to mid-September. 
Finest Mixed 
Tr. Pkt....35¢ Yoz....80e  Oz....$2.90 
SPECIAL ASTERS FOR POTS 
Sow seed in January in flats and prick off into pots or plant bands. Later shift to larger pots. 
Additional light on seedlings for up to a month hastens flowering. Should flower for Mother's Day. 
BURPEEANA 
New. The earliest for cutflowers and bed- 
ding. Base branching. Large shaggy flow- 
ers on strong stems. Mixed, 
Tr. Pkt.. .$1.00 %4 oz...$3.20 _Oz.. .$10.50 
KIRKWELL DWARF TRIUMPH 
2 inches across and fully double. They Heer Liteon Bele een red, 
make excellent pot plants for Mother's Day : ore ec Unecne yy qebulay’ large 
double flowers. Fine material for pots and 
and used for bedding will bloom from early bedding. Originator’s imported seed. 
August till frost. 1 ft. 
Tr. Pkt... .50c %oz....90c  Oz....$2.80 
Crimson Light Pink WA LDERSEE 
pose blue STINE New. 10” bushy pyramids covered with 
Deep Rose Mixed Colors small flowers. Different from other Asters, 
highly decorative graceful pot plant. Or- 
iginator’s imported seed, 
Crimson Dark Blue White 
Tr. Pkt....50¢ %oz....$1.20 Oz... .$3.80 
Tr. Pkt.. .50¢ Y% oz...$1.70 Oz....$5.00 
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Put your outside plantings in a cloth house 
FOR BETTER ASTERS 
to prevent leaf hoppers from bringing in 
In addition to using the best wilt resistant 
strains: 
Set your plants in soil which has not had 
a crop of Asters on it recently or sterilize 
the soil. 
Aster Yellows. 
Avoid checking plant growth. Grow your 
seedlings in plant bands to prevent root 
injury in transplanting. See page 79. 
Burpeeana Asters 
Aster Gerhart Hauptmann 
