Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . Rawsons Grand Collection of The new Branching Aster is unequalled. It is quite differentin several respects from any Aster known to the trade, and ttosepoints in which it varies are points of highest merit. It isonly necessary that the character of this plant should be knownto make it an especial favorite with amateurs, gardeners, andflorists. The term branching, as applied to this Aster, is peculiarlyappropriate, as it fitly describes the habit of the plant, throwingout its branches so numerously as to make


Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . Rawsons Grand Collection of The new Branching Aster is unequalled. It is quite differentin several respects from any Aster known to the trade, and ttosepoints in which it varies are points of highest merit. It isonly necessary that the character of this plant should be knownto make it an especial favorite with amateurs, gardeners, andflorists. The term branching, as applied to this Aster, is peculiarlyappropriate, as it fitly describes the habit of the plant, throwingout its branches so numerously as to make it a marked branching habit is accompanied with great vigor of growthand profusion of bloom, and, in planting, ample room should beallowed for development. The flowers, which are of extraordi-nary size, are exceedingly graceful and handsome, pure white,and are borne erect on very long stems, which gives them addi-tional value for arranging in vases, for wearing on the person, orfor Avorking into pieces. There is nothing of the stiffness in theseflowers which is seen in many varieties of Asters an


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