. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS. Purple Beauty Aster Beauty Asters A late flowering strain coming into bloom in late September, and being at their best through October, the plants grow nearly 3 feet high, and bear their very large, densely double flowers on long strong stems. per pkt. 1271 American Beauty. Bright cerise-rose. $0 IS 1272 Lavender Beauty. Soft lavender 15 _ 1273 Purple Beauty. Rich deep purple 15 4& 1274 September Beauty. Delicate shell-pink. 15 1275 Peachblossom Beauty. Peach- blossom pink 15 v 1276 White Beauty. Pu
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS. Purple Beauty Aster Beauty Asters A late flowering strain coming into bloom in late September, and being at their best through October, the plants grow nearly 3 feet high, and bear their very large, densely double flowers on long strong stems. per pkt. 1271 American Beauty. Bright cerise-rose. $0 IS 1272 Lavender Beauty. Soft lavender 15 _ 1273 Purple Beauty. Rich deep purple 15 4& 1274 September Beauty. Delicate shell-pink. 15 1275 Peachblossom Beauty. Peach- blossom pink 15 v 1276 White Beauty. Purest white. .. 15 Special pkt. of any of the above, 50 cts. V • 1279 Collection, a packet each of the 6 sorts, 75 cts. 1278 Finest Mixed Colors, i oz., 60 cts 15 Jr California Giant Asters A splendid midseason to late flowering strain, plants grow 3 to 3\ feet high with long, strong stems 18 to 24 inches in length bearing beauti- fully formed curled and interlaced flowers 5 ^ inches and over across. special pkt. per pkt. j 1291 Lavender Blue $0 75 $0 20 [Sg- 1292 Peach Blossom 75 20 1293 Pure White 75 20 / , 1294 Deep Purple 75 20 \ fr-- 1295 Rich Rose 75 20 ( 1296 Parma Violet 75 20 1299 Collection of a packet each of above 6 colors, $ 1300 Finest Mixed Colors. \ oz., 75 cts 15 Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way as you would for a crop of vegetables. They should have an open, sunny position, and prefer a good, heavy, loamy soil, enriched with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good com- mercial fertilizer; and the addition of wood ashes or air- slacked lime, and should not be grown on the same ground year after year; it must be changed each season. The main essentials to insure fine Asters are a » new rich soil, frequent cultivation, no check to r their growth from start to finish and ample room to develop. When wanted for cutting with long stems, they should be set out not closer than twelve inches apart in the rows and two feet betwee
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