. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS fC-TfT\ /u ^ Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way *IL m fc\ ^Mmfiki, ,i- you would for a crop of vegetables. They should have an open, sunny position, and preferagood,heavy, loamy soil, enriched with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good cora- ^^^^^ mercial fertilizer; and the addition of wood ashes or air- Cf^-iSE^ 'aWBf slacked lime, and should not be grown on the same ground year after year; it must be changed each season. tjA ' $ The main essentials to insure fine Ast
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS fC-TfT\ /u ^ Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way *IL m fc\ ^Mmfiki, ,i- you would for a crop of vegetables. They should have an open, sunny position, and preferagood,heavy, loamy soil, enriched with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good cora- ^^^^^ mercial fertilizer; and the addition of wood ashes or air- Cf^-iSE^ 'aWBf slacked lime, and should not be grown on the same ground year after year; it must be changed each season. tjA ' $ The main essentials to insure fine Asters are a grt'-^H flfek '" '' new r'c^ s0^' ^reQuent cultivation, no check to -'i&r] their growth from start to finish and ample room W-~-' to develop. When wanted for cutting with long " ^'7:^Pft)|p[^B^J^i^^^^^B ^ stems, they should be set out not closer than â jt ; ,y»- JAkj^Ktkr^^Pw^K/D^2L apart in the rows and two feet ^"^^â¢^â â â ^JiM ^HjAtmSHb} between the rows. When wanted for mass "*" in beds they may be planted nine inches to a foot apart each way. Asters are sometimes attacked by an aphis at . _ i^^m^^^m*} K their roots; also by stem rot. Both of these troubles * â » - *â i^Br\ * â fjjj,- are rarely met with if the plants are grown on new soil, and are not checked in their growth. The ^^^^ 1 ^K^^^^^W^^^^K^ addition of wood ashes or air-slacked lime at the time of the preparation of the beds also helps to prevent these troubles. Astermum Asters r,» A strain of Comet Asters which, on account of ⢠their size and Chrysanthemum like appearance, s '' have appropriately been named Astermums. The plants grow about 2 feet high, and come into bloom a little earlier than the Crego's Giant. We offer three fine colors, as under: k « â 1261 Lavender. A rich shade of lavender or light violet. Purple Beauty BB \J jHW-^F Aster 1262 Pink. A very attractive shade of lively rose-pink. 1263 White. Purest snow-white. Price. Any of the
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