. DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS "â -^ .^Bv ,m Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way > / .aK^Bhai as you would for a crop of vegetables. They should have an ^ ^. V -I.*,-' i'#Ht ^^f ,^ open, sunny position, and prefer a good, heavj', loamy soil, enriched ^^^^ with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good com- (' ~ .H^^ ti ^JIV^^^HIfi^^ 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. % "^pp^^^^^H^^^^^BQ^fiSI^V^^ ,^' ,â¢'']
. DREER'S FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS "â -^ .^Bv ,m Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way > / .aK^Bhai as you would for a crop of vegetables. They should have an ^ ^. V -I.*,-' i'#Ht ^^f ,^ open, sunny position, and prefer a good, heavj', loamy soil, enriched ^^^^ with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good com- (' ~ .H^^ ti ^JIV^^^HIfi^^ 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. % "^pp^^^^^H^^^^^BQ^fiSI^V^^ ,^' ,â¢''] The main essentials to insure fine Asters are a new rich soil, frequent cultivation, no check to their growth from start to finish and ample room ) ,; '"h.*^^ ^ 'WpiBB|^^.KSS^^H^fc]^3^^^B^V]F" to develop. When wanted for cutting with long f ~ â -''â¢k ''ii^.. - ^^_mt' ^E^'iI^mB^U^S*^^fBk^^^Kft^ ^ stems, they should be set out not closer than >â â¢!»_ ^t^^^feS'fe. '^^BH^''2Hi^ffi^^HSI&^. 1 twelve inches apart in the rows and two feet - -».,i between the rows. When wanted for mass effects in beds they may be planted nine inches to a foot V apart each way. Asters are sometimes attacked by an aphis at ^^^IUK^SS9!^k^>JII^^BiK^I^^''''^ir%i their roots; also by stem rot. Both of these troubles are rarely met with if the'plants are grown on new ^ â soil, and are not checked in their growth. The 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 A strain of Comet Asters which, on account of '^ their size and Chrj-santhemum-Iike appearance, ^ have appropriately been named Astermums. The plants grow ,,^^^^^-â _ x'i about 2 feet high, and come into bloom a little earlier than "" * W^^^^^^^B»i^^i«j ^ '^ (.Jig Crego's Giant. We offer three fine colors, as under: , v^^fc ^-mm 1261 Lavender. A rich shade of lavender or light violet. Purple Beauty /
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