. Eastman's annual seed catalogue. Nursery stock Maine East Sumner Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Choice Flowers ASTER. This is one of the best of our flowering annuals, coming into bloom in the late summer and con- tinuing until autumn. It is well to start the seed early, and plant out when warm enough into rich soil, setting the tall varieties not nearer than a foot apart. NEW BRANCHING. The term "brandl- ing" fitly describes the habit of the plant, throw- ing out its branches so numerously as to make it a marked feature, and adding greatly to its valu
. Eastman's annual seed catalogue. Nursery stock Maine East Sumner Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Choice Flowers ASTER. This is one of the best of our flowering annuals, coming into bloom in the late summer and con- tinuing until autumn. It is well to start the seed early, and plant out when warm enough into rich soil, setting the tall varieties not nearer than a foot apart. NEW BRANCHING. The term "brandl- ing" fitly describes the habit of the plant, throw- ing out its branches so numerously as to make it a marked feature, and adding greatly to its value for cut (lowers. The flowers greatly resemble some of the finest Japan Chrysanthemums, though their season of bloom is a month earlier, but later than other Asters, coming just after_the wealth of summer bloom is past and our gardens begin to be scant of flowers. White pink, crimson, pur- ple, striped, and mixed colors, each 10 Tall Varieties, Mixed, 5 Dwarf Bouquet, only six or eight inches high, and a perfect mass of tlowers when grown on rich soil 5 ALYSSUM. The Cabbage flea often preys upon the young leaves, but its ravages can usually be prevented by dusting ashes over the plants. Common Sweet, fragrant white flowers, 3 Extra Dwarf, six inches, useful for edgings,... 3 BALSAM. The double varieties of this half-hardy annual are among our most beautiful flowers. Sow early and transplant when the plants are small. The flowers will be larger and less concealed by the foliage if the central and part of the side shoots are pinched off, leaving but three or four branches. Camel lia=flowered, tall, mixed colors, 5 Camellia=flowered Spotted, a beautiful strain of Balsams, every flower handsomely blotched with white, 5 White Perfection. The finest white, 5 Dwarf, mixed colors, 5 Extra Dwarf, six inches, mixed, 5 CALLIOPSIS. Hardy, two feet high, fine for massing. Mixed Colors, yellow, orange, etc 3 CANDYTUFT. A well known hardy annual, prized for cutting. Sow seed early. White, Pu
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