. C. E. Allen plant and seed guide. Nurseries (Horticulture) Vermont Brattleboro Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Brattleboro Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. S-KJir: E"8 new BKANCHING ASTEl!. Snmple New Brant-lilns: Aster. A new dis- tinct form of tall, large flowered, branching aster of the chrj'canthemum type, blooming ten days later tuan Flowered Globe, continuing to branch with stems 12 to 15 inches long; extending its bloom- ing season till cut by frost. From a box of flowers sent the American Florist in the summer of 1892, they report as
. C. E. Allen plant and seed guide. Nurseries (Horticulture) Vermont Brattleboro Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Brattleboro Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. S-KJir: E"8 new BKANCHING ASTEl!. Snmple New Brant-lilns: Aster. A new dis- tinct form of tall, large flowered, branching aster of the chrj'canthemum type, blooming ten days later tuan Flowered Globe, continuing to branch with stems 12 to 15 inches long; extending its bloom- ing season till cut by frost. From a box of flowers sent the American Florist in the summer of 1892, they report as follows: "Of ten blooms sent none were less than 3^ inches across, and some 4 inrhcs across. When first lifted from the box they certainly appeared like chrysanthemums. The colors were excellent, of a delicate pearl pink, the white a clear color, and a delicate shade of lavender. Decidedly the best asters we have seen, and such flowers will be heartily wel- ; Pure white, delicate pink and delicate lavender, mixed, 15c. per pkt.; 5 pkts., 50c. Crimson Ball Aster. A new aster about 12 inches high, with round ball shaped flowers of a deep glossy crimson, without magenta cast: plant compact pyramidal shape; flowers of medium size, very doable, freely produced, giving a longer succession of bloom than most varieties. Pkt., NEW SWEET PEA. New Sweet Pea, Emily Henderson. The re- markable form, size and sub- stance, broad standards, long stems, pure satiny white flow- ers, early and long continued season of blooming, render it the most valuable white for cut flowers, being nearly two weeks earlier than other whites, while its fragrance is of that same pleasing charac- ter of other sweet peas. Its abundant blooming qualities are rarely equaled, usually 3 flowers on a stem, often 4 or more. Plants grow about 4 feet high, are robust, compact and branching; completely covered with bFooms, continu- ing till frost if blooms are kept cut and plant well manured. For forc
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