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Title: Novelties and specialties
Identifier: CAT31295783 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson & Stokes; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Nursery stockPennsylvania PhiladelphiaCatalogs; VegetablesSeedsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaCatalogs; FlowersSeedsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaCatalogs; FruitPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaCatalogs; GardeningEquipment and suppliesCatalogs; Seed industry and tradePennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaCatalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. Johnson & Stokes
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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70 (5^j^ JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA P/EONY FLOWERED PER- FECTION ASTERS A very favorite type. Thrifty upright plants; large, fine flowers, with long in- curved petals. The florists' Aster, and â one of the finest. PER PKT. 321. Snow white $0 10 322. Glowing crimson 10 318. Brilliant rose 10 323. Azure blue 10 324. Purple 10 320. Carmine, edged white .... 10 325. Dark rose, " " .... 10 319. Blue, " " .... 10 326. Choice mixed sorts 10 DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERED ASTERS Plants only ten to twelve inches high, producing flowers of the largest size and choicest colors. PER PKT. 327. A. Chrysanthemum Flow- ered, Mixed $0 10 328. A. Chrysanthemum Flow- ered, pure white 10 VICTORIA ASTERS A magnificent race of Asters. The colors include many delicate and some gorgeous shades; flowers very double and four inches across, and from twenty to â¢thirty in a single plant; fifteen to eigh- teen inches high. PER PKT. 355. Pure white $0 10 356. Deep pink . 10 357. Light blue 10 358. Deep scarlet 10 359. Peach blossom 10 360. Choice mixed sorts 10 COMET OR PLUME ASTERS A very beautiful and distinct class, with long curled and twisted petals formed into a loose yet dense half globe, re- sembling the Japanese Chrysanthemum. PER PKT. 345. Pure white $0 10 346. New carmine . 10 348. Deep pink 10 349. Delicate pink, edged white 10 347. Choice mixed sorts 10
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GERMAN QUILLED ASTER Very Flowers composed of tube or quill-shaped petals, beautiful, with a great variety of colors. PER PKT. 331. German Quilled. (Betteridge's Prize.) Mixed $0 05 332. " " Pure white 5 DEEP SCARLET TRIUMPH ASTER 333. This is undoubtedly the most beautiful and perfect of all dwarf Asters. Each plant forms an elegant bouquet of itself, seven or eight inches high. The flowers measure from two and one-half to three inches across, of faultless form. The color is rich, brilliant scarlet; each plant bears at least thirty or forty flowers of exquisite beauty. Pkt., 10c. NEWJEWELOR BALL ASTER A magnificent new class. The flowers are perfectly round or ball-shaped. Nine inches in circumference, the petals being short and incurved. Plants grow about 2 feet high, of steady habit. PER PKT. Apple Blossom. Shell pink $0 10 Crimson. Very showy and handsome .... 10 Deep Rose. An excellent color 10 1 pkt. each of these 3 Glorious Asters, 25c. New Jewel. Mixed colors 10 351. 352. 353. 354. 310. 311. 313. 812. NEW YELLOW ASTER 361. A Yellow Aster is at last at our disposal. It is a double "flower in the form of a perfect ball; the quills are close together, and of the brightest sulphur-yellow, not a mere indica- tion of the color, as in all former productions. The border petals are broad and of a lighter tint, seeming to enclose the flower like an old-fashioned bouquet paper. The flowers are borne upon long, erect stems, excellent for cutting. The plants are twelve to fifteen inches high, of compact, bushy (growth, and most abundant bloomers. Per pkt., 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. PHOTOGRAPH NEW BRANCHING ASTER. NEW BRANCHING ASTERS The new Branching Aster is quite different in several respects from any Aster known. The branching habit is ac- companied with great vigor of growth and profusion of bloom. The flowers are of extraordinary size and exceed- ingly graceful, and are borne erect on very long stems. PER PKT. White Branching Aster $0 10 Crimson Branching Aster 10 Shell Pink Branching Aster 10 Finest Mixed Branching Aster 10 NEW DWARF QUEEN ASTER The dwarf, bushy plants grow only ten to twelve inches high, and while branching very freely, the branches are up- right (not loose in habit), making a dense, compact bush. The flowers are of extraordinary size, perfectly double, and resem- ble the finest Victoria Asters in form. PER PKT. 335. Satin White Queen. Spotless white $0 10 336. Crimson Queen. Rosy crimson 10 NEW PEARL ASTER This entirely new and distinct class of Asters is superior to most other'types. The plants form handsome pyramids about fifteen inches high, and are literally covered with a mass of the most perfect flowers, round in shape and three and one-half to four inches in diameter, finely and fully im- bricated, and borne on long stems. PER PKT. 337. New Pearl. Mixed $0 10 338. " " Pure white 10 CROWN ASTER 339. The centre of each flower is white, surrounded by a broad margin of color, such as crimson, rose, violet, etc.; flowers large and freely produced ; height, eighteen inches to two feet. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c. POPULAR MIXTURE OF ASTERS 362. This is a mixture of all the best varieties of Asters suitable for cut flowers, consisting principally of white, pink and the brightest of red, with a small proportion of blue and purple and some intermediate shades. This mixture, being made by ourselves, Ave know contains only the most salable colors for cut flower use, and offer it as a good substitute for the higher-priced separate colors. Large pkt., 15c; oz., SI.25. 363. White Asters in Mixture. This mixture is made up by ourselves of all the white-flowering Asters suitable for cut flowers, and includes Giant Comet Snow and White Branching. Large pkt., 15c; oz., $1.50.

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