PETER HENDERSON 6..C0., IMEW YORK-
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HENDERSON'S
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OSTRICH PLUME ASTERS.
■^HESE comparatively new Asters are winning entliusiastic admiration from all who
^ see them. They are so large, so beautiful, so unique in their charming grace, so
free from the formal stiffness heretofore characteristic of Asters, so different from all
other types, that we predict unparalleled popularity for this magnificent class, producing
immense double flowers, often 6 inches across, composed of very long, narrow, loosely
curled petals, suggestive of a curled ostrich plume; their graceful effect, large size and
charming colorings render the.se Asters exceptionally handsome as cut flowers, their long
stems permitting the flowers to be "vased" as artistically as Chrvsanthemums; the
plants, of candelabra habit, ai-e of strong, health.vand luxuriant growth. attaining a height
of about 18 inches, branching out freely into well-formed bushes, each plant bearing from
25 to 40 magnificent flowers. Bedded out they are exceedinglv showy. .See cut.)
QIANT OSTRICH PLUHE ASTERS.
Crimson Pkt. 10
Bright Bose 10
Blush Pink 10
Light Blue 10
Ziilac 10
CulJectioD of Giant Ostrich Plume Asters,
6 separate colors, 50c.
Mixed Colors PiMO
Snow White 10
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VICTORIA ASTERS.
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BEAXCHISf; ASTEB8
SP VI D I n ' C LATE=FLOWERINa
C iU r L C O BRANCHING ASTERS.
Superior to any other class of late-flowering Branching Aster
lengtheningtheAsterseasonuntilfrost. The flowers are large,
4 inches across, are ver.v double, of purest colors, and borne on long stems.
They begin blooming about the first of .September. Plants strong growers,
18 inches to 2 feet high. .See cut.) Mixed Colors Pkt. 10
Semple's White Pkt. 10 I Semple's Crimson 10
Lavender 10 " Shell Pink 10
" Purple 10 1 " Collection of 5 sorts, 40
HENDERSON'S
SUPERIOR
Magnificent double flowers, massive and showy, with regular overlapping
petals clear to the centre. The flowers measure 4 to 5 inches across, and the
colors include many extremely delicate and some gorgeous shades. The plants
grow very evenly, about eighteen inches high, and carryfrora twenty-five to forty
flowers on a plant. Perhaps the handsomest Asters, taken all in all, for size,
colo r and profusion of bloom. Victoria, Finest Mixed Colors Pkt. 10
White, pure Pkt. 10 , Purple 10
Scarlet, dark and rich 10 \ Sky Blue 10
White, Tinted Bose 10 Peach Blossom Pink 10
Imported Collections of Victoria .isters, 6 separate colors, 40c.; 12 colors, Toc.
" The Victoria .Asters raised &om seed obtained from jou last season were
the Snest I bare ever seen. Any attempt at improvement would he a fault."
WILLIS L. FERRY, Rirerbead, X. T.
" Tour Victoria Aster .seeds T got last rear Here indeed models oi perfection ;
my neighbors came from all around to see them, they were so beautiful,"
JAMES A. WILLIS. West Xewbury. Mass.
HENDERSON.! JUBILEE ASTERS.
Tlle^^e magnificent Asters bear extraordinaril.' large douljle flowers, averaging
five inches in diameter, of most symmetrical form and of splendid suijstauce.
The plants are stnrd.v and compact, about two feet high. Individual plants
carr.v from 2.5 to 40 of the immense H'.wers, open at one time, completely cover-
ing the upper half of the plant with bloom. The coloi-s are beautiful, clear and
rich. Their blooming season is unusually long, the maturing flowers are followed
by developing budsin uninterrupted succession for weeks. Jubilee .\ster8 are not
earl.v; while the numberof flowers displayed equals those of the Victoria and Per-
fection classes when the latter are in their prime.. vet Jubilee Asters are not in the
full flush of their glorv until the latter sorts are practically over, and Jubilee
Asters ri-main in l)loom until the late-branching^orts begin to open, (.s'peeuf.)
Th-- collection of ■Juhilee .l.sfT.?. 4 separate colors named below, T-'ic.
JTTBILBE ASTEBS. MIXED COLOBS Pkt. 10
FBAIBIE PIBE. Magnificent glowing crimson-scarlet
BLTTSEIN'G BBIDE. White, suffused blush, deepening to pink ,
SNOWDRIPT. PuresatinvHhite...i'Af. 10 I VIVID. Brilliant rosy carmine...
OLOR.IOSA. Deep richdark blue 10 I ELEGAVCE. Bright azure-blue