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| Keywords: Everything for the garden (16204699259).jpg 80 <br> EVE5RYTHHHQ FOR THE QA1RID EM - Flower Seeds <br> Crego's GIANT COMET <br> OK MAMMOTH <br> OSTRICH PLUME <br> ASTERS <br> These truly grand Asters win enthusiastic admiration from all who see them <br> They are a highly developed American type of the German Comet Hohen- <br> zollern or Mammoth Ostrich Plume Asters and are far superior to imported <br> strains The flowers are of immense size 4 to 5 and often 6 inches across com- <br> posed of long wavy twisted petals gracefully formed into loose yet densely <br> The Giant Comets from you last <br> year were the finest Asters I ever <br> saw; they bloomed profusely <br> and the flowers were very <br> large <br> Miss EMMA <br> HARPER <br> Reno Pa <br> double half -globes equalling some of the finer Ostrich Plume Chrysanthemums <br> The plants of luxuriant branching growth attain a height of 18 inches to 2 feet <br> each plant bearing from 20 to 30 of these magnificent flowers on very long stems <br> which gives them an added value for cutting and vasing See cut <br> Crego's Giant Comet Asters Price 'Per Pkt ; Per 1 000 seeds; Per oz <br> White <br> Rose-pink <br> Shell-pink <br> Salmon-rose <br> Crimson <br> Violet-purple <br> Azure-blue <br> Lavender <br> Mixed Colors <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 10c <br> 60c <br> 60c <br> 60c <br> 60c <br> 60c <br> 60c <br> 60c <br> 60c <br> 50c <br> 2 00 <br> 2 00 <br> 2 00 <br> 2 00 <br> 2 00 <br> 2 00 <br> 2 00 <br> 2 00 <br> 1 75 <br> Collection of Crego's Giant Comet Asters 1 pkt each <br> of the above 8 separate colors 60c <br> The Mammoth Ostrich Plume Asters from your <br> seed were the most beautiful ever grown in our <br> neighborhood and were greatly admired by all who <br> saw them They measured from 5 to 6 inches <br> in diameter on stems 16 4 inches high <br> Miss KATHERINE FISHER <br> Unionville Mich <br> My Giant Comet Asters last year took <br> two prizes at our exhibit where there <br> was a large and beautiful dis- <br> play One prize was for my <br> Lavender Comet it being <br> the largest Aster dis- <br> played <br> CORNELIA M <br> BOARDMAN <br> 1335 River <br> Boulevard <br> St Paul <br> Minn <br> Your Giant <br> Comet A sters were <br> very fine surpassing <br> any Asters I ever had <br> RUSSEL SMITH <br> Crete III <br> Crown Comet Asters <br> Strikingly beautiful varieties of the large Comet <br> type The center of the flower is a crown of pure white <br> 6urrounded by Some rich color making an effective con- <br> trast These Asters were awarded a diploma of honor by <br> the French Society of Horticulture <br> Rose with white crown Pkt 10c <br> Carmine with white crown 10c <br> Blue with white crown 10c <br> One pkt each of the above 3 Crown Comet Asters 25c <br> Extra' Early Hohenzollern <br> or EXPRESS COMET ASTERS <br> Early-flowering Comet Asters of great merit not only for garden purposes <br> but of even more value for early cut flowers Extra-early flowering Asters have <br> heretofore been produced at the expense of either size doubleness substance <br> or length of stem but the Express Comets are nearly as good as later-flowering <br> sorts and come into bloom in the open ground with us by the middle of July <br> They are the largest early Asters of which we know flowers 314 to 4 inches <br> across of double Comet type; splendid substance and long stems; plants healthy <br> and sturdy of branching habit; 18 inches high; free bloomers <br> White Passing to Rose The flowers open white changing to blush then pink <br> and finally to rose color Pkt 10c ;Per l 000seeds 60c <br> Crimson Pkt 10c; Per 1 000 seeds 60c Dark Blue 10c; 60c <br> Silver-lilac 10c; 60c Azure-blue 10c; 60c <br> Pure White 10c ; 60c Rose-pink 10c; 60c <br> Purple-violet 10c ; 60c <br> Mixed Express Comet 10c; 60c <br> Collection of Express Comet Asters 1 pkt each of 6 separate colors 50c <br> SEMPLE'S Late-Flowering ASTERS <br> Superior late-flowering Branching Asters The flowers are large very double <br> and borne on long stems They begin blooming about the first of September <br> Plants strong growers 18 inches to 2 feet high <br> White Pkt 10c; Per 1 000 seeds 60c Crimson Pkt 10c; Per 1 000 seeds 50c <br> Lavender 10c; 50c Shell-pink 10c; 50c <br> Purple 10c; 50c Mixed Colors 10c; 50c <br> Collection of above 5 separate sorts 40c <br> ASTERMUMS <br> A strain of American raised Comet Asters with a fetching title <br> Snow-white Pkt 15c \Perl 000 seeds 75c Rose-pink Pkt 15c \Perl 000 seeds 75c <br> Lavender Astermums 15c; 75c <br> Mixed Astermums 15c; 75c <br> Collection 1 pkt each of the above 3 40c <br> To every purchaser of ASTER SEED we \ arc c r anr l Rocr M rhnrlc r f firovA/inn Act rc whic <br> will send FREE if requested our leaflet LaieSl and DeSl / letnOCJS Of OrOWing /ASterS both <br> which tells how to grow them to perfection <br> in garden beds and for cut flowers 43874872 149634 78295 Page 80 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874872 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874872 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874872 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16204699259 2015-08-25 02 54 07 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script | ||||
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