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| Keywords: Everything for the garden (16854133015).jpg že „¢Â«so s qjj j comet asters <br> It -would seem as if the highest possible perfeition had been attained in these truly grand <br> Asters They win enthusiastic admiration fnmi all who see them The liowers are ol immense <br> size often 6 inches across composed of long wavy twisted petals gracefully formed into loose <br> yet densely douhle halt-globes resembling some of the finer Japanese Chrysjuithemums These <br> 'ill\ UWf giant varieties differ from the older well-known Comet Asters notouly in bearing greatly larger <br> iMaW lowers but the petals are longer and broader The plants are of luxuriant growth attaining <br> aliiijihtofl T inches each plant bearing from 20 to 30 of these magnilicent flowers ou long <br> Ktinis wliich gives them an added value for <br> cutting for vases iSpeciil <br> ifn Giant Comet Blized Colors Pkt 10 <br> il w» Giant Crimson 10 <br> 1 K\Vm© Giant Snow White 10 JSaitira g\ <br> 'i vjEE'tM Giant Bright Bose 10 fiOBBvv ' <br> Giant Deep Bine 10 3BSS r <br> Giant Lavender 10 B m -' <br> Giant Yellow lo B fflgkfer <br> Giant Striped -white and pink 10 ~ <br> r/rir«i Mlf Giant Bride white blush and rose 10 SM j sS - j ' ' Zy S JiP <br> V- » Giant Salmon Hose 2 'jBPS E 'g ' l k <br> jf S i Imported Cullfriion Giant Comet Asters <br> 7iK 3 sepunite colors ij /c <br> y jVi'5V J' N YourGmntCometAsterswereextratlnethis BT HITVilf f 'V lll 'Ki illi1lT' l <br> Ti'mrri'-' \vX rc/jr; f/iei' s«r/j i s s aiiytliiiin I ever lind in <br> i'M'lMylM Asters ” RLSHELL SMITH Crrtr Ills tLromn i L~Mlim ITil IT ¢ T-ll <br> HENDERSON'S <br> GIANT COMET ASTERS <br> I bn ve no doubt yon vill be getting orders fi-om <br> the gardeners lure next spring nstbeyallproclaiined <br> tbe Giant Comet Asters I got O-om you were the <br> Snest ever exhibited in Montreal they Mere niagnitl- <br> – cent no mistake I cut over 100 blooms at the dif- <br> ferent kinds and potted 14 pots otthem out of my gar- <br> – den nliifh were not missed for exbiliition only I did <br> not compete but got a special 1st prize These Asters <br> made a beautifiil show So much for au amateur I <br> ir l/ WALKKIt Montreal Can <br> The Giant Comet A sters I got from you last year were the <br> tandsomest I ever saw; they caused much excitement around <br> here One plant bad 52 blo ssonis on at one time; tbe y were <br> beauties Mrs \A\CY L POTTER McGrawville N Y <br> CROWN <br> COMET <br> ASTERS <br> TOM THfMB rOMET OR POODLE <br> ASTEIl <br> Strikingly beautiful novelties; plants <br> and liowers of the large comet tyi e <br> healthy and floriferous The centre of the <br> flower is a crown of pure white surrounded <br> by some rich color making an effective con- <br> trast These Asters were awarded a diploma <br> of lionorliy the French Sricli-ty of Horticulture Seecut <br> Crown Comet Bose -white centre Pkt 15 <br> Cro-wn Comet Bine white centre 25 <br> TOM THUMB <br> COMET or <br> POODLE Asters <br> THKSF; beautiful new Asters are the result of across between the Giant Comet and the <br> Dwarf Chr vsanthemuni-flowered Asters From the former tlie v have inherited the <br> elegant form and size and doubleness of flowers meusuri/ig 4 inches across wlille from <br> the latter they get the dwarf compact habit of growth which does not exceed eight <br> inches In height tlius making them espectall v valuable for garden be l8 and borders as <br> well as for pot plants One particularly good point about thesis Asters Istheir earllness <br> ” the liowers open early in July even before the icieen of the Market ; they are there- <br> fore the earliest of all large-tloweriiig Astci-s Si-r rut i <br> White Poodle Aster Pkt 1 5 I Pink Poodle Aster Pkt l <br> Crimson Foodie Aster '2o \ Bose edg-ed white 2 <br> 1 pkt each of the above 4 Poodle Astc-r 'i TJc <br> HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR - <br> P/EONY-FLOWERED PERFECTION ASTERS <br> A GI \NT-flowering type f f this favorite class; thrifty nprigiit growers IV2 to 2 feet <br> hif;h pi'ddnciiig ahnndantly immense double flowers 4 inches across and almost <br> Iicrffitly round witli incurved i etals See cut <br> Perfection Finest Mixed <br> Colors Pkt 10 <br> White 10 <br> Purple indigo purple 10 <br> Brilliant Bose splendid color 1 <br> Azure Blue Pkt 10 <br> Surprise 4 very charming color; <br> salmnnv apricot shading into rosv <br> flesh ' lb <br> Queen's Scarlet Magnificent fiery scar- <br> let rich and brilliant 10 <br> Import ed Collections of Improvrd J' eony-tto\iered Perfection Asters 8 separate <br> colors 4t tc ' 1 1 colors separate 7oc <br> The Perfection Aster seed I ha re received from you the last two years ha re produced <br> the most beautiful bl'oms My flower beds were brilliant with tlie blended colors of <br> pink white and purple in various shades They were the admiration of every one who <br> saw them Mrs G I GIIAY Culpeper Va <br> FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF ASTERS SEE PAGE 102 <br> N'DERSON'S <br> EO SY <br> PEEPECTION A8TEB 42383117 133997 66553 Page 76 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383117 1902 10 5962/bhl title 66553 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1901 Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Peter Henderson Co Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42383117 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383117 bhlGardenStories Asters BHLinbloom peter henderson co plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-03-18 Check categories 2015 August 24 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16854133015 2015-08-24 20 54 50 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1902 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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