Keywords: Flowers for springtime (16316819879).jpg MISS MARY E MARTIN FLORAL PARK NEW YORK <br> GIANT COMET ASTERS <br> These Asters are the very finest of all for garden culture They <br> are vigorous in growth arid profuse in bloom The plants grow 15 <br> to 18 inches high the flowers are very large and produced on long <br> stems making a perfect pyramid o f flowers ” which are highly <br> artistic and very beautiful ; the petals are curTed and twisted ; and <br> are as graceful as an ostrich feather Colors are carmine blue <br> and white peach and pearly grey <br> Giant Comet Asters ” Pkt all kinds mixed 100 seeds 6c <br> Giant Comet Pearl-Grey ” Pkt 50 seeds IOc <br> Comet Aster Mixed ” 100 seeds 5c <br> MIXED ASTERS <br> FLORAL PARK MIXTURE <br> Contains some of all the best and most expensive named kinds <br> of Asters in this list ” all colors shapes sizes and forms at least <br> 40 kinds in one packet ; 100 kinds and colors in eighth of ounce <br> and larger quantities <br> Pkt 200 seeds 5c; 3 for 12c; \ oz fOc; V oz 15c <br> ASTER-GIANT COMET WHITE <br> This is a wonder among Asters Very large»and <br> fluffy like an immense white Japanese Chrysan- <br> themum ; it is an ideal wedding flower The true <br> seed is very expensive ; beware of spurious stock ; <br> the ordinary White Comet is not a circumstance <br> to this <br> Pkt 100 seeds 8c 3 for 20c H ° 7 -- '5c <br> NEW JAPANESE ASTER <br> GIANT TASSEL ASTER ew Japanese The largest of all Asters ; flowers are often 5 to 6 inches across <br> like an immense Chrysanthemum with long petals The colors are flesh and <br> rose Seeds very expensive and scarce Pkt 100 seeds 8c; 3 for 20c 43810140 149144 77948 Page 2 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43810140 1900 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Miss Mary E Martin Firm ; Miss Mary E Martin Firm NameFound Chrysanthemum NameConfirmed Chrysanthemum EOLID 38388 NameBankID 2657422 Biodiversity Heritage Library Flowers for springtime Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Miss Mary E Martin Firm Nurseries Horticulture Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43810140 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43810140 Aster bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom miss mary e martin firm nurseries horticulture u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-11 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16316819879 2015-08-24 23 54 13 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Aster Flowers for springtime Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |