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Title: Lilly's complete 1919 catalog
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Chas. H. Lilly Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Vegetables Catalogs Agricultural implements Catalogs Poultry Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Seattle, Wash. : Chas. H. Lilly Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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\WS ASTERS CHOIGE VARIETIES NO HOMEis complete withoutASTERSNASTRUTIUMS andSWEET PEAS Produce Magnificent Blooms of this Most Satisfactory Annual The annual China Asters have been so wonderfully improved that they closely resembleChrysanthemums. They are among the most beautiful and satisfactory of garden annuals,blooming late in the season. The plants are robust and hardy, easily grown, and from plantsstarted under glass or in the house in March or April blooms may be had in July or August; or the seed may be planted outdoors in Mayand will produce blooms in September andOctober. They require only ordinary careand good garden soil, but respond liberallyto a little extra attention. They are ex-ceedingly productive, and the delicate col-ors, long season of bloom, and Vigorof the plants make them indispensi-ble in the garden. Tbe long, grace-ful stems and immense size and splen~did form of the flowers make themamong the most pleasing cut flowers.
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CREGO GIANT ASTERS Largest and Most Beautiful These are the finest and largest ofall Comet Asters. The flowers are im-mense, often five inches or more in di-ameter, and are composed of long,wavy, twisted petals gracefully formedinto loose, yet densely double, half globes,equaling some of the finer Chrysanthemums. The plants are of luxuriant, branchinggrowth, two feet tall, and bearing twenty tothirty of these magnificent flowers on verylong stems, which gives them added value forcutting. They keep in good condition longerthan other varieties. No. 1012. Crego Giant, White Packet, 10c No. 1013. Creg-o Giant, Pink Packet, 10c No. 1036. Crego Giant, Crimson Packet, 10c No. 1037. Crego Giant, Lavender Packet, 10c No. 1077. Crego Giant, Azure Blue Pkt., 10c No. 1078. Crego Giant, Purple Packet, 10c No. 1079. Crego Giant, Mixed Packet, 10c Perennial Asters(Michaelmas Daisy)Michaelmas Daisies fill a most importantplace in all hardy flower gardens, lighting upthe borders and shrubberies with t

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