Excerpt from James Vick's Garden and Floral Guide, 1935 Excitement and interest among Aster growers all over the world ran very high when in 1893 James Vick brought forth the Branching Aster - the Aster that has since been known as Vicks Late Giant, Semple, Branch ing, etc. Its branching habit, its long stems and huge flowers were all new - a wonderful improvement over any known Aster. With the introduction of the Branching Aster in 1893, James Vick established a precedent, and every year thereafter brought forth a new variety. James Vick introduced most of the Asters commonly grown today. It is to him that the present perfection of this flower is due. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.