SUMMER-FLOWERING 
HARDY ASTERS 
The following grow from 12 t6:15 inches high and produce 
their showy flowers during July and August. Their free-flow- 
ering habit and compact growth make them most desirable sub~ 
jects for the front of the mixed border. 
Amellus Beauty of Ronsdorf. Of a tender lilac-rose, 
perfect in form and entirely distinct. 
— Perry’s Favorite. A most distinct bright, clear rose. 
— Preziosa. A fine deep violet-blue. 
Brachytrichus. Very free and in bloom until late in Sep- 
tember; graceful, bright silvery-mauve flowers. 
Ptarmicoides. White flowers, not large, but produced in 
great masses; fine for cutting. 
Price. Any of the above, 35 cts, each; $3.50 per doz. 
One each of the 5 sorts for $1.50. 
New or Scarce Hardy Asters 
Feltham Blue. One of the most decorative free-flowering 
blue varieties, a pretty shade of aniline blue, produced on 
freely branched plants during August and September; 23 feet 
high. 
Glory of Colwall. A splendid improvement on the variety 
Beauty of Colwall, with good-sized, nearly double, ageratum- 
‘blue flowers, remarkably free flowering; 23 feet. September 
and October. j 
Novi Belgii Climax. Plants of strong, vigorous habit, over 
5 feet high, fully one-halfof which consists of much-branched 
pyramidical-shaped flower stems filled with light lavender- 
blue flowers, each 1} inches or more in diameter. It blooms 
from the latter part of August until the middle of October. 
— — White Climax. A counterpart of Climax with pure 
white flowers; 5 feet. 
— — St. Egwin. A pleasing soft rosy-pink. Very free and 
of erect habit. '3to 4 feet. September and October. 
Price. Any of the above, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. Set 
of 5 sorts for $2.25. ; 
AsTER AMELLUS 
“FIENRT ADREERPAIIADLDHIA-DA WS 
167 
Harpy Aster Novi Bete CLimax 
* 
FALL-FLOWERING HARDY 
ASTERS 
(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts) 
These are among the showiest of our late-floweriug hardy 
plants, giving a wealth of bloom during September and October, 
a season when most other hardy flowers are past, and for the 
best effect should be planted in masses of one color. They grow 
freely in any soil. 
the choicest varieties only, the weedy sorts being eliminated. 
Chapmani. 
Formosissimus. 
The collection offered below~is made up of 
Graceful sprays of light blue; 4 to 5 feet. 
Bright violet; 3 feet. 
Levis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 
Novz angliz. Bright violet purple; 4 feet. 
—-— Lil Fardell. Bright mauve; 4 feet. 
— —Roseus. Bright purplish mauve; 4 feet. 
Novi Belgii Cleopatra. Light heliotrope; 5 feet. 
— — Cloudy Blue. Pale lavender blue; 34 feet. 
— — Edith Goodwin. Very large deep blue; 4 feet. 
— — The Queen. A splendid large bluish-white; 4 to 5 feet. 
Puniceus Pulcherrimus. Blue-tinted white; 4 feet. 
Robert Parker. Pale heliotrope; 4 feet. 
Snowflake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. 
Tataricus. Distinct large bluish-violet; very late; 6 feet. 
Top Sawyer. Clear parma-violet color; 4 feet. 
Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$15.00 per 100. Set of 15 varieties for $3.25. 
New Japamese Hardy Asters 
Do not overlook these novel sorts described and offered on 
page 168, 
