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Fall -flowering Hardy Asters 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts) 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants, giving a 

 wealth of bloora 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 collection offered below is made 

 up of the choicest varieties only. 



Feltham Blue. A pretty aniline blue, very free; 22 feet. 

 Laevis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 

 Novae angliae. Bright violet-purple; 4 feet. 

 — — Roseus. Bright purpUsh-mauve; 4 feet. 

 Novi Belgii Cleopatra. Light hehotrope; 5 feet. 

 Novi Belgii Climax. One of the best and showiest, witi large pyramidal 



spikes of large light lavender-blue flowers; very free; 5 feet. 

 Novi Belgii White Climax. A counterpart of above with white flowers; 



5 feet. 

 Novi Belgii St. Egwin. A pleasing soft rosy-pink, very free flowering; 



3 to 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-\aolet; 4 feet. 

 Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Set of 12 varieties for S2.S0. 



BAPTISIA (False Indigo) 



Australis. A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high; suitable either for 

 the border or wild garden, with dark green, deeply-cut foliage and spikes 

 of dark-blue flowers in June. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



BELLIS PERENNIS (English Daisy) 



Improved double-flowering, white and pink. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



ASTILBE 



BOLTONIA 



ASTILBE 



Hybrid varieties of very vigorous growth, producing 

 many-branched feathered heads of flowers in June and 

 July. They prefer a half-shady, moist position in any 

 ordinary garden soil. 



Davidi. Large plumes of rose-violet flowers; 5 to 6 feet. 

 Juno. Strong plumes of deep violet-rose; 2^ feet. 

 Gruno. A splendid salmon-pink sort gromng 4 feet high. 

 Moerheimi. The erect spikes of flowers have a length of over 



2 feet, and are of a beautiful creamy -white; 5 to 6 feet. 

 Rose Pearl. Pearly shell-pink; 2^ feet. 

 Salland. Grows over 6 feet high with flowers of a distinct red 



color. 

 Vesta. Very graceful plumes of light lilac-rose; 3 feet. 

 White Pearl. Dense pyramidal plumes of silvery white; 3 to 



4 feet. 

 Price. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. Set of 8 sorts for $3.50. 



BOCCONIA 



(Plume Poppy, or Tree Celandine) 



Cordata. A noble, hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and 

 flower, admirably adapted for planting in the shrubberj' borders, 

 centre of beds and in. bold groups in almost any position. It will 

 grow in any soil or situation, attaining from 6 to 8 feet in height; 

 flowers in terminal panicles, of a creamy-white color during 

 July and August. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



BOLTON I A (False Chamomile) 



Among the showiest of our native hardy perennial plants with 

 large, single Aster-like flowers. The plant is in bloom during the 

 summer and autumn months, and with its thousands of flowers 

 open at one time produces a very showy effect. 

 Asteroides. Pure white; very effective; 5 to 7 feet. 

 Latisquama. Pink, slightly tinged wdth lavender; 4 to 6 feet. 

 Latisquama Compacta. One of our own seedlings of compact 



habit of growth, about 3 feet high and of a deeper color than the 



type. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 

 Price. Except where noted. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 



per 100. 



