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NEW HARDY ASTERS. 



Beauty of Colwall. This is unquestionably one of the 

 finest of the Michaelmas Daisies, of upright, free-branching 

 habit, 3 to 4 feet high, and literally covered during Septem- 

 ber with semi-double flowers of ageratum-blue, a pleasing 

 shade. 



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; 2£ 

 feet high. 



Qrandiflorus. Not a new sort, but one of the finest of all, 

 and distinct in character and flower from all others. The 

 flowcs, of a lovely dark bluish- violet, frequently measure 2 

 inches in diameter. It is the latest to flower — October and 

 November — and by lifting the plants can be flowered in con- 

 nection with Chrysanthemums, where its effect is very beau- 

 tiful; 2 to 2£ feet high. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Novi=Belgli Climax. In this splendid new variety we have 

 the most important addition to Michaelmas Daisies yet made, 

 and we believe the forerunner of a distinct type. The plant 

 is of strong, vigorous habit, over 5 feet high, fully one-half 

 of 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 themiddleof October. 50cts.each; $5. 00 per doz. 



Novl=BeIgii St. Egwin. A bright pink on strong bushes, 

 1\ to 3 feet high during September and October. 



Thompson!. One of the most beautiful large-flowered sorts 

 yet introduced. The flowers are graceful, stellate form and 

 of a pleasing Venetian-blue color; grows 15 to 18 inches 

 high and blooms in July and August. 



Price, except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Set of 6 sorts for $1.50. 



JAPANESE DOUBLE WHITE 

 HARDY ASTER. 



This came to us unnamed from a Japanese nursery- 

 man, and is entirely distinct from all other hardy Asters; 

 the plants are of symmetrical habit, and grow about 

 2 feet high, and bear from July to September double 

 white flowers not unlike the double white Feverfew. 

 (See cut.) 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



Japanese Double White 

 Hardy Aster 



Hardy Asters, or Michaelmas Daisies 



FALL-FLOWERING 

 HARDY ASTERS. 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) 



These are among the showiest of our 

 late-flowering 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 collection offered below is made up of the choicest varieties only, 



the weedy sorts being eliminated. 



Boule de Neige. Very free; pure white; 2£ feet. 

 Curtisi. Pale heliotrope; August and September; 3 feet. 

 Formosissimus. Bright violet; 3 feet. 

 Laevis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 

 Nova? anglia?. Bright violet-purple; 4 feet. 



Lil Fardell. Bright mauve; 4 feet. 



Roseus. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 



Novi=Belgii Saphir. Soft sky-blue; 3 feet. 



Peggy Ballard. A small semi-double lavender-blue; 4 feet 



Schoen Rottrout. Lively rose, tinted white, deepening towards 



the edge of the flowers. 

 Snowfiake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. 

 Tataricus. Distinct large bluish-violet; very late; 6 feet. 

 Price, Any of the above, 15 cts. each ; $1 . 50 per doz. ; $10. 00 per 100. 

 Set of 12 varieties for $1.50. 



Summer- Flowering and Alpine Hardy Asters 



We offer a splendid collection of these on page 204. 



The NEW HARDY ASTERS offered on this page are unusually fine 



