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ARMERIA 



(Sea Pink or Thrift) 



Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen 

 tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in dense 

 heads, on stiff wiry stems, from 9 to 12 inches high. They flower more 

 or less continuously from early spring until late in the fall. Very useful 

 in the rockery. (See cut.) 

 Formosa Rosea. Light pink. 



— Alba. Rose-tinted white. 

 Laucheana. Rosea. Bright rose. 



— Alba. White. 



Price. Any of the above 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. ; $12.00 per 100. 



ASCEEPIAS 



(Butterfly Weed) 

 Tuberosa. Very showy native plants, about 2i feet high, producing 

 their flowers of brilliant orange-scarlet during July and August. 20 cts. 

 each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



DWARF ALPINE ASTERS 



Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy borders; 

 grows 6 to 10 inches high and bears large showy bluish-purple flowers 

 in May and June. 



— Albus. Identical to the above, but with pure white flowers. 

 Sub=coeruleus. Forms a dense 



tuft of leaves, from which issue 

 many leafless stems 12 inches high, 

 bearing in June and July massive 

 bluish-violet flowers 3 inches in 

 diameter. 

 Price, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 

 Set of 3 sorts, 50 cts. 



NEW HARDY ASTERS 



We offer on page 182 a very 

 choice list of new and scarce sorts 

 as well as the best standard va- 

 rieties. 



Dwakf Alpine Aster 



Armbria 



Japanese 



Double White 



Hardy Aster 



This came to us unnamed 

 from a Japanese nurseryman, 

 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. 

 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



Aster Amellus King George 



SUMMER-FLOWERING 



HARDY ASTERS 



The following grow from 12 to 15 inches high and produce 

 their showy flowers during July and August. Their free-flower- 

 ing habit and compact growth make them most desirable subjects 

 for the front of the mixed border. 

 Acris. A neat variety, completely covered with violet-blue 



flowers. 

 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 Septem- 

 ber; graceful, bright silvery-mauve flowers. 

 Ptarmicoides. White flowers, not large, but produced in 

 great masses; fine for cutting. 

 Price. Any of the above 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 One each of the 6 sorts for $1.25. 



NEW SUMMER-FLOWERING 

 HARDY ASTER 



AMELLUS "KING GEORGE" 



The finest form of the Amellus type yet introduced, individual 

 flowers frequently measuring 3 incises in diameter and of good 

 blue color. (See cut.) 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



FALL-FLOWERING HARDY ASTERS are offered on page 182 



