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ASCEEPIAS (Butterfly Weed). 



Verj showy native plants about 2j feet high, producing their flowers 

 duriti g July and August. 

 Incarnata Rosea Swamp Milkweed'). A selection of our native 



Milkweed; very pretty rosy-flesh colored flowers. 

 Tuberosa. Compact umbels of brilliant orange-colored flowers. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



ASPERULA (Sweet Woodruff, Waldmeister). 



Odorata. An old-fashioned favorite, grown for its fragrant leaves and 

 sterns, which have an odor not unlike new-mown hay, and are used 

 for putting among clothes, etc.; also used in Germany to flavor the 

 '•Maitrank," or May wine; best grown in semi-shaded positions; 

 flowers white. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



ASPHODEEUS (Asphodel). 



Luteus. An effective plant for the border, with sword-like foliage 

 and 3 feet high spikes of fragrant yellow lily like flowers in July. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ASTIEBE. 



Davidii. An important addition to hardy plants. Its 5 to 6 feet 

 high stems, which rise from a tuft of pretty dark green foliage, are 

 crowned with feathery plumes of deep rose-violet flowers during 

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



Grandis. A grand species and a fine companion to A. Davidii, 

 being of similar habit of growth, the panicles of white flowers fre- 

 quently 2 to 2j feet long; the foliage is much divided and attractive; 

 requires a moist, heavy soil. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ASTRANTIA (Master-wort). 



iYlajOT. Grows about a foot high, and bears during June and 

 July peculiarly interesting blush flowers an inch across. A 

 most desirable plant for a moist position. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



DWARF HARDY ASTERS. 



Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery, or edge of hardy 

 border; grows 6 to 10 inches high, and bears large, showy 

 bluish-purple flowers in May and June. 



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

 Acris. A neat variety, growing a foot high, completely cov- 

 ered in September with violet- blue flowers. 



— Nanus. Similar to the preceding, but only grojvs 6 inches 

 high; fine for edging. 



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. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 5 sorts, 60 cts. 



Hardy Asters, or Michaelmas Daisies. 



HARDY ASTERS. 



Aster Alpinus. 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts). 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy 

 plants, giving a wealth of bloom at 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 col- 

 lection offered below is made up of the choicest varieties only, 

 the weedy sorts being eliminated; unless otherwise specified, 

 they bloom in September and October. 



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

 DornrOSChen. Very free pure mauve with light halo; 2 feet. 

 Formosissima. Bright violet; 3 feet. 

 Herbstelfe. Light lavender-blue; 3 feet. 

 Laevis. Lavender-blue; 4 feet. 

 — floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 

 Mme. Soyneuse. Pale lilac; very free; 15 inches. 

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

 Mrs. F.W. Raynor. Large, rich crimson-purple; 4 feet. 



Rosea. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 



Rubra. Large rosy-purple; 4 feet. 



Wm. Bowman. Amethyst blue; 4 feet. 



Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct; pure white; useful for cutting; 

 August and September; 18 inches. 



PuniceuS Pulcherrimus. Bluish-white with yellow centre, in- 

 curved petals; 5 feet. 



Snowflake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. 



Tartaricus. Distinct; large, bluish-violet; 6 feet. 



Thirza. Light lilac rose; 4 feet. 



Top Sawyer. Clear parma- violet color; 4 feet. 



Trinervus. Rich violet-purple; October and November; 2i feet. 



White Queen. Fine pure white; 4 feet. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Set of 20 varieties 



for $2.50. 



RARE HARDY ASTER. 



Grandiflorus. One of the finest of all and distinct in character and 

 flower from all others. The flowers, of a lovely dark bluish violet, 

 frequently measure 2 inches in diameter. It is the latest flowering 

 variety — October and November — and by lifting the plants can be 

 flowered in connection with Chrysanthemums, where its effect is 

 very beautiful. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



OUR "IMPERIAL" JAPANESE IRIS, offered on page 224, are extra fine. 



