HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
New Dwarf Hybrid 
Border Asters A 
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We take great pleasure mm introducing a collection of New 
Dwarf Hybrid Asters which we feel will fill a long felt want in 
providing a race of dwarf, compact, free flowering plants 
blooming at a season when there is a scarcity of low growing, 
flowering plants. They rarely exceed a foot in height and 
bloom in September. Unsurpassed for dwarf beds, borders, 
and very charming in the rock garden. 
Countess of Dudley. A charming clear pink with a con- 
trasting yellow eye. Of bushy habit flowering freely during 
late September. The plants grow 9 inches high. 
Lady Henry Maddocks. Clear pale pink flowers pro- 
duced freely on dwarf compact plants. September; 12 inches 
high. 
Nancy. The bushy plants are completely covered with pale 
flesh pink flowers which practically hide all foliage. Blooms 
in late September. 12 inches. 
Ronald. Thisisa pleasing shade of bright lilac pink following 
the rose-pink buds. Very showy. Flowers in mid-Sep- 
tember. 12°inches high. 
Snowsprite (Snow Fairy.) A very dwarf early September 
flowering variety forming graceful plants a foot high. They 
are smothered with charming semi-double white flowers. 
It deserves a place in every garden. 
Victor. The dwarfest of all, growing barely 9 inches tall, 
covered with good sized flowers of a beautiful clear lavender- 
blue. Flowers during early September. 
Any of the above: 35c each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
Set of 6 varieties. one each, $1.75. 
New Dwarf Hybrid Border Aster 
Dwarf Asters A 
Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy borders. 
Grows 6 to 10 inches high, bearing showy bluish purple flowers in 
May and June. 
—albus. Identical to the above but with pure white flowers. 
Mauve Cushion. An entirely distinct Japanese species. It 
forms a circular cushion-like plant 24 feet across, rarely exceed- 
ing 9 inches in height. The flowers are delicate soft mauve with 
silvery white reflection, measuring over 1} inches in diameter. 
They are produced in such lavish profusion as to completely 
cover the plant. The blooms begin to expand early in October 
but are not at their best until November. 
Subcaeruleus. Forms a dense tuft of leaves from which arise 
many leafless stems 12 inches high, bearing in June and July 
massive bluish violet flowers 3 inches in diameter. 
Any of the above: 30c each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 
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Astilbe, Kriemhilde 
Astilbe © 
Showy plants of vigorous growth covered with many branched, 
feathered heads of flowers during June and July. They succeed 
best in a half-shady moist position in any ordinary garden soil. 
Betsy Cuperius. Long drooping pure white spikes. 4 feet. 
Gruno. Beautiful salmon-pink. 3 feet. 
Kriemhilde. Delicate pleasing salmon-rose. 24 feet. 
Mars. Beautiful dark foliage; bright red flowers. 3 feet. 
Philadelphia. Graceful spikes of violet-pink. 2} feet. 
Salland. A beautiful and distinct red. Grows over 6 feet high. 
Any of the above: 50c each; $5.00 per doz. Set of 6 sorts $2.50. 
Aubrieta—Rainbow Rock Cress A 
Deltoidea. Pretty, dwarf-growing plants for the rockery or 
edge of border. Masses of silvery green foliage and sheets of 
various colored flowers in spring and early summer. 30c each; 
$2.75 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
Baptisia—False Indigo 
Australis. A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high, with dark 
green, deeply-cut foliage and spikes of dark blue flowers in 
June. Suitable either for the border or wild garden. 30c each; 
$2.75 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
Bellis—£nglish Daisy © 
Perennis. Improved double flowering in white and pink. 25c 
each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
Bocconia—Plume Poppy, Tree Celandine 
Cordata. A stately perennial for the shrubbery border, center 
of beds, or in bold groups in almost any position. Grows 6 to 8 
feet high and has creamy white flowers in terminal panicles 
during July and August. 25c each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 
100. 
Boltonia—False Starwort 
Among the showiest of our native hardy perennial plants with 
large, single, daisy-like flowers during the summer and fall when 
thousands of blooms are open at once. 
Asteroides. Very effective; pure white. 5 to 7 feet. 
Latisquama. Pink, tinged lavender. 4 to 6 feet. 
Either of the above: 25c each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
Callirhoe—Poppy Mallow A 
Involucrata. An elegant trailing plant with most attractive 
foliage and large saucer-shaped bright rosy crimson flowers with 
white centers. Blooms all summer and fall. 25c each; $2.50 
per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
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