TE STENRYA DREER- ADELPHIA: DAY 
SUMMER-FLOW ERING 
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 sub- 
jects for the front of the mixed border. 
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 Sep- 
tember; graceful, bright silvery-mauve flowers. 
Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
One each of the 4 sorts for $1.00 
New or Scarce Mardy Asters 
Abendrothe. Very effective rosy-red flowers. 23 feet. 
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. 
Glory of Colwall. A splendid improvement on the variety 
Beauty of Colwall, with good-sized, nearly double, ageratum- 
blue flowers, remarkably free flowering; 2} feet. September 
and October. 
Novi Belgii 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 the middle of October. 
— — White Climax. 
white flowers; 5 feet. 
Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
of 5 sorts for $1.50. 
A counterpart of the above with pure 
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New Harpy Aster Novi Berei CLimax 
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. 
Chapmani. Very graceful sprays of light Ageratum-blue; 
4 to 5 feet. 
Formosissimus. Bright violet; 3 feet. 
Levis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 
Nove angliz. Bright violet purple; 4 feet. 
— — Lil Fardell. Bright mauve; 4 feet. 
— —Roseus. Bright purplish mauve; 4 feet. 
Novi-Belgii, The Queen. A splendid large bluish-white; 
4 to 5 feet. 
Puniceus Pulcherrimus. Blue-tinted white; 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-violet color; 4 feet. 
Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$15.00 per 100. 
DWARF ALPINE ASTERS 
Alpinus. 
borders; grows 6 to 10 inches high anu bears large showy blu- 
Set of 12 varieties for $2.50. 
Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy 
ish-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, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 3 sorts, 65 cts. 
