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ARMARIA (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 as well 

 as in the border. 



Cephalotes Rubra. A strong growing variety with ever- 

 green foliage and large heads of crimson-red flowers. 

 Laucheana Rosea. Bright rose. 

 — Alba. White. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



ASCL,EPIAS (ButterHy Weed) 



Tuberosa. Very showy native plants, about 2^ feet high, 

 producing their flowers of brilliant orange-scarlet during July 

 and August. 25 cts. each; $:i.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



New or Scarce Hardy Asters 



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 J feet. 



Glory of Colwall. A splendid variety, with good-sized, 

 nearly double, ageratum-blue flowers, remarkably free flow- 

 ering; 2h feet. September and October. 



Novi Belgii Climax. Plants 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 IJ inches or more in diameter. It blooms 

 from the latter part of August until the middle of October. 



White Climax. A counterpart of Climax with pure 



white flowers; 5 feet. 



St. Egwin. A pleasing soft rosy-pink. Very free and 



of erect habit. 3 to 4 feet. September and October. 



Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. Set 

 of 5 sorts for $1.50. 



NEW JAPANESE HARDY ASTER 



Mauve Cushion. An entirely distinct species which has at- 

 tracted much attention in our grounds the past four seasons by 

 its unique habit of growth, its great floriferousness, and its 

 lateness in flowering. It forms a circular cushion-like plant 

 2J feet across the centre of the plant, rarely exceeding 9 

 inches in height, gradually tapering to 3 or 4 inches at the 

 outside; the flowers, of delicate, soft mauve, wiili silvery 

 white reflection, measure over 1^ inches in diameter, and are 

 pioduced in such lavish profusion as to complelely cover the 

 plant; the blooms begin to expand early in October, but are not 

 at their best until November. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



ASTHR AlPINUS 



Hardy Aster Novi Brlgii Ci.imax 



Fall-flow^ering 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 Octo- 

 ber, 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 elimi- 

 nated. 



Chapmani. Graceful sprays of light blue; 4 to 5 feet 

 Formosissimus. Bright violet; 3 feet. 

 Ljevis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 

 Novas angliee. Bright violet purple; 4 feet. 



Lil Fardell. Bright mauve; 4 feet. 



Roseus. Bright purplish mauve; 4 feet. 



Novi Belgii Cleopatra. Light heliotrope; 5 feet; 



Cloudy Blue. Pale lavender blue; 3J feet. 



The Queen. A splendid large bluish-white; 4 to 5 feet. 



Robert Parker. Pale heliotrope; 4 feet. 



Snowflake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. 



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



Price. Any of the above, 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. Set of 12 varieties for $2.50. 



D^WARF AI.PNE 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. 35 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 3 sorts, 75 cts. 



