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HARDY ASTERS. 
(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. The collection offered below is made up of the choicest va- 
rieties only, the weedy sorts being eliminated ; unless otherwise speci- 
fied, they bloom in September and October. 
Amelius Elegans. Deep bluish-violet; 1} feet. 
— [ackii. Pure violet; August and September ; 15 inches. 
Airship. Pure white ; August and September; 23 feet. 
Chapmiani. Light ageratum-blue, very graceful large sprays; 4 to 5 
feet. 
Curtisii. Pale heliotrope; August and September; 38 feet. 
Datschi. Pure white; October and November; 3 feet. 
Horizontalis. White with prominent deep vinous-purple centre; 
forms symmetrical plant 2 feet high, 
F. W. Burbidge. Light violet; 3 feet. 
Levis. Light heliotrope; 3 feet. 
Longifolia formosissima. Bright violet; 3 feet. 
Time. Soyneuse. Pale lilac; very free; 15 inches, 
Trs. F. W. Raynor. Light reddish-violet; 4 feet. 
Nove Anglia. Bright violet-purple; 4 feet, 
—— Purpurina. Bright violet-purple; 3 feet. 
—— Rosea. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 
—— Rubra. Deep reddish-violet; 4 feet. 
Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct; pure while ; useful for cutting ; 
August and September ; 18 inches. 
Robt. Parker. Pale heliotrope; large; 4 feet. 
Snowilake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches, 
St. Brigid. White-tinted lilac; August and September; 34 feet. 
Thos. S. Ware. Lilac-mauve; 34 feet. AstER GRANDIFLORUS. 
Top Sawyer. Clear P.rma-yiolet color; 
4 feet. HARDY ALPINE 
ASTERS. 
Trinervus. Rich violet-purple; October 
Alpinus, Indispensable for the rock- 
and November; 24 feet. 
White Queen. Large white; very free; 
ery or edge of hardy border, growing 
only 6 to 10 in inches high,and pro- 
4 feet. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per , 
ducing large, showy, bluish-purple 
flowers in May and June. 1écts. 
100. Set of 24 varieties for $3.00. 
each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
RARE HARDY ASTER. 
Grandiflorus. ‘he fnest of ail and dis- 
tinct in character and flower from all others. 
The flowers frequently measure 2 inches in 
diameter, are of a lovely dark bluish-violet. 
It is the latest-flowering variety in cultivation § 
—October and November—and by lifting the | 
plants can be flowered in connection with 
Chrysanthemums, where its effect is very 
beautiful. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 doz. E 
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ASTRANTIA. 
4 (Master-wort.) 
. Major. Grows about a foot high, and 
= bears during June and July, pecu- 
liarly interesting pale pink flowers 
vf an inch across. A most desirable 
ANY ae “eee «= piant for a moist position. 25 cts, 
Harpy ALping ASTER. each ; $2.50 per doz. 
AUBRETIA (False Wall Cress), 
Pretty, dwarf-growing rock plants, forming broad masses of silvery-green foliage 
and sheets of bloom in spring. 
Hendersoni. Rich purplish-violet. | Leichtlini. Bright carmine-rose. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
BAPTISIA (False Indigo). 
Australis, A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high ; suitable either for the border 
or wild-garden, with dark green, deeply cut foliage, and spikes of dark blue flowers 
in June and July. 
Tinctoria. Produces spikes of bright yellow flowers during June and July; 2 to3 
feet high. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
BELLIS PERENNIS (£nglish Daisy). 
Improved double flowering strain in white and pink. 
10 cts, each; 75 cts. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 
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BOCCONIA (Plume Poppy, or Tree Celandine),. 
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Re WL 7- Cordata, A noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and flower, | and admirably 
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As an Oe Resins in almost any position, It will grow in any soil or situation, attaining from 6 to 8 
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SE CD Bean I Oe and August. (See cut.) 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
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In variety and quantity our collection of Hardy Phloxes is the most important on this continent. See page 180. 
