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ASTER, WHITE CLIMAX 



GYPSOPHILA, BRISTOL FAIRY 



ASTERS, NAMED SORTS— Continued 

 Strawberries and Cream. 4 ft. Dainty deep 

 pink blooms, soften in color as they open. 

 A splendid shade to blend with the more 

 intense shades of other sorts. 3 for $1.10, 

 doz. $4.00. 



Sunset. 3 ft. A glorious sunset-pink. Very 

 free flowering. 3 for $1.10, doz. $4.00. 



White Climax. 3 ft. Best white-flowered 

 Aster. 



Wonder of StaHa (Frikarti). 3 ft. Big lav- 

 ender-blue flowers from early summer 

 until frost, in great abundance; excel- 

 lent for cutting. 3 for $1.10, doz. $4.00. 



(R) HARDY DWARF ASTERS (R) 



Ideal for the rock garden, for edging or 

 grouping in front of border. September. 

 Blue Bird. 15 in. Clear, bright blue; a 



beautiful new addition to the Dwarf Aster 



group. September. (R) 

 Constance. 12 to 15 in. Many light pink 



blooms on well-formed, compact plants, 



in September. (R) 

 Countess of Dudley. 12 in. Clear pink flow- 

 ers with yellow eye. Late September 



and October. (R) 

 Lody Henry Maddox. 10 to 12 in. Compact 



and neat, with clear pale pink bloom in 



September. (R) 

 Lilac Time. 12 in. Pretty lilac-blue flowers 



in mid-September. (R) 

 Nancy. 10 in. Many flesh-pink flowers. 



Late September. (R) 

 Snowsprite. 10 in. Best white dwarf Aster. 



Early September. (R) 

 Victor. 8 in. Clear lavender-blue, very 



dwarf. Early September. (R) 



COLLECTION HARDY DWARF ASTERS 

 One each of these eight Perfect Rock- 

 ery Plants for only SI.50. 



AVENS 



Avens. See "Geum", page 35. 



BABY'S BREATH (Gypsophila) 



Graceful, Delicate, Misty Charm 

 Baby's Breath (G. paniculata). 2 to 3 ft. 

 Wiry, symmetrical bush, covered with 

 a cloud of tiny, gauzy white blooms in 

 June and July, good in borders and per- 

 fect for cutting. 

 "BRISTOL FAIRY" Baby's Breath. 2 to 3 ft. 

 Wonderful double Gypsophila, with big 

 panicles of double white flowers through- 

 out the summer. Each 50c, doz. $5.00. 

 Creeping Baby's Breath (G. repens). 6 to 

 8 in. Lovely trailer for the rockery, with 

 clouds of pink and white flowers in mid- 

 summer. (R) 



Pink Baby's Breath (G. oldhamiana) . 2 to 

 3 ft. Late summer brings a mass of lovely 

 soft pink blooms to add to the airy grace 

 and charm of this glorious sort. 



BALLOON FLOWER (Platycodon) 



Balloon Flower (Platycodon mariesi). 18 in. 

 Many lasting and beautiful purple-blue 

 buds like inflated balloons, opening to 

 big cupped blooms of deep blue, through- 

 out the summer. 



White Balloon Flower (Platycodon mariesi 

 alba). 18 in. White-flowered form of the 

 above. 



BEE BALM (Monarda) 

 Bcebalm, Blazing (M. didyma splendens). 



3 ft. Big heads of vivid scarlet from June 



through August. 

 Eeebalm, Pink (M. rosea). Like the above, 



but with rich pink flower heads. 



BELLFLOWER (Campanula) 

 Floral Bells of Summer 



Canterbury Bells (C. medium). 2 to 3 ft. 

 Immensely popular, with its many 

 branches hidden by a wealth of bell- 

 shaped flowers with their fluted rims 

 rolled back. Showy in the garden and 

 particularly lovely as cut flowers. Sep- 

 arate colors. Blue, Pink, and White. 



Carpathian Bellflower (C. carpatica) . 6 to 

 9 in. Good for border, edging or for rock- 

 ery, with erect, bell-shaped flowers of 

 clear blue all summer. (R) 



Peachleaf Bellflower (C. persicifolia) . 2 to 

 2V2 ft. Hardy and long-lived, with big, 

 showy, cupped blooms of cerulean blue 

 in June and July. 



Telham Beauty (C. persicifolia) 2 to 2V2 ft. 

 Large, single, bell-shaped flowers are 

 silvery blue, and appear during June and 

 July. Excellent cut flower. Each 50c, 

 doz. $5.00. 



BETONY (Stachrs) 



Betony, Woolly (Stachys lanata). 8 in. 

 Light purple July bloom, from soft foliage 

 covered with woolly hairs. (R) 



BISHOP'S WEED (A ego podium) 

 Bishop's Weed, Silveredged ( Aegopodiurn 

 podograria variegata) 1 ft. An easily 

 grown plant, ideal for rockery, edging, 

 or border, with white summer flowers 

 from lovely variegated foliage. (R) 



BLANKET FLOWER (Gaillardia) 



Blanket Flower (Gaillardia grandifiora) . 

 2 ft. Many big blooms, centered maroon, 

 with orange petals banded maroon and 

 crimson, are produced from June until 

 •^lost; lovely and lasting when cut. 



Blanket Flower, "Goblin". 12 to 15 in. A 



great improvement on the familiar Blan- 

 ket Flower, with larger flowers, more in- 

 tense shades of maroon, orange, crimson, 

 yellow, all summer. 3 for 85c, doz. $3.25. 



BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra) 



Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) . IV2 

 to 2 ft. Old-fashioned favorite with long 

 pendent racemes of heart-shaped bloom, 

 in rosy red and white. Good in semi- 

 shade and ideal for cutting. Early spring 

 to early summer. Each 50c, doz. $5.00, 

 100 $35.00. 



Bleeding Heart, Fringed (D. eximia). 1 ft. 

 Handsome pink heart-shaped flowers 

 from late spring until frost, from plumy, 

 fern-like foliage. 3 for $1.00, doz. $3.50. 



BOLTONIA 



Boltonia, Violet (Boltonia latisquama). 4 to 

 5 ft. Hundreds of daisy-like lavender- 

 pink flowers open at once in late summer 

 on this tall bush, making a glorious sort 

 that will draw all eyes to its beauty. 



Boltonia, White (B. asteroides). 5 to 6 ft. 

 Similar to above, with pure white flowers. 



BUGLE (Ajuga) 



Bugle, Carpet (Ajuga reptans). 3 to 4 in. 

 Good ground cover, either in sun, or in 

 shade under trees, with deep purplish 

 blue flowers in May from attractive bron- 

 zy foliage, which is held all winter. (R) 



BUGLOSS (Anchusa) 



Summer Forget-Me-Not 

 Bugloss, "Dropmore" (Anchusa italica. 

 "Dropmore" ) . 4 ft. Distinctive and beau- 

 tiful, with clusters of big gentian-blue 

 flowers in June and intermittently there- 

 after. 3 for 70c, doz. $2.50. 

 Bugloss, Forget-Me-Not-Flowered ( A. myoso- 

 lidiflora). 1 ft. Like Forget-Me-Nots in 

 May and early June. (R). 3 for $1.00, 

 doz. $3.50. 



BUTTERCUP (Ranunculus) 

 Buttercup, Double-Flowered ( Ranunculus 

 acris flore plena). IV2 to 2 ft. Upright 

 plant which produces many double yel- 

 low flowers, especially good for cutting. 

 Best in a moist border. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER [Asclepias) 



Butterfly Flower (Asclepias tuberosa). 2 ft. 

 A hardy native, with countless showy 

 orange-scarlet flower heads. Good for 

 cutting in midsummer. 



CAMOMILE (Anthemis) 



Camomile, Perry's ( Anthemis tinctoria, 

 'Terry's Variety"). 12 to 18 in. Good 

 border plant and cut flower, with many 

 blooms, like deep golden daisies, in July 

 and August. 



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