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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, and for 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, 

 unless otherwise specified; they bloom in September and October. 

 AmellllS Mackii. Pure violet; August and September; 15 inches. 

 Airship. Pure white; August and September; 21 feet. 

 Curtisii. Pale heliotrope; August and September; 3 feet. 

 Esme. Large white flowers; 2 feet. 

 Formoslssima. Bright violet; 3 feet. 

 F. W. Burbldge. Light violet; 3 feet. 

 Lasvis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 

 Mme. Soyneuse. Pale lilac; very free; 15 inches. 

 Novai-Angllaj. Bright violet-purple; 4 feet. 



Mrs. F W. Raynor. Light reddish-violet; 4 feet. 



— - Rosea. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 



Rubra. Deep reddish-violet; 4 feet. 



Ryecroft Pink. Soft rosy-pink; 4 feet. 



Wm. Bowman. Amethyst-blue; 4 feet. 



Novi-Belgii Semi-Plenus. Pale parma- violet; 4 feet. 



Patens. Deep ageratum-blue; 2 feet. 



PtarmiCOides. Neat and distinct; pure white; useful for 



cutting; August and September; 18 inches. 

 Puniceus Pulcherr'mus. Bluish white with yellow centre, 



incurved petals; 5 feet. 

 Shorti. Deep parma violet-blue; 3 feet. 

 Snowflake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. 

 St. Brigid. White tinted lilac; August and September; 3J 



feet. 

 Thos S. Ware. Lilac-mauve; 3] feet. 

 Top Sawyer. Clear parma violet color; 4 feet. 

 Trinervus. Rich violet-purple; October and November; 2i 



feet. 

 White Queen. Large white; very free; 4 feet. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. Set of 25 

 varieties for $3.00. 



RARE HARDY ASTER. 



Grandflorus. The finest of all and distinct 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 No- 

 vember — and by lifting the plants can be flowered in connec- 

 tion with Chrysanthemums, where its effect is very beautiful. 

 (See cut. ) 25 cts. each; £2.50 per doz. 



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Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy 

 border; 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. 

 Acris. A neat variety, growing a foot high, completely cov- 

 ered in September with violet-blue flowers. 



— Nanus. Similar to the preceding, but only grows 6 inches 

 high; fine for edging. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 4 sorts, 50 cts. 



ASTRANTIA (Master-wort). 



Major. Grows about a foot high, and bears during June and July pecu- 

 liarly interesting pale pink flowers an inch across. A most desirable 

 plant for a moist position. 25 cts. 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. Spikes of bright yellow flowers during June and Julv; 2 to 

 3 feet. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



BEEEIS PERENNIS (Kn K ii«u Daisy). 



Improved double-flowering, white and pink. 75 cts. per doz. ; $5.00 

 per 100. 



Our collection of Hardy Phloxes is the most extensive in quantity and variety in the country. See paces 206 and loj. 



