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TWIN-LARCHES NURSERY, WEST CHESTER, PA. 



Baptisia • False Indigo 



Baptisias can be readily placed as near relatives 

 of the Lupines, and if their (lowers are not quite so 

 richly colored, they have the advantage of retaining 

 their foliage all summer. The leaves are silvery 

 green, gracefully pinnate in form. 



Australis. Spikes of deep steel-blue, pea-shaped 

 flowers in June. The plant is of very distinct and 

 decorative outline, and is one of the most permanent 

 of hardy perennials. It will do well in partial shade, 

 or can be naturalized in woods and along streams. 



Boltonia • False Chamomile 



For the amateur at least, it seems a purely arbi- 

 trary division that classifies Boltonias as distinct 

 from Asters. Their habit of growth and style of 

 flowering is exactly the same. 



Asteroides. A single plant in the border makes 

 an astonishingly fine effect if well cared for — an 

 enormous, billowy mound, 6 feet high by 3 or 4 feet 

 wide, with literally thousands of little line-petaled, 

 pure white blossoms. Those who have noticed the 

 plant straggling weeclily along the dusty roadside 

 may be, perhaps, a little skeptical of the above 

 description; until one has seen it, it is hard to 

 realize the immense improvement effected by rich 

 soil, plenty of water, and plenty of room. Needless 

 to say it must be divided and re-set annually if the 

 best results are to be obtained. 2 ft: 



Latisquama. Not so rank a grower as Asteroides, 

 and with flowers of a pretty, soft, pinkish lavender. 

 5 ft. 



Calystegia 



Pubescens. This pretty little trailer is by no 

 means new, but for some reason is very seldom 

 seen. I have been trying to bring it some of the 

 appreciation it deserves ever since I first saw it 



Clin .\tmlbemum iiuiximum; SbttStB Daisy 



Unless otherwise noted, all plants in this 



Calystegia, continued 



running wild in a vacant lot, carpeting the rough 

 ground with wreaths of its charming flowers. 

 Certainly few things- are finer for covering low 

 stumps or rocks, or any piece of waste ground. 

 Providing it has sun, no sort of soil or situation dis- 

 courages it or keeps it from blooming profusely 

 and spreading with astonishing rapidity. In its 

 many twining stems, and smooth, heart-shaped 

 leaves, the Calystegia somewhat resembles a sweet- 

 potato vine. The flowers are double and borne in 

 sprays; soft cool pink, of a satiny texture. If 

 trained as a climber, the plant will grow 4 to 5 feet 

 high. June and July. Space 1 ft. 



Campanula 



Carpatica (Carpathian Harebell). A thick, 

 spreading mat of small, violet-like leaves, from 

 which rise numberless thread-like stems, support- 

 ing dainty bell-shaped blossoms of a clear lavender- 

 blue. The main crop appears in June, but they 

 continue to open in considerable numbers until late 

 fall. A delicate and charming plant, very useful for 

 edging and planting in rockeries, and in crevices 

 of old walls. Increases rapidly. 6 in.; space the same. 



Chrysanthemum Maximum 



Shasta Daisy 



Maximum (Shasta Daisy). Anyone who likes 

 the common field-daisy — and most flower-lovers 

 will confess a fondness for that "despised weed" — 

 can feci perfectly safe in planting the Shasta in 

 their garden, in entire confidence that it will not 

 imitate its wild cousin by overrunning everything 

 else on the place. Also the flowers are much larger, 

 often 4 inches across, with long, graceful petals. 

 For cutting they are very satisfactory and lasting, 

 and in the border they are always handsome in 

 broad masses in front of plants of more erect habit. 

 II left undivided for more than two years, the clumps 

 are apt to die out in the center, and the same effect 

 is sometimes caused by a too solid winter mulch. 

 The plants I offer are all seedlings of the variety 

 Alaska, and should all bear flowers of good size 

 and shape. Late June and July. 12 to 18 in.; space 



Hardy Chrysanthemums 



By universal consent, Chrysanthemums have 

 come to be regarded as the typical autumn (lowers. 

 But while the greenhouse kinds have grown steadily 

 in favor since their introduction from Japan many 

 years ago, the Chrysanthemum's career in the 

 garden has been a very checkered one. Fifty years 

 or so ago, when taste in such matters was at a higher 

 level than in the generations immediately succeed- 

 ing, Chrysanthemums were universally' esteemed 

 and were found in every garden. Later on they 

 dropped out of fashion, only to be seen around 

 del hnr.h::-jscs and in ::ther cut •ol-the-wiy places 

 happily isolated from the pernicious bedding-plant 

 craze. When they finally began to come back into 

 avor, five or six years ago, it was mostly the small 

 button-dowered or pompon type that was Offered 

 to the public. Now that the plants are again fairly 

 valued, however, we have a great many forms to 

 choose from, both large and small. ' The new 

 og, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100 



