THE M. H. HARMAN COMPANY 
Hardy Asters 
ARTEMISIA, continued 
great value to cover dry, ledgy places where few 
things can be made to grow. 15 cts. each, $1.20 for 
10. 
A. dracunculus (Tarragon). Bushy habit, with 
foliage of aromatic scent. Used for flavoring. 20 cts. 
each, $1.50 for 10. 
A. frigida (Small Southernwood). A beautiful, 
low, silky-leaved plant, with whitish, fern-like foliage 
and a pleasant fragrance. Fine for planting in dry or 
rocky places. 15 cts. each, $1.20 for 10. 
A. Stelleriana (Old Woman). 2 ft. Finely cut, 
silvery foliage. A good edging plant. 15 cts. each, 
$1.20 for 10. 
Arundo • Reed Grass 
These are especially ornamental planted in clumps 
in any position where their gigantic reed-like foliage 
gives a sub-tropical effect to the landscape. They 
require a heavy mulching in the winter. 
Arundo donax. 10 ft. Deep green stems and foli- 
age of graceful habit. 25 cts. each, $2 for ro. 
A., var. variegata. A distinctly variegated form of 
bold effect, its beautiful golden and green foliage 
being most admirably shown by the habit of the 
plant. 25 cts. each, $2 for 10. 
A. macrophylla glauca. A remarkably strong- 
growing variety, attaining a height of 15 ft., with foli- 
age 3i to 4 inches wide. The leaves are of a dark 
glossy green on the upper surface and of a glaucous 
color underneath. It forms more majestic-looking 
plants than A. donax. 25 cts. 
Asclepias • Milkweed 
Desirable border plants with ornamental foliage 
and numerous heads of handsome (lowers. A. tuber- 
osa is one of the showiest and finest perennials 
grown, while the other varieties mentioned are also 
worthy of border cultivation. 
Asclepias incarnata pulchra. 3104 ft. July. Show 
heads of red or purplish red flowers, showing to ad- 
vantage against the broad, oval, dark green foliage. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 for ro, $ro per 100. 
ASCLEPIAS, continued 
A. quadrifolia. 2 ft. July. Fragrant white flowers, 
in close, compact heads. Very effective. 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 for 10. 
A. tuberosa (Butterfly-weed). 2J ft. July and 
August. Without question one of the finest of hardy 
plants, with large heads of brilliant orange-colored 
flowers of most showy appearance. Of easy culture, 
and should not fail to be in everyone’s garden. 15 cts. 
each, $1.20 for 10, $8 per roo. 
Asphodeline • Asphodel 
Asphodeline luteus. 3 ft. June and July. A good 
perennial, with grassy foliage and strong flower 
spikes, bearing fragrant yellow flowers. Excellent 
for cutting. 20 cts. each, $1.50 for 10. 
Hardy Asters • Michaelmas 
Daisies 
In this class are some of the most showy as well as 
really beautiful and interesting flowering plants in 
cultivation. All arc quite hardy, graceful in habit, 
and bear such profusion of flowers that they are in- 
valuable in the garden, especially as they blossom 
when the scarcity of hardy flowers is most marked. 
Aster alpinus. 9 in. May to July. Bright purple. 
15 cts. each, $1.20 for 10. 
A. amellus Bessarabicus. 2 ft. August. Rich pur- 
plish blue flowers with orange center; one of the 
finest. 15 cts. each, $1.20 for 10. 
A. Chapmanni. 4 to 5 ft. September. Numerous 
heads of small flowers of a light clear blue. 15 cts. 
each, $1.20 for 10, $10 per too. 
A. ericoides. 3 ft. White, with yellow center; 
flowers in October; small, but very elegant. 15 cts. 
each, $1.20 for 10, $10 per 100. 
A. grandiflorus. A splendid form of the popular 
late-blooming Asters, and the finest of all of them. 
The flowers, about 2 inches across, are of a beautiful 
violet-blue, most effective in autumn, when such 
flowers are scarce. It is one of the latest to flower. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 for 10. 
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