Aster Tatarica Novae- 
Angliae. New Eng- 
land Aster. Tall and 
profuselycovered with 
good-sized flowers of 
rich purple. This is 
one of the lirst plants 
to be used in the fall 
wild garden, and is 
valuable in any herba- 
ceous garden or 
shrubbery border. 
August to October. 
3 to 6 ft. 
BABY’S BREATH. 
See Gypsophila. 
BEARD TONGUE . 
See Pentstemon. 
BLANKET FLOWER. 
See Gaillardia. 
BAPTISIA australis. 
False Indigo. A 
handsome plant, with 
deep blue lupin-like 
flowers in long ra 
cemes. Easily culti- 
vated andadapted to 
any garden soil. 2 ft. 
July. 
BLEEDING HEART. See Ilicentra. 
BOCCONIA cordata. A perennial of noble, substantial appearance, 
suitable for the center of beds, rear of borders or any position requir- 
inga plant of bold outline. It attains 6 to 8 feet in height with flowers 
in terminal panicles, and it has interesting cordate leaves. 
BOLTONIA asteroides. False Chamomile. A strong-growing 
plant, 3 to 5 feet high, that is covered during the summer and early 
autumn with hundreds of small white flowers. The lloltonias are 
the most showy herbaceous plants that we have. 
B. latisquama. The flower is a very pale pink ; in other respects 
similar to the above. 
BIBLE LEAF PLANT. A favorite plant with our grandmothers, 
but almost lost to cultivation. Valuable for its delightful fragrance 
and because of its associations. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Hardy. We offer an assortment of hardy 
Pompon varieties. They flower profusely in October, and are not 
injured by frosts, and therefore gav and beautiful after everything 
else in the garden has been killed. They are excellent for cut-flowers 
and bouquets. Sure bloomers and satisfactory growers of 2 to 3 feet, 
that should be included in all orders for plants of perennial charac- 
3 Hardy Herbaceous Perennials 
Aquilegia (See page 2 ) 
