MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
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ARMERIA (Sea Pink or Thrift) 
Attractive dwarf plants succeeding in any soil; evergreen 
tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers 
appear in dense heads, on stiff, wiry stems, from 9 to 12 inches 
high. They flower more or less continuously from early Spring 
until late in the Fall. Very useful in the rockery. 
Laucheana Rosea. Bright rose. Maritima. Pale pink. 
30c. each; doz., $2.75; $18.00 per 100. 
ARTEMISIA 
Abrotanum (Old Man, or Southern-wood). Dark green, finely 
cut foliage with pleasant aromatic odor; 2 feet. 
Silver King. A new variety with beautiful, bright silvery foliage, 
which can be cut and dried and which will retain its silver color 
all Winter. 
Stelleriana (Old Woman). Deeply-cut silvery foliage; much used 
in carpet bedding; 18 inches. 
Lactiflora. A variety of great merit; flowers white, in much 
branched panicles, very fragrant; 4 feet; August, September. 
Pedemontana. A handsome variety with finely cut silvery 
foliage. 
30c. each; doz., $2.75; $18.00 per 100. 
ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed) 
Tuberosa. Showy native plants, about 2 feet high, producing 
brilliant orange-scarlet flowers during July and August. 25c. 
each; doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
HARDY ASTERS 
FALL FLOWERING VARIETIES 
Anita Ballard. Light Lobelia blue, shading to lighter center. 
Early and free; 3 feet. 
Autumn Beauty. An exquisite shade of light blue; very large 
flowers, commencing to bloom in the late Summer and con¬ 
tinuing almost up to frost time; height, about 4 feet. 
Barrs Pink. A strong, vigorous grower, forming shapely plants 
from four to five feet high with beautiful pink flowers. 
B1 ue Gem. Large, rich violet-blue; 3 feet. 
Glory of Col wall. A splendid improvement on the variety 
Beauty of Colwall; good sized, nearly double ageratum blue 
flowers; free flowering; M /2 feet; September and October. 
M iss Eisele. Very large flowers of a beautiful lavender blue; 
one of the best; 3 feet. 
Novae Angliae. Bright violet purple; 4 feet. 
Novi Belgii Climax. Of strong, vigorous habit, 5 feet high; 
branched pyramidical-shaped flower stems; lavender-blue 
flowers. August-October. 
Perry’s White. A strong grower whose branches in the early 
Autumn are literally covered with large white flowers with a 
golden center; 4 feet. 
Queen Mary. The best of the Novi Belgii type; graceful flowers, 
2J^ inches in diameter, arranged loosely in branching panicles 
of a particularly pleasing blue, tinted lavender; 3)4 feet. 
Roseum Superbum. This is one of the best hardy Asters we 
have ever seen. The color is almost red; profuse bloomer. 
Sam Banham. Very large and graceful pure white flowers. 
One of the earliest to bloom; 3 feet. 
St. Egwin. Densely branched, producing beautiful pink flowers; 
3 feet; September. 
25c. each; doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
DWARF ALPINE ASTERS 
Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy borders; 
grows 6 to 10 inches high and bears large, showy bluish-purple 
flowers in May and June. 
Alpinus Albus. Pure white flowers. 
Sub-coeruleus. Forms a dense tuft of leaves from which spring 
many leafless stems 12 inches high, bearing in June and July 
large bluish-violet flowers. 
Price of Alpine Asters, 30c. each; doz., $3.00; $20.00 per 100. 
JAPANESE HARDY ASTER 
Mauve Cushion. A distinct species. Forms a circular cushion¬ 
like plant, rarely exceeding 9 inches in height. Flowers of 
delicate, soft mauve and produced in such lavish profusion as to 
completely cover the plant; November. 30c. each; doz., $3.00; 
$20.00 per 100. 
ASTER FRIKARTI (Wonder of Stafa) 
A new ever-blooming perennial, blooms from June until frost. 
Flowers of a clear azure-blue about 3 inches in diameter on long 
stems. 50c. each; doz., $5.00. 
New Dwarf Border Aster 
NEW DWARF BORDER ASTERS 
We take pleasure in introducing a collection of new dwarf Hy¬ 
brid Asters which we feel will fill a long felt want in providing a 
race of dwarf, _ compact, free flowering plants, blooming when 
there is a scarcity of low growing flowering plants. They rarely 
exceed one foot in height and during the blooming period in 
September they are completely covered with blossoms for a con¬ 
siderable time. They are exceptionally fine for edging or grouping 
in front of borders, they are also charming for the rock garden. 
Countess of Dudley. Charming clear pink flowers with yellow 
eye; bushy and free flowering. Late September. 9 inches. 
Lady Henry Maddocks. Clear pale pink flowers; free flowering; 
dwarf compact growth. September. 12 inches. 
Marjorie. A charming plant of compact growth; large flowers of a 
bright rose-pink. Mid-September. 12 inches. 
Nancy. Of dwarf bushy habit and very free flowering, the plants 
being covered with pale flesh-pink flowers towards the end of 
September. 12 inches. 
Ronald. Forms a dwarf bush, covered with flowers of a pleasing 
bright shade of lilac-pink with rose-pink buds, very showy. 
Mid-September. 12 inches. 
Snowsprite ( Snow Fairy). A very dwarf, early Fall-flowering 
variety, forming compact clumps about one foot high; large, 
semi-double white flowers. A splendid novelty which deserves a 
place in every garden. Early September. 
Victor. The dwarfest of all and very pretty. The flowers are of 
good size and of a beautiful clear, pale lavender-blue; a charming 
rock plant. Early September. 12 inches. 
35c. each; doz., $3.50; $25.00 per 100. 
4 OUTSTANDING NEW HARDY ASTERS 
Hybridus Luteus. Masses of bright clear yellow, star shaped 
flowers. A border acquisition of yellow from July until frost. 
Grows compact and bushy, 2 feet high. Free flowering and 
keeps well when cut. 
Mt. Everest. A wonderful white Aster, by far the finest and 
best white ever introduced. Very tall, well shaped pyramids 
of flowers right down to the ground. The flowers are large, 
pure white with a very small yellow eye and unlike other 
white Asters the old flowers do not discolor the mass. 
Red Rover. Deep rosy-red flowers with golden center, buds 
bright red giving us our first red Fall flowering Aster. Compact 
habit and very free flowering. 3 to 4 feet, September to frost. 
A real novelty. 
Skylands Queen. Large light blue flowers produced abundantly 
on 4 foot plants in late August and early September. Dark 
green, disease resistant foliage. The best Fall Aster and a 
happy grower. 
50c. each; $5.00 per dozen. 
Plant a few Iris for genuine garden pleasure. See pages 40 and 41 
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