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WM. BORSCH & SON, Maplewood, Oregon 
ARMERIA — (Thrift) According to Standard¬ 
ized Plant Names this should be listed as 
Statice, but for convenience we will con¬ 
tinue to list as Armeria. 
*caespitosa — Diminutive tufts of dark 
green spiny leaves, studded with almost 
stemless heads of dark pink flowers. 
Very rare. 50c each. 
*caespitosa hybrids — -Hybrids of the pre¬ 
ceding, somewhat more robust and hav¬ 
ing larger flower heads on longer stems, 
color varying from deep pink to pure 
white. Mixture only. 25c each. 
*vulgaris — The best for all-around pur¬ 
poses, especially for edging and border 
work. Compact tufts with heads of bright 
pink flowers on 6 to 8 inch stems from 
June to August. 25c each. 
ARTEMISIA (Wormwood) lactiflora — Dark 
green foliage, resembling an Astilbe. 
Fragrant creamy-white flowers on 4 to 6 
foot stems from July to Sept. 25c each. 
*mutellina — A tiny silvery treasure of the 
high Alps. 50c each. 
Silver King — The opening leaf buds gleam 
like tiny beads, the entire color effect 
that of bright frosted silver. Sprays may 
be cut for winter bouquets. 3 ft. 25c each. 
ASARUM — (Wild Ginger) A native ground 
cover for shady places. 
*caudatum — Dark, evergreen leaves on 
branches that root as they creep and 
makes excellent ground cover for moist 
places in shade. 25c each. 
*hartwegi — Makes a dense clump with 
heart-shaped leaves mottled pale yellow 
or white. Nice for a shaded pocket in 
alpine garden, as they can do with less 
moisture than preceding. 25c each. 
'demmoni — Somewhat more spreading than 
preceding, but otherwise much the same 
in both color of foliage and cultural re¬ 
quirements. 25c each. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa — (Butterfly Silkweed) 
Large heads of brilliant orange flowers 
on 18 to 24 inch stems, from July to Sept. 
For hot, dry places. 25c each. 
ASPERULA cynanchica — A trailing plant 
with very fine foliage, making mats 12 
to 18 inches across, covered from June 
to Sept., with masses of small pinkish 
flowers. 25c each. 
ASTERS — Various species and hybrids. 
*acris nanus —Makes neat compact bushes, 
10 to 12 inches high, smothered with lav¬ 
ender blue flowers during Aug. and Sept. 
25c each. 
*alpinus superbus— Large purplish flowers 
with golden centers, on 10 inch stems, 
May and June. 25c each. 
*amellus Friquet — One of the newer intro¬ 
ductions with large pale pink flowers. 
35c each. 
*amellus Ideal —Another new hybrid, with 
large rose pink flowers. 50c each. 
*amellus King George — Rarely more than 
2 ft. in height, they form wide bushes 
smothered with large blue flowers from 
July to Sept. 35c each. 
*amellus Rudolph Goethe — Large lavender 
blue flowers on 18 inch stems from Aug. 
to Oct. 25c each. 
*amellus Sonia — An English introduction 
with flowers of pretty shade of pink. 50c 
each. 
*canbyi — Native of the Rockies, with 
showy flowers of rose pink to rose lilac, 
on 10 inch stems, from May to July. Rare 
and choice. 50c each. 
*farreri — “Big Bear”. Large flowers of the 
richest violet, with many narrow petals 
and orange centers, in early spring. 18 
inches. 50c each. 
*foliaceus — Large lavender flowers on 12 
inch stems. Thrives anywhere, but best 
in a rich, moist soil. June to Sept. 35c 
each. 
*forresti — Large purplish-violet flowers, 
with orange yellow disc, on 4 to 6 inch 
stems. Very dwarf and compact in 
growth, and the flowers very large for 
the size and height of the plant. 50c each. 
frikarti— “Wonder of Stafa”. In our opin¬ 
ion the best of the tall growing Asters 
introduced to date. Of branching habit, 
it produces large lavender blue flowers 
on 12 to 18 inch stems, making wonder¬ 
ful cut flowers. 30 inches. July to Nov. 
50c each. 
*frondeus — Another native of the Rockies 
with large bluish-lavender flowers on 12 
inch stems, from May to July. 50c each. 
*Gold Flake — Pretty deep golden yellow 
flowers on 12 to 18 inch stems from Aug. 
to Oct. 25c each. 
Hybrids —New dwarf hybrids originated in 
England by one of the garden superin¬ 
tendents for the British War Graves 
Commission in France, the commission 
looking after something like 750,000 
graves of British dead in France. 
When looking for dwarf late-blooming 
subjects that would thrive without water 
and much attention, they turned to dwarf 
perennial asters and from hosts of seed¬ 
lings (we believe they are dumosus par¬ 
entage) selected the types they wanted. 
They eventually attracted so much at¬ 
tention that stock was placed in the 
hands of the trade for distribution. 
They are similar in habit to that of 
aster novi-belgi except for their height. 
