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WAYSIDE GARDENS mentor , Ohio 
Some Friendly Suggestions 
To Help You in Making Selections 
Isn't it so, that when you mull over a catalog 
filled with so many splendid new things, and the 
finest of the old ones, as this one is, you are 
often at a loss as to what to select? 
With that in mind, we thought you might 
welcome some comments and suggestions from 
our grower in charge of the nursery, the man 
who is constantly in touch with all the new 
plants and knows their real worth. 
So on the first few pages that follow he talks 
with you about the things he feels particularly 
deserve a place in your garden and grounds. 
All of them are further described and illustrated 
—some in color—throughout the catalog. 
All the plants he mentions are the newer and 
better ones. If you asked us to make a garden, 
we would use each and every one of the varie¬ 
ties described. 
We cannot refrain right here from telling 
you that a very fine collection of herbs is offered 
on Page 30 of our seed catalog which was 
mailed to you a few days ago. The tremendous 
interest in herbs has prompted us to grow and 
offer the better and more useful varieties. So 
many herb gardens are being planted that it 
promises fair America will have as many fine 
cooks as now are found in France. Thank 
Heaven no longer shall we be known as a "one 
sauce nation". 
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ROOT STRENGTH 
Aquilegia, Crimson Star 
Aquilegia, Crimson Star 
From England came three years ago a re¬ 
markable Columbine. The flowers are of im¬ 
mense size and of a most attractive dull crim¬ 
son-red, having a white corolla. The sharp 
contrast between the two shades is very strik¬ 
ing and regardless of the fact that you may 
not like red, you will greatly admire and enjoy 
owning the Aquilegia Crimson Star. Next year 
we hope to illustrate this in color, but have 
only a limited number of plants to offer for 
this year. A black and white illustration above 
will give you a fair idea of what it looks like. 
Agapanthus 
Blue Nile Lily 
Agapanthus Mooreanus. Here we have a 
small form of the Blue Lily of the Nile. The 
large form, Agapanthus Umbellatus, as you 
know is used extensively as a summer decora¬ 
tion on porches and near pools. It is put in 
tubs and makes a splendid plant that can 
stand great heat and blazing sun. Mooreanus 
is too small for tub work, but is a lovely sub¬ 
ject planted right in the garden next to the 
pool in the rock garden. The blue flowers look 
cool, and blend well with the water scenery. 
The foliage is highly ornamental. Mooreanus 
is hardy with reasonable protection. Common 
Umbellatus not. Illustrated on page 5- 
Anemone, September Charm 
Many people who live in those sections of 
the country where Japanese Anemones do not 
bloom to perfection, should try September 
Charm, which is an improved form of Hupe- 
hensis. Blooms early, very free, shows signs of 
being a little hardier than the average Jap¬ 
anese Anemone and it is a grand thing for 
display in autumn in the small garden. In color 
on page G. 
Asters, Amethyst and Dazzler 
Two beautiful, tall fall Asters were imported 
from England in 1934. At that time we paid 
$5.00 per plant, but have propagated them so 
that we are now able to offer them here at a 
most reasonable price. This, as you no doubt 
know, is a practice with us. 
Ernest Ballard, the originator of these two 
varieties decsribes Amethyst as the nearest 
double, purple-blue Aster in existence and 
claims there is nothing like it. In comparing 
this variety with others, Amethyst is unques¬ 
tionably the best one in our collection. If you 
have a fairly large garden and like the fall¬ 
flowering plants, by all means dig up some of 
the older things and plant Amethyst and Daz¬ 
zler in their place. 
Of Dazzler, Mr. Ballard says that the flowers 
are semi-double and the color is a brilliant 
rosy red. It is an entirely new shade in Asters. 
The plant is open and rigid and freely branch¬ 
ing. A great advance over any other varieties 
of this same shade. 
While speaking of Dazzler and Amethyst, 
we must not forget the varieties Sunset and 
Alderman Volkes which made a remarkable 
showing this fall. 
New Dwarf Hybrid Border Asters 
New Dwarf Hybrid Border Asters or Aster 
Dumosus Hybrids are a wonderful acquisition 
because they provide an abundance of color in 
the rock garden late in the summer, and as 
edging plants to flower beds or borders they 
are indispensable. Anyone planning a garden 
which must be at its best in late summer or 
fall cannot do without the New Dwarf Asters. 
There are several varieties of it available. 
Some are illustrated in color on page E. 
Korean Chrysanthemums 
The Korean Chrysanthemums are in a class 
by themselves. They are now available in a 
number of varieties, and are unquestionably 
one of the finest early fall-flowering plants of 
recent years. Excellent for cutting and mar¬ 
velous for garden display and last but not 
least, hardy! 
Aster Frikarti, Wonder of Staffa 
Aster Frikarti, Wonder of Staffa 
Aster Frikarti, Wonder of Staffa, lavender- 
blue flowers from 2 to 2Yz inches across, on 
stems about 20 to 24 inches tall, produced 
from June 1st until the middle of November. 
The plant does exceedingly well in light shade 
and comes to perfection in full sun. There 
never is a day when the stems are not loaded 
with flowers, buds appearing in each leaf joint. 
We consider it the finest garden plant in that 
color introduced during the last twenty years. 
Illustrated above. 
Garden Chrysanthemums 
Six Favorites 
Garden Chrysanthemums are the backbone 
of the garden, and through the untiring efforts 
by a number of growers as well as ourselves, 
we have been able to advance the flowering 
time of this most useful plant by at least four 
weeks. All varieties which are now offered, 
bloom during September and October, before 
the arrival of frost. Practically the entire list 
of varieties offered are new kinds, but we can 
not refrain from mentioning six of our favor¬ 
ites which are as follows, illustrated in color on 
page I. 
Louisa Schling Granny Scoville 
Marian Hatton Provence 
Moonlight Early Bronxe 
