Burbank’s Charming is a glorious Aster 
Outstanding New Hardy 
Asters 
Aurora. Large, semi-double flowers of a 
beautiful clear shell-pink with yellow 
centers. Charming feathery foliage of a 
bushy habit. 1 ft. Sept. 
Blue Bouquet. Large, clear violet-blue 
flowers with yellow eyes. Very charming. 
1^2 ft. Oct. 
Burbank’s Charming. Entirely distinct 
from any other Aster in habit of growth 
and foliage. Plants grow 5 feet high and 
are completely covered with masses of 
feathery sprays of a delicate rosy white 
color. Oct., Nov. 
Charles Wilson. A bright red Aster which 
is getting many laudatory comments from 
test plantings throughout the country. 
Grows 3 feet high and is very good. 
Dorothy Vokes. Very distinct bushy habit, 
covered with clear pink flowers. 15 in. 
Oct. 
Hybridus luteus. Masses of bright clear 
yellow, star-shaped flowers. A yellow 
border acquisition 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 
blooms 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 centers; buds bright 
red, giving us our first red fall¬ 
flowering Aster. Compact in habit 
and very free flowering. A real 
novelty which should be in every 
garden. 3 to 4 ft. Sept, to frost. 
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. 
All New Hardy Asters, 50c. each; 
doz. $5.00 
New Dwarf Border Asters 
Introductions of 1936 
The following is a selected list of new 
hybrids. AH are quite distinct and pretty. 
You will make no mistake in making a plant¬ 
ing of these this season. 
Constance. A really pure shell-pink—a 
delightful color. Very graceful habit. 
9 in. Oct. 
Diana. Large, delicate, soft pink, semi¬ 
double flowers with pretty feathery green 
foliage. 9 in. Sept. 
Hebe. A compact variety with small, deep 
pink flowers. An ideal rock-plant. 10 in. 
Sept. 
Lavanda. Lavender-blue flowers. Very free 
and early, commencing to bloom early in 
September. 6 in. 
Lilac-Time. Lovely soft lilac flowers. Very 
free and of bushy habit. 1 ft. Sept., Oct. 
Niobe. The best white variety. Dwarf, com¬ 
pact habit with pure white flowers. 6 in. 
Sept. 
Any of above New Dwarf Border Asters, 
50c. each; doz. $5.00 
Hardy Asters • Michaelmas Daisies 
See page 102 
Aster, Charles Wilson 
* Dwarf Border Asters 
We take pleasure in introducing a 
collection of dwarf Hybrid Asters 
which we feel will fill a long-felt want 
in providing a race of dwarf, com¬ 
pact, free-flowering plants, blooming 
when there is a scarcity of low- 
growing flowering plants. They rarely 
exceed 1 foot in height, and during 
the blooming period in September 
they are completely covered with 
blossoms for a considerable time. 
Exceptionally fine for edging or 
grouping in front of borders; also 
charming for the rock-garden. 
Countess of Dudley. Charming, 
clear pink flowers with yellow 
eyes. Bushy and free flowering. 
9 in. Late Sept. 
Lady Henry Maddocks. Clear, 
pale pink flowers. Very free 
blooming and of dwarf, compact 
growth. 1 ft. Sept. 
Marjorie. A charming plant of 
compact growth, bearing large, 
bright rose-pink flowers. 1 ft. 
Mid-Sept. 
Nancy. Dwarf, bushy grower and very free 
flowering, the plants being covered with 
pale flesh-pink flowers toward the end of 
September. 1 ft. 
Ronald. Forms a dwarf bush covered with 
flowers of a pleasing bright shade of lilac- 
pink, with rose-pink buds. Very showy. 
1 ft. Mid-Sept. 
Snowsprite (Snow Fairy). A very dwarf, 
early fall-flowering variety, forming com¬ 
pact clumps about 1 foot high. These are 
smothered with large, semi-double, white 
flowers. An excellent novelty which de¬ 
serves a place in every garden. Early 
Sept. 
Victor. The dwarfest. of all and very pretty. 
Flowers are of good size and of a beautiful 
clear, pale lavender-blue. A charming 
rock-plant. 1 ft. Early Sept. 
All Dwarf Border Asters, 35c. each; doz. $3.50 
Aster Frikarti, Wonder of Staefa 
A new, everblooming perennial. Flowers 
clear azure-blue, about 3 inches in diameter, 
on long stems. Blooms from June until frost. 
50c. each; doz. $5.00. 
Aster, Mt. Everest 
Dwarf Hybrid Border Asters 
* Dwarf Asters • 
Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or 
edge of hardy borders as they grow only 
6 to 10 inches high. Large, showy, bluish 
purple flowers in May and June. 
Alpinus albus. Pure white flowers. 
Mauve Cushion. An entirely distinct spe¬ 
cies. Forms a circular, cushion-like plant 
2 x /2 feet across, rarely exceeding 9 inches 
in height. Flowers delicate, soft mauve, 
with silvery white reflection, and over 1% 
inches in diameter, completely cover the 
plant. Blooms begin to expand early in 
October, but are not at their best until 
November. 
Subcoeruleus. Forms a dense tuft of leaves 
from which spring many leafless stems 
1 foot high, bearing, in June and July, 
large, bluish violet flowers. 
Aster Subcoeruleus, Star of Wartburg 
A giant form with large individual flowers 
on strong, erect stems 12 inches high. Blooms 
very early and makes a fine display with its 
dark lilac-blue flowers with orange center. 
The plants we offer are grown from divisions 
of the original stock. 50c. each; doz. $5.00. 
All Dwarf Asters, except where noted, 
30c. each; doz. $3.00 
VARIETIES MARKED ★ ARE SUITABLE FOR ROCK-GARDENS 
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