THE HARDY ASTERS 
The true lialrdy perennial Asters are valued in rock garden 
and border, and almost equally, for late summer and autumn 
cutting. 
ASTER ALPJNUS--erh(2)10. Big, well-held flowers, mostly 
in the blue and lavender range, with an occasional break 
into white or rose. Pkt. 15c. 
ASTER BESSARABICUS—erbh(3)25. Big flowers of richest 
violet. Splendid species. Pkt. ISc. 
ASTER BRACHYTRICHUS — rh(2)10. Enormous many 
rayed blossoms, golden centered, one flower to a stem. Low 
foliage mats. Altai Mountains. Pkt. 20c. # 
ASTER DWARF HYBRIDS—rh(2-4) 18. Saved from new 
named everblooming sorts in white, pink, rose and varied 
lavenders and purples. Pkt. 15c. # 
ASTER ERICOIDES—ecnbh(5)40. Heath or Frost Aster. 
Heather-leafed plants of an airy diffuseness, starred multi- 
tudinously with many rayed blossoms of a frosty whiteness. 
A pretty species, particularly in massed plantings. Pkt. 
10c; 1/16 oz. 25c. # 
ASTER FRIKARTI—crbh(3-4)26. Long-rayed lavender blos¬ 
soms of immense size, carried on bushy plants. Notwith¬ 
standing contrary statements, this Aster seeds freely. Of 
course, seedlings will not come altogether true, but there 
should be fine things among them. Pkt. 15c. # 
ASTER GRACILIS—urnh(2)10. Early species, each plant 
a lavender bouquet. Tuberous roots. Pkt. 15c. # 
ASTER HYBRIDUS CHARMING—cbh (6) 40. October ef¬ 
fect, clouds of rosy pink. Pkt. 15c. # 
ASTER HYBRIDUS LUTEUS—ecbh(3)36. The newly opened 
blossoms are pure yellow, this softening with time to palest 
■cream. The flowers are small and starry, carried in almost 
countless numbers. A particularly good thing. Pkt. 15c; 
J/16i oz. 60c. # 
ASTER MAUVE CUSHION—erdh(6)9. Rounded cushions 
of silvery rose bloom in latest autumn. Pkt. 15c. # 
ASTER NOVAE-ANGLIAE—ecnbh(5)50. New England As¬ 
ter. An old sod fence of the prairie, melted to a long, 
low grassy ridge that might in an older land mark an 
Offa’s Dyke or a Hadrian’s Wall; jewel-set with wild rose 
and higher eglantine escapes; in autumn submerged neath 
wave on wave of purple New England Asters. It marked 
the edge of a field near my boyhood home, a reminder alike 
of pioneer effort, and of the primitive loveliness that must 
have greeted those first comers to the unwounded prairie. On 
it, and about it, grew strange flowers. Anemone, Shooting 
Star, Buttercup, Painter’s Brush and Phlox that the hungry 
plow, greedy in our rich black soils, had elsewhere devoured. 
More than any of the others, I think, perhaps because of 
their late season, the harvest-sheafs of the “Blue Daisies’’ 
appealed to us,—and they still appeal. They are the wine- 
glowing rich culmination of the season. The seed we offer 
is a blend, about three parts from purple flowered plants 
to one from rose or pink. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 30c. # 
ASTER NOVI-BELGI—cnbh(4)40. Flowers with crowded 
rays of pure lavender. Profuse. Pkt. 10c. # 
ASTER PATENS—ernbh(3)20. Good species, blue to violet. 
Bushy, symmetrical. Pkt. 10c. # 
ASTER rORTERI—erh(4)15. An extraordinary profusion 
of pure white flowers, fading in rose suffusion, and carried 
in; spraying showers. Shows with particular grace in rock 
garden or wall planting. Pkt. 20c. 
ASTER PTARMICOIDES—ecrbdh(2)20. Large, fluffy, flat¬ 
tened clusters of showy white flowers. Pkt. 10c. # 
ASTER SPECTABILIS—ecrbdh(3)24. Showy Aster. Loveiy 
deep blue blossoms of largest size. Strikingly effective in 
mass plantings. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. # 
ASTER TATARICUS—ecbnh(6)50. Terminal heads of light 
blue. Very good. Latest of all. Pkt. 15c. # 
OFFER 28A8—One pkt. each of above for $2.00. 
ASTER HARDY BLEND—The above, and other excellent 
species, in. mixture. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. 
For descriptive listings of various unusual summer¬ 
flowering bulbs, see back of catalog. 
ASTILBE BLEND—cbh. Great panicles of soft fluffiness, 
in white, cream, delightful pink suffusions, rose and car¬ 
mine. Handsome herbaceous perennials of high merit, dec¬ 
orative in foliage, and with exquisitely fashioned feathery 
flower plumes. Pkt. 16c; 1/16 oa. 60c. # 
ASTRAGALUS ALOPECUROIDES—ebx(2)30. Foliage of 
soft green downiness, very like delicate fern fronds. From 
nests of this rise wool-silvered lush spikes, still carrying 
in long, alternate spacing, the dainty fern feathers. Where 
each frond joins the stem, there rises a four-inch cylinder 
of dense white fluff from which out-peer surprising pea- 
flowers of sunlight yellow. Pkt. 16c. # 
ASTRANTIA MAJOR—rbnmstx(2)20. Soft pink to deep 
rose florets in flattened clusters. Pkt. 15c. # 
*ATRIPLEX HORTENSIS ATROSANGUINEUS—«obx(9)50. 
For rich maroon foliage effects. Pkt. 5c. # 
ATROPA BELLADONNA —bh (3) 25. Chocolate flowers, 
purple berries. Drug plant primarily, but has some orna¬ 
mental value. Not difficult. Pkt. 15c. # 
AUBRIETIA PEERLESS HYBRIDS — erx(2)8. Splendid 
hardy plants for rock garden or front of border, easy to 
grow, and of unsurpassed brilliance of variable colorings. 
Vivid blendings of rose, lilac, purple and crimson in pro¬ 
fuse richness. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 60c. # 
AUDIBERTIA GRANDIFLORA—cbdfh(2)28. Hummingbird 
Flower. Showy clusters of bright crimson. Pkt. 20c. 
THE AZALEA 
Azaleas are not difficult to grow from seeds sown in early 
spring or late autumn providing one uses the care that any 
fine seed requires. Sow in sand, mixed with leaf mold or 
untreated peat. Transplant into soil that is a bit on the 
sour side. For other soil notes, see Rhododendron. 
AZALEA ARBORESCENS—qah(2). 15 ft. Fragrant white 
flowers, pink-tinged. Deciduous. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA ATLANTICA—qah(2). 6 ft. Flowers blush to 
rose. Spreads to form clumps. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA CALENDULACEA—qadh(2). 8 ft. Blossoms of 
golden orange to orange scarlet. Deciduous. Pkt. 16c. 
AZALEA CANADENSIS—qah(l)36. Rhodora. Pretty rose- 
purple flowers. Of ironclad hardiness. Pkt. 20c. # 
AZALEA INDICA HYBRID A—htaw(7). Large-flowered pot 
plant. Varied gorgeous hues. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA KAEMPFERI—qah(l). 3 ft. Torch Azalea. Flam¬ 
ing orange to scarlet. Partly deciduous. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA KURUME HYBRIDS—htaw(7). Floriferous pot 
plant. Almost infinite color variations. Tiny plants will 
bloom. Also hardy to Philadelphia. Pkt. 16c. 
AZALEA MOLLIS—qah(l). 6 ft. Golden Azalea. Soft 
yellow to richest orange. Deciduous. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA MUCRONULATA—qah(l). 6 ft. Rose blooms 
in April, scarlet leaves in fall. Half evergreen. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA NUDIFLORA—qah(2). 8 ft. Lovely blush to deep 
pink. Fragrant. Deciduous. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA OCCIDENTALIS—qah. 6 ft. The flowers are 
white, with blush pink tintings and with golden splash on 
upper lobe. Fragrant. Late spring. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA PROCUMBENS—qrstamh(3)6. Delightfully minute 
trailing evergreen, with dainty fragrant pink blossoms. Pkt. 
20c. 
AZALEA SCHLIPPENBACHI—qah(2). 15 ft. Bright pink. 
Perfumed. Fine autumn coloring. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA VASEYI—qah(l). 15 ft. Brightest rose. Very 
young plants will bloom. Deciduous. Pkt. 15c. 
AZALEA VISCOSA—qamh(2-3). 10 ft. Fragrant waxen 
trumpets, white with blush tinting. Blooms for months. 
Young plants, only a few inches high, will flower. Fragrant. 
Highly recommended. Deciduous. Pkt. 16c. 
OFFER 29A8—One pkt. each of above for $2.25. 
OFFER 30A8—Representative assortment of Azaleas, one 
pkt. each of Mollis, Kurume, Nudiflora, Schlippenbachi, and 
Viscosa, for 60c. 
AZALEA PEERLESS BLEND—A mixture of the above, 
and many others. Pkt. 15c; 1/6 oz. 76c. 
HORTICULTURAL BOOKS—Write for our special 
book catalog, sent gladly on request. It is worth 
having just for the descriptions and comments. 
BABIANA BLEND—*euthtk(w) (7)16. Easy, delightful bulb, 
quick from seed. Varied blue, mauve, purple, rose, yellow, 
cream, etc. Of easiest culture in pots, handled like Freesia. 
See illustration, page 12. Pkt. 20c. 
BACCHARIS HALMIFOLIA—eqh(6). 7 ft. Silver Tuft. 
Highly decorative in September and October, mantled then 
with waving tufts of silvery wool. An easy shrub. Pkt. 
10c; Ys oz. 25c. # 
BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA—rbdh(l-2)18. Many grac¬ 
ious sunflower-lets, cream to yellow, each on its own slender 
stem. Pkt. 16c. 
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