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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
HARDY PERENNIALS AND ALPINE PLANTS—continued 
ARABIS, Rock Cress 
Alpina. Pure White. 
6". 
*ARMERIA 
’“Laucheana, bright rosy red. Very free flowering. May- 
June, 5" . 
ARTEMISIA, Wormwood 
Lactiflora, (White Mugwort) white flowers with finely cut 
foliage. August and September, 4'. 
*Pontica, very valuable for its silvery-gray foliage. Can be 
trimmed and used for perennial edging. One of the best of 
our perennials. 12" . 
Silver King, a silver foliage plant obtaining the height of 3'. 
Very good for winter bouquets. 
*ASCLEPIAS, Butterfly Weed 
Tuberosa, bright orange flowers, seed pods very decorative, 
July and August, 18". 
ASTER 
Per 10 
$ .90 
1.20 
Per 100 
$8.00 
10.00 
1.20 
10.00 
.80 
7.00 
.70 
6.00 
.90 
8.00 
.90 
8.00 
ASTERS, DUMOSUS HYBRIDS; DWARF ASTERS. 
They rarely exceed one foot in height and during the blooming period in 
September the plants are completely covered with blossoms. They are excep¬ 
tionally valuable for edging or for grouping in the front of borders and are 
also charming for the rock garden, coming at a time when the rock garden is 
void of flowers. 
Countess of Dudley. Charming clear pink flowers with yel¬ 
low eye, of bushy habit and free flowering. Late Septem¬ 
ber. 9". $1.40 
Daphne. Dwarf Pink. Bushy habit. 1.40 
Lady Henry Maddocks. Clear pale pink flowers, very free 
flowering and of dwarf compact habit. September. 1'. . 
Marjorie. A charming plant of compact habit, bearing 
large flowers of a bright rose-pink. Mid-September. 1'. . 
Nancy. Of dwarf bushy habit and very free flowering, the 
plants being covered with pale flesh-pink flowers toward 
the end of September. 1'. 
Ronald. Forming a dwarf bush covered with flowers of a 
pleasing bright shade of lilac-pink with rose-pink buds; 
very showy. Mid-September. 1' . 
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, flowering early. September. 
8 " . 
Per 10 
$1.40 
1.40 
Per 100 
$12.00 
12.00 
1.40 
12.00 
1.40 
12.00 
1.40 
12.00 
1.40 
12.00 
1.40 
12.00 
ASTERS, Starwort of Michaelmas Daisy. Per 10 Per 100 
Blue Gem. A profuse bloomer in September and October, 
with large, double flowers of rich true blue. Height, 3 to 
4 feet . $1.40 $12.00 
Hyhridus Luteus. This Aster resembles a glorified goldenrod 
in its flowering habit. During late August and early Septem¬ 
ber it is a gorgeous mass of small golden yellow flowers, 
produced in long, densely covered sprays of exceptional 
value for cutting. Height, 2^ feet. 1.20 10.00 
Novae Angliae Rosea. Deep reddish violet. Height 4'.90 8.00 
Queen Elizabeth. An improved white variety. From early 
September on the plant is a mass of glistening, snow-white, 
semi-double flowers from top to bottom. Individual flowers 
are large, of excellent substance, and nicely placed on 
branching sprays. Height, 3'. 1.40 12.00 
