ARABIS - White Rock-Cress 
*Alpino Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Pure white flowers produced in dense masses, splendid for border and 
rockery work, and last quite some time when cut. 
*Alpina flore pleno Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Same as above but with double white flowers; very fine rock plant and 
fine for cutting. Really a lovely thing when combined with other small 
flowers. 
*Alpina rosea Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Similar in habit to the above. The flowers are a delicate pale pink. 
**Procurens Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A prostrate, creeping plant with glossy evergreen leaves which form a 
dense carpet on the ground. The flowers are white on upright, slender 
stems in April and May. Best grown in rock garden or rock wail. Does 
well in shade. 
AREN ARIA — Sandwort 
-Grandiflora Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
From the Pyrenees Mountains. Covers itself with pure, snow-white, star- 
like flowers. One of the best of all rock plants. May flowering. 
^Montana Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Close tufts, profusely covered with small, silvery white flowers quite 
early in the season. Excellent as an edging plant in formal gardens and 
for rockeries in sunny places. The flowers in May resemble small, white, 
upturned morning glories. 
®' ! Verna caespitosa Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A prostrate growing plant creeping low over the ground and between 
cracks in stones. Excellent for planting between flagstones, on terraces 
or walks. 
ARMERIA - Thrift or Sea-Pink 
*Cephalotes rubra Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
8 to 10 inches; deep pink flowers freely produced from a neat cushion¬ 
like plant. 
*Laucheana Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Bright rosy red, 3 to 6 inches. May-June. Very free flowering. Evergreen 
foliage. 
*Maritima Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
3 to 6 inches. May and June. Valuable for edging; flowers pale pink; 
foliage grass-like, evergreen. 
*Maritima alba Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
3 to 6 inches. May and June. Tufts of deep green foliage; white flowers; 
evergreen foliage. 
*Wayside Gardens Tall Hybrids Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
1 8 to 24 inches. June to October. Large flowers of delightful white, rose 
and pink shades. Very useful for edging and cutting. 
ARTEMISIA - Southernwood; Sage Brush 
*Abrotanum Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf plant with silvery gray, highly aromatic foliage; yellow flowers 
in July; good for margins of the border or bold groups in the rockery. 
Lactiflora Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A tall-growing plant of fine foliage and heads of small, white flowers 
in August and September, which fill the garden with fragrance. 
Silver King Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A striking white-leaved contrast plant. A beautiful "mist" for setting 
off bouquets and floral combinations. The entire color effect bright 
frosted silver. Three feet high. Sprays may be cut to mix with winter 
bouquets. 
ASCLEPIAS-Butterfly Weed 
Tuberoso Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Attractive plants, flowering during July and August and growing about 
1 1/2 feet high. Produces umbels of varying orange colored flowers which 
are lovely to cut and last a long time. 
ASPERULA - Woodruff. (See spring catalog). 
ASPHODELUS - Asphodel. (See spring catalog). 
NEW DWARF ASTERS 
Constance Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A really pure shell-pink, a delightful color, of very graceful habit. 
October. 9 inches. 
Countess of Dudley Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Charming clear pink flowers with yellow eye, of bushy habit and free- 
flowering. Late September. 9 inches. 
Lavanda Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Lavender-blue flowers, very free-flowering, commencing to bloom early. 
September. 6 inches. 
Lilac Time Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Lovely soft lilac flowers, free-flowering, of bushy habit. September- 
October. 12 inches. 
Niobe Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
The only white variety, of dwarf compact habit with pure white flowers. 
September. 6 inches. 
Ronald Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Forming a dwarf bush covered with flowers of a pleasing bright shade 
of lilac-pink with rose-pink buds, very showy. Mid-September. 1 foot. 
ASTER - Starwort or Michaelmas Daisy 
Alderman Volkes Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A lovely novelty, brilliant rosy red blooms, clusters of good size. Very 
free flowering and very brilliant. About 24 inches tall. One of the best 
new Asters. 
Amethyst Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
It is the nearest double, purple-blue Aster in existence. There is nothing 
like it. Flowers are produced by the hundred on fine upright stems about 
three feet hiqh. In comparing this variety with others, Amethyst is 
unquestionably the best one in our collection of this shade. 
Barr's Pink Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A strong, vigorous grower forming shapely plants from 4 to 5 feet 
high; the finest bright pink. 
Blue Gem Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Double flowers of rich blue; the best blue in cultivation. 
Climax Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
One of the best and showiest, with large, pyramidal spikes of large, 
light lavender-blue flowers; very free. 5 feet. Excellent as a cut flower. 
Dazzler Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Open, rigid, freely branched growth. The flowers are semi-double, of 
brilliant rose-red. It is a new shade of color in hardy Asters—a great 
advancement and an outstanding plant. Grows 4 feet high. 
Mammoth Three $1.50, Doz. $4^50, 100 $30.00 
Vigorous upright growth with long side sprays, ideal for cutting. The 
flowers are THE LARGEST OF ANY ASTER, semi-double with many long, 
broad rays of a most lovely warm lavender shade. The many flowers 
cover the plant in a mass. Quite the finest Aster ever raised. Height 
five to six feet. 
Mrs. Raynor Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
The nearest red of all Asters; good form. 
Mt. Everest Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A wonderful white Aster, and by far the finest and best white. It 
forms very tall, well shaped, pointed pyramids with an abundance of 
lateral growths, which flower right down to the ground. The flowers are 
large and dead white with a very small eye. Healthy foliage. 3-4 ft. 
Queen Mary Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
With graceful flowers 2'/2 inches in diameter arranged loosely in branch¬ 
ing panicles of a particularly pleasing blue tinted lavender; 3 Vi feet 
high. 
Red Rover Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Deep rosy-red flowers with golden center; buds bright red, giving up 
first red fall Aster. Compact habit, very free blooming. Should be in 
every border. A real novelty for the fall garden. 3-4 ft. September to 
frost. 
Royal Blue Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Rich deep blue. Good strong grower. Quite early. 3 feet. 
Sam Benham Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Fine semi-double white. Excellent for cutting. 4 feet. 
Sunset Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A glorious sunset-pink. Good habit and extremely free flowering. One of 
the best new pink sorts. Grows about 36 inches tall. 
ASTER SPECIES 
Alpinus albus Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Fine dwarf white Aster, bearing large, single white flowers on stems 
6 to 8 inches high. May and June. Excellent for rock gardens; plant 
in full sun, 6 to 8 inches apart 
Alpinus, Goliath Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy borders; 6 to 10 inches 
high, and bears large, showy, bluish purple flowers in May and June. 
Plant in full sun, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
Alpinus rubra Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Also good for the rock garden or as an edging plant, producing rose- 
purple flowers; 6 to 10 inches high. May and June. Plant in full sun, 
6 to 8 inches apart. 
Amellus elegans Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Long, graceful sprays of soft lavender. Good for the border; flowers in 
August. Plant in full sun, 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Diplostiphoides Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
(Dubia). A very fine dwarf Aster for the rock garden, producing early 
in the season, pale blue flowers, 2 to 3 inches across. Plant in full 
sun, 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Frikarti, Wonder of Staffa Each $0.65, Three, $1.95, Doz.$6.50 
Lavender-blue flowers from 2 to 2Vi inches across, produced from June 
1st until the middle of November. The plant does exceedingly well in 
light shade and comes to perfection in full sun. We consider it the finest 
garden plant introduced during the past twenty years. There are no other 
hardy plants which bloom so persistently over so long a period—not just 
a bloom or two but a constant rich display of flowers is kept up the 
entire summer. Flowers are excellent for cutting. Aster Frikarti may 
also be grown in pots and forced into bloom during the winter. 
Mauve Cushion Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Distinct species. It forms a circular cushion-like plant 1 Vi feet across, 
rarely exceeding 9 inches in height, the flowers of delicate, soft mauve, 
with silvery white reflections, measure over 1 '/i inches in diameter, and 
are produced in such lavish profusion as to completely cover the plant; 
the blooms begin to expand early in October, but are not at their best 
until November. Plant in full sun, 1 foot apart. 
Star of Wartburg Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00, 100 $35.00 
A beautiful spring-flowering Aster. Dark lilac-blue flowers with orange 
centers rise on one-foot stems in great numbers. The flowers are usually 
2'/ 2 to 3 inches in diameter, making a fine display in the border. This 
is one of the good new Asters of recent introduction. 
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