PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 
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ASPARAGUS (Asparagrus fern) 
All three of the following varieties make excellent pot 
plants for shaded locations. The drooping habit of 
their finely cut foliage makes them desirable, too, for 
hanging pots and baskets. 
Deflexus. Gal. containers, 35c. 
Plumosus. Gal. containers, 35c. 4 inch pots. 
Sprengeri. Gal. containers, 35c. 4 inch pots. 
ASTER 
^Alpinus. A dwarf variety growing from six to ten 
inches in height. Handsome purplish-blue flowers and 
compact, dark green foliage. Blooms in spring and 
early summer. 2hi inch pots. Gal. containers. 
Frikarti (Wonder of Stafa). The finest of all hardy 
asters for late summer and fall bloom. The large, 
lavender-blue blooms are produced in great profusion 
from August until winter on an attractive free- 
branching plant. Grows to thirty inches. Plant in 
sun. Gal. containers, 50c. 
Fruticosus. A colorful plant growing to about two 
feet that through May, June and July is almost hid¬ 
den by masses of deep lavender asters. A most val¬ 
uable plant for dry, well-drained locations. Gal. con¬ 
tainers, 35c. 
Hybridus luteus. Bears quantities of bright yellow 
asters from July to September. Eixtremely hardy and 
strong growing. Grows to two feet. Gal. containers. 
*L4ttle Boy Blue (Novi-Belgii). The best dwarf aster 
of our acquaintance. Grows only to a height of twelve 
to fifteen inches in a compact, dark green ball. From 
August until October it is smothered with bright, 
double blue flowers. 2% inch pots. Gal. containers. 
*Mauve Cushion. One of the most interesting peren¬ 
nial asters we have seen in many a day. Forms a 
compact mass of glossy, green foliage to three or four 
inches in height and to two feet in width. In late 
summer and fall it is entirely covered with delicate 
mauve flowers that are an inch to one and one-quarter 
inches across. Sun or part shade. Gal. containers. 
2^ inch pots. 
Novae-Angliae (New England Aster). Attractive dark 
green foliage, lavender and purple flowers in late sum¬ 
mer and fall. Blooms heavily. Grows to two feet. 
Plant in sun or part shade. 2hi inch pots. Gal. con¬ 
tainers. 
Porterii. A much-branched, hardy aster growing to 
three feet, that through late summer and fall is pro¬ 
fuse with small, glistening white flowers. This variety, 
little planted as yet, is becoming better known and 
• more widely used each season. Plant in sun. Gal. 
containers. 
Subcaeruleus. A valuable spring flowering aster which 
forms dense tufts of leaves from which rise stems 
bearing bluish-violet flowers that sometimes attain a 
diameter of two inches. Blooms during April, May 
and June. Plant in sun. 2 V 2 inch pots. Gal. containers. 
* Particularly useful in rock gardens. 
