Barnes Bros. Nursery Co. 
Yalesville, Conn. 
SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS —Continued 
HARDY FALL ASTERS—Continued. 
A. NOVI-BELGI, Amethyst. 3*4 ft. A nearly double Aster of a 
deep purple-blue color. The flowers are large and attractive. Mr. 
Ballard rates Amethyst as one of the best of his introductions. 
Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Beechwood Challenger. 3 ft. This is the closest approach to a 
red of any Aster we have been privileged to see. The flower 
color is exceedingly brilliant and well set off by the dark green 
foliage. Charles Wilson and Red Rover, the former leaders in 
this color class, appear washed out and faded by direct com¬ 
parison with this variety. Will do well in practically any sunny 
location. Each, 50c; 3 for #1.35. 
Blue Eyes. Large, single, clear blue. A very popular and fine 
Aster. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Blue Plume. 3 ft. Deepest and truest blue. New and definitely 
superior. Semi-double. Each, 50c; 3 for #1.35. 
Charles Wilson. 3 ft. We find this a very good deep pink. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Col. F. R. Durham. 3 Vi ft. This variety is characterized by 
very dark green, feathery foliage, which in the fall is almost 
hidden by masses of rich, clear mauve, double Asters of medium 
size. The finest variety we have yet grown in this truly autumn 
color. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Dick Ballard. Soft rose-lilac and the nearest approach to a true 
double of any hardy Aster. A fine fall color. Each, 25c; 
3 for 60c. 
Little Boy Blue. 18-24 in. The most free flowering of any Aster. 
A medium height variety and the first to bloom, making a two- 
foot mound of bright blue. Each 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Little Pink Lady. 18-24 in. A companion to Little Boy Blue. 
The same semi-dwarf type of growth, but pink in color. 
Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Mammoth. 4-5 ft. Mr. Ballard rates this as the largest flowered 
Aster he has ever introduced. The huge flowers are of a pure 
pearl-grey. When newly opened the inner petals curl over the 
center, giving the flower a very double appearance. An out¬ 
standing Aster of a most unusual color. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Mt. Everest. 4-5 ft. The finest white hardy Aster. Forms glis¬ 
tening pyramids of pure white large double Asters with a very 
small golden eye. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Mulberry. A rich warm mulberry. This shade is a new and 
welcome addition to the color range of the hardy Asters. The 
flowers are large and semi,double. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Petunia. A new and, we believe, the best really purple Aster. 
The very large double flowers open a rich shade of royal purple, 
well displayed against a background of deep green foliage. 
Each, 50c; 3 for #1.35. 
Radiance. 3 ft. A large semi-double deep pink Aster with a 
bright golden center. Each, 50c; 3 for #1.35. 
Red Rover. 3-4 ft. Deep rosy red double flowers with golden 
centers. Small but produced in profusion. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Skylands Queen. A low, spreading plant with large, light blue, 
single flowers. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Strawberries and Cream. 3 ft. A fine new double Aster. Buds 
are white with a very bright pink tip, open to a pleasing shade 
of clear soft pink containing no trace of the magenta or lav¬ 
ender almost always found in the background of a pink aster 
bloom. This is a fine variety for cut flower arrangements. 
Each, 50c; 3 for #1.35. 
Astilbe 
ASTILBE, Deutchland. 2 to 3 feet. Tufts of fernlike leaves sur¬ 
mounted by large, dense trusses of tiny starlike flowers in June 
and July. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
A., Queen Alexandra. 2 to 3 feet. Similar to Deutchland, but with 
clear pink flowers. Fine for damp, partially shaded places. 
Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
AUBRIETTA eyri (Purple Rock Cress). 6 to 8 inches. Very large 
flowered, rich violet-purple. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
A., Hybrid Monarch Strain. 6 to 8 inches. Pink, red, lavender, 
urple and blue shades are found in this mixture of large flowered 
ybrid Aubrietias. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
BAPTISIA australis (False Indigo). 2 to 3 feet. Dark blue Lupine¬ 
like flowers and pealike foliage. Plant is bushy and needs about 
3 feet each way to develop. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Chrysanthemum Maximum 
CAMPANULA barbata. This wanderer from the Alps is one of 
the most attractive of the dwarf Bellflowers. During June and 
July its bearded silvery blue bells set on 9-inch stalks add a 
frosty beauty to the rock garden or border. It likes and needs a 
poor, gritty, well-drained soil. Do not plant it in heavy clay 
loam. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
C. carpatica, Blue Gem. 8 to 10 inches. The neat, compact tufts 
of its leaves are overhung with large blue bells from June to 
frost. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
C. carpatica, White Star. White-flowered companion to above. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
C. garganica. Purely a rock or wall garden gem. From its tiny 
tuft of glossy green foliage prostrate branches creep in all direc¬ 
tions, plentifully sprinkled in June with light blue starlike flow¬ 
ers, surprisingly large for the size of the plant. Plant these 
Campanulas in chinks in a wall and they will soon send a cascade 
of blue tumbling over the stones. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Astrid. The first hybrid of the extremely 
hardy species, C. arcticum, to be introduced. The single daisy- 
like flowers, rose-pink in color, are borne on branching stems. 
Terminal flowers are 3 inches or more in diameter. The light 
green foliage seems particularly resistant to insects and diseases, 
the plants on our nurseries showing no sign of the mildew which 
so generally attacked most Chrysanthemums during the past moist 
summer and fall. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM maximum, Esther Read. 2 feet. Esther 
Read is a Daisy—many will call it a Shasta Daisy—pure white 
in color and so double that it has no golden center at all, 
the whole flower head being taken up with petals laying, one 
neatly overlapping row after another, to the very center of 
the bloom. The plant is an exceedingly prolific bloomer, in 
fact it has a tendency to bloom itself to death if some of 
the Daisies are not picked to relieve the plant of the drain of 
energy used up in flowering. Esther Read will probably" 
be classed as the foremost white cut flower in the garden of to¬ 
morrow. 90c each. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM maximum. (See Shasta Daisy). 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Pink Cushion. 12 inches. Dwarf, with 
wholesale quantities of bright pink, double flowers from midsum¬ 
mer until hard freezes. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
C., King Cushion. 12 inches. Bronze-flowered companion to above. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
C., Queen Cushion. 12 inches. Pale pink member of this free- 
flowering group. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
CONVALLARIA majalis rosea. 10 inches. A rosy pink Lily-of- 
the-Valley. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
COREOPSIS auriculata nana. 3 inches. A grand little plant for 
edgings or the rock garden. Tufts of deep green leaves 2 inches 
high turn bronze in the fall. Deep golden-orange, four-petaled 
flowers one inch across are sprinkled among and above the leaves. 
Blooms from May through July and scatteringly into November. 
Very hardy. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
C. lanceolata, Double Gold. A fully double Coreopsis with large 
fluffy flowers of a rich golden yellow. The stems are long and 
ideal for cutting. Each, 25c; 3 for #1.35. 
C. rosea. 9 inches. Low growing plant with daisies of soft pink, 
a most unusual color for a Coreopsis, and attractive ferny foliage. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
CYNOGLOSSUM nervosum (Chinese Forget-me,not). 18 inches. 
This plant from the Orient is a decided improvement over An- 
chusa myosotidiflora which it greatly resembles. Its Forget-me- 
not-like flowers are deepest blue, each beautifully set off by a 
cluster of red stamens at the throat. Its broad clumps of dark 
green are sprinkled with bloom from May till August and offer 
fine material for edgings, the rock garden and the perennial bor¬ 
der. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
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