3 NEW HARDY ASTERS 
It’s really astonishing how modern propagation has 
improved the familiar Michaelmas Daisy that our 
grandmothers loved and nursed so tenderly. These 
lovely autumn-flowering perennials have truly become 
hardy, thriving in any soil and requiring a minimum of 
attention to produce brilliant blooms for border effects 
or for house cutting. Here are presented three new 
arrivals to make your garden gay next fall. 
BEECHWOOD CHALLENGER. (Illustrated right.) A new and 
finer red Aster, clearest in color, and with bright yellow center 
disc. Grows vigorously to about 4 ft. 50c. each, 3 for $1.25. 
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM. An outstanding novelty. Flow¬ 
ers first appear as deep pink, softening in tint as blossoms open. 
Height 4 ft. 50c. each, 3 for $1.25. 
Special Group Offer P-3 
$| .10 
One each of Beechwood Chal¬ 
lenger, Strawberries and Cream, 
and Mount Everest. 
3 of each $3.00 
THE NEW HARDY DWARF ASTERS 
These miniature varieties are dis¬ 
tinctly among the most desirable new¬ 
comers for any perennial garden. 
Rarely exceeding a foot in height, 
their neat and compact plants are 
almost hidden in autumn by a dense 
covering of small daisy-like blooms in 
delicate tints. They are ideal for 
border edgings, or for rock-gardens. 
Truly hardy, they will thrive in any 
good garden soil. 
LILAC TIME. A fine addition to the intro¬ 
ductions of recent years. Compact, rounded 
bush, with soft lilac-blue flowers. 25c. each, 
3 for 65c. 
NIOBE. A compact, bushy plant, covered 
with flowers of purest white with bright 
yellow center. 25c. each, 3 for 65c. 
BLUE BOUQUET. A beautiful blue addi¬ 
tion to the Dwarf Aster group—a color 
that is very much needed in any garden. 
35c. each, 3 for 90c. 
— VERONICA, BLUE SPIRE 
A new variety that deserves to be in every 
garden, produced by crossing the commoner 
Subsessilis and Spicata—produces a bloom 
stem of deep, rich blue, 8 to 12 inches long. 
Prolific bloomer from early summer to late 
fall, and very hardy. 35c. each, 3 for 90c., 
6 for $1.70, 12 for $3-25- 
Special Group Offer P-4 
rwo each of these 3 Hardy 
Dwarf Asters, Lilac Time, 
9Iohe. and Blue Bouauet. 
MOUNT EVEREST. Finest of the white varieties. Tall, 
well-shaped, pointed pyramids, with abundance of 
lateral growth flowering to the ground. Ultimate 
height 4 ft. 35c. each, 3 for 90c. 
