HARDY PERENNIALS AND ROCK- PLANTS 5 
Arcnaria • Sandwort 
Grandiflora. R* Plant covers itself with pure 
snow-white, star-like flowers. Fine rock-plant. 
25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $17.50 per 100. 
Armeria • Thrift 
Laucheana. R* Very free flowering. Bright 
rosy red. 3 to 6 in. May-July. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz., $17.50 per 100. 
Artemisia 
Lactiflora. A tall-growing plant with fine foliage 
and heads of small white flowers which fill the 
garden with fragrance. Good for cutting. 3 to 
4 ft. Aug., Sept. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., 
$17.50 per 100. 
Silver King. Striking white-leaved contrast 
plant. Beautiful “mist” for setting off bou¬ 
quets and floral combinations. 3 ft. 25 cts. 
each, $2.50 per doz., $17.50 per 100. 
Asclepias • Butterfly Weed 
Tuberosa. Attractive plants producing umbels 
of bright orange-colored flowers. Good for 
cutting. 134 ft. July, Aug. 20 cts. each, 
$2 per doz., $15 per 100. 
Astilbe 
Betsy Cuperus. The fine, drooping flower-spikes 
show in summer during some weeks, a great 
number of white flowers with pink centers. 
2 ft. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $25 per 100. 
Aster • Michaelmas Daisy 
Lovely autumn-flowering perennials, very 
decorative in the border and as cut-flowers. 
NOVELTIES IN HARDY ASTERS 
Alderman Vokes. Clear rose-pink with blue 
sheen. 3 ft. Sept. 
Beechwood Challenger. The lovely flowers 
are the clearest of reds, enhanced by bright 
yellow centers. Bushy plants, 4 feet tall, with 
clean, healthy foliage. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Blue Bouquet. Semi-double, clear blue flowers. 
2 ft. Sept. 
Blue Eyes. Violet-blue with yellow eye. 4 ft. 
Sept. 
Blue Plume. Deep blue, semi-double flowers on 
loose-growing, free-branching plants. Height 
3 to 4 ft. 
Harrington’s Pink. A new pink Aster with 
large flowers that are really pink; and there are 
a lot of them on bushy plants about 4 feet tall. 
Beautiful. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Little Boy Blue. Blooms early in September, 
with flowers of deep lavender-blue. Compact 
growth, 2 34 feet tall. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Mammoth. Immense, semi-double warm lav¬ 
ender flowers. Believed to have the largest 
flowers of all the Hardy Asters. A good cut¬ 
ting Aster. 5 to 6 ft. 
Mount Everest. Tall, branching plants; clear 
white flowers with tiny centers. The finest 
white. Sept. 
Pink Nymph. Rich rosy red, changing to bright 
pink. 4 ft. Sept. 
Radiance. Flowers of a deep shade of pink are 
beautified with bright golden centers. Plants 
about 3 feet tall, very compact. 
Red Rover. The first really red Aster, with at¬ 
tractive rosy red flowers. Sept. 
Silver Sheen. Distinctive silvery blue flowers. 
Sept. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
All Hardy Novelty Asters, except where otherwise 
noted, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
Barr’s Pink. Shapely plants with bright pink 
flowers. 4 to 5 ft. 
Emily Thory. Pinkish lavender. 3 ft. 
Freedom. A very beautiful Aster with deep 
blue petals and deep yellow center. 3 ft. 
Standard Asters, continued 
Heather Glow. Very free and vigorous grower, 
with large flowers of a delightful shade of 
brilliant rose, golden center. 4 ft. 
Maid of Athens. Soft lavender-blue. 3 ft. 
Queen Mary. Very large, graceful flowers 
arranged loosely in branching panicles of very 
pleasing blue tinted lavender. 334 ft. 
Royal Blue. Large rich purple-blue flowers 
with golden yellow centers. Stout, branching 
plants. 
Sam Banham. White, yellow disk. 4 to 5 ft. 
St. Egwin. A pleasing rosy pink, compact, 
free-blooming dwarf. 134 to 2 ft. 
White Climax. Large white flowers. 4 to 5 ft. 
Aug.-Oct. 
All Standard Varieties, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., 
$17.50 per 100 
NEW DWARF HARDY BORDER ASTERS 
Constance. Nice flowers of an attractive shade 
of light pink. 15 in. 
Countess of Dudley. Clear pink; yellow eye. 
9 in. 
Lady Henry Maddocks. Clear pale pink. 
Dwarf, compact plants. 1 ft. 
Lavanda. Vivid light blue of an unusually clear 
shade. 15 in. 
Lilac Time. Rounded plants with deep violet- 
blue flowers. 15 in. 
Marjorie. Bright rose-pink. 12 in. 
Nancy. Pale flesh-pink flowers completely 
cover plant. 1 ft. 
Niobe. White. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Ronald. Bright lilac-pink blooms; rose-pink 
buds. 1 ft. 
Victor. Large flowers of clear lilac-blue. 9 in. 
All New Dwarf Hybrid Border Asters, except where 
noted, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
Aster frikarti. A most attractive Hardy sum¬ 
mer Aster of neat, upright, branching growth. 
Bears a profusion of large, showy lavender- 
blue flowers from mid-August to October. 
234 ft. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Aster alpinus. R Spring flowering. Bluish 
purple blooms. 6 in. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per 
doz. 
Mauve Cushion. R A distinct species which 
forms a circular, cushion-like plant rarely 
over 9 inches high. Delicate mauve flowers 
with silvery white sheen, 134 inches in diameter 
completely cover the plant. Oct., Nov. 25 cts. 
each, $2.50 per doz. 
Wartburg Star. Large, rich blue flowers with a 
golden center. 2 ft. Spring blooming. 50 cts. 
each, $5.50 per doz. 
AEthionema 
Persicum. Persian Candytuft. R Blue-gray 
foliage. Light rose flowers. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
Aubrietia 
Eyrei. R Large violet flowers. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
Baptisia • False Indigo 
Australis. A strong-growing plant with ra¬ 
cemes of dark blue, lupine-like flowers. 3 ft. 
May-July. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz., $15 
per 100. 
Boltonia 
Latisquama. Pinkish lavender flowers that re¬ 
semble Michaelmas daisies. 6 to 7 ft. Aug., 
Sept. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz., $15 per 100. 
Campanula 
Carpatica. Harebell. R Light blue, small, 
bell-like flowers suitable for rockery. 8 in. 
July, Aug. 
Glomerata. Forms a dense tuft of dark green 
foliage covered with globular, dark blue 
flowers. 134 ft- June, July. 
Latifolia, Blue. Large, bell-shaped flowers. 2 ft. 
Medium. Canterbury Bells. A biennial of 
pyramidal growth, covered with large, bell¬ 
shaped flowers in separate colors—Blue, Pink, 
White. 2 ft. May, June. 
Campanula, continued 
Macrantha. Large clusters of deep purple 
flowers in early summer. 3 ft. 
Persicifolia, Telham Beauty. A wonderful 
novelty. With its single, rich blue, large, bell¬ 
shaped flowers, this variety is an attractive 
plant for perennial border and cutting. 2 to 
234 ft. June, July. 
Pyramidalis. Long spikes covered with star- 
like flowers all summer. Excellent for back¬ 
ground in hardy border. Two colors—Blue, 
White. 4 to 6 ft. 
Rotundifolia. Blue Bells of Scotland. R Nod¬ 
ding, blue, bell-shaped flowers. Fine rock- 
plant. 1 ft. June-Aug. 
All Campanulas, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., 
$17.50 per 100 
Caryopteris 
Incana (mastacanthus). Blue Spirea. A fine 
border plant and cut-flower. 3 ft. Sept., Oct. 
30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100. 
Catananche • Cupid's Dart 
Caerulea. R* A plant with hoary, lance-shaped 
leaves and crisp, pretty, deep blue flowers 
produced profusely on 1 34-foot stems. Good 
cut-flower. July-Sept. 25 cts. each, $2.50 
per doz., $17.50 per 100. 
Centaurea 
Macrocephala. Very showy, with large, 
thistle-like yellow flowers. 3 ft. July, Aug. 
25 cts. each. $2.50 per doz., $17.50 per 100. 
Montana. Mountain Bluet. Large, blue flowers, 
resembling cornflowers. 2 ft. June-Sept. 
20 cts. each, $2 per doz., $15 per 100. 
Cerastium 
Tomentosum. Snow-in-Summer. R* A low- 
growing plant with silvery white foliage and 
producing an abundance of snow-white flowers 
in May. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $17.50 
per 100. 
A beautiful group of our Delphiniums, well 
grown by one of our customers in New York. 
