ASPHODELUS - Asphodel 
Luteus Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Tall spikes of bright yellow flowers; very fragrant; swordlike 
foliage; fine for borders; plant in groups of three or more for 
best effect. 
ASTER - Starwort or Michaelmas Daisy 
Alderman Volkes Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00 
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 $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A purple-blue variety of outstanding merit. The almost fully 
double flowers are produced by the hundred on fine upright 
stems about three feet high. 
Barr’s Pink Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00 
This is of the Novae-angliae type; a strong, vigorous grower 
forming shapely plants from 4 to 5 feet high; the finest bright 
pink. 
Beechwood Challenger Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
This variety is in our opinion the closest to red we have been 
able to come so far in Hardy Asters. It is free-flowering, of 
medium height, and brilliant crimson-red color. The flowers 
are freely produced. Planted together with Mount Everest, 
the contrast is striking. 
Blue Gem Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Double flowers of rich blue; the best blue in cultivation. 
Climax Three $0.65, Doz. $1.65, 100 $10.00 
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. 
D&zzler Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
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 $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Vigorous upright growth with long side sprays, ideal for cut¬ 
ting. 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. Baynor Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
The nearest red of all Asters; good form. 
Mt. Everest Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00 
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 to 4 feet. 
Queen Mary Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00 
This is unquestionably the best of the Novi-belgi type yet in¬ 
troduced, with graceful flowers 2% inches in diameter ar¬ 
ranged loosely in branching panicles of a particularly pleasing 
blue tinted lavender. 3% feet high. 
Bed Bover Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00 
Deep rosy red flowers with golden center; buds bright red, 
giving up first red fall Aster. Compact habit, very free bloom¬ 
ing. Should be in every border. A real novelty for the fall 
garden. 3 to 4 feet. September to frost. 
Boyal Blue Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00 
Rich deep blue. Good strong grower. Quite early. 3 feet. 
Sam Benham Three $0.65, Doz. $1.65, 100 $10.00 
Early flowering, semi-double white. The best of all white 
Michaelmas Daisies; produces large flowers; fine for cutting. 
Sunset Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A glorious sunset-pink. Good habit and extremely free flow¬ 
ering. One of the best new pink sorts. Grows about 36 inches 
tall. 
ASTER - Species 
Alpinus albus Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
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 $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy borders; 6 to 
10 inches high, and bears large, showy, bluish purple flowers 
in M?ay and June. Plant in full sun, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
Alpinus rubra Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
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 $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Long, graceful sprays of soft lavender. Good for the border; 
flowers in August. Plant in full sun, 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Amellus, King George Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
The largest of the Amellus Asters. It is not unusual to see 
flowers over 4 inches in diameter. The color is a particularly 
fine and clear lilac-blue with clear yellow center. A beautiful 
flower for cutting as well as a choice border plant of good 
growth and robust constitution. May to July. Height 12 
inches. 
Diplostiphoides Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
(Dubia). A very fine dwarf Aster for the rock garden, pro¬ 
ducing 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 
Fine field-grown plants. Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Lavender-blue flowers from 2 to 2% 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 Fri¬ 
karti may also be grown in pots and forced into bloom during 
the winter. 
Mauve Cushion Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Distinct species. It forms a circular cushion-like plant 1% 
feet across, rarely exceeding 9 inches in height, the flowers of 
delicate, soft mauve, with silvery white reflection, measure 
over 1% 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 No¬ 
vember. Plant in full sun, 1 foot apart. 
Star of Wartburg Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $22.00 
A beautiful spring-flowering Aster. Dark lilac-blue flowers 
with orange centers rise on 1-foot stems in great numbers. 
The flowers are usually 2% to 3 inches in diameter, making a 
fine display in the border. This is one of the good new Asters 
of recent introduction. 
ASTILBE (See Spiraea) 
AUBRIETIA - Rainbow Rock-Cress 
*£yri Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Pretty dwarf-growing plants suitable for the rockery or for 
the edge of the border. They form masses of silvery green 
foliage and sheets of various colored flowers in the spring and 
early summer. 
BAPTISIA - False-Indigo 
Australis Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Dark blue, pea-shaped flowers in June, are produced on top 
of spikes 2 feet high; suitable for the hardy border or wild 
garden. Very attractive foliage all summer. 
BELLIS PERENNIS - English Daisy 
Ferenne, Snowball Three $0.65, Doz. $1.65, 100 $10.00 
Mammoth white. 
Ferenne, Longfellow Three $0.65, Doz. $1.65, 100 $10.00 
Mammoth pink. 
NEW DWARF ASTERS 
Constance Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A really pure shell-pink, a delightful color, of very graceful 
habit. October. 9 inches. 
Countess of Dudley Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Charming clear pink flowers with yellow eye, of bushy habit 
and free flowering. Late September. 9 inches. 
Diana Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Large delicate soft pink semi-double flowers with pretty 
feathery green foliage. September. 9 inches. 
Hebe Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A compact variety with small deep pink flowers; an ideal rock 
plant. September. 10 inches. 
Lavanda Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Lavender-blue flowers, very free flowering and early, com¬ 
mencing to bloom early. September. 6 inches. 
Lilac Time Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Lovely soft lilac flowers, free flowering, of bushy habit. Sep- 
tember-October. 12 inches. 
Hiobe Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
The only white variety, of dwarf, compact habit with pure 
white flowers. September. 6 inches. 
Bonald Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
lorming a dwarf bush covered with flowers of a pleasing 
shade of lilac-pink with rose-pink buds; very showy. 
Mid-September. 1 foet. 
BETONICA - Betony 
Grandiflora Three $0.75, Doz. $2.25, 100 $12.00 
Close tufty foliage with bright rose-purple flowers on long 
stems about 2 to 3 feet tall produced during June, July and 
August. A lovely plant for a hot, dry place in the border. 
BLEEDING HEART. (See Dicentra). 
BOCCONIA - Tree-Celandine or Plume Poppy 
Cordata Three $0.65, Doz. $1.65, 100 $10.00 
A noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and flower, and 
adapted for planting in the shrubbery borders, and in bold 
groups in any position, attaining 6 to 8 feet in height. Flowers 
creamy white in terminal panicles. 
BOLTONIA - Bolton's Starwort 
Asteroides Three $0.65, Doz. $1.65, 100 $10.00 
White. 5 to 6 feet high. 
Latisquama Three $0.65, Doz. $1.65, 100 $10.00 
Pink, slightly tinged with lavender. 4 to 6 feet. Really the 
best of all varieties offered. 
BUDDLEIA 
Charming. See page 59. 
Dubonnet. 
Fortune. See second cover. 
lie de France. See page 59. 
•u I 
Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
Three $1.75, Doz. $6.50, 100 $50.00 
Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
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