ASCYRUM or FLOWER-CROSS 
Pretty, and greatly floriferous perennials for the rock 
garden or the border. Formerly magical qualities were 
ascribed to them. Easy to grow. 
21 ASCYRUM HYPERICOIDES—ermstatkt(3)9. St. Andrew 
Cross. Vast numbers of cross-shaped pretty flojyers, spark¬ 
ling yellow. Excellent rock garden plant. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 
40c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
22 ASCYRUM STANS—ebmstatkt(3)30. St. Peter Cross. 
Very good. Multitudes of cross-blossoms .in the subdued yel¬ 
lowness of winter^ butter. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 35c. 
MORE IN THE KITCHEN—Only this time the kitchen 
is named The Treasure Chest, but we have known other 
kitchens that deserved that title. Anyway, we do not 
have room to fully describe all the desirable species of 
which we save or procure seeds. The “crowded-out” 
kinds are offered in special price-list called The 
Treasure Chest, just names and seed-prices, that we 
shall be glad to send to any who ask for it. It is 
ready in Februai'y- More about it on page 66. 
71 ASIMINA TRILOBA—jy. Northern Pawpaw or Michi¬ 
gan Banana. Small trees, hardy at Boston and Detroit. 
Ornamental foliage and bright red-and-yellow flowers. Edi¬ 
ble fruits, like short, thick bananas, these filled with a rich 
sweet custard. Big seeds, ^ oz. 15c; 1 oz. 50c. 
ASPERULA or WOODRUFF 
Pleasant little plants with rather pretty bloom. 
21 ASPERULA CYNANCHICA—rdkt(2)10. Many long slen¬ 
der stems spray out, each carrying clusters of pretty little 
wax-pink trumpets. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ASPERULA ODORATA—erogsx(3)8. Sweet Woodruff. 
Clustered flowers, purest white. Dry it for fragrance of 
new-mown hay, this lasting for years. Good carpeting per¬ 
ennial for shady places. Pkt. 10c. 
21 ASPERULA CUT-FLOWER BLEND—ecbkt(2-3)25. 
Species in this blend are all sound perennials, all splendid 
for cutting. They make great airy mounds of plants, filled 
with pretty little white flowers, rather in Gypsophila re¬ 
minder. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c. 
♦ASPERULA ORIENTALIS—erbx(2-3)12. Little blue stor- 
flowers in fluffy clusters are carried in plant-mantling pro¬ 
fusion over a long period. A delightful and dainty little 
annual. It cuts. Pkt. 10c. 
OFFER 27A40—One pkt. each of above for 35c. 
21 OTHER GOOD ASPERULAS—Each 10c per pkt. Ciliata, 
Glauca, Tinctoria, Humifusa. 
THE ASPHODELS 
Exotic, but fully winter-hardy perennials, coming from 
the sun-flooded rocky hillsides that fringe the Mediter¬ 
ranean. Give them, for happiness, like place here. 
21 ASPHODELINE BREVICAULIS — erbkt(3)28. Flowers 
of largest size, deep yellow, openly spaced and starry, are 
carried in loose panicles. Syria. Pkt. 16c; 1/16 oz. 36c. 
(Plants, 30c each; 3 for 85c.) 
21 ASPHODELINE BALANSAE—Good, different; described 
and illustrated, page 2. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ASPHODELINE LUTEA—eckt(2-3)60. Golden Aspho¬ 
del of the ancients. Sometimes called King's Spear. It is a 
fully hardy tuberous-rooted perennial of quite spectacular 
effect when its towering spires of crowded golden stars are 
showing. Even the twisted, silverdusted rosettes are hand¬ 
some. Illustrated, page 8. Pkt. 16c. (Plants, each 30c; 
3 for 85c; 10 for $2.40). 
21 ASPHODELINE LIBURNICA—erkt(2)20. A miniature 
Asphodel for the rock garden. Airily graceful. Wide blos¬ 
som stars of butter yellow, with buff-green stain. Pkt. 16c. 
OFFER 28A40—One pkt. each of above for 40c. 
For explanation of key letters after variety names, 
see page one. 
21 ASTILBE BLEND—crbmkt. Great panicles of soft 
fluffiness in white, cream, delightful pink suffusions, rose 
and carmine. Handsome herbaceous perennials of high 
merit, decorative in foliage, and with exquisitely fashioned 
feathery flower plumes. Pkt. 16c; 1/16 oz. 60c. 
ASTILBE SPECIES—Davidi 15c ; Rivularis 15c ; Koreana 16c. 
ELEVEN SPEEDY PERENNIALS 
Here are eleven delightful winter-hardy perennial flowers, 
that will come into bloom almost as quickly as the annuals. 
Sow the seed reasonably early in the spring, and the flowers 
should be in full blossom by mid-summer of the first year. 
Further, being perennial, the same plants will bloom again 
the next year, and for many years to come. All are excellent 
ornamental species; look up our catalog descriptions. We 
will send one packet each of Anchusa riparia. Clematis 
stans, Dianthus Superbus White Lace, Anarrhinum, Silene 
Fortunei, Elsholtzia Farquhari, Monarda Hybrids, Iris dicho- 
toma, Asclepias tuberosa, Caryopteris incana and Scabiosa 
trinaefolia, $1.55 as listed separately, for only ONE DOL¬ 
LAR in the collection. No changes. Order as OFFER 
3A40. 
^ASTERS ANNUAL 
Our mothers called them China Asters, botanically of 
course they are Callistephus, but they are what we mean 
by just Aster, when we are thinking or speaking of the 
Annual Garden. They are not hard to grow, may, if you 
wish, be sown right where they are to stand, but of course 
you will want to start soma of them earlier, in a frame, a 
greenhouse, or even a sunny window, just to enjoy a longer 
season of their glorious bloom. 
♦ASTER ANNUAL GIGANTIC—This is, we think, the 
largest annual Aster. It is the variety Los Angeles, and 
well-grown blooms of it have been known to reach a diam¬ 
eter of eight inches; always of fullest doubleness, with 
long and airy, gracefully interlacing petals. The coloring 
is an exceptionally clear and pure shell pink. Height may 
be three feet. Pkt. 15c. 
♦ASTER BLUE FLAME—Fully double flowers, four to five 
inches across, with ribbony petals, gracefully curled, giving 
the blossoms a fluffy. Chrysanthemum-like appearance. The 
color is bright, clear navy blue. Like all of the Crego 
Asters, it cuts well. Two feet. Wilt-resistant. Pkt. 10c. 
♦ASTER GOLDEN SHEAF—Fully double, with cushion¬ 
like center of quilled petals, the outer petals broad and flat. 
It is perhaps the deepest yellow of annual Asters, though 
hardly the gold that its name might imply. Wilt-resistant. 
Pkt. 15c. 
♦ASTER AVE MARIE—Blossoms of immense size, pure 
white, carried on long and graceful stems. We consider 
it the best white Aster. Pkt. 20c. 
♦ASTER CRIMSON GIANT—This is one of the good old 
standbys, but if we thought there were a better all-round 
deep red among the newer Asters, we would be listing that 
instead of this. Very large blossoms of brilliant crimson, 
carried on long stems. 30 inches. Wilt-resistant. Pkt. 10c. 
♦ASTER ERFORDIA—An Aster in the exquisite color tones 
of a sunset cloud, soft salmon,, with carmine sheen that 
deepens and blends until the center is a rich salmon rose. 
Comet type. Pkt. 15c, 
♦ASTER PURPLE GIANT—Great flowers, doubled to over¬ 
flowing fullness, all in that rich velvety purple-violet that 
we look for in autumn Asters, but do not always find. Of 
the Giant Branching section, so particularly good for cut¬ 
ting. Wilt resisting. Pkt. lOc. 
OFFER 29A40—One pkt. each of the above for 66c. 
♦ASTER RED IMPERIAL—Flowers of great size, single, 
with yellow centers, and long waving petals of rich, true 
red. Right for cutting. Pkt. 10c. 
♦ASTER AVALON ANNUAL—Here we have gathered in 
one inclusive blend all the better Annual Asters, of each type 
and color a little, those above, with very many others. This 
mixture will give you gay garden beauty all summer and 
autumn. Pkt, 10c; % oz. 30c. 
That man is a success who has built a dream into 
truth, but not all building is of the hands, nor 
visible to the tumult. 
21 ASTRAGALUS ALOPECUROIDES—ebx(2-3)40. An un¬ 
usual and highly decorative hardy plant for the mixed per¬ 
ennial border. It makes sturdily erect stems. Up the stems 
climb, in alternate step fashion, long fern-fronds of soft 
green pinnate foliage. Then in the axils of each leaf ap¬ 
pear dense spikes of creamy wool, in which nestle little 
golden flowers. Pkt. 16c. 
