21 ASTERS PERENNIAL 
Here are the true hardy perennial Asters, valued in rock 
garden and border. Splendid for cutting, 
21 ASTER BARR’S PINK—cbkt(4)50. Very large rose-pink 
flowers in high-held splendor all autumn. Great showy 
clumps. Seed saved from segregated plants, but since this is 
a hybrid, one must not expect seedlings to come true. 
Nevertheless they should show new beauties very much worth 
the having, Pkt, 10c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
21 ASTER BRACHYTRICHUS — erkt(2)10. Big, many- 
rayed blossoms, golden centered, one flower to a stem. Low 
foliage mats. From the Altai. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 
25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 ASTER DIPLOSTEPHOIDES—rkt(2)14. Clear lavender 
flowers, big ones, with golden centers, upfacing, all through 
May. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 ASTER DWARF HYBRIDS — rkt(2-4)18. Saved from 
new named everblooming sorts in white, pink, rose and 
varied lavenders and purples. Pkt. 16c. 
22 ASTER ELONGATUS—erkt(3)12. A unique South Afri¬ 
can. Big white flowers, two inches across, each with a 
wide zone of rich crimson. Silvery foliage. A gloriously 
beautiful species, but give it a sheltered place. Pkt. 20c. 
21 ASTER FARRERI—ercbkt(2)20. A fantasy in purple 
and gold. Great shaggy flowers, three inches across, gold 
centers with very many, very long fringing petals of laven¬ 
der purple. Each flower is carried on its own long stem, 
high above the foliage mats. An unusual, and particularly 
showy species. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 40c; ^ oz. 75c. (Plants, 
each 30c.) 
21 ASTER FRIKARTI—crbkt(3-4)26. Long-rayed lavender 
blossoms of immense size, carried on bushy plants. In 
bloom all summer and fall. Cuts well. Produces seed freely, 
but seedlings will show some variation; nevertheless they 
will all be exceedingly good. From the botanical viewpoint. 
Aster Frikarti is probably a variety of the Himalayan Aster 
Thomson! nana. The particular form that we offer is that 
originally introduced by a Swiss horticulturist as variety 
Wonder of Staeffa. We recommend it fully. Pkt. 15c; 
^ oz. 60c. (Plants, not seedling forms, each 50c.) 
21 ASTER HYBRIDUS LUTEUS—ecbyt(3)36. The newly 
opened blossoms are pure yellow, this softening with time 
to palest cream. The flowers are small and starry. Claimed 
as a cross of Aster on Golden Rod, Pkt. 15c. 
21 ASTER MAUVE CUSHION—erdkt(6)9. Rounded cush¬ 
ions of silvery rose bloom in latest autumn. Pkt. 15c. 
(Plants, small divisions, each 25c.) 
ASTER NOVAE-ANCLIAE — ecnbk(6)50. New England 
Aster. An old sod fence of the prairie, melted to a long, 
low grassy ridge that might in an older land mark an 
Offa’s Dyke or a Hadrian's Wall; jewel-set with wild rose 
and higher eglantine escapes; in autumn submerged neath 
wave on wave of purple New England Asters. It marked 
the edge of a field near my boyhood home, a_ reminder alike 
of pioneer effort, and of the primitive loveliness that must 
have greeted those first comers to the unwounded prairie. 
On it, and about it, grew strange flowers. Anemone. Shoot¬ 
ing Star, Buttercup, Painter’s Brush and Phlox that the 
hungry plow, greedy in our rich black soils, had elsewhere 
devoured. More than any of the others, I think, perhaps 
because of their la<« season, the harvest-sheafs of the “Blue 
Daisies’’ appealed to us,—and they still appeal. They are 
the wine-glowing rich culmination of the season. The seed 
we offer is a blend, about three parts from purple flowered 
plants to one from rose or pink. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
OFFER 30A40—One pkt. each of above for $1.35, 
OTHER GOOD HARDY ASTERS—Alpinus Mixed 15c ; Amel- 
lus 15c; Anderson! 15c; Concolor 10c; Delavayi 15c; Erio- 
coides 10c; Gracilis 10c; Heteropappus 15c; Hybridus inter- 
medius 10c; Macrophyllum 10c; Novi-Belgii Mixed 15c; 
Orientalis 10c; Porter! 15c; Ptarmicoides 15c; Spectabiler 
15c. 
21 ASTER ROCK GARDEN BLEND—Low-growing kinds, as 
Andersoni, Farreri, Mauve Cushion and the like, those suit¬ 
able for the rock garden, gathered in one splendid mixture. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c. 
21 ASTER HARDY BORDER BLEND—Special mixture made 
up of those taller kinds that fit the perennial garden or 
border. Pkt. 10c ; ^ oz. 40c. 
21 AUBRIETA PEERLESS HYBRIDS—erx(2) 8. Splendid 
hardy plants for rock garden or front of border, easy to 
grow, and of unsurpassed brilliance of variable colorings. 
Vivid blendings of rose, lilac, purple and crimson in profuse 
richness. We are proud of this strain. Pkt. 16c; 1/16 
oz. 50c. (Plants, rich, deep violet, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 
10 for $2.00.) 
THE AZALEA 
Azaleas are not difficult to grow from seeds sown in early 
spring or in late autumn providing one uses the care that 
any fine seed requires. Sow in sand, mixed with leaf mold, 
or with untreated peat. Transplant into soil that is a bit 
on the sour side. For other soil notes, see Rhododendron. 
AZALEA SPECIES — Each 15c the pkt. Calendulacea, 
showy varying orange; Kaempferi, flaming scarlet; Mollis, 
yellow to orange; Mucronulata, early rose; Nudiflora, pink; 
Obtusum Hinodegiri, brilliant scarlet; Occidentalis, blush, 
gold-splashed; Vaseyi, bright rose; Viscosa, fragrant waxy 
white. 
OFFER SOil^AlO—One pkt. each of above for $1.40. 
51 AZALEA PEERLESS BLEND—Splendid mixture of 
species and fine hybrid strains. Pkt. 16c; 1/16 oz. 76c. 
52 AZALEA KURUME HYBRIDS—akt. Exceedingly flor- 
iferous pot plant. Almost infinite color variations. Tiny 
plants will bloom. Also hardy to Philadelphia. Pkt. 2&c. 
35 BABIANA 
Gay little South African bulb-flowers. They grow readily 
from seeds, and seedlings will bloom within the year. In 
the North it is usual to handle them as pot bulbs to blossom 
during the winter months, giving them Freesia culture, but 
they may also be grown out-of-doors by covering well with 
a thick mulching of straw or leaves in winter. Perhaps 
best out-door position for them in the North is against a 
foundation wall with a heated basement back of it. There 
they will persist, and bloom charmingly, for years. Seeds 
may be sown in outside beds in early spring, or indoors at 
any time of year. Illustrated, page 59. 
35 BABIANA RUBROCYANEA—Bright blue, with vividly 
contrasting red throat. Easy bulb. Pkt. 15c. 
BABIANA BLEND — *ek(w) (7-1)15. Excellent mixture. 
Wedgewood blue, through indigo, to pansy purple, and there 
will be white, mauve, cream and yellow. Pkt. 15c; oz. 40c. 
-BALSAM or IMPATIENS 
Oriental effects in color massing. No easier annual 
flower, nor any more showy in a sunny position. 
*BALSAM AVALON BLEND—ecbx(8)30. Flowers of larg¬ 
est size, well-doubled. There are pure pinks, rose, salmon, 
vivid red, lilac and lavender, with whites, clear or with 
pink suffusion, or sometimes with hinting of buff. Plants 
in this strain are well-formed, blossoms well out toward 
the branch tips so that the whole is massed radiance of 
color. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
*BALSAM PINK BALL—ebx(8)15. Each plant a round 
ball of very double Gardenia-like blossoms in pure soft 
pink. None more attractive, but unfortunately it makes 
little seed. Pkt. of 10 seeds, 15c. 
BANANA BULBS 
The true Banana may be used for spectacular ornamental 
effects in the North, surprisingly decorative in its arching 
spread of leaf-fans. At Old Orchard they reach a full ten 
feet of height in a summer, great sweeps of rustling, soft 
green leafage. In late autumn, the plants may be dug, cut 
off a few inches above the ground, and the root portion 
packed upright in sand until well-warmed spring is again 
about. We offer it in bulb-like near-dormant plants, each 
of which will look, when you receive it, like a big roll of 
dead leaves, but plant it out, nevertheless, and you will be 
as surprised as Jack at the beanstalk, by the speed of its 
growing. Not truly a bulb, but it handles like one. We 
offer it for late April and May delivery at $1.25 each, three 
for $3.50. Due to size of this item, it will be sent by 
express only. 
The world grows smaller, war by war, this world 
of freedom, hope and faith. Soon it may shrink to 
our garden wall; what that wall guards, is of our 
pleasing. 
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