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Corliss’ 
New Perennial 
Novelties for 1944 
“Wars may come and wars may go, but flowers are with us 
forever. .. a constant reminder that essentially the world is 
beautiful... it is only certain people who make it ugly. Flowers 
are harbingers of peace, and may the world be flooded with them 
soon.’’ — Kate Smith. 
*Suitable as rock garden plants, also. 
HARDY ASTERS 
Adorable. Outstanding and superior to Harrington’s Pink. 
The same color bright rose-pink flowers are larger and 
longer lasting. Very hardy. Blooms from September to 
frost. 4 ft. Pot plants, 50¢ each; $1.40 per 3; $5.00 per doz. 
Blue Lagoon. A charming variety of the Novi-belgi type 
with beautiful blue flowers. September. 214-3 ft. Pot plants, 
50¢ each; $1.40 per 3; $5.00 per doz. 
Palmyra (New). The best pink of the Novi-belgi type. A 
very hardy, vigorous-growing Aster with masses of semi- 
double, pure pink flowers which make perfect pyramids 
on sturdy stems in mid-September to frost. 3-4 ft. Pot 
plants, 50¢ each; $1.40 per 3; $5.00 per doz. 
Violetta (New). An outstanding Aster of the Novi-Belgi type. 
The flowers are double deep violet-purple; darkest yet. 
Hardy and sturdy growing. September to frost. 4 ft. Pot 
plants, 50¢ each; $1.40 per 3; $5.00 per doz. 
BUDDLEIA 
White Bouquet (Patent applied for). New. Graceful, long, 
rounded spikes of glistening snow-white flowers, like white 
lilacs, produced all summer, make lovely long-lasting cut - 
flowers, and are a great attraction for butterflies. Sweetly 
fragrant. The attractive, rich green foliage has a silvery 
sheen underneath. 5-6 ft. Pot plants, 75¢ each; $2.00 per 3; 
$7.50 per doz. 
TWO EXQUISITE NEW CAMPANULAS 
Blue Gardenia (Originated by Corliss Bros., Inc.). That All- 
American Sensation. A brand new plant with flowers of 
lovely Gardenia form. Nature’s delicate workmanship has 
produced a rare flower in this exceedingly beautiful and 
exquisite Campanula. The blooms, measuring 24-3 inches 
across, are a beautiful shade of glistening bright lavender- 
blue. They are produced almost the entire length of their 
30-inch stems, with five to eight flower spikes on one plant. 
These. flower spikes with their charming, delicate blooms 
and dark green leathery foliage make excellent bouquets. 
The plant is extremely hardy and insect free, easy to grow 
in average garden soil with ordinary drainage. Blooms in 
Nera te July. 30 in. Pot plants, 70¢ each; 2 for $1.30; 4 for 
Bluette (Originated by Corliss Bros., Inc.). New baby sister 
to the already famous Blue Gardenia. Identical in habit in 
all respects but color, that being a soft harmony of pale 
lavender-blue and white either suffused over the basic blue 
color or gracefully through it. Two-year-old clumps will 
issue forth several flowering spikes. 24-30 in. Our dissemi- 
nators found it necessary, because of the slowness of re- 
production, to set the following prices. Pot plants, $3.50 
each; $6.75 per 2. 
