1 ASCYP™M HYPERICOIDES—ergkt(2)6. St. Andrew’s 
Cross. Pretty cross-flowers of soft yellow load this wide 
decumbent. Rock garden or ground cover. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ASCYRUM STANS—erbmtkt(2)15. St. Peter’s Cross. 
Taller than last, with larger flowers of brighter yellow. 
May need winter protection in cold areas. Pkt. 15ce. 
2 ASPARAGUS FERN—w. Decorative pot 
plants. Airy, fern-like foliage lace. 
PLUMOSUS NANUS—Upright habit. Pkt. 
15c. SPRENGERI—Semi-decumbent sprays. 
Pkt. 15c. 
1 ASPERULA CYNANCHICA — erkt(8)8. 
Pretty, airy rock plant with profuse 
sprays of pale blush starlets. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ASPERULA GUSSONEI (suberosa)— 
erkt(2)10. Graceful Sicilian alpine with 
sprays of tiny white flowers. Rock gar- 
den. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ASPERULA ODORATA—Sweet Wood- 
ruff, lovable little rock garden or cover 
plant, a mat-former with clustered, dainty 
‘white flowers. 6 inches. The dried foliage 
is long, sweetly fragrant. It likes light 
shade. Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
1 GOLDEN ASPHODEL 3 
It is the true Golden Asphodel of the 
ancients, Asphodeline lutea. From rosetted 
twists of narrow, silvered leafage rise tall 
spires of crowded golden stars to perhaps 
five feet. Though it comes from sun-hot 
hill ledges about the Mediterranean, still 
it is of full winter hardiness here. Illus- 
trated opposite. ‘“‘kt’’ culture. Pkt. 165c. 
*ASTERS ANNUAL 
The oldtime name for them was China Aster, but botan- 
ically they are Callistephius. Desirable annuals of easy cul- 
ture, quite unexcelled for summer and autumn cutting. 
GIGANTIC LOS ANGELES—36 inches. Clear pink, to 8 
inch diameters, petals curled and interlaced. Pkt. 15¢e. 
GIGANTIC EL MONTE—Like last except that color is rich, 
glowing crimson. Perhaps largest flower of all. Pkt. 15c. 
PEERLESS YELLOW—30 inches. Fully double. Creamy 
primrose. Pkt. 16c. PEONY PURPLE ROBE—36 inches. 
Exceptionally full flowers, petals curled over the centers. 
Long stems. Deep royal purple. Pkt. 20c. PEONY SWANS- 
DOWN —Like last, but in purest white. Pkt. 20c. PEONY 
ROSEBUD—Like Purple Robe, but in clear rose. Pkt. 20c. 
PEONY AZURE FAIRY—An exquisite blue lavender. Pkt. 
20c. OFFER 28A15—One pkt. each of the seven for $1.00. 
ASTER CALIFORNIA GIANTS—36 inches. Truly enormous 
flowers of feathery fullness, petals intercurled in manner of 
the great show Chrysanthemums. Wide color range. Pkt. 
15c; y oz. 80c; % oz. 45c. 
ASTER AMERICAN BRANCHING MIXED—36 inches. Big 
flowers of full doubleness, carried on long branching stems. 
Most largely planted strain, with perhaps greatest color 
range of any. Pkt. 15c; 7s oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. 
ASTER IMBRICATED POMPONS—15_ inches. Small, ball- 
like, dense flowers, center petals prettily quilled. Compact. 
Bedding or pot culture. Pkt. 20c. 
ASTER EARLY DAWN MIXED—18 inches. Fine early- 
flowering strain. Good-sized double flowers in good color 
range. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
ASTER RAINBOW SINGLES—30 inches. Most graceful 
class for cutting. Long slender petals, small centers, good 
stems, colorings varied, vivid. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. 
ASTER AVALON BLEND—An unsurpassed mixture, all 
above with others. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. 
4 
Viz 
NWN 
GOLDEN 
ASPHODEL 

By shadow must always be light; less than a step 
between. 

1 AUBRIETA PEERLESS HYBRIDS—erx(2)8. Splendid 
low perennials for the rock garden, or front of border, un- 
surpassed in brilliance of colorings. Easy to grow, and to 
delight in. Rose, lilac, purple and crimson in vivid, rich 
blendings. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
* AUREOLARIA PEDICULARIA—bnstkt(3)30. Showy an- 
nual flowers of late summer. Branching plants, massed 
with blossoms of a glossy, golden yellow, with red-bronze 
shadings in reverse. Aureolaria is a thief-plant, its roots 
tapping those of the Oak, so don’t try it except within the 
reach of Oak roots. Pkt. 1l5c. x 
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1 THE HARDY ASTERS 
Though called the glory of autumn, these true perennial 
Asters are not autumn flowers alone, for many of them 
bloom in summer, and several of the lower rock garden 
species come in spring. Valued in rock garden and border, 
and they cut. “kt’’ culture. ALPINUS—(2)12. An excellent 
early Aster, indispensable among the lower kinds, covered 
with large blue-purple flowers. Pkt. 15¢. BRACHYTRI- 
CHUS—(2)10. From the Mongolian Altai. Solid mounds or 
low hedges of purple spring blossoming. Pkt. 20c. CON- 
COLOR—(4)40. Thickets of bright blue-violet. Tall, bushy, 
shade-tolerant. Pkt. 15¢. DWARF HYBRIDS—A group of 
summer-flowering Asters, complex hybrids, that make bushy, 
rounded plants closely set over a long season with bright 
flowers in the whole Aster color range. About 10 inches 
average height. Pkt. 20c. ELONGATUS—(3)12. Unique 
South African with big flowers, white, usually with crimson 
zoning. Protect in winter. Pkt. 20c. LINARIIFOLIUS 
(Ionactis) — (4-5)15. Gold-centered lavender daisies are 
carried in rather close, upfacing clusters. Makes big 
clumps. As many as 63 flowering stems have been counted 
from one plant. Foliage narrow, heathery. Full sun. Pkt. 
15c; 3 for 40ec. NOVIAE-ANGLIAE—(5)50. New England 
Aster. Here is the cap-sheaf of the season, the wine-glow- 
ing rich culmination of its color harvest. Big many-rayed 
flowers in blue-violet to deepest purple, in rosy pink to 
rosy red. Seeds saved chiefly from fine named varieties. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25c. (Plants each 30c; 3 for 85c). NOVI- 
BELGI HYBRIDS—(3)30. It rules its season, the latter 
half of summer, coming before Noviae-Angliae, but over- 
lapping a bit with it. Wide, bushy plants filled with flowers 
that may be white, mauve, lavender, lilac, pink or rose; 
single or semi-double. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. PTARM- 
ICOIDES—(8)15. Pure white flowers in wide, flat, corym- 
bose sprays. Desirable for dry, sunny positions. Pkt. 15c; 
3 for 40c. SPECTABILIS—(3-4)24. The Showy Aster. 
Lovely, informal, blue-violet flowers of quite surprising size. 
Shade-tolerant. Pkt. 15c; 8 pkts. 40c. (Plants, each 35c). 
TARTARICUS—(6)72. The latest, and tallest, of the Asters. 
Many high clusters of big flowers in soft blue. Pkt. 15c; 8 
pkts. for 40c. (Plants, each 35c; 3 for 95c). OFFER 251A55 
—One pkt. each of above for $1.75. 
ASTER HARDY PERENNIAL BLEND—The above, with 
others. An excellent mixture. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
ASTER WARTBURG STAR—A splendid low Aster (12 
inches), with particularly large lavender-violet flowers. 
June-July. Plants only, each 45c; 3 for $1.25. 
ASTER CONSTANCE—Flowers of true shell-pink complete- 
ly cover the plants, these bushy, about 9 inches high and 
through. Late September and October. Plants only, each 
45c; 3 for $1.25. 
ASTER HYBRIDUS LUTEUS (Solidaster lutea) — Great 
flattened panicles of little starry flowers that open pure 
yellow, but age to cream. 30 inches. Late summer and early 
autumn. Plants only, each 40c. 
ASTER VIOLETTA — 45 inches. Blossoms of rich, deep 
purple-violet, semidouble. September on. Exceedingly free- 
blooming. Plants, each 45c. 
ASTER RED ROVER—Vivid Aster of early to late autumn, 
the flowers deep rosy red. Long in bloom. 30 inches. Each 
40c. 
ASTER FRIKARTI—An everblooming hybrid, blossoming 
continuously for months. Big, long-rayed lavender blossoms. 
Spectacular. Plants only, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
ASTER HARRINGTON PINK—48 inches. Masses of lovely 
rosy pink through September and well into October. Plants, 
each 45c. 
ASTER BLUE GEM—=30 inches. Semi-double flowers of 
pure, bright blue. Perhaps best in this color. Plants, each 40e. 
1 ASTILBE 
Feathery flower-plumes, exquisitely fashioned, in white, 
cream, many a delightful pink, rose or carmine. Handsome 
winter-hardy perennial for either garden planting or forcing 
in pots. “kt”? culture. Mixed colors. Pkt. 20c; 8 pkts. for 
50c. (Plants available of PINK PEARL, fluffy, soft pink 
panicles, each 60c; SIMPLICIFOLIA ROSEA, dainty dwarf 
in airy rose pink, each 50c. 

ASARUM CAUDATUM—stkt(2)7. Wild Ginger. 
shaped evergreen foliage and little 
Ground cover for damp, rich shade, 
garden. Pkt. 15c. 
Heart- 
chocolate flowers. 
or for shaded rock 
