9 ASIMINIA TRILOBA—yt. Hardy Pawpaw. Small tree with 
ornamental foliage and dark red flowers, centered yellow. 
Fruits like short, thick bananas are filled with a sweet custard 
Winter-safe to 
pulp, rich and aromatic. Most folks like it. 
aboutjBoston. Y, oz. 15¢c; 1 oz. 50c. 

*ASTERS ANNUAL veh hte 
The oldtime name for them was China Aster, but botani- 
cally they are Callistephius. Desirable annuals‘of easy culture, 
quite unexcelled for summer and autumn cutting. GIGANTIC 
LOS ANGELES—36 inches. Clear pink, to 8-inch diameters, 
petals curled and interlaced. Pkt. .15c. GIGANTIC EL 
MONTE—Like last except that color is rich, glowing erim- 
son. Perhaps largest flower of all... Pkt. 15c. PEERLESS 
YELLOW—20 inches. Fully double. Creamy primrose. Pkt. 
15e. PEONY PURPLE ROBE—26 inches. Exceptionally full 
flowers, petals curled over the centers. Long stems. Deep 
royal purple. Pkt. 20c. PEONY SWANSDOWN—Like last, 
but in purest white. Pkt. 20c. PEONY ROSEBUD—Like Pur- 
ple Robe, but in clear rose. Pkt. 20ec. PEONY AZURE 
FAIRY—An exquisite blue lavender. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 29A16 
—One pkt. each of the seven for $1.00. 
ASTER AMERICAN BRANCHING MIXED—36 inches. . Big 
flowers of full doubleness, carried on long branching stems. 
Most largely planted strain, with perhaps greatest cdlor range 
of any. Unexcelled for cutting. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c; % 
oz. 40c; % oz. 75e. 
ASTER GIANT CREGO MIXED—25 inches. Very large flow- 
ers with narrow, ribbony petals that are curled and twisted 
so that the whole blossom is in fluffy, ostrich-plume effect. Of- 
fered in mixture of the widely, charmingly varied, Aster color 
possibilities. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
ASTER CALIFORNIA GIANTS—36 inches. Truly enormous 
flowers of feathery fullness, petals intercurled in manner of 
the great show Chrysanthemums. Both flowers and stems 
are slightly longer than in the Crego selection, but so is time 
required to bring them to bloom, so be sure to give them an 
early start. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50c. 
ASTER IMBRICATED POMPOMS—15 inches. Small, ball- 
like, dense flowers, center petals prettily quilted. Compact. 
Bedding or pot culture. Pkt. 20c. 
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; 1% oz. 35c. 
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November days of blue crystal skies set with clipped 
white cloud, brown oakleaf winging over green willow 
sway, clatter of pheasant and scurry of rabbit, shining 
red rose-fruit and burnt-orange of bittersweet, fragrance 
of wood smoke—and of memory; hope and planning for 
the years that will come. 


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‘ zoning. 
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. 20c. CONCOLOR—(38-4)40.. Fine 
native Aster for shade or sun, the branching plants filled with 
pretty blue-violet flowers. Pkt. 15c. 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. HELONGATUS—(3)12. Unique 
South African with big flowers, white, usually with crimson 
Protect in winter. Pkt. 20c. FARRERI—Shaggy 
flowers to three inches across, gold-centered, but with very 
many long petals of lavender purple. Each blossom is carried 
on its own stem, high over flat foliage mats. Late spring 
and early summer. 20 inches. Pkt. 25c; 8 for 70c. LINARII- 
FOLIUS—(lIonactis)—(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. 
15e; 3 for 40c. NOVIAE-ANGLIAE—(5)50. New England 
Aster. Here is the cap-sheaf of the season, the wine-glowing 
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; 3 pkts. 40c. 
Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. NOVIAE-ANGLIAE DWARFS 
—This strain grows only 12 inches. Bushy, free-flowering. 
Desirable for edging, bedding, rock garden. Pkt. 25c. NO- 
VIAE-ANGLIAE WHITE—Like regular strain, full height, 
but flowers white. Pkt. 15c. NOVIBELGI HYBRIDS—(3)30. 
It rules its season, the latter half of summer, coming before 
Noviae-Angliae, but overlapping 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. PTARMICOIDES—(3)15. Pure white flowers in 
wide, flat, corymbose sprays. Desirable for dry, sunny posi- 
tions. Pkt. 15¢c; 3 for 40c._ SPECTABILIS—(8-4)24. The 
Showy Aster. Lovely informal, blue-violet flowers of quite 
surprising size. Shade-tolerant. A fine species. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. SIKKIMENSIS— 
Native Aster from the Himalayan foot-hills. I have not grown 
it. Pkt. 15e. TATARICUS—(6)72. The latest and tallest 
of the Asters. Many high clusters of big flowers in soft blue. 
Pkt.-15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. Plants, each 40c; 8 for $1.10. OFFER 
28A56—One pkt. each of the above Asters for $2.25. 
ASTER HARDY PERENNIAL BLEND—tThe above, with 
others. An excellent mixture. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. i 
ASTER ALPINUS GOLIATH—12 inches. Splendid low Aster 
of late spring, with very large individual flowers in blue- 
violet. Fine rock garden species. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
ASTER CONSTANCE—Flowers of true shell-pink completely 
cover the plants, these bushy, about 9 inches high and through. 
oe September and October. Plants only, each 50c; 3 for 
1.35. 
ASTER HYBRIDUS LUTEUS (Solidaster lutea)—Great flat- 
tened panicles of little starry flowers that open pure yellow, 
but age to cream. 30 inches. Late summer and early autumn. 
Notable as a bi-generic hybrid, Aster with Solidago, as well as 
for its own intrinsic decorative beauty in the garden. Plants, 
each 60c, 
ASTER VIOLETTA—45 inches. Blossoms of rich, deep pur- 
ple-violet, semidouble. September on. Exceedingly free-bloom- 
ing. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
ASTER RED ROVER—Vivid Aster of early to late autumn, 
the flowers deep rosy red. Long in bloom. 30 inches. Each 
50c; 3 for $1.85. 
ASTER FRIKARTI—An everblooming hybrid, blossoming con- 
tinuously for months. Big, long-rayed lavender blossoms. 
Spectacular. Plants only, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
ASTER MT. EVEREST—50 inches. Excellent tall Aster of 
the durable and showy Novae-Angliae section. Great pyramid- 
panicles of snowy white flowers. Plants, each 50c. 
ASTER BLUE GEM—=30 inches. Semi-double flowers of pure 
bright blue. Perhaps best in this color. Plants, each 45c. 
ASTER BARR’S PINK—60 inches. We consider it the best 
pink Aster in the tall, late Novae-Angliae group, largest blos- 
som, most floriferous, clearest color. Makes fine, big, enduring 
clumps. Plants, each 55c. 
