
FALL ASTERS 
(Michaelmas Daisies) 
Here’s one answer to your problem of fall 
color! Fall Asters have been greatly improved 
through intensive hybridizing. Those we offer 
are highly colorful and continue to bloom pro- 
fusely in late fall-when color is so much needed 
in the garden. Iron-hardy, they will keep your 
garden colorful until hard frosts. 
ADORABLE (4bove) 
(Nove Angliae.) All that its name implies! 
Deeper, clearer pink, very rare in fall flowers. 
Small, reddish, rosette-like buds. Clean dark 
green foliage. Plant among low shrubs or 
evergreens for unusual fall effect. Height 4 to 
416 ft. Blooms Sept. to frost. 
OTHER ASTERS 
(Not illustrated) 
MOUNT EVEREST. (Novi Belgi.) The 
supreme white Aster. Excellent for use with 
others in mass plantings. Tall, well-shaped, 
pyramidal. 4 ft. Sept. 15 to frost. 
GAYBORDER BLUE. No. 1 blue fall 
Aster for general use. Open, pleasing habit— 
grows to 5 ft. Large blooms; from mid-Sept. 
PINK PARTY. A drift of pink for your gar- 
den! A sight to behold, in bud or full bloom! 
Delicate apple-blossom-pink completely cover- 
ing the lovely foliage, starting in mid-Sept. 
30 in. tall. 
BEECHWOOD RIVAL. (Novi Belgi.) 
Darkest red of all Asters. Deep rosy crimson. ¢ 
Profuse. 3 ft. Mid-Sept. to frost. 
BLUE GOWN. (Novi Belgi.) Delightful © 
china-blue. Largest-flowered, tailer. 4 to 4144 
ft. Sept. 15 to frost. 
PETUNIA. (Novi Belgi.) Semi-double, pe- 
tunia-purple. Strong color. Dense, pyramidal 
3: ft 
Any of the above, 55c each; 3 of a kind, 
$1.50; 6 for $2.75 

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VERONICA spicata, 
Crater Lake Blue 
(Above) 
The only blue that adequately describes 
this graceful new Veronica is the bright 
hue of Oregon’s famous Crater Lake. Long, 
airy spikes like the blue spires of fairy-land. 
An especially good garden plant because it 
blossoms profusely for a long period in June. 
Established plants may enliven your garden 
with dozens of individual flower-spikes. 
A sure touch of cool blue for the border. 
Plants grow 20 in. tall; do well in either full 
sun or partial shade. 
75e each; 3 for $2.00; 6 for $3.75 
VERONICA spicata 
Blue Spire 
(Not illustrated) 
Deep blue. Blooms in early summer and 
again later if cut off after first bloom. An 
improved V. subsessilis. Most satisfactory. 
24 in. tall—excellent border plant that 
neither sun nor dry weather will harm. 
Clean, bushy, upright. Very hardy. Plant 
the two varieties listed and your garden will 
have added beauty next June. 
55c each; 3 for $1.50; 6 for $2.75 
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GEUM, Red Wings 
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A gay dash of color. Geum, Red Wings should 
be used in the front of your perennial garden 
where it will give life and sparkle to the whole 
scene. Vivid strawberry-red. Yellow anthers. 
Semi-double 2-in. flowers 24 in. high, in great 
profusion May and June; intermittent flowers 
all summer. 
50c each; 3 for $1.35; 6 for $2.50 
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GIANT HARDY TRITOMA 
Robin Hood (Above) 
Like a zooming rocket, this glowing Tritoma 
“does everything in a big way.’’ ‘‘Flares up”’ 
in late June with a burst of ten to twelve daz- 
zling flower-spikes and continues its floral pyro- 
technics until late September. Its dramatic 
color accent has great appeal, suggesting effec- 
tive treatment of focal points in the garden and 
a unique, exotic note in flower arrangements. 
Each 2/6-ft. stalk carries a sparkling spike 8 to 
10 in. long, so dramatic in its beauty that it 
creates a compelling center of interest wherever 
it grows. Will do well in sun or partial shade. 
$1.00 each; 3 for $2.50; 6 for $5.00 
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