SOME MORE HARDY ASTERS 
My main offering of Hardy Asters or Michaelmas Daisies 
is on page 25, where you will find cultural directions. Here 
are some of the lovely New England Asters, to which group 
belongs the marvelous Harrington Pink. All are splendid 
plants for the border and here we usually plant them behind 
the Naviae-Belgiae Asters, shown on page 25. They grow 8 to 5 
ft. tall, according to soil quality and moisture conditions. 
Hilda Morris. Rich violet-purple and an old-time favorite. 
Each 30 cts.; 3 for 75 cts. 
Lil Fardell. The abundant flowers are rosy pink. Each 30 
cts.; 3 for 75 cts. 
Mrs. Raynor. The nearest approach to red in this group, yet 
perhaps more honestly described as intense violet-purple 
with a red overtone. Each 40 cts.; 3 for $1.00. 
Rosea Superba. Very deep rose-pink, strong growing and 
prolific flowering. Each 30 cts.; 3 for 75 cts, 
Mrs. S. T, Wright. Stunning rich purple. 30 cts. each; 3 for 
75 Cts. 

PENTSTEMON Grandiflora. A very useful border perennial. 
The luxuriant basal foliage is rich green, often tinted red. 
Large flower spikes 18 inches tall bear soft lavender- 
blue flowers for weeks in summer. Thrives in any good 
garden soil. Each 30 cts.; 3 for 75 cts. 

ABOUT THIS CATALOG. If you are looking for a particular 
plant it may be difficult to locate. So that we might bring 
the descriptive matter under the color plates which can 
appear only on every other pair of facing pages we have 
had to break the alphabetical arrangement in part in the 
perennial plant section, but you will find most items by 
turning a page or two ahead of their order. Or turn to page 
31 or this colored insert for offerings for which we could 
not find room in their proper section. Limitations on the 
use of paper forbid the extra pages necessary to com- 
pletely revamp the catalog and it is only by utilizing the 
order blank insert that we can bring to you a number of 
fine things. 

HEMEROCALLIS OR DAY LILIES 
On page 21 is my regular offering of Day Lilies, together 
with the cultural directions. I have felt that these fine plants 
are not nearly enough appreciated or widely enough planted 
and yet there is no plant that gives a richer show of color 
in the hot summer months, so I take this extra space to urge 
a much wider planting and to offer you some additional extra 
fine varieties. They thrive in any soil and excel in a rich 
soil with ample moisture. Good in any part of America, they 
are especially valuable in southern California and in the 
Southern States. There is nothing that gives so much for so 
little care. 
Calypso. (See page 21 for full description). Seldom appears 
in day lily recommendations which are written mostly by 
Eastern writers. Notwithstanding, it is one of the very 
finest for California. They criticize it as night blooming. 
Here it blooms both night and morning — but what does 
it matter, since it remains open all day. 
Cinnabar. Three feet tall, the flower is cinnabar-red with a 
yellow throat. The recurving petals have the outer half 
sprinkled with rosy brown. August. Each 75 cts. 
Fulva Maculata. 4 ft. July to late August. A blending of 
burnished copper and soft yellow with a decided pink tone 
in the center of the open cup-shaped flower. Each 75 cts. 
Golden West. 4 ft. July-August. The very large flowers are 
bright yellow and of splendid substance. Each $1.00. 
J. A. Crawford. 4 ft. Very large flowers of cadmium-yellow, 
shaded apricot through a very long season, June-August. 
Each $1.00. 
~ Queen of May. 38 inches. The very large canary-yellow flow- 
ers come first in May and usually again in July and Oc- 
tober. Each 50c. ; 
Radiant. 42 in. Flowers are large, petals recurving, the color 
clear rich orange with remarkable substance and sheen. 
One of the flowers I have rarely offered because prior to 
gas rationing visitors bought all I could grow. Each $1.00. 
RUDBECKIA Newmannii. The finer and perennial form of 
the beloved “Black-Eye-Susan’”. Deep orange-yellow 
flowers on wiry stems up to three ft. long all summer, 
Thrives in any soil with moderate moisture. 30 cts. each; 
3 for 75 cts. 
RUDBECKIA Purpurea. 3 ft. Blooms July to October which 
alone commends it. A fine mass effect. Rosy-purple 
flowers with brown cone center. Plant Fall or Spring. 
aon oe sun or shade. Divide each third year. Each 30c; 
or 75c. 
THYMUS Marchallanus. Tiny, almost needle-like leaves of 
deep green densely spaced on stems clinging close to the 
earth, the plants ruddy-tinted in fall and winter. The pink 
flowers are borne on four-inch stems. A very attractive 
low Thyme useful in rock garden and valuable for planting 
between flagging. Each 30 cts.; 3 for 75 cts. 
DWARF HARDY ASTERS are offered on page 25. Do not 
overlook these most valuable fall flowers. 
ASTER Noviae—Belgiae “Springside”. A chance seedling of 
such charm as to delight all of us and visitors as well ap- 
peared along a little stream in my garden several years 
ago. Until this spring I have overlooked propagating so 
that I might offer it. Plant is 3 ft. tall, of erect habit, 
foliage luxuriant. Flowers are large and in a shaded situa- 
tion a clear soft blue. In full sun there seems to be a faint 
lilac tint. Very lovely in either case. Each 40 cts.; 3 for 
TWO SPLENDID GROUND COVERS FOR 
DIFFICULT SOILS 
VINCA Alpina. Small pointed leaves on closely trailing stems 
which quickly spread by runners to give a solid ground 
cover. Flowers are a hard to describe shade which I would 
call a dark reddish purple, odd but attractive. Foliage has 
a ruddy tint from late summer to spring. 30 cts. each; 
3 for 75 cts.; 15 for $3.00. 
VINCA Minor Alba. Smallish leaves of emerald-green closely 
set on trailing stems that quickly root at joints to give a 
solid cover. Flower white. Each 30 cts.; 3 for 75 cts.; 
15 for $2.50. Divisions, 50 for $3.75. 
You can quickly increase your ground eover by plucking 
out and planting the rooted stems. It takes some moisture to 
establish a cover of Vinca but once thoroughly matted they 
will go through the driest summer almost bone dry, although 
more luxuriant with moderate moisture. Stand even heavy 
shade. For finest effect shear off to the ground in early 
spring before new growth starts. 


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