Plant Your Hardy Border with These Beautiful Subjects 
Easy to place them, because the height is shown on these pages. 
Average distance apart is 1 foot; tall or spreading types at wider 
intervals; dwarfer ones closer together. 
Aster * Michaelmas Daisy 
Provide a wealth of bloom in September 
and October, and are as invaluable as chrys- 
anthemums. Splendid for borders and also 
for naturalizing in woodland plantings. They 
thrive anywhere but have a preference for 
sandy loam and a dislike for overcrowding. 
The dwarf varieties provide much-needed fall 
color in the rock-garden. 
Novze-angliz. 
*Harrington’s Perfected Pink. The 
finest pink Aster yet tmtroduced. A 
clear, soft pmk. 4 to 5 ft. Sept., Oct. 
*Mt. Rainier. Pure white. A beautiful 
novelty. 4 to 5 ft. Sept., Oct. 
Red Cloud. Pure deep pink. A very fine 
= novelty. 4 to 5 ft. Sept., Oct. 
Above, each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz., 
$40 per 100 
Novi-belgi. All varieties flower in Septem- 
ber and October. 
Royal Pink. A3¥% ft. high plant that is 
covered with masses of beautiful bright 
pink blooms. A wonder for cut-bloom. 
Palmyra. Growing 4 ft. high, this tall 
vigorous plant has masses of small semi- 
double pure pink flowers. 
Little Boy Blue. Bright blue, semi-double 
flowers. 11% ft. 
Mount Everest. Large, pure white flow- 
ers m great profusion. 4 ft. 
*Queen Mary. Deepest, richest blue. 
Very large thowers with golden centers. 
4to 5 ft. 
*Red Rover. Deep rosy red with golden 
center. 3 to 4 ft. 
COLLECTIONS: 
4 plants, 1 each marked *........... $2.00 
12 plants, 3 each marked *........... $5.50 
Aster Frikarti. Very free flowering, 
producing charmimg blue flowers of 
large size. One of the finest perennials 
of today. 2 ft. Aug.-Oct. $1.65 for 3, 
$6.25 per doz. 
ASTER, VIOLETTA. Novelty. 
beautiful flowers 
October, 3 to 4 ft. 
per doz. 

Masses of 
in September and 
$1.50 for 3, $5.50 


Dwarf Hybrid Asters 
This race of foot-high bushy plants ts 
just the thing for supplying end-of- 
summer color in the front of the perennial 
border and the rock-garden. They are 
covered with bloom in August and Sep- 
tember. 
Countess of Dudley. * Clear pink. 
Snowsprite. * Pure white. 
Victor. * Pale lavender-blue. 

ASTILBE. Spirza. These fine summer- 
flowering plants, with their graceful 
ferny leaves and spikes of soft plumy 
flowers, revel in rich, damp soil. 
Gloria Superba. In June it is topped by 
an abundance of graceful and feathery 
deep pik flowers. Height 2 feet. 
Amethyst. 
June. 
Deutschland. Pure white. 
Deep violet-purple. 2 ft. 
Fanal. Large heads of vivid vermilion. 
2 ft. June, July. 
Above Astilbes, 60 cts. each, $1.75 for 3, 
$6.75 per doz. 
COLLECTIONS: 
4iplants, leachate sacle iia $2.25 
T2iplants;,3 each)... oe dacs weiss hale $6.50 
Campanula - Bel/fower 
These beautiful plants are for the rockery 
and border. They are of easy culture. 
Carpatica. »% A compact plant 6 inches 
high. Large blue flowers. July. 
Carpatica alba. »% White form. 
Persicifolia, Blue Spire. Very attractive 
spikes of opalescent blue on strong, sturdy 
stems. Double flowers. 3 ft. June, July. 
65 cts. each, $1.85 for 3, $7 per doz. 
Persicifolia, Telham Beauty. Long, wiry 
3-foot stems with large, single, silvery 
lavender-blue bells. July. 


To fill bare space the first year, sow seeds of Annuals; one or more 
of the Collections described at the end of the Flower Seed Section 
will be found most helpful in this regard. 
Canterbury Bells 
Campanula Medium 
These grand old-fashioned border plants 
provide a wealth of bloom in June and July. 
Offered in a choice Mixture of colors; single 
flowers. 
Chrysogonum - Golden Knee 
Virginianum. >» Ground-cover; 4 to 6 in. 
For sun or part shade in a rich woodsy 
soil. Bright starry golden yellow flowers 
from May to August. 
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Daphne Cneorum 
Daphne Cneorum - Garland Flower 
% A dwarf evergreen shrub with clusters of 
bright pink, fragrant flowers in May, and 
again In September. It prefers a sandy, peaty 
soil. 9 to 12-m. plants, $2 each, $5 for 3, 
$17.50 per doz. 
THE WELCOME GIFT 
Of our thousands of merchandise rtems, 
many make ideal PRESENTS for anniversa- 
ries, birthdays, Easter, Mother’s Day, Christ- 
mas or merely to say “thank you’”’—perennials, 
a collection of seeds, new dahlias, perhaps; roses, 
Epicure foods or some garden gadget. 
A good idea 1s to purchase, for the amount 
you desire to spend, a Gift Check, good any 
time for any thing your friend selects. Give 
us the address and the amount; we do the rest. 
If time is short, wire or phone us. 

PRICES, unless otherwise noted, $1.35 for 3, $5 per doz., $35 per 100. Purchaser pays transportation. 
* Dwarf plants for the Rock Garden and edging the Perennial Border 

Nad 
Astilbe (Spiresa) 
NEW YORK 8,N. Y, 


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We make a service charge of 35 cts. on Perennial orders less than $3.50 
—partially to cover digging, packing and insurance. 

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