CURTIS GARDEN ., 
5930 Argus Road. CINCINNATH 24 Ohis: 5 
Ki 2840 | FEcCErtvEen 
f % WAR 301950 | 
1950 om ts 
ASTER AND CHRYSANTHEMUM. \ievcu: 
LIST 
We are offering this year for the first time some of our 
Hardy Asters. (Novae Angliae) which are the results of many 
years breeding of this strain of Hardy Asters. They have been 
tested by a number of outstanding Horticulturists and they 
all felt that they should be introduced to the gardening public. 
I sent my first outstanding seedling Hardy Aster to Walt- 
ham Field Station for trial in 1940. That fall it was reported 
“that among the four hundred varieties Curtis Pink was the 
out standing variety.” The Wayside Gardens purchased it and 
changed the name to “Survivor” and it received an Award of 
Merit from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on Octo- 
ber 9, 1940. 5 
In the 10 years since then I have grown thousands of Aster 

seedlings and the following varieties in my estimation are 
worthy of introduction. 
CULTURE 
Of all the species of Hardy Asters the Novae Angliae is the 
hardiest, being practically indestructible. It does well in any 
good garden soil and prefers full sun, but can also be grown 
in partial shade. It’s natural height is from 4 to 6 feet, making 
it an ideal background for a perennial border. It can be suc- 
cessfully held to a height of 2 feet by pinching out the center, 
when the shoot is 6 inches, then when the branches are about 
10 inches long pinch out the tips of them, and another pinch- 
ing out of the tips when the bush is 18 inches high should 
give you a nicely rounded bush which will be practically cov- 
ered with blooms for a month. 
Blooming time is August, September. 
HARDY ASTERS 
Martha Haislip -60 
Salmon. pink. Brilliant color with no trace of the usual lav- 
ender. Profuse bloomer. This is the first Hardy Aster prod. - 
ed in this shade. Flowers stay open at night, therfore an ex- 
tremely valuable cut flower. 
Arizona Sunset .60 
Salmon. Brilliant as an Arizona Sunset, hence the name. 
Pink Bouquet 60 
A very fine pink with an abundance of large blooms, one 
branch in itself makes a lovely bouquet of pink daisies. 
Jessie Curtis .60 
Red. Buds are true red, the open flowers, like all red asters is 
of a red-purple tint. Under artificial light the color is a vivid 
crimson. 
All Asters are strong field grown plants. 
COLLECTIONS 
1 each of the 4 varieties 2.25 
3 each of the 4 varieties 5.50 
3 of one variety 1.50 

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HARDY ENGLISH CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
For the last few years we have been growing and testing, 
some 50 varieties of the hardy English Mums. We are now 
offering you some of these varieties, which we found to be 
the best as to color, habit of growth and time of blooming. 
All are early to mid-season blooming. 

CRUSADER r ors A5: 
An immense white. Good disbudded. Stiff stems, large blooms. 
FORWARD 45 
Really a step forward. Disbud and it is fine for exhibition with. 
blooms 6 inches across. Stiff petals of a beautiful silvery pink. 
HENRY SUTCLIFFE AS 
A deep golden yellow, incurved, that makes good sized blooms 
when disbudded. September. 
INDIANA 45 
A rich velvety red, shading darker toward the center. Long 
stems with reflexing blooms. 5 inches across. September. 
JIM THORPE 45 
A very fine large crimson. Early flowering, September 
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