5 ASTERS ANNUAL 
The oldtime name for them was 
China Aster, but botanically they are 
Callistephus. Desirable annuals of easy 
culture. 
ASTERS BY COLOR—Four good ones. 
LOS ANGELES—Immense flowers of 
clear pink, petals curled and interlaced. 
The largest Aster. Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 45c. 
SENSATION—Big, double flowers in 
intense scarlet. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 45c. 
GIANT BRANCHING AZURE—Full, 
double flowers in clear blue-lavender. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 45e¢. PEERLESS YEL- 
LOW. Best of the yellows. Soft, creamy 
primrose. Pkt. 15¢c; ¢ oz. 85c. OFFER 
35A—One pkt. each of the four for 50c. 
ASTER PRINCESS MIXED—They excel in having big blos- 
soms, so cushiony and packed with petals that no center eye 
ever shows, even in old blooms. Wide color range. Wilt- 
resistant. Pkt. 20c; 8 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
ASTER CALIFORNIA GIANTS—36 inches. Truly enormous 
flowers of feathery fullness, petals intercurled in manner of 
the great show Chrysanthemums. Long stems. Illustrated 
above. Pkt. 15c; 4g oz. 380c; % oz. 50c. 
ASTER RAINBOW SINGLES—30 inches. Most graceful class 
for cutting. Long slender petals, small centers, good stems, 
colorings exceedingly varied and vivid. Effect is of big daisies 
in unusual hues. Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 85c; 4 oz. 65c. 
ASTER AVALON BLEND—AII the better double-flowered 
Annual Asters in an unsurpassed mixture, full color and form 
de a ns desirable for cutting. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 40c; 
oz. 70c. 
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. “‘kt’’ culture. ALPINUS—(2)12. An 
excellent early Aster, indispensable among the lower kinds, 
covered with large blue-purple flowers. Pkt. 20c; \42 oz. 35c. 
AMELLUS HYBRIDS—Italian Aster. (3) 24. Summer-bloom- 
ing strain, exceedingly floriferous, showing rose tones, with 
white, in addition to many rich shades of blue. Pkt. 20c; 
38 pkts. for 50c. DIPLOSTEPHOIDES—ckt(2-3)20. Large, 
gold-centered flowers of pure lavender are carried on many 
tall, slender stems. A hardy Himalayan for early summer 
bloom. Pkt. 25ec. DWARF HYBRIDS—A group of summer- 
flowering Asters of involved, hybrid parentage, that make 
bushy, rounded plants, set closely over all season with bright 
flowers in pretty much the entire color range of Asters. 
Pkt. 25c. FARRERI— (2-8) 20. Shaggy flowers to 38-inch diam- 
eters, gold-centered, but with many long petals of blue- 
lavender. Each blossom is carried on its own slender stem, 
high above the flat foliage mat. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 60c. 
LINARIIFOLIUS—(lIonactis) —(4-5)15. A vast number of 
little, gold-centered lavender daisies are carried in rather close, 
upfacing clusters. Makes big clumps. Full sun. Does well on 
light, dry soils. Pkt. 20c. NOVIAE-ANGLIAE—(5) 50. New 
England Aster. Big many-rayed flowers in blue-violet to deep- 
est purple, in rosy pink to rosy red. Pkt. 15c; 8 pkts. 40c. 
Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 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 semidouble. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 
50c. HIMALAICUS—(3)16. Desirable dwarf, mountain spe- 
cies with rather large, narrow-petaled flowers of lilac blue. 
Pkt. 20c. PTARMICOIDES—(3)15. Pure white flowers in 
wide, flat corymbose sprays. Desirable for dry, sunny posi- 
tions. Pkt. 15¢e. Plants, each 45c. SPECTABILIS—(3-4) 24. 
The showy Aster. Lovely, informal blue flowers of surprising 
size. Shade-tolerant. A fine species. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45c; 
3 for $1.25. TATARICUS—(6) 72. Latest and tallest of Hardy 
Asters. Many clusters of soft blue flowers. Pkt. 15c. Plants, 
each 45c; 8 for $1.25. MAUVE CUSHION—Delightful late 
bloomer for rock garden or bedding. Cushion-plants, 8 inches 
high by 18 across, are filled in October with blossoms of 
silvery mauve. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c. 
OFFER 33A—One pkt. each of above for $2.20. 
ASTER HARDY PERENNIAL BLEND — The above, with 
others. An excellent mixture. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 

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1 OTHER FINE HARDY ASTERS 
ALPINUS GOLIATH—10 inches. Excellent low Aster, bloom- 
ing in late spring. Big flowers in rich blue violet. Rock 
garden, edging, bedding. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
SUBCOERULEUS STAR OF WARTBURG—% inches. Another 
excellent, spring-blooming dwarf. Very large flowers of 
orange-centered dark blue. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.45. 
FRIKARTI—(Wonder of Staeffa)—20 inches. Everblooming 
hybrid from Switzerland, of highest horticultural merit. Big, 
long-rayed lavender blossoms for many months. An exceed- 
ingly showy Aster. Plants, each 60c; 8 for $1.60; 10 for $4.75. 
BLUE GOWN—50 inches. Autumn. Pyramidal spikes of 
brightest mid-blue. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
CONSTANCE—10 inches. Late summer. Mounds of lilac pink 
flowering. Each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
VICTOR—10 inches. Same dense, cushion habit as last, but. 
flowers all rich blue. Plants 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
VIOLETTA—40 inches. Autumn. Semi-double blossoms ; of 
deepest blue-purple. We have seen no better Aster in this rich 
coloring. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50; 10 for $4.50. 
CLIMAX—50 inches. Big, pyramidal] panicles of sky blue. 
Autumn. Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.50. 
HARRINGTON PINK—35 inches. Pure, true pink are the 
massed, double blossoms. Called the most handsome Aster. 
Early autumn. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.65. 
MOUNT EVEREST—50 inches. The plants are truly like 
piled, snowy mountains, massed white from bottom to top. 
Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.40. 
BEECHWOOD CHALLENGER—45 inches. Rich, 
crimson. Floriferous. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
PALMYRA—30 inches. Autumn. Pyramids of semi-double 
flowers in a fine, bright pink. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
RED ROVER—20 inches. Autumn. A _ fine Aster, long in 
bloom, flowers of rosy red with tone of violet. Plants, each 
50c; 8 for $1.40. 
OFFER 344N—One plant each of the above for $6.25. 
1 AUBRIETA or ROCK-PURPLE 
AUBRIETA PEERLESS 
HYBRIDS—erx (2)8. Splen- 
did low perennials for the 
rock garden, front of bor- 
der, or massing. Easy to 
grow and to delight in. 
Rose, lilac, mauve, purple, 
violet, crimson in _ vivid, 
rich blendings. Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 
Ade. e 
AUBRIETA LEICHTLINI 
—Rosy violet, near to crim- 
son. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 
for 50c. 
red-toned 

2 ROCK LILY 1 
Pretty lily-cousin from New Zealand, with wide, pendulous 
foliage and many graceful panicles of white blossoms, these 
often with faint pink suffusions. A nice cut flower. Needs 
protection in garden above Philadelphia, but it makes a most 
pleasing pot plant for window or greenhouse. ARTHROPOD- 
IUM CIRRATUM. Shade-tolerant. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
1 ARTEMISIA or SILVERPLUME 
Fully hardy perennials of considerable decorative value, 
notable for silvery, aromatic fern-foliage. FRIGIDA—(3) 30. 
Delightful in its soft and silky near-white ferniness. Pkt. 20c. 
Plants, each 50c. SILVER KING (Albula) —30 inches. Decora- 
tive foliage of frosty silver. Sprays may be dried for winter 
bouquets. Plants each 45c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.75. STEL- 
LERIANA—Dune-silver. Low, undulate spreads of silvery, 
feathery foliage. It can be decidedly decorative. Supplied as 
divisions. Each 45c; 38 for $1.20. LACTIFLORA—(4-5)72. 
Handsome panicles of creamy bloom, richly honey-scented. 
Valued for cutting, or as a foil in the mixed perennial border. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for 
$4.00. SCHMIDTIANA NANA—Angel-hair. This rare and 
charming Japanese alpine makes low mounds of dense moss- 
ferniness, silvery and sun-glinting. An altogether lovely plant 
that has only to be seen to be desired. Plants, each 70c; 3 for 
$2.00. OFFER 82AN—One plant each of the five for $2.35. 
