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ASTER, Beechwood Challenger. 3 for $1.75 
ASTERS, continued 
MEDIUM-TALL ASTERS 
2 to 21 ft. 
Beechwood Beacon. Deep crimson-rose. A 
tbrilliant and showy variety. Strong grower. 
Beechwood Rival. Very fine cyclamen-purple 
tflowers, which appear earlier than most other 
varieties. 
Queen Mary. Blue flowers tinted lavender, 
12% inches across, gracefully arranged in a 
panicle. 
Sommergruss. A beautiful shading of violet- 
tblue flowers. 
TALL ASTERS 
(Including Novi-Belgi and Novae-Angliae 
types) 
Beechwood Challenger. Very fine clear red 
Twith a prominent yellow disc. A bushy grower 
with healthy foliage. The deepest of the reds. 
3 ites 
Gay Border Blue. 
tblue. 31% to 4 ft. 
Harrington’s Pink. A really choice, outstand- 
ting, new pink Aster. Color is a soft clear rose. 
Blooms freely on a strong, bushy plant. 
Mount Everest. Large, pure white flowers 
tcover the plant. With its long flowering period 
it ranks supreme. 
Plenty. A comparatively new variety for 
tmodern and smaller gardens, flowering from 
September until Iate in the fall. Semi-double, 
soft blue flowers on bushy plants. 2 to 2% ft. 
Prosperity. New. Large, rich rosy carmine 
flowers. One of the best in this class. 
All Hardy Asters: 3 of one variety for $1.75; 
0 of one variety for $5.25 
Special Offer 
Dwarf—Medium—or Tall Asters 
Specify your preference 
PLANTS (Our selection of 
4 varieties)... ..... FOR $2.30 
(Regular value $2.72) 
Semi-double, rich violet- 
PLANTS, 2 each of 4 va- 
rieties =. 0 - 2. FOR $4.35 
(Our selection of varieties) 
(Regular value $5.44) 
ASTILBE HYBRIDS .- Spirea 
These hardy hybrid Astilbes will thrive in any 
good rich soil if given plenty of water during the 
growing season. Flowers in showy panicles, 
freely produced. June, July. 
Bonn. Deep carmine-pink. Erect stems; dark 
tgreen foliage. An outstanding variety. 18 in. 
May, June. 
Fanal. Its rosy crimson flower-spikes are about 
715 inches tall and appear well above the foli- 
age. Thrives in full sun or semi-shade, but 
prefers a shady, damp position. 114 ft. May, 
June. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50. 
Prof. Van Der Wielen. Unusually long stems 
tand side shoots, showing fine, small, pure 
white flowers in profusion. 2 to 21% ft. 
Rhineland. Crimson flower-spikes shaded with 
tsalmon. 11% to 2 ft. 
Special Offer 
ASTILBE HYBRIDS 
PLANTS, 1 each of ab 
ied) pon $2.75 
(Regular value $3.25) 
All Astilbes: 75 cts. each; 3 of one variety 
for $2.00, except where noted 
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©  ASTILBE, Fanal. 3 for $2.50 
ASTILBE, Red Sentinel Vew 
tA new beautiful, brilliant fire-red variety 
having full flower-spikes closely set. Foliage 
very attractive deep green and graceful. A 
truly new modern variety which is very 
colorful and hardy. $1.25 each; 3 for $3.25. 
BAPTISIA 
Australis. False Indigo. Long spikes of 
tlovely blue, pea-like flowers. A native plant 
with good foliage, doing well in any soil. 3 to 
4 ft. May, June. 3 for $1.50; 10 for $4.50. 
CAMPANULA . Bellflower 
A large family of interesting plants having a 
wide range of habit and color. Some are adapted 
to rock-gardens, and others are invaluable for 
the border. 
Persicifolia. Peach-leaved Bellflower. Large, 
tcup-shaped, clear blue flowers on 2 to 3-foot 
spikes. Excellent for cutting during June 
and July. 
Persicifolia alba. Same as above variety, but 
thas white flowers. 
CAMPANULAS 
for the Rock-Garden 
Carpatica. Excellent low plant growing into 
%& dense mounds of foliage with an abundance of 
erect blue flowers from June to fall. 6 to 8 in. 
Good rock-garden or border subject. 
* Carpatica alba. A white form of the above. 
Poscharskyana. An 
‘ ; interesting dwarf 
ykspecies with fine, star-shaped, lilac flowers. 
July. 
All Campanulas: 3 of one variety for $1.50; 
10 of one variety for $4.50. 
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Varieties starred (4) for rock-gardens. 
Varieties daggered ({) for cut-flowers. 
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