Alaska 
New Brilliantly Colored Htardy Asters 
for Autumn Bloom 
From over six thousand seedlings during a four-year period, we have selected one dozen of the 
best. It was a big and costly job but the results well justify all the effort that has gone into this 
task. Nine varieties are being offered for the first time this spring. Three more kinds will be 
introduced as soon as sufficient quantities have been grown. 
This fine lot of varieties unquestionably replaces all the older ones. Their colors are cheerful 
and clear, devoid of any purplish overtones. The flowers are produced in a most prolific manner. 
They are of medium height, hardy and of easiest culture. Planted along with Mums, they create 
a beautiful picture. Mixed through the border, they provide a splash of color towards the end of 
the summer that cannot be equalled. 
Each $1.00, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
Pure marble-white without any tinting; unquestionably the finest and 
purest white Aster offered. Flowers are big, 214 in. across and give a 
ray-like effect with double layer of flower petals. Makes a fine up- 
right plant about 24 to 30 inches tall, quite rounded but completely 
covered with flowers when in bloom. 
Paloma 
Each $1.00, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
Here we have unquestionably the truest in deep blue. There is no other 
Aster in our nursery nor have we seen one anywhere else that can 
equal it. The flower spikes are pyramidal in form and about 24 to 30 
in. in height; profusely covered with blooms. Makes a beautiful show 
and looks particularly fine when planted with the white variety Alaska, 
Alcida Each $1.00, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 Makes a@ nice upright plant. 
Brilliant, non-fading, clear and sparkling is what visitors say of this 
variety. Color is a glowing garnet-purple. The flowers completely 
cover a tightly growing plant which makes a mound about 20 to 24 
inches high. It surely puts life into a faded summer border and makes 
a fine, strong contrast with other Aster varieties. 
Aquilla Each $1.00, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
The habit of this plant is somewhat unusual. It is almost cone-shaped, 
broad and upright. Grows about 24 to 30 in. high. This cone of green 
becomes a magnificent mass of lightest pale blue in autumn. The 
flowers are about 21! in. across, semi-double, completely hiding the 
foliage. No other hardy plants produce such a lovely delicate and clear 
effect in the autumn garden. 
Edwina Each $1.00, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
Immense flowers in shapely pyramidal clusters of light violet-blue. A 
color which lights up the garden in autumn like few other flowers do. 
It is exceptionally clear and clean and sparkles in sunlight. Plants 
grow about 2 to 3 ft. high with rigid stems and are profuse bloomers. 
Habit is neat and we consider this as one of the best hardy Asters 
available. 
Erma Each $1.09, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
The semi-double flowers are a beautiful light shade of orchid-purple. 
Flowers are about 114 to 2 in. in diameter, clear and brightly colored. 
The plant grows about 15 to 18 in. high, is rigidly upright and rounded. 
The flowers occur in tight clusters in a most profuse manner. A 
shapely plant of great beauty. 
ASTER COLLECTION No. 
Samaria Each $1.00, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
We consider this variety an improved Violetta. Flower clusters are free 
and upright. Deep campanula-violet would describe its color best. Grows 
about 30 to 36 inches tall. Stems are rigid and upright. Blooms are 
large, brilliant and clear. They just about hide the plant when in 
full flower. Very prolific. 
Selma Each $100, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
The mound-like plants which are about 15 to 18 in. tall become 
invisible under a sumptuous display of bloom. No foliage remains visible 
at that time. The color is a soft clear, sparkling rosy-lilac. The very 
bright flowers are about 2% in. across and semi-double. Few plants 
bloom as freely or make such a display in the autumn garden. 
Yolanda Each $1.00, Three $2.55, Doz. $7.25 
Here we have without a doubt the finest and truest pink in Asters. 
Several visitors, who saw this variety in bloom, referred to it as superb. 
The flowers are semi-double, 2 inches or more across and grow on 
Spikes are from 24 to 30 inches tall. Rigid and heavily covered with 
upright spikes instead of in flat clusters as is the case in most Asters. 
blooms. No doubt but the finest of the pinks. 
1-——One each of the three varieties illustrated below, individually tabeled for $2.50. 
Samaria 
Selma 
