Blue: 
CANTERBURY 
CARPET 
Pink: 
PERSIAN 
RUG 
The New Dwarf Oregon-Pacific 
ERENNIAL ASTERS 
(Michaelmas Daisies) 
For a feast of autumnal beauty plant some of these sturdy, low growing perennial hardy asters. Few flowers are so easy to 
grow; and these varieties are lovely, especially for border edges and foreground planting. 
The new Oregon-Pacific varieties were developed by Professor LeRoy Breithaupt of Corvallis, Oregon, who selected them 
from thousands of new plants resulting from crossing various of the taller kinds with an early-flowering, long-blooming, 
dwarf aster plant which he discovered in 1938 growing wild on Oregon’s Pacific shoreline. We have tested them in our 
nursery and find them vastly improved over other varieties. Their long season of bloom make them invaluable for masses 
of color in the late summer and fall garden. 
CULTURE: Perennial hardy asters require only moderately fertile soil. They are exceedingly hardy and few pests bother 
them. They may be planted about 18 to 24 inches apart and do best in the full sun with plenty of moisture. The clumps 
should not be allowed to become too large. When they become too large or appear crowded divide them down to teacup)- 
size or smaller, taking the new plants from the outside and discarding the old centers. Even a single new shoot will make a 
| fine flowering plant by awtumntime. 
| TIME OF SHIPMENT: Spring or Fall. 
PERSIAN ROSE Each. 1.00; 3 for 2.50; 12 for 8.50 
| The color of the flowers is a bright shade of persian rose—rare 
| among flowers and very attractive as well. The plants grow 
| about 15 inches high and are sturdy, shapely and very florif- 
erous. The first blooms appear around mid-August and con- 
from mid-summer into early autumn, Divisions for new plants 
should be taken each year. 
CANTERBURY CARPET Each 1.00; 3 for 2.50; 12 for 8.50 
Pretty little canterbury-blue flowers and finely-cut blue-green 
tinue until around mid-October, with the peak at the end of 
September. Persian Rose is excellent for foreground planting 
in the border and may also be used as an edging or in the rock 
garden. Divisions should be taken for new plants each year. 
CAMEO Each 1.00; 3 for 2.50; 12 for 8.50 
A profusion of medium-sized opalescent-pink flowers on excep- 
tionally sturdy, shapely plants make this variety very attractive. 
Cameo grows 15-18 inches high and nearly as wide, making an 
excellent ornamental for the border foreground. It blooms 
foliage make this variety unique. Flower growers who prize 
unusual things in the garden will love Canterbury Carpet as a 
specimen plant and for border edges. The plants grow in a 
semi-procumbent manner, about 8-12 inches high and nearly 
twice as wide. They are vigorous and very floriferous, the 
first blooms coming around mid-August and continue into 
October, with the peak late in September. The plants remain 
ornamental for weeks after the bloom is past. Divisions should 
be taken for new plants at least every two years. 
A-40 
3 each of above varieties and 1 Mount Hood Shasta Daisy (an $8.50 value) only $6.95 
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WALTER MARX GARDENS @ BORING, OREGON 
