GARDEN AND OUTDOOR BOOKS—Turn to page 66 for 
descriptive offerings of books on outdoor gardening, house 
plants, horticultural reference, wild flowers, birds and the like. 
5 SHOWY ANNUAL ASTERS 
Seeds may be sown directly in the garden, but for earliest 
bloom, sow indoors, or in hotbeds, and then transplant. 
ASTER POWDERPUFFS—24 inches. New strain for garden 
decoration, or for cutting. The upright plants carry all the 
flowers on top. A row is a ribbon of color, just massed, 
upfacing, intensely double blossoming in whole Aster range 
of hue and tone. The entire plant can be cut as one spectac- 
ular bouquet. Wilt-resistant. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
THE SUPERGIANT ASTERS—A wilt-resistant strain with 
immense flowers of fullest, fluffy doubleness.s BEVERLY 
HILLS—Clear azure blue. Pkt. 25c; 46 oz. 45e. LOS ANGELES 
—Gigantic flowers in pure pink. Called “‘the largest Aster.” 
Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. HOLLY- 
WOOD—fiuffy white giant. Pkt. 
25ce; Ye oz. 45c. EL MONTE— 
Enormous crimson flowers. Pkt. 
25c; Ye oz. 45c. OFFER 316A— 
One pkt. each of the four, with 
one of Goldilocks (below), for 
$1.00. 
ASTER GOLDILOCKS—28 
inches. Newer variety of the full- 
double Princess section. Definite- 
ly the best yellow in Annual 
Asters. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
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. 15¢; 46 oz. 35c; 4% oz. 60c. 
ASTER RAINBOW SINGLES—30 inches. Effect is of big 
daisies in unusual hues Pkt. 15c; 144 oz. 35ce; 14 oz. 65c. 
ASTER AVALON BLEND—All the better double-flowered 
Annual Asters in an unsurpassed mixture, full color and 
purr TAnee Particularly desirable for cutting. Pkt. 15c; 4% 
oz. 40c. 
1 THE HARDY ASTERS 
The true Asters are hardy perennials. Includes both Michael- 
mas daisies of fall and the dwarf Asters that bloom in spring. 
“kt.””?” ALPINUS—Showy, spring-blooming dwarf with mul- 
titudes of large, blue-purple flowers. Pkt. 20c; 8 for 50c. 
Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75; 10 for $5.00. AMELLUS HY- 
BRIDS—(3)20. Large-flowered, medium-height Asters that 
bloom all summer. Big flowers in pink, rose, white and varied 
blues. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.70. BRACHY- 
TRICHUS—7 inches. Spring-bloomer from Mongolia. An 
extraordinary profusion of blue daisies. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 
65c; 3 for $1.70. PURDOMI—7 inches. Another spring- 
bloomer, this time a mat-former from China with upfacing 
blue flowers. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.70. DIPLOSTE- 
PHIOIDES—(2-3)20. Large, gold-centered flowers of pure 
lavender. Pkt. 25c. ELONGATUS—(3)12. Unique. Big blue 
flowers that often show crimson zoning. Pkt. 25c. FARRERI— 
(2-3)20 Blue-lavender flowers to 3-inch diameters, each on its 
own stem. Pkt. 25c. HIMALAICUS—(8)16. Large, full flow- 
ers with narrow, crowded, lilac petalage. Pkt. 25c. MAUVE 
CUSHION—6 inches. Wide low mounds of silver mauve, Oc- 
tober into November. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. NOVIAE- 
ANGLIAE—(5)50. Fine, tall Asters of late summer and 
autumn. Varied blues and purples, with pink and rose. Pkt. 
20ec. NOVI-BELGI HYBRIDS—(3)35. Bright and showy, 
giving long bloom in late summer. Flowers often semi-double. 
Particularly wide color range. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. PTARMI- 
COIDES—(3)15. Pure white flowers in wide, corymbose 
sprays. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 65c. SPECTABILIS— (3-4) 24. 
Clusters of big, soft blue flowers through September and 
October. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. SUBCOERU- 
LEUS—(2)10. Fine, mat-forming dwarf. In late spring, big, 
upfacing flowers, lilae to rich violet. Pkt. 25¢c. TATARICUS— 
(6) 72. Dense clusters of soft blue. Good. Tallest and latest of 
Asters. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. OFFER 316B— 
One pkt. each of those so offered, for $2.60. 
ASTER HARDY PERENNIAL BLEND—Many excellent 
kinds. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
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1 HARDY ASTER BEAUTIES 
FRIKARTI (Wonder of Staeffa)—20 inches. Splendid, ever- 
blooming Swiss hybrid. Big, long-rayed lavender blossoms for 
months, Greatly showy. Plants, each 80c; 3 for $2.25; 10 for 
$6.60. 
STAR OF WARTBURG—12 inches. Handsome spring-bloom- 
ing dwarf. Big, upfacing, dark blue flowers, orange-centered. 
Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.90; 10 for $5.40. 
PACIFIC AMARANTH—12 inches. Richest amaranth. 
Dense masses of flowers August into October. Plants, each 80c; 
3 for $2.25. 
COUNTESS OF DUDLEY—10 inches. Low, bushy plants. 
Clear pink all summer. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. 
VICTOR—10 inches. The last, in a fine light blue. Plants, 
each 65c; 3 for $1.75. 
WINSTON CHURCHILL—30 inches. Ruby crimson; richest 
and reddest of Asters. Plants, each 95c; 3 for $2.70. 
PLENTY—40 inches. Particularly large flowers, double and 
semi-double, in a lovely sky blue. September—October. Plants, 
each 85c; 3 for $2.35. 
VIOLETTA—40 inches. Autumn. Semi-double blossoms 
richest of blue-purples. Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.85. 
HYBRIDUS LUTEUS—20 inches. Big sprays of. little yellow 
flowers that become creamy. Aster-Solidago hybrid. Plants, 
each 80c; 3 for $2.25. 
CLIMAX—50 inches. Autumn. Pyramidal panicles of sky 
blue flowers. Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.85. 
MOUNT EVEREST—60 inches. Finest white. 
piled, snowy mountains. Each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
HARRINGTON PINK—50 inches. Most handsome of Asters. 
Semi-double blossoms in pure pink. 
Each 75e; 3 for $2.10. 
BARR’S PINK—60 inches. Rugged, 
free-bloomer with flowers of deeper, 
richer pink. Very good, indeed. 
Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.90. 
in 
Plants like 
OFFER 316CN—One plant each of ee 
above for $9.00. oars 
1 ASTILBE 
Feathery flower-plumes, exquisitely 
fashioned, in white, cream, many a 
delightful pink, rose or carmine. 
Handsome winter-hardy perennial : 
for either garden planting or forcing in pots. Illustrated op- 
posite. A mixture of seeds from fine species and named hybrids. 
PKt Zoe oRtor TOG mektice 
ASTILBE PLANTS—Available spring or fall. Fully winter- 
hardy. Will thrive in shade or sun. Long in bloom. 28 inches. 
GLORIA SUPERBA—Long, feathery plumes in pure, deep 
pink. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.70. FANAL—Glowing, carmine- 
toned crimson. Plants, each 95c; 3 for $2.65. RHEINLAND— 
Wide plumes in soft pink. Plants, each 95¢e; 3 for $2.65. 
AVALANCHE—Purest white. Wide, tall, fluffy. Plants, each 
$1.00; 3 for $2.70. AMERICA—Lilac, close to lavender. Plants, 
each 95c; 3 for $2.65. OFFER 316DN—One plant each of the 
five for $4.40. 
November days of blue crystal skies set with clipped 
white cloud, brown oakleaf winging over green willow 
sway, clatter of pheasant and scurry of rabbit, shining 
red rose-fruit and burnt-orange of bittersweet, fragrance 
of wood smoke—and of memory. 
SALMAGUNDI doesn’t always mean pickles. One dictionary 
meaning is “a medley,” and our particular SALMAGUNDI 
is surely that. It is a mixture of seeds of pretty nearly every- 
thing we offer, and of a few we don’t as yet catalog (left- 
overs from our own trial sowings). Of some kinds there will 
be just a trace, of others much, for this is where old seeds go. 
They won't all grow, but a lot of them will, and at low price 
at which this is sold, you can be pretty sure of getting ex- 
cellent value. 4% oz. 35c; 1 oz. 60c; %4 Ib. $2.00. 
