Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 Japanese Double White Hardy Aster Hardy Asters, or Michaelmas Daisies FALL-FLOWERING HARDY ASTERS. (Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants, giving a wealth of bloom during September and Oc- tober, a season when most other hardy flowers are past, and for the best effect should be planted in masses of one color. They grow freely in any soil. The collection offered below is made up of the choicest varieties only, the weedy sorts being elimina
Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 Japanese Double White Hardy Aster Hardy Asters, or Michaelmas Daisies FALL-FLOWERING HARDY ASTERS. (Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants, giving a wealth of bloom during September and Oc- tober, a season when most other hardy flowers are past, and for the best effect should be planted in masses of one color. They grow freely in any soil. The collection offered below is made up of the choicest varieties only, the weedy sorts being eliminated. Beauty of Colwall. One of the finest, of upright free-branching habit; 3 to 4 feet high, and literally covered during September with semi-double flowers of ageratum blue. Formosissimus. Bright violet; 3 feet. Leevis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. Novse anglise. Bright violet purple; 4 feet. Lil Fardell. Bright mauve; 4 feet. Roseus. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. Novi=BeIgii Herbstelfe. Light ageratum blue in dense branched tufts; 3 feet. Saphir. Soft sky-blue; 3 feet. St. Egwin. A bright pink on strong bushes, 2£ to 3 feet high during September and October. Peggy Ballard. A small semi-double lavender-blue; 4 feet. Snowflake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. Tataricus. Distinct large bluish-violet; very late; 6 feet. Price. Any of the above, 20 cts. each- $ per doz.; $ per 100. Set of 12 varieties for $ SUMMER FLOWERING AND DWARF ALPINE ASTERS Are offered on opposite page. The NEW HARDY ASTERS offered on this page are unusually fine
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