. Dreer's autumn catalogue 1926. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. /flEI1PJ^AJimffS!iJM!l&llilfe1.^iik^HM^ 37 Summer-flowering Hardy Aster ^melius Elegans. Grows from 12 to 15 inches high and produces large showy flowers of a rich bluish-violet during July and August. Its free- flowering habit and compact growth makes it a most desirable subject for the front of the border. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Dwarf Alpine Asters Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of
. Dreer's autumn catalogue 1926. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. /flEI1PJ^AJimffS!iJM!l&llilfe1.^iik^HM^ 37 Summer-flowering Hardy Aster ^melius Elegans. Grows from 12 to 15 inches high and produces large showy flowers of a rich bluish-violet during July and August. Its free- flowering habit and compact growth makes it a most desirable subject for the front of the border. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Dwarf Alpine Asters Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy borders; grows 6 to 10 inches high, and bears large showy bluish-purple flowers in May and June. — Albus. Identical to the above, but with pure white flowers. Sub-coeruleus. Forms a dense tuft of leaves, from which issue many leafless stems 12 inches high, bearing in June and July massive bluish-violet flowers 3 inches in diameter. Price. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Set of 3 sorts, 65 cts. Asclepias Tuberosa {Butterfly Weed). One of the showiest of our native perennials; 2 feet high; and producing from July to August heads of orange-colored flowers. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Astilbe This collection of hybrid AstQbes includes the best of the latest novelties, all are varieties of strong vigorous growth producing many branched feathered heads of flowers during June and July. They grow from 2 to 3 feet high, succeeding best in a half-shady moist position in any ordinary garden soil. Gloria. Large feathery spikes of deep pink flowers shaded carmine. Granat. Dark crimson, one of the darkest colors yet produced. Hyacinth. A beautiful mauve-rose. Vesta. Graceful light lilac-rose plumes. White Pearl. Dense pyramidal plumes of silvery white. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Set of 5 sorts, $ Baptisia (False Indigo) Australia. A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high, with dark green, deeply cut foliage, and spikes of dark blue flowers in June and July. 25
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