. The Aiken Nurseries. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Wild flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Page 8 THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT ARMERIA Thrift. Sea Pink. A colorful rock garden or edging plant. Blossoms, shades of rose, from tufts of leaves. ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA— BUTTERFLYWEED Brilliant orange flowers in July and August on 2-foot stems. For hot dry locations. Will naturalize in fields or on dry banks. HARDY ASTERS BEECH WOOD CHALLENGER, best brilliant red prolific bloomer. MT. EVEREST,
. The Aiken Nurseries. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Wild flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Page 8 THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT ARMERIA Thrift. Sea Pink. A colorful rock garden or edging plant. Blossoms, shades of rose, from tufts of leaves. ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA— BUTTERFLYWEED Brilliant orange flowers in July and August on 2-foot stems. For hot dry locations. Will naturalize in fields or on dry banks. HARDY ASTERS BEECH WOOD CHALLENGER, best brilliant red prolific bloomer. MT. EVEREST, By far the best white aster. Very vigorous and free blooming. HARRINGTON'S PINK Silvery rose flowers in profuse clusters from September until heavy frosts. A truly fine, large plant for the open border. 4 ft. or taller. PURPLE NEW ENGLAND ASTER. Royal purple blooms in September. ROSE NEW ENGLAND ASTER. Rose colored form of the above. AUBRETTA HYBRIDS Colorful carpets of lavender-blue and rose in earliest Spring. Easily grown in wall gardens or dry sunny spots in the rock garden. Lovely with early bulbs or White Arabis. 4 in. Mixed colors only. BAPTISIA — WILD-INDIGO BLUE WILD-INDIGO, B. australis. A shapely, rounded plant with clusters of pea-like, dark blue flowers in June and July. 3 ft. BOLTONIA VIOLET BOLTONIA, B. latisquana. Mauve pink. More graceful grower than the above. Not over 5 feet tall. Does not spread too HAREBELLS HAREBELLS, Campanula rolundifolia. No flower has more grace than this one as it clings, dancing in the breeze, on a dry cliff. The small, blue bells are borne on delicate stems 9 to 12 inches high. Blooms from June until frost, preferring dry soil and full sun or very slight shade. COVENTRY BELLS, C. rapunculoides. Dainty spikes of lilac-blue, drooping blossoms in July and August. Will thrive in a neglected shady place or among shrubs. HARDY CARNATIONS Red. white, pink, King of the Blacks, Dark red. mixed. Theae beautiful border plants can be
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