Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . Group op f MSaseas) SAXIFRAGA. (Megaiea.) These will thrive in any kind of soiland in any position; grow about onefoot high, and are admirable for thefront of the border or shrubbery, form-ing masses of handsome, broad, deepgreen foliage, which alone rendersthem useful, while the pretty flowers,which appear very early in the spring,some almost as soon as the frost isout of the ground, make them doublyeflfective. (See cut.)Brilliant. Bright Light Deep Deep Deep
Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . Group op f MSaseas) SAXIFRAGA. (Megaiea.) These will thrive in any kind of soiland in any position; grow about onefoot high, and are admirable for thefront of the border or shrubbery, form-ing masses of handsome, broad, deepgreen foliage, which alone rendersthem useful, while the pretty flowers,which appear very early in the spring,some almost as soon as the frost isout of the ground, make them doublyeflfective. (See cut.)Brilliant. Bright Light Deep Deep Deep Rosy crimson. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ 100. Set of 6 sorts, $ SCABIOSA. Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordi-nary soil if well drained and in a sunny location, andshould be grown in every garden where cut flowersare wanted; they last a long time when picked andplaced in water. Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). A soft and charmingshade of lavender, and commences to bloom inJune, throwing stems 15 to 18 inches high untilSeptember. (See cut.)— Alba. A pure white Lavender-blue flowers 2 to 2J inchesacross; very floriferous, in bloom from July to Sep-tember; 2 , Sulphur-yellow flowers; July to Sep-tember; 2\ feet. cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. SEMPERVIVUM. (House Leek.) Peculiarly interesting plants for therockery or for any exposed, well-drainedposition. We can furnish six distinctvarieties at 10 cts. each; $ per of 6 for 50 cts. SHNBCIO (Groundsel). Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of fo-liage, from which spring up, fromJuly to October, a succession of 2feet high stems, with clusters ofbril
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