. Dreer's garden calendar : 1898. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 148 SELECT HARDY PERENNIALS. Primula Vlllg'aris (^The English Primrose). This is an old favorite but now rarely seen in the modern garden. A few plants which flowered in our trial grounds last spring were so much admned that we concluded to prepare a large stock of this har- limgei of spimg. 15 cts. each, § per doz. Prinmla Cortusoitles Sieboldii. A pretty Japanese species with large rose or lavender-colored flowers, produced in dense heads 10 in.


. Dreer's garden calendar : 1898. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 148 SELECT HARDY PERENNIALS. Primula Vlllg'aris (^The English Primrose). This is an old favorite but now rarely seen in the modern garden. A few plants which flowered in our trial grounds last spring were so much admned that we concluded to prepare a large stock of this har- limgei of spimg. 15 cts. each, § per doz. Prinmla Cortusoitles Sieboldii. A pretty Japanese species with large rose or lavender-colored flowers, produced in dense heads 10 in. high. 15c. each, $ per doz. Prinmla Rosea. A pretty, compact- growing, hardy primrose, with bright rosy carmine flowers nearly 1 inch across, dis- posed in heads of from 6 to 10 flowers each. Blooms in spring. 15c. each, § per doz. Kaniiuculiis Acouitifolius Plemis. One of the best of our spring-flowering perennials; flowers pure white and very dou- ble, not unHke a miniature double white Ca- mellia , it ^row s Tnd floweis fieeh pi cfeinng a moist shady situation. 25c. each, § per doz. Klldbeckia "Golden ; A glorious new plant, and one that should find a place in e\eij gaiden Without question the best hardy plant introduced in many years. It IS of fine habit and vigorous growth, attaining a height of from 4 to 6 feet, and begins to flowei eaily m the season, ind continues until late in the fall. The flowers are produced in enoimous quantities on long stems and lesemble a fine double golden-yellow Cactus Dahlia; and as a cut flow ei for vases, etc , it Ins no equal. 15 cts. each, § per doz. Kudbeckia Maxinie. One of the best of the large growdng cone flowers, frequently glowing 6 lo 7 feet high, with yellow flowers with a black disc. 25 cts. each, $ per doz. Seduni Acre. Excellent for cemetei) use or growing under trees ; flowers yellow. 15 cts. each, .SI,50 per doz. '^eduni Fabariuni. An upright growing variety, 15 to 18 inches high ; fl


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