Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 Campanula Media. Rocket Candytuft. 5410 â Media, Double, Mixed. All the double Me- dia varieties; 2J feet 5 â 5363 â Media Calycanthema. This is the finest variety of Campanula, producing plants with white and blue flowers resembling cup and saucer; 5365 â Speculum Flore Pleno. A double blue va- riety of Venus' Looking-Glass, fine for cutting and bouquets ; 6 inches 10 CANDYTUFT. (Iberis.) A beautiful and useful plant of the easiest culture, for growing in beds or masses; the white varieties are exten- sively grow
Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 Campanula Media. Rocket Candytuft. 5410 â Media, Double, Mixed. All the double Me- dia varieties; 2J feet 5 â 5363 â Media Calycanthema. This is the finest variety of Campanula, producing plants with white and blue flowers resembling cup and saucer; 5365 â Speculum Flore Pleno. A double blue va- riety of Venus' Looking-Glass, fine for cutting and bouquets ; 6 inches 10 CANDYTUFT. (Iberis.) A beautiful and useful plant of the easiest culture, for growing in beds or masses; the white varieties are exten- sively grown by florists for bouquets; by frequent sowings they can be had during the winter and summer. 5381 I. Fragrant (Pectinata). Pure white, sweet- scented ; 1 foot. Per oz., 50 ets 5 5382 â White Rocket (Amara). Large trusses of pure white flowers ; much prized by florists ; 1 foot. Per oz., 50 cts 5 5383 â White Tom Thumb (CoronariaNana). This variety grows 6 inches high and forms a round bush about 16 inches in diameter, covered with large white flower heads of great substance 10 5384â Umbellata Lilacina. Of a purplish or deep lilac color ; 1 foot 5 5385â Umbellata Purpurea. Dunnett's darkest crimson; very beautiful; 1 foot 5 5386 â Umbellata Carminea. This new variety is of dwarf, compact habit, and bears a mass of extra fine carmine bloom ; 6 inches 10 5390 â Fine Mixed. All the above tall-growing vari- eties ; 1 foot. Per oz., 50 ets 5 53S7 â Umbellata Nana, Mixed Dwarf. These elegant new dwarf hybrids are very floriferous, and remarkable for their numerous and brilliant colored flowers, shading from pure white into dark pur- ple; 6 inches 10 5388â Sempervirens. A profuse white blooming hardy perennial, adapted for rockeries, baskets, etc., coming in flower early in the spring, and con- tinuing a mass of beauty for a long time; 1 foot 10 CEDRONELLA. A hardy perennial plant, witli fragrant foliage and Jong spikes of purplish flowers, remaining in bloom a long time;
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