Dreer's garden calendar for 1887 . dreersgardencale1887henr Year: 1887 Asperula. Rose Flowered Aster. ARMERIA. (Thrift.) A very pretty edging plant, bearing large tufts of rosy-pink flowers ; hardy. 5164 A. Elegans 10 ASTE3. (Queen Margaret.) One of the most popular and effective of our garden favorites, producing in profusion flowers in which richness and variety of colors are combined with the most perfect and beautiful form ; they delight in a rich soil, and in hot, dry weather should be mulched with rotted manure, and well watered, which will increase their beauty and the duration of thei
Dreer's garden calendar for 1887 . dreersgardencale1887henr Year: 1887 Asperula. Rose Flowered Aster. ARMERIA. (Thrift.) A very pretty edging plant, bearing large tufts of rosy-pink flowers ; hardy. 5164 A. Elegans 10 ASTE3. (Queen Margaret.) One of the most popular and effective of our garden favorites, producing in profusion flowers in which richness and variety of colors are combined with the most perfect and beautiful form ; they delight in a rich soil, and in hot, dry weather should be mulched with rotted manure, and well watered, which will increase their beauty and the duration of their bloom ; hardy annuals. 5171 A. Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet. The plants, when well grown, form a complete bouquet of flow- ers, mixed of splendid colors ; 1 foot 10 5196 — Schiller. A very fine late Dwarf Bouquet variety, profuse bloomer; mixed colors; 1 foot 15 5173— Cocardeau, or Crown. Showy flowers, very dounle, with white centres, bordered with bright rich colors: 18 inches 10 5205 — Victoria, Mixed. Very large, of perfectly double form, imbricated and globular, of pyramidal habit, various colored flowers; 20 inches 15 5203— Victoria* Pure White 15 j^siM,<, Asters. 5175 A. Chrysanthemum Flowered. Pure 5187— Needle Perfection. Petals long, quilled and sharply pointed ; mixed 15 5183— Imbricated Pompon. Perfectly shaped and beautifully imbricated; mixed 10 5195— Rose'Flowered. Pyramidal, robust habit, regularly imbricated ; variously colored large, very double brilliant flowers ; 2 feet 10 Roswell, N. Mex. — ' Rose bushes received in first-class condition ; all give promise of growing.' — Scott Truxton.
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