Dreer's mid-summer list 1918 . ost desirable dwarf plants (8 to 10 inches) withevergreen foliage, which is completely hidden with dense heads ofwhite flowers early in the spring. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.;$ per 100. 1L,AVANDXJL,A (Lavender) Vera. This is the true Sweet Lavender; grows about 18 inches high;delightfully fragrant blue flowers in July and August. 20 cts. each;$ per doz.; $ per 100. LOBEI^IAS Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drought. Few plants are more effective at thei
Dreer's mid-summer list 1918 . ost desirable dwarf plants (8 to 10 inches) withevergreen foliage, which is completely hidden with dense heads ofwhite flowers early in the spring. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.;$ per 100. 1L,AVANDXJL,A (Lavender) Vera. This is the true Sweet Lavender; grows about 18 inches high;delightfully fragrant blue flowers in July and August. 20 cts. each;$ per doz.; $ per 100. LOBEI^IAS Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drought. Few plants are more effective at their season of bloom, which extends from early in August till late in September. Cardinalis {Cardinal Flower). Rich, fiery cardinal flowers; strongplants, often producing 10 to 18 spikes, 24 to 30 inches long. Syphilitica Hybrida ( Great Lobelia). A choice selectionof our native Lobelia, producing large spikes of flowers vary-ing from blue to pure white; July to September; 2 to 3 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per Hypericum Moserianum THREE JAPANESE These attract much attention in our trial grounds during springand early summer by their large, showy flowers, which are fully\\ inches in diameter, and produced very freely on plants 8 to12 inches high. Qrandiflora. Large fringed apricot-colored alba. Pure Brilliant crimson. 50 cts. each. One each of the three sorts for $ LYCHNIS (Campion) All of the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, thriving in anysoil, and this in addition to their brightness, has brought themjnto high favor with lovers of hardy plants. Perhaps no classof plants has more common or popular names, of which the fol-lowing is but a partial list: Campion, Jerusalem Cross, LampFlower, Maltese Cross, Ragged Robin, A cross between L. Haageana and Chalce- donica, growing 2j feet high, with very large circular flowers varying in color through crimson, scarlet, orange, salmon and intermediate sh
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