. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. !i5S!rM»!JM.^Mik#?HII^ 187 Monarda (Bergamot) Showy plants growing from 2 to 3 feet higli, succeeding in any soil or position, with aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers during July and August. Didyma Cambridge Scarlet (Oswego Tea). Brilliant crimson- scarlet. Bosea (Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. Violacea. Bright amaranth red. ^ Fistulosa Alba (Wild Bergamot). A white-flo
. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. !i5S!rM»!JM.^Mik#?HII^ 187 Monarda (Bergamot) Showy plants growing from 2 to 3 feet higli, succeeding in any soil or position, with aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers during July and August. Didyma Cambridge Scarlet (Oswego Tea). Brilliant crimson- scarlet. Bosea (Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. Violacea. Bright amaranth red. ^ Fistulosa Alba (Wild Bergamot). A white-flowered variety. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Set of 4 sorts, 85 cts. MyOSOtis (Forget-Me-Not) Palustris Semperflorens. A variety that is hardly ever out of flower; useful in a shady spot in the border. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Nepeta Mussini. An excellent plant for any position but especi- ally useful in the rock garden, it is of compact habit forming dense tufts about 12 inches high with masses of small light violet blue flowers during July and August. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Nierembergia (Cup-Hower) Rivularis. A charming dwarf creeping Alpine plant, bearing large creamy-white, cup-shaped flowers from June till September; most desirable plants for the rockery, and succeed equally well in the border. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. OEnOthera (J=;vening Primrose) The evening Primroses are elegant subjects for growing in an exposed sunny position either in the border or on the rockery, blooming the greater part of the summer. Missouriensis. Large yellow flowers, often 5 inches in diame- ter, produced freely from June till August; 12 inches. Toungi. Bright yellow, 18 inches. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Pachysandra Terminalis. A trailing plant, 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad mats of bright, glossy green foliage and small spikes of flowers during May and June; invaluable as a cover plant e
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