Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 General List of Hardy Perennial Plants For New and Rare Varieties see pages 174 to 178. All orders are forwarded upon receipt, unless instructed to the contrary. Customers placing orilers for Stock to be reserved and sent later must dis- tinctly specify this at the time of orderiny. ACJJNA (New Zealand Burr). Pretty evergreen rock plants of cushion-like growth, cultivated for their showy, crimson spines, which are borne on the calyx. Buchanani. Glaucous green fern-like foliage. 25 cts. each; § pe
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 General List of Hardy Perennial Plants For New and Rare Varieties see pages 174 to 178. All orders are forwarded upon receipt, unless instructed to the contrary. Customers placing orilers for Stock to be reserved and sent later must dis- tinctly specify this at the time of orderiny. ACJJNA (New Zealand Burr). Pretty evergreen rock plants of cushion-like growth, cultivated for their showy, crimson spines, which are borne on the calyx. Buchanani. Glaucous green fern-like foliage. 25 cts. each; § per doz. Microphylla. Pretty dark bronze foliage. 25 cts. each; § per doz. ACANTHUS (Bear's Breech). Handsome decorative plants, with broad foliage and of stately effect, either for planting as single specimens on the lawn or in the border, or for grouping with other plants for sub-tropical effect; producing their 3 feet high spikes of curious flowers during August and September. The ornamentation of the Corinthian columns is said to have been sug- gested by the leaf of this plant. Caroii-Alexandri. A novel variety, with deeply-cut, dark-green leaves, peculiarly protected with long spines. 35 cts. each; § per doz. riollis. Deeply-toothed, heart-shaped leaves, 2 feet long by 1 foot wide; flowers of a purplish-rose color. 25 ctr. each; § per doz. — Latifolius. A variety of the above with larger, heavier foliage, more robust in every way; an interesting plant. 25 cts. each; § per doz. ^EA I Bane berry). Desirable native plants, with showy, dense spikes of white flowers, about 2 feet high, produced in masses in June, followed with handsome clusters of berries. Spicata alba. Pure white berries on red stems. — Rubra. Bright scarlet berries in long, dense spikes. 25 cts. each;'§ per doz.
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