Dreer's garden book 1918 (1918) Dreer's garden book 1918 dreersgardenbook1918henr Year: 1918 Phlox Subi-lata (Moss Pink) The plants grow 2 feet PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) Most > useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. With the 'excep:ion of Sensation, which requires protection, they are perfectly^hardy. Qloxinioides ' Sensation.' A beautiful strain, bearing spikes of large Gloxinia-like flowers in a great variety of bright colors, including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc. high and bloom from early summer till frost. Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet
Dreer's garden book 1918 (1918) Dreer's garden book 1918 dreersgardenbook1918henr Year: 1918 Phlox Subi-lata (Moss Pink) The plants grow 2 feet PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) Most > useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. With the 'excep:ion of Sensation, which requires protection, they are perfectly^hardy. Qloxinioides ' Sensation.' A beautiful strain, bearing spikes of large Gloxinia-like flowers in a great variety of bright colors, including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc. high and bloom from early summer till frost. Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height, 3 to 4 feet; June to August. Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers with purple throats, during June and July; 2 to 3 feet. Ovatus. Bright blue with bronzy-purple shadings; July to Sept.; 2 feet. Pubescens. Bright rosy purple; July and August; 1$ feet. Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. . 20 cts. each'; $ per doz.; $ per 100* ; One each ofthe 6 sorts for $ PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) Franchetl. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright orange scarlet lantern- like fruits; highly interesting. 20 cts. each; $2 00 per doz.! PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon-Head) One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering perennials, forming dense bushes 4 to (hfeet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. (See cut.) Virgiaica. Bright but soft pink. — alba. Pure white; very fine. — Speciosa. Very delicate pink. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. PHLOX SUBULATA (Mo», or Mountain Pink) An early spring-flowering type, with pretty moss-like evergreen foliage, which, during the flowering season, is hidden under the masses of bloom. An excellent plant for the rockery, the border, and invaluable for carpet- ing the ground or covering graves. Alba. Pure white. | Lilacina. Light lilac | Rosea. Bright rose. 15 ct
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