Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 AURICULA (Primula Auricula.) 5240 A well-known favorite of great beauty ; seed saved from splendid choice mixed varieties ; half-hardy peren- nial ; 6 inches. (See cut.) 10 AQUIBEGIA (Columbine.) This plant blooms freely early in the Spring and Summer, and produces beautiful, curiously formed and variously colored flowers ; one of the best hardy perennials, and should be in every herbaceous border. 5143 Chrysantha. ( Golden spurred.) Bright golden-yellow ; 3 feet 5146 Chrysantha Alba. ( White Spurred.) A beau- tiful new pure
Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 AURICULA (Primula Auricula.) 5240 A well-known favorite of great beauty ; seed saved from splendid choice mixed varieties ; half-hardy peren- nial ; 6 inches. (See cut.) 10 AQUIBEGIA (Columbine.) This plant blooms freely early in the Spring and Summer, and produces beautiful, curiously formed and variously colored flowers ; one of the best hardy perennials, and should be in every herbaceous border. 5143 Chrysantha. ( Golden spurred.) Bright golden-yellow ; 3 feet 5146 Chrysantha Alba. ( White Spurred.) A beau- tiful new pure white variety 10 5144 Coerulea. Violet blue and white ; 2 feet .... 10 5151 Glandulosa. Lovely shade of light blue and pure white; 2 feet. (See cut) . 15 5160 Single, all colors mixed ; 2 feet. Per oz. 30 cts. . . 5 5150 Double, all colors mixed. Per oz. 40 cts 5 Aquilegia Glandulosa. ARABIS ALPINA. 5157 5164 5168 5169 The earliest, prettiest Spring flower. The spreading tufts are densely clothed with neat, bright leaves and covered with pure white flowers as soon as the snow disappears. Conspicuous on rockeries or broad edgings for park roads ; with- stands the drought of Summer and is always neat. 6 inches. (See cut' ARMBRIA. (Sea Pink or Thrift.) Formosa. A very pretty edging plant, bearing large tufts of rosy- pink flowers ; hardy perennial 10 ASPARAGUS. Sprengeri. One of the best plants to grow in suspended baskets, for greenhouse or for outdoors in the Summer. The fronds frequently grow 4 feet long and are now considered indispensable in all fine decorations ; grows readily from seed 25 Verticillatus. A graceful, hardy perennial climber with feathery foliage and scarlet berries JO ASPBRUBA ODORATA. (Sweet Woodruff.) 5166 Chief ingredient in the ' Maitrank,' or May Wine of the Germans. The dried flowers and leaves have a delicious perfume, and impart an agreeable odor when kept among clothes, etc 5 BAPTISIA AUSTRABIS. (False Indigo.) 5274 A beautilul hardy perennial herba
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