. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flllAi^imgiiiifialliMiiiiMjyjci^^M 197 Valeriana (vaierian) Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 2 feet. — alba. A white-flowered form. J Officinalis {Hardy Garden Eeliotrope). Produces showy heads of rose-tinted white flowers during June and July, with delicious, strong heliotrope odor; 3 to 4 feet. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Veronica (speedweii) Amethystina. Amethyst-bl
. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flllAi^imgiiiifialliMiiiiMjyjci^^M 197 Valeriana (vaierian) Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 2 feet. — alba. A white-flowered form. J Officinalis {Hardy Garden Eeliotrope). Produces showy heads of rose-tinted white flowers during June and July, with delicious, strong heliotrope odor; 3 to 4 feet. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Veronica (speedweii) Amethystina. Amethyst-blue flowers in June and July; 2 ft. — Royal Blue. Rich gentian blue. — True Blue. A splendid rich dark blue. Incana. Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue flowers; July and August; 1 foot. Longifolia Subsessilis {Japanese Speedwell). The showiest and best of the Speedwells; forms a bushy plant 2 to 3 feet high, with long dense spikes of deep blue flowers from the middle of July to early in September. Illustrated on page 196. Maritima. Long spikes of blue flowers from July to September. Repens. A useful rock or carpeting plant, with light-blue flowers. Rupestris Rosea. A fine rock plant growing 3 to 4 inches high; thickly matted deep green foliage, hidden in spring under a cloud of rose colored flowers. Spicata. An elegant border plant, growing about IJ feet high, producing long spikes of bright blue flowers in June and July. — Alba. A white-flowered form of the above. — Rosea. Spikes of delicate pink flowers. Virginica. Long spikes of white flowers during July and August; 3 to 4 feet. Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Set of 12 sorts, $ New Viola Jersey Gem Vinca (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle) Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used extensively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or on graves where it is too shady for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $1
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