Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 THERMOPSIS. Carolinians. A showy, tall-growing plant, attaining a height of 3 feet, producing long spikes of yellow flowers in June and July. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. ' THYMUS (Thyme). CitriodOfUS. Lemon-scented foliage, of bushy habit. Lanuginosus (Woolly-leaved Thyme). A trailing variety, with grayish foliage. Serpyllum ( White Mountain Thyme). A pretty subject for the rockery, forming dense mats of dark green foliage and clouds of white flowers. - Coccinea (Scarlet Thyme). Dark green foliage an
Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 THERMOPSIS. Carolinians. A showy, tall-growing plant, attaining a height of 3 feet, producing long spikes of yellow flowers in June and July. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. ' THYMUS (Thyme). CitriodOfUS. Lemon-scented foliage, of bushy habit. Lanuginosus (Woolly-leaved Thyme). A trailing variety, with grayish foliage. Serpyllum ( White Mountain Thyme). A pretty subject for the rockery, forming dense mats of dark green foliage and clouds of white flowers. - Coccinea (Scarlet Thyme). Dark green foliage and clouds of bright red flowers. - Splendens. Bright purplish-red flowers. 20 cts. each; $ doz.; $ per 100. TIARELXrA (Foam Flower). Purpurea major. An attractive variety, form- ing a neat, compact clump; the foliage un- usually bright as it expands in the spring; bears long spikes of salmon-red flowers. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. Sweet William Sweet William (Dlanthus Barbatus (London Tufts.) A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing in early summer a splendid effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. We can supply the following all grown from our own select strain of seed: Newport Pink. Rich salmony-rose, illustrated on the plate facing page 201, and included in our Quartette of Extra Choice Hardy Perennials. Pure White. Very large. [Vlixed. Containing all colors. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. SYMPHYTUM (Comfrey). Asperrimum aureo variegatum. A pretty golden variegated foliage border plant; in spring the leaves form rosettes close to the ground, later in (he season the stems and leaves rise and form a taller plant, 15 to 18 inches high, with numerous drooping blue bell-shaped flowers. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. THALICTRIJM (Meadow Rue). Very graceful, pretty-flowered plants, with finely-cut foliage; great favorites for planting in the hardy border; the dwarfer varieties also being effective and us
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