Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 HARDY PERENMIAL PLANB 11= u VALiERIANA iSpuned FIowc). Coccinea ( l'tiU>iiin). An old-fashioned perennial, bearing numerous showy heads of leddish flowers from June to Oclober ; 2 feet. â Alba. A white-flowered form. Officinalis {^Hardv CayJen Heliotrope^. Produces showy rose-pink heads of flow- ⢠ers during June and Julv, with strong heliotro|ie odor. 15 cts.'each ; § per doz.; per 100. VERBASCUM (MuUein). '^anosum. I^ong spikes of sulphur yelluw flowers ; July-Sept.; 6 feet.
Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 HARDY PERENMIAL PLANB 11= u VALiERIANA iSpuned FIowc). Coccinea ( l'tiU>iiin). An old-fashioned perennial, bearing numerous showy heads of leddish flowers from June to Oclober ; 2 feet. â Alba. A white-flowered form. Officinalis {^Hardv CayJen Heliotrope^. Produces showy rose-pink heads of flow- ⢠ers during June and Julv, with strong heliotro|ie odor. 15 cts.'each ; § per doz.; per 100. VERBASCUM (MuUein). '^anosum. I^ong spikes of sulphur yelluw flowers ; July-Sept.; 6 feet. Phceniceum. Purplish flowers on spikes \\ feet high; very pretty. May-June. 1,5 cts each ; § per doz. VERNONIA (Iron Weed). Jamesli. .A. strong growing perennial, h feet high, suitable for the back of the bonier, or for planting among shrubs, producing large heads of purple flowers ; August to October. cts. each ; $ per doz. \ VERONICA (.Speedwell) Amethyst-blue flowers in July and August ; 2 feet. silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue flowers ; July and \ LKOMLA LoN(.IF(JLIA ^UUtUSMLIS. VINCA (I'ei-ivviiikle, or Trailing Myrtle). JVlinor. 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 for other plants to thrive. 10 cts. each^ § per doz.; $ per 100. ~ Amethystina. .Incana. IJright ', August ; I foot. '^-liongifolia Subsessilis. A pretty species with blue flowers, produced on spikes a foot long, continuing in bloom the entire summer and fall. 25 cts. each ; $ per doz.; $ per 100. iVlaritima. Long spikes of blue flowers from July to September; 2 feet. Pectinata. Fine for the rockery ; masses of blue flowers in May. Prostrata. Dwarf and spreading ; deep blue flowers in May and June; 4 inches. Repens. A trailing variety, covered during May with blue flowers. Rosea. A most desirable variety, bearing bright-rose flowers; \\ feet.
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