Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 NEPETA. h. of light-green foliage and small pale-blue flowers Forms a dense tuft, 6 inches hi 15 cts. each; $ per doz. NIEREJIBERGIA cup-nower, MONARDA DlDVMA Sl'LENDENS. MERTENSIA (Blue Bells). Virginica. An early spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 to 1| feet high, with drooping panicles of handsome light blue flowers, fading to clear pink; one of the most interesting of our native spring flowers; May and June. 15 cts. each; § per doz. MONARDA (Bergamot . Showy plants, growing from 2 to
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 NEPETA. h. of light-green foliage and small pale-blue flowers Forms a dense tuft, 6 inches hi 15 cts. each; $ per doz. NIEREJIBERGIA cup-nower, MONARDA DlDVMA Sl'LENDENS. MERTENSIA (Blue Bells). Virginica. An early spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 to 1| feet high, with drooping panicles of handsome light blue flowers, fading to clear pink; one of the most interesting of our native spring flowers; May and June. 15 cts. each; § per doz. MONARDA (Bergamot . Showy plants, growing from 2 to 3 feet high, succeeding in any soil or position, with aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers during July and August. Dldyma {Oswego Tea). Flowers bright scarlet. — Cambridge Scarlet. Brilliant crimson-scarlet. — Rosea [Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. — Splendens. Intense rich crimson-scarlet. (See cut.) Fistulosa Alba ( Wild Bergamot). A showy white-flow- ered variety, 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. The set of 5 varieties, 65 cts. MONTBRETIAS. The Montbretias are one of the brightest of our summer- flowering bulbs, and deserve to be planted extensively. The bulbs should be set out during April or May, 3 to 6 inches apart in clumps of a dozen or more. They should be protected during the winter with a heavy covering of leaves or litter. Aurantiaca. A tine deep orange. Crocosmlasflora. Deep golden orange; fine. Etoile de Feu {Star of Fire). Bright vermilion; yellow centre. Germania. Rich, glowing orange-scarlet, with blood-red throat. Rayon d'Or. Yellow and brown. Speciosa. A splendid golden yellow. 30 cts. per doz.; $ per 100. Six each of thefi varieties, 7'' cts. MYOSOTIS I Forget-Me-Not). Palustris Semperflorens. A variety that is hardly ever out of flower; useful in a shady spot in the border and foi forcing for cut flowers in the winter. Alpestris robusta grandiflora. The large spring-flown ing Forget-Me-Not, with intense sky-blu
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