Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 SfiDl'M SPECTAHILI^ PuDiiBCKiA Gulden Glow i bee : 2o5;. SEOU3I (,,., DWARF VARIETIES. Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, etc. Acre [Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves ; foliage green, flowers bright yellow. XAIbuni. Green foliage, white flowers. Lydium Qlaucum. Small glaucous green foliage and pink flowers. Reflexum. Bright colored foliage and yellow flowers. Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. Spurium. Grows tj inches high and bears attractive pink flo
Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 SfiDl'M SPECTAHILI^ PuDiiBCKiA Gulden Glow i bee : 2o5;. SEOU3I (,,., DWARF VARIETIES. Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, etc. Acre [Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves ; foliage green, flowers bright yellow. XAIbuni. Green foliage, white flowers. Lydium Qlaucum. Small glaucous green foliage and pink flowers. Reflexum. Bright colored foliage and yellow flowers. Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. Spurium. Grows tj inches high and bears attractive pink flowers. — Coccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form of the pre- ceding. 10 cts. each ; $1 00 per doz.; $ per 100. Set of 7 varieties, 60 cts. ERECT, OR TALL-QROWINQ VARIETIES. Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing theii- in- teresting flowers during late summer and fall. Japonicum Alacrophyllum. Forms compact bushes 15 inches high, with pleasing waxy-v/hite flowers, with light Vpink centres. aximum Atropurpureum. Interesting on account of its \ dark lironzy-purple foliage. 15 inches. ^^pectabilis {Brilliant Stone-crop). One of the prettiest erect-growing species, attaining a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage and immense heads of handsome sliowy rose-colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall- blooming plant. 15 cts. each ; $ per doz.; $ per 100. SHORTIA. Qalacifolia. A rare and handsome evergreen, with bronzy- green foliage. The flowers are pure white, about an inch across, on a stiff, wiry stem, and turn pink with age. 35 cts. each ; $ per doz. SILENE. ____^lpestre. Glistening white flowers in July and August; 4 inches. 15 cts. each ; $ per doz. Asterias Grandiflora. A distinct and handsome species with carmine-scarlet flowers on stems 3 feet high, in July and August. 25 cts. each ; $ per doz. Schafta {Autumn Catchjly). A charming border or rock plant, growing from 4 to ti inches high, with masses of bright pi
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