Dreer's 1901 garden calendar (1901) Dreer's 1901 garden calendar dreers1901garden1901henr Year: 1901 154 R-PNIlADEliPHIAfAW/HARDY PERENhlAL PbANTi Aquilegia Ccerulea. ARMARIA (Thrift). Attraclive dwarf plants that will suc- ceed in any soil, forming-evergreen tults of bright green foliage, from which in- numerable flowers appear in dense heads, â¢on stiff, wiry stems about 9 inches high. They flower more or less continuously â from early spring until late in the fall. Very effective in the rockery and indis- pensable in ihe border, Maritinia. Bright rosy pink flowers. â Alba. Flowers pure
Dreer's 1901 garden calendar (1901) Dreer's 1901 garden calendar dreers1901garden1901henr Year: 1901 154 R-PNIlADEliPHIAfAW/HARDY PERENhlAL PbANTi Aquilegia Ccerulea. ARMARIA (Thrift). Attraclive dwarf plants that will suc- ceed in any soil, forming-evergreen tults of bright green foliage, from which in- numerable flowers appear in dense heads, â¢on stiff, wiry stems about 9 inches high. They flower more or less continuously â from early spring until late in the fall. Very effective in the rockery and indis- pensable in ihe border, Maritinia. Bright rosy pink flowers. â Alba. Flowers pure white. 15 cts. each ; per doz. ARTEMESIA. A most useful class of plants, either for the border or for filling in within the shrubbery. Though not remarkable for their flowers, the foliage of the sorts of- fered is very ornamental. .Ml of the -varieties offered grow from 18 to 24 inches high, but stand cutting back with- out injury, and can be kept down lo 5 or '6 inches if so desired. Abrotainmilll {Old Man, or South- ernwood). Dark green, finely cut foliage, with pleasant aromatic odor. P II r S ll i a 11 a. .A. strong-growing white-foliaged sort, suitable for edging. Stellariana. Deeply cut silvery foliage; much used in carpet bedding. 15 cts. each; § per doz.; $ per 100. ASCLEPI AS (Butterfly Weed). Tllberosa. One of the showiest of our Inte summer and autumnal flowers, and deserving of extensive cultivation; blossoms in close, compact umbels of a brilliant orange color. 15 cts. each; per doz. AUBRETIA. Cailipbelli [Purple Rock-Cress). A pretty, dwarf-growing rock plant, making broad masses of silvery-green foliage, which form a charming con- trast with its clouds nf violet-purple flowers. 15 cts. each; § per doz. BAPTISIA (False Indigo). Anstralis. A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high ; suitable either for tlie border or wild-garden, with dark green, deeply cut foliage, and spikes of dark blue flowers in June and July. 15 cts. each;
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