E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 DATURA VRiGHTn (one-fifth natural size). NO. DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Nat. Ord., Scmphulanncm. price. The Digitalis are too vcaW known to need description. They are all useful and ornamental for general flower-garden purposes, and may be' inti-odnced into the shrubbery with fine effect, as their tall, spire-like spikes, crowned with their large thimble or bell-shaped flowers, will contrast finely with the greeu foliage of the shrubs. They are all hardy biennials, from three
E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 DATURA VRiGHTn (one-fifth natural size). NO. DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Nat. Ord., Scmphulanncm. price. The Digitalis are too vcaW known to need description. They are all useful and ornamental for general flower-garden purposes, and may be' inti-odnced into the shrubbery with fine effect, as their tall, spire-like spikes, crowned with their large thimble or bell-shaped flowers, will contrast finely with the greeu foliage of the shrubs. They are all hardy biennials, from three to four feet high. 470 Digitalis, Good Mixed. A fine assortment of colors 05 471 Extra 3Iixed. All the newest kinds. 3 feet 10 472 Grandiflora. Large-flowered; yellow. 3 feet 10 473 Purpurea. Common pui*ple variety. 3 feet 05 474 Alba. Pure white. 3 feet . 05 475 Ferruginea. Brown. 2 feet 10 476 Aurea. Golden. 3 feet , .05 4*7 Gloxinioides. Ncav, beautiful gloxinia-shaped flowers; spotted. 3 feet . ,1 DIANTIirS. Nat. Ord., CaryophyUacem. A magnificent genus, which embraces some )f the most popular flowers in cul- tivation^ The Carnation, Picotee, Pink, and Sweet William, all ' household words,' belong to this genus. The Chinese varieties may be considered the most beautifui and effective of our hardy annuals; the double and single varieties, with their rich and varied colors, in beds or masses, are remarkably attractive; while the recently iatroduced species, Dianthus Heddewegii and Dianthus Laciniatus, with their large 46 ^^^-o>^;:> ^
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