Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 Hypericum Moserianum Incarvillea Delavayi HOUStOllia Bluets,Quaker Lady or Innocence). Serpyllifolia. A low creeper, best adapted to grow on a rockery in moist situation, where it forms broad carpets of foliage, which in very early spring is hidden beneath a cloud of small but showy light- blue flowers. One of the earliest spring flowers. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. HYPERICUM (StJoWs-wort). Adpressum. A native variety, growing in dense masses, which makes it useful as a ground cover, particularly in
Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 Hypericum Moserianum Incarvillea Delavayi HOUStOllia Bluets,Quaker Lady or Innocence). Serpyllifolia. A low creeper, best adapted to grow on a rockery in moist situation, where it forms broad carpets of foliage, which in very early spring is hidden beneath a cloud of small but showy light- blue flowers. One of the earliest spring flowers. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. HYPERICUM (StJoWs-wort). Adpressum. A native variety, growing in dense masses, which makes it useful as a ground cover, particularly in damp places; 6 to 8 inches. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Moserianum. A most desirable border plant, of free and graceful habit, producing long, slender, much-branched stems, leafy to the base and all drooping towards the ends, apparently from the weight of the flowers and buds, although the flow- ers face, so that none of their beauty is lost. It is marvellously free-flowering, of large size, measur- ing from 2 to 2| inches in diameter; in color a rich golden-yellow, which is rendered still more effec- tive by the numerous yellow stamens and crimson anthers, and blooms continuously the entire season; 2 feet. (See illustration.) Strong plants, lo cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. IBERIS (Hardy Candytuft). Most desirable dwarf plants (8 to 10 inches) with evergreen foliage, which is completely hidden with dense heads of flowers early in the spring. Little Gem. Very dwarf and covered with a sheet of white, a particu- larly fine rock plant. Sempervirens. Innumerable flat heads of pure white flowers. Snowflake. A grand variety, having exceptionally large and pure white flowers, and borne in great masses during May and June. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. INCARVILLEA (Hardy Gloxinia). Delavayi. One of the choicest perennial plants. It produces large gloxinia-like rose-colored flowers during May, which last in perfection a long time; these are p
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