. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Lysimachia Clethroides. Lobelia Cardinalis. LOBELIAS. Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drouth. Few plants are more effective at their season of bloom, which extends from early in August till late in September. Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). Rich, fiery cardinal flowers ; strong plants often pro- ducing 10 to 18 spikes,
. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Lysimachia Clethroides. Lobelia Cardinalis. LOBELIAS. Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drouth. Few plants are more effective at their season of bloom, which extends from early in August till late in September. Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). Rich, fiery cardinal flowers ; strong plants often pro- ducing 10 to 18 spikes, 12 to 24 inches long. 15 cts. each; § per dozen. Queen Victoria. Flowers deeper in color than above and with rich bronzy foliage, re- quires protection in this latitude. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Syphilitica hybrida {GreatLobelia'). A choice selection of our native Lobelia," producing large spikes of flowers varying from blue to pure white; July to September; 2 to 3 feet. 15 cts. each; § per doz.; § per 100. LYSIMACHIA. Ciliata {Fringed Loose-strife). Grows 2 feet high; yellow flowers in July. Clethroides (Loose-strife). A fine hardy variety, about 2 feet high, with dense, recurved spikes of pure white flowers from July to September. (See cut., Nummularia {Creeping Jenny, or Money-wort). Valuable for planting und trees or shrubs where grass will not grow, where it quickly forms a dense carpet cts. each; § per doz.; § per 100. — Aurea. A pretty golden-leaved form of the above. Punctata. Plants 2 to 3 feet high, with yellow flowers during July and August. 15 cts. each; § per doz.; § per 100, except where noted. LYTHRIIM. Roseum Superbum (Rose Loose-strife}. A strong-growing plant, 3 to 4 feet high, thriving in almost any position, producing large spikes of rose-colored flowers from July to September. 15 cts. each; § per doz.; § per 100. IHARSHALLIA. Trinervis. A useful plant for a shady, damp spot, of neat habit, about 15
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