. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1914. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. ERYNGIUM (Sea Holly) Handsome ornamental plants, growing from 2 to 3 feet high. Effective in flower and Shrubbery border, woodland.*, wild gardens, etc.; the flower heads, which are produced from July to September, are useful to cut for vases or to dry for winter bouquets. Amethystlnum. The finely-cut, spiny foliage and the beautiful thistle-like heads are of glistening amethystine- blue. A most ornamental pl
. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1914. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. ERYNGIUM (Sea Holly) Handsome ornamental plants, growing from 2 to 3 feet high. Effective in flower and Shrubbery border, woodland.*, wild gardens, etc.; the flower heads, which are produced from July to September, are useful to cut for vases or to dry for winter bouquets. Amethystlnum. The finely-cut, spiny foliage and the beautiful thistle-like heads are of glistening amethystine- blue. A most ornamental plant. Maritimum. Deeply cut pale blue foliage and flowers. 25 cts. each ; $ per ET7PAT0RIUM HARDY FEKN, SCOLOPENDRIUM Ol-'F. L^i)UI>ATUM EUPATORIUM Ageratoides {Thorough-wort) A useful border plant of strong, free growth, 3 to 4 feet high, with minute white flowers in dense heads ; splendid for cutting ; August and September. Coelestinum. A pretty, hardy plant, with light blue flowers similar to the Agcratum; in flower from August until frost; 18 to 24 inches 15cts. each ; $ per doz.; $ per 100. CHOICE HARDY FERNS Suitable positions for Hardy Ferns are to he fonnd in almost every garden. With few exceptions they do best in a shady or semi-shady position in rich but well-drained soil, where they can be liberally supplied with water dnring dry weather. Where the soil is stiff or clayey, incorporate a liberal quantity of leaf-mould, peat or other loose material to make friable. Varieties marked * require a shady position. Those marked t succeed in the sun or half shade. We give after each xmriety the arerage height of growth in inches. * Adiantum Pedatum t Hardy Maidenhair). 8 to 12 * Aspidium Acrostichoides ( Wood Fern). 12. * " Nlargtnale (Evergreen Wood Fern). 12 to 24. * " Goldieanum {Shield Fern). 24 to 36. * Asplenium Filix-foemina. 10 to 12. * " Wctorim {Queen of Lady Ferns). 12 to 15. t " " Multifidum. 12 to 15. t " "
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