Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 ESCHSCHOLTZIAS OR CALIFORNIA POPPIES. ElPATORIVltt (Thorough Wort). Strong-growing, hardy perennials, well suited for naturalizing, and all of the sorts offered below deserve a place in every hardy border; they will grow and thrive in almost any position; will flower the first year if sown early. (See cut.) 2442 Ageratoides. A very useful variety, growing 3 to 4 feet high, with dense heads of minute white flowers trom August to October 10 2443 Coelestinum. One of the
Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 ESCHSCHOLTZIAS OR CALIFORNIA POPPIES. ElPATORIVltt (Thorough Wort). Strong-growing, hardy perennials, well suited for naturalizing, and all of the sorts offered below deserve a place in every hardy border; they will grow and thrive in almost any position; will flower the first year if sown early. (See cut.) 2442 Ageratoides. A very useful variety, growing 3 to 4 feet high, with dense heads of minute white flowers trom August to October 10 2443 Coelestinum. One of the best blue perennials, 18 to 24 inches high, and bears from August till frost an abundance of deep lavender-blue, flossy flowers, splendid for cutting 10 2441 Fraseri. A very pretty dwarf variety, producing clusters of snow-white flowers; fine for cutting and bouquets. 1-J feet 10 EUPHORBIA. Strong-growing annuals, suitable for beds of tail-growing plants or mixed borders; the flowers are inconspicuous; the foliage, however, is exceedingly ornamental. 2452 Variegata (Snow on the Mountain). Attractive foliage, veined and margined with white; 2 feet. (See cut.) Per oz., 30 cts 5 2451 Heterophylla (Annual Poinsettia Mexican Fire Plant, Painted Leaf). An annual resembling in habit and color the beautiful hothouse Poinsettia. The plants grow 2 to 3 feet high, of branching, bush-like form, with smooth, glossy-green leaves, which about mid-summer become a beautiful orange-scarlet, presenting a striking and brilliant appearance 10 FERNS. 2470 Very desirable for Wardian cases or ferneries, thriving in a peaty, sandy soil, and moist, shady positions in the garden during summer. The seed is of slow germination. Sow on the surface in seed pans or pots, keep moist,- and in a temperature of 60 degrees. Mixed varieties ... 15 Euphorbia Variegata (Snow on the Mountain). We give a complete index of the Common Names of Flowers on page 3.
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