. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. I "HEHRTADREER PHILADELPHIA ^A HI HARDY PERENNIAL PbANB ⢠lTfH 225. Lobelia Cardinalis LITHOSPERMUM (Cromwell). Prostratum. An elegant creeping plant for the rockery, bearing lovely small blue flowers from April to September. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. â Heavenly Blue. A new and beautiful turquoise-blue variety. 50 cts. each. LOBELIAS. Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but pref
. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. I "HEHRTADREER PHILADELPHIA ^A HI HARDY PERENNIAL PbANB ⢠lTfH 225. Lobelia Cardinalis LITHOSPERMUM (Cromwell). Prostratum. An elegant creeping plant for the rockery, bearing lovely small blue flowers from April to September. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. â Heavenly Blue. A new and beautiful turquoise-blue variety. 50 cts. each. LOBELIAS. Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drought. 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, 24 to 30 inches long. Syphilitica Hybrida (Great Lobelia). A choice selection of our native Lobelia, pro- ducing large spikes of flowers varying from blue to pure white; July to September; 2 to 3 feet. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. LUPINUS POLYPHYLLUS (Lupine). Effective plants, producing large spikes of flowers. Mrs. Ely says of them: "May be planted either in the autumn or early spring. These plants bloom from about the 20th of May for three weeks, and grow about 3 feet high. Being per- fectly hardy and free from attacks of in- sects, they are especially valuable. They require only well-prepared garden soil and to be kept watered in dry weather, which should always be done, if possible, late in the ; Polyphyllus. Clear blue. 25 ; $ per doz.; $ per 100. â Albus. A white variety of above. 25 ;$; $ â Moerheimi. A comparatively new variety and a plant that, on account of its clean bold growth, always attracts at- tention. The spikes of flowers are fre- quently over a foot long, in color superb, being a co
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