Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 Anthericum Liliastrum Giganteum. Aiilliericum Lilias- trum Giganteum. (Giant St. Bruno's Lily.) A wonderful improvement on the St. Bruno's Lily, of which it i» a gigantic form. It produces 2' feet high stems which, during May and June, arc termi- nated by spikes of very large uhite flowers, and forcibly remind ore of a miniature Candidum. A strik- ing novelty. 30 cts. each: $ per doz. Anchusa Italica. Dkopmorb Variety' NEW HARDY ASTERS. Scores of new Hardy Asters have been introduced in t
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 Anthericum Liliastrum Giganteum. Aiilliericum Lilias- trum Giganteum. (Giant St. Bruno's Lily.) A wonderful improvement on the St. Bruno's Lily, of which it i» a gigantic form. It produces 2' feet high stems which, during May and June, arc termi- nated by spikes of very large uhite flowers, and forcibly remind ore of a miniature Candidum. A strik- ing novelty. 30 cts. each: $ per doz. Anchusa Italica. Dkopmorb Variety' NEW HARDY ASTERS. Scores of new Hardy Asters have been introduced in the last few years, but few of them have had sufficient merit to warrant us in offering them. The four sorts offered below, however, are entirely distinct and desirable additions. Beauty Of Colwall. This, we hope, is the forerunner of an entirely new type. being the first double Hardy Aster introduced. The perfectly double flowers are a pleasing shade of lavender, produced freely on stout, stiff stems -1 ft. high; requires no staking or tying to keep it in position. Awarded a first class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society of England. $ each. Sub-coeruleus. Entirely distinct in habit, forming a dense tuft of long green leaves, from which issue many leafless stems about 1 'J inches high, bearing, duiing June and July, when few varieties are in flower. ma>-i\e flowers 3 inches in diam- eter of a pleasing shade of bluish-violet, with gulden centre. '1~> cts. each; >' per doz. Thompson! nana. One of the most beautiful large-flowered sorts yet introduced. The flowers are not onlv of exceptional si/e, but of graceful, stellate form and of a pleasing Venetian blue color; grows l'i to 18 inches high, and blooms in July and August, 'in cts. raih; $ per doz. Mesa Grande speciosa grandiflora. The finesl dark purplish^blue Aster in cultivation, producing large flowers on leafless stems is inches high during July and August. '_'•'> CtS. each; $ per d
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