. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. ALPINE AND HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 17. CORNl'S. DoGWOWi. 35 ots. each. A genus of woody shrubs, containing one species, that on account of its very dwarf habit, may be classed with the herbaceous plants. C. Canadensis. (Dwarf Dogwood or Cor- nkl.) Stems but a few inches high, from an un- derground stem. Flowers, or rather involucre, large, pure white. CYPRIPEDIUM. Lady's Slipper. 25cts. each. Terrestrial orchids, with large, showy flowers, requiring sha
. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. ALPINE AND HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 17. CORNl'S. DoGWOWi. 35 ots. each. A genus of woody shrubs, containing one species, that on account of its very dwarf habit, may be classed with the herbaceous plants. C. Canadensis. (Dwarf Dogwood or Cor- nkl.) Stems but a few inches high, from an un- derground stem. Flowers, or rather involucre, large, pure white. CYPRIPEDIUM. Lady's Slipper. 25cts. each. Terrestrial orchids, with large, showy flowers, requiring shade and moisture as well as a sandy, peaty soli. t'. acaale. (Stemless Lady Slipper.) Ji 4k \ .^jjy ' Large, downy leaves, and rosy-purple flowers, ' " . .-'J . Imiiic upon a stem eight or ten inches in height. C. C'alceolus. (British Lady Slipper.) [Cornus Canadensis.] Grows from one to two feet high, with mostly solitary, (sometimes two,) large flowers—petals dark brown ; sepals yellow, netted with darker veins. Leaves large, oval. 50 cts. each. DELPHINIUM. Larkspi 1:. 25 cts. each. The perennial species are tall, conspicuous plants, bloom- ing in racemes of showy flowers, with dark-green deeply- cut leaves. Grown in ordinary soil. I>. C'heilaiithiim. Dark blue flowers, with indigo centre. Grows about three feet high, and blooms profusely. D. formofiiim. (SHOWY Larkspue.) Per- haps the most attractive of the genus. Plant tall, with azure-blue flowers, prettily shaded with in- digo. Perfectly hardy. D. graiidiflormii. An elegant tall-growing [Cypripedium species from Siberia, with long racemes of blue flowers. D. do. caelestiiium. An improved form of the above, with deeper tinted bloom. Very beautiful. D. hybrid 11111 album. A garden variety, growing quite tall, and pro- ducing a profusion of snow-white flowers all summer long. We consider it one of the most desirable plants in this department. l».--lliiu'. Gerard ; Another exampleof the floris
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