. Dreer's garden calendar : 1903. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. The following varieties require a. Senecio Pulcher. Saxifraga Pyramidalis SCABIOSA. Caucasica. One of the handsomest per- ennials we possess, and should be grown in every garden, if only for cutting pur- poses, lasting a long time when placed in water. The flowers are of a peculiarly soft and charming shade of lilac-blue, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 15 to 18 inches high until September. S
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1903. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. The following varieties require a. Senecio Pulcher. Saxifraga Pyramidalis SCABIOSA. Caucasica. One of the handsomest per- ennials we possess, and should be grown in every garden, if only for cutting pur- poses, lasting a long time when placed in water. The flowers are of a peculiarly soft and charming shade of lilac-blue, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 15 to 18 inches high until September. SEDUM (Stone-crop). The dwarf or creeping varieties are suit- able for rock-work, covering graves, dry, sunny banks and carpet bedding, while the taller species make fine subjects for the mixed border. Acre {Golden Moss). Creeping, foliage and flowers bright yellow. 10 cts. each ; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Album. Creeping, bright green foliage ; flowers white. Maximum Atropurpureum. Forms an erect bush, 15 inches high, with dark bronzy-purplish foliage and dull reddish flowers. Pulchellum (Bird's-foot Stone-crop'). Creeping, with small foliage, which assumes various tints of red, brown and purple ; flowers rosy- purple. Sexangulare. Creeping, dark green foliage and yellow flowers. Spectabilis {Brilliant Stone-crop). One of the prettiest erect-grow- ing species, attaining a height of 18 inches, with broad, oval, light green foliage and immense, showy heads of handsome rose-colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. (See cut.) Any of the above, 15 cts. each ; $ per doz., except where noted. SEMPERVIVUM (House Leek). Peculiarly interesting plants for the rockery or for any exposed, well- drained position. Anomalum, Californlca, Acuminatum, Funkil, Arachnoides. Heufelli, 10 cts. each ; $ per doz. SENECIO (Groundsel). Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up, from July to October, a succession of 2 feet high stems, with clusters of b
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