Dreer's garden book 1904 Dreer's garden book : 1904 dreersgardenbook1904henr Year: 1904 Gypsophila P.^niculata. HrLENlVM PUMILI'M. HELIAXTHEIILM. (Kock, or Sun Exceedingly pretty, low-growing ever- green plants, forming broad clumps, and which, during their flowering season, are quite hid by a mass of bloom ; well adapted for the front of the border, or for the rockery. Various colors. 1-5 cts. each ; § per doz. HELEXIl'^fl (Sneeze-wort). All of these are desirable border plants, with broad spreading heads of flowers, each species covering a long blooming season. Autumnale Sup
Dreer's garden book 1904 Dreer's garden book : 1904 dreersgardenbook1904henr Year: 1904 Gypsophila P.^niculata. HrLENlVM PUMILI'M. HELIAXTHEIILM. (Kock, or Sun Exceedingly pretty, low-growing ever- green plants, forming broad clumps, and which, during their flowering season, are quite hid by a mass of bloom ; well adapted for the front of the border, or for the rockery. Various colors. 1-5 cts. each ; § per doz. HELEXIl'^fl (Sneeze-wort). All of these are desirable border plants, with broad spreading heads of flowers, each species covering a long blooming season. Autumnale Superbum. Grows from 5 to 6 feet high, with broad heads of deep golden-yellow flowers during the late summer and fall months. Bolanderii. Flowers deep yellow with dark brown centre; peculiarly winged stems ; August; 2 feet high. Grandicephalutn Striatum. Of strong, robust, erect habit, grow- ing 3 feet high, with flowers about IJ inches in diameter, in large, branching heads, of a deep orange color, irregularly striped and blotched with crimson ; July and August. Pumilum, A most useful summer and autumn-flowering perennial, growing about 18 inches high and almost smothered with its golden yellow blossoms. (See cut.) 15 cts. each ; $ per doz. Set of 4 varieties for 50 Cts. HEEIOPSIS (Orange Sunaower). Similar in geneial habitto Helianthus, but commencing to flower earlier in the season ; of dwarfer habit, rarely exceeding 3 feet in height; very valuable for cutting. Pitcherianus. A desirable variety, growing from 2 to 8 feet high, and a perpetual bloomer, beginning to flower early in the season and continuing in bloom the entire summer. The flowers are of a beau- tiful deep golden-yellow color, about 2 inches in diameter, of very thick texture, and are very graceful for cutting. Scaber Alajor. A grand improvement upon Heliopsis scaber, with large deep orange-yelloW' flowers, which are produced during the entire summer ; the p'ant grows about 3 feet high. (See cut.) 15 cts. eac
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