Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 Senecio. Sedum. SEDUM. (Stonecrop.) A pretty and useful little plant, growing freely on rock or rustic-work, hanging baskets, etc.; during the summer they expand their brilliant star-shaped flowers in profusion; mixed colors and varieties; hardy peren- nial ; 3 inches. 6540 S. Mixed 10 SENECIO, or JACOB/EA. A showy half-hardy perennial from South Africa. It produces in great profusion blanching spikes of bright flowers, IJ inches in diameter, from spring until fall, and will bloom all winter in a cool greenhouse. 6550 S. S
Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 Senecio. Sedum. SEDUM. (Stonecrop.) A pretty and useful little plant, growing freely on rock or rustic-work, hanging baskets, etc.; during the summer they expand their brilliant star-shaped flowers in profusion; mixed colors and varieties; hardy peren- nial ; 3 inches. 6540 S. Mixed 10 SENECIO, or JACOB/EA. A showy half-hardy perennial from South Africa. It produces in great profusion blanching spikes of bright flowers, IJ inches in diameter, from spring until fall, and will bloom all winter in a cool greenhouse. 6550 S. Speciosus. Bright magenta 20 SILENE. (Catch-Fly.) A beautiful, early, free-blooming plant, adapted for beds, borders, or ribbon-gardening; of easy culture, grow- ing in any garden soil; hardy annual; 1 foot. 6560 S. Armeria, Mixed. Red, white, and rose. Per oz., 60 cts 5 6557 — Pendula Flore Pleno. Producing charm- ing double rose-colored flowers in profusion 10 SMI LAX. (See Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides). STOCKS. (Mathiola annua.) The Stock Gilly-flower is one of the most popular plants, either for bedding, massing, or pot-culture; for brilliancy and diversity of color or profusion and duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. The Ten Week Stocks [Mathiola annua) are generally cultivated, and bloom from ten to twelve weeks after being sown ; they grow from 6 to 18 inches high, and when grown in light, rich soil, and occasionally watered with weak guano water, they bear an immense quantity of bloom, so that each plant forms a perfect bouquet of delightful fragrance. For early flowering, start the seeds in a greenhouse or hot-bed, and transplant into the garden in May after all danger of frost is over; half-hardy 'annual. 6610 S. Dwarf Wallflower Leaved, Mixed. 15 6604— Dwarf Wallfi'r. Leaved. Bright yellow 15 6601 — Dwarf Wallflower Leaved Ten Week. Double. Pure White 15 6602— Dwarf Wallflower Leaved Ten Week. Double. Carmine 15 6596 — Dwarf Bouquet Ten Week, Mixed. Bl
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