Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: i HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS / Physalis—Chinese Lantern Plant Francheti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry. Forms dense bushes, about 2 feet high, freely covered with bright orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits, which can be cut and dried, in which shape they are used extensively for floral decora- tion during the winter. 25c each; $ per doz.; $ pel 100. Physostet'ia—False Dragon-Head Physostegia—False Dragon-Head One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering per- ennials. F
Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: i HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS / Physalis—Chinese Lantern Plant Francheti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry. Forms dense bushes, about 2 feet high, freely covered with bright orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits, which can be cut and dried, in which shape they are used extensively for floral decora- tion during the winter. 25c each; $ per doz.; $ pel 100. Physostet'ia—False Dragon-Head Physostegia—False Dragon-Head One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering per- ennials. Forms dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic Heather. Virginica. Bright but soft pink. — alba. Pure white; very fine. — grandiflora Vivid. A new variety growing from 18 to 24 inches high with flowers much larger than the type and of a bright violet-mauve. Any of these: 25c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Platycodon Balloon Flower or Japanese Bell Flower The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanula and form neat, branched bushes of upright habit, 2 to 2| feet high. At- tractive blue or white flowers from July to October. Grandiflorum. Blue. — album. White. Either variety: 20c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Plumbago—Lead Wort Larpentae. One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high. Covered with deep blue flowers during the summer and fall months. 25c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Polemonium-Jccob's Ladder Reptans. A dwarf variety growing about 12 inches high. Has finely cut, deep green foliage and showy spikes of deep blue flowers in May and June. Does best in a partially shaded position. 25c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Potentilla—Cinquefoil Charming plants for the border with brilliant single or double flowers that are produced in profusion from June to August Cinerea. Compact evergreen creeper with dainty
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