. Dreer's garden calendar for 1888. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. PLANT DEPARTMENT. 89 HARDY PERENNIALS-^"""" <' 25 cts. each ; $ per dozen, except where noted. LYCHNIS VISCARIA ALBA PLENA. Large double white flowers, which are produced in the greatest pro- fusion during the entire summer; very valuable for funeral designs, taking the place of the Carnation at a season when double white flowers are in great request; perfectly hardy. LYCHNIS VISCARIA RUBRA. An early spring blooming plant, which carries its clusters


. Dreer's garden calendar for 1888. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. PLANT DEPARTMENT. 89 HARDY PERENNIALS-^"""" <' 25 cts. each ; $ per dozen, except where noted. LYCHNIS VISCARIA ALBA PLENA. Large double white flowers, which are produced in the greatest pro- fusion during the entire summer; very valuable for funeral designs, taking the place of the Carnation at a season when double white flowers are in great request; perfectly hardy. LYCHNIS VISCARIA RUBRA. An early spring blooming plant, which carries its clusters of brilliant crimson flowers for several weeks. MYOSOTIS DISSITIFLORA (Forget-me-not). Hardy spring blooming plants, bearing a profusion of lovely light blue flowers. MYOSOTIS, ELIZA FANltOBERT. Large flowering, bright blue, of pyramidal habit; remarkably fine and distinct. P/EONIES. The Herbaceous Pteonies are exceedingly hardy, and will succeed in any ordinary garden soil, well enriched with good manure. During the summer months mulching will be beneficial to the roots, especially on dry soils. Ainbroise Versch a tie 11. Purplish crimson. Alba Plena. Double white. Baron Rothschild. Pale rose. Comte de Paris. Rose, buft centre. Edulis. Violet rose, very fra- grant. Ilmnei. Pink; fragrant. Isabella lialitzky. Deep rose, shaded salmon. Jean D'Arc. Blush, shaded rose. Louis Van Houtte. Dark crimson. Rubra Triumphans. Dark purplish crimson. Striata Speciosa. Pale rose, blush centre. Tenuifolia, fl. pi. Dark crimson; very double and showy, with peculiar cut leaves. 50 cts each. Triumph (111 Nord. Rosy violet. Victoria Tricolor. Rose, pink centre, Tree Paeony. This plant, instead of dying down to the ground every winter, as the herbaceous variety, grows into a small, hard-wooded shrub. The flower is the same in form as the common variety, but of a light pink or blush color. $ Herbaceous Peonies. 30 cts. each ; $ per doz., except where noted. PHLOX. The Phloxes are am


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