. Dreer's garden book : 1904. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. IIENRTADREER^HIIADELPII^M-1»HARDY PERfNMIALPbANIS 177 JAPANESE TREE PEONIES. The Tree Pseoiiies [P. Moutan) differ from the herbaceous vari- eties ia their growth, which is in the form of a dwarf shrub; they are equally free-fioweriag, and commence blooming about three weeks earlier thrui the double herbaceous sorts, and while also per- ^ctly hardy they are benefited by slight protection through the winter. The
. Dreer's garden book : 1904. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. IIENRTADREER^HIIADELPII^M-1»HARDY PERfNMIALPbANIS 177 JAPANESE TREE PEONIES. The Tree Pseoiiies [P. Moutan) differ from the herbaceous vari- eties ia their growth, which is in the form of a dwarf shrub; they are equally free-fioweriag, and commence blooming about three weeks earlier thrui the double herbaceous sorts, and while also per- ^ctly hardy they are benefited by slight protection through the winter. The varieties enumerated below have been selected from a large collection, and will be found very interesting. Order either by name or munher. No. 1. Abokin. Bright scarlet. No. 2 \kashi=jishi. Blush-white, shading deeper centre. No. 3. Daikagura. Carmine, shading to rose at edges. No. 4. Fuji=no=mone. Pure white. No. .5. Hakubanrytl. Creamy white. No. 6. lwato=kaganii. Fine, pink. No. 7. Kamadafuji. Soft pink. No. 8. Nishikishima. Bright, soft pink, blush margin. No. 9. Ruriban. Dark purple. No. 10. Shokikagura. Satiny rose, shading to white on edges. No. 11. Shiro=kagura, White, suffused with pink. No. 12. Yoyo=no=noinare. Soft rose, the base of petals mottled. $ each. The set of 12 varieties, $10 00. PEXASITTES (Japanese Coltsfoot). JaponiCUS giganteUS. An interesting plant, which in Japan attains a height of 4 to 5 feet, with gigantic leaves, which are cut and used by the natives as temporary umbrellas during sudden rainstorms; should be planted in low, moist ground. 50 cts. each. PHLOx^IS. (Jerusalem Sag'e.) Fruticosa. Grows from 2 to 3 feet high, and bears whorls of attractive yellow flovvfers in June and July. 20 cts. each; per PHYSOSTEGIA. (False Dragon Head.) One of the most beautiful of our mid- summer-flowering perennials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not un- like a gigantic heather. (See cut.) Virgin
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