Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 -HEMRYADRKR ^HILADELPHIA^A' NEW*' RARE PLANTS Stokesia Cyanea Alba. CHOICE NEW TROLLIUS OK GLOBE FLOWERS. Great improvements on existing varieties, all of strong growth and with flowers of very large size. Gotterf unke. Large, open orange-y e 1 1 o w flowers. Helios. Pure yellow. Very free-flowering on strong branched stems. Leuchtkugel. One of the finest deep orange reds. Lichtball. Extra large globular orange-yellow flowers on stiff stems 18 inches high. Salamander. Stiff two feet high branched
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 -HEMRYADRKR ^HILADELPHIA^A' NEW*' RARE PLANTS Stokesia Cyanea Alba. CHOICE NEW TROLLIUS OK GLOBE FLOWERS. Great improvements on existing varieties, all of strong growth and with flowers of very large size. Gotterf unke. Large, open orange-y e 1 1 o w flowers. Helios. Pure yellow. Very free-flowering on strong branched stems. Leuchtkugel. One of the finest deep orange reds. Lichtball. Extra large globular orange-yellow flowers on stiff stems 18 inches high. Salamander. Stiff two feet high branched stems with soft orange-colored flowers of fine form. 50 cts. each. One each of the 5 sorts for TUNICA SAXIFRAGA FLORE ROSEA PLENA. The illustration conveys a fair idea of the free- flowering qualities of this little gem, which is equally at home on the rockery, in the border or as a pol plant; succeeding in any well drained soil in sun or shade. It forms a dense tuft of bright green Sthnanthium. foliage 4 to t> inches high, and begins blooming in May,continu- ing until fall; the flowers are very double and of a delicate blush- pink. Awarded a certificate of merit by the Royal Hort. Society of England. 35 cts. each; £ per doz. \\ e also 'offer under their respective heads in the general list a number of New and Rare Hardy Perennials, including the following important classes: NEW DELPHINIUMS or HARDY LARKSPURS. (See page I B9. | NEW AND RARE PEONIES. (See page 'Jo:;.) NEW AND RARE HARDY PHLOXES. (See page 206.) NEW TRITOMAS or FLAME FLOWERS. page 215.) TWO NEW RUDBECKIAS <c«...e n» Rays of Gold. In this new variety we have an improved, or rather a refined, form of the popular Golden Glow, the flower having the same golden color, but with narrower petals, which are so arranged that the flower is full to the centre and forms a perfect globe; a decided improvement on the flaf flowers of the old sort. (See cut on page 177.) 2i cts. each; £ per doz. Nitid
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