. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S SELECT Hardy Perennial A BouDER OF Hardy Perennials. THIS class of plants, familiarly known as Old-fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor in recent years so rapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine enthusiast of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is not at all surprising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes which take place throughout the ent
. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S SELECT Hardy Perennial A BouDER OF Hardy Perennials. THIS class of plants, familiarly known as Old-fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor in recent years so rapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine enthusiast of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is not at all surprising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes which take place throughout the entire growing season in a well arranged hardy border, in which every week, yes, almost every day, brings forth something fresh and new. Beginning in April, early-flowering varieties open their flowers often before snow has entirely disappeared, continuing with constantly changing variety through the summer until late in the fall, when severe freezing weather only will stop such persistent late bloomers as the Japanese Windflowers, Pompone Chrysanthemums, Stokesias, etc. We are continually adding new, rare and desirable sorts to our list, which is admitted to be the most complete and up-to-date collection in the country. Cultivation is of the simplest, beginning with any good garden soil for a foundation, which may be enriched with any good fertilizer, such as well decomposed cow or sheep manure or bone meal, deeply dug, well jiulverized, in which the plants should be set as early in the season as )5ossible, so as to enable them to become well rooted and established before hot, dry sets in, keeping the ground well stirred, and where it is not convenient to water the beds during hoi, dry weather a mulch of loose material, wliich will keep the soil from baking, will be found very beneficial. Short grass, the rakings of the lawn after cutting, will be as good for this purpose as anything. A covering of manure should be applied in the fall; this may be forked into the soil ea
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