. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS Saxifraga—Megasea These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position. They grow about 1 foot high and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage which alone renders them useful, while the pretty rose-pink flowers appear very early in the spring. Cordifolia. Light pink. Crassifolia. Rosy pink. Either one: 35c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Saxifraga for the Rock Garden Aizoon balcana. Clusters of small white flowers speckled with cri
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS Saxifraga—Megasea These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position. They grow about 1 foot high and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage which alone renders them useful, while the pretty rose-pink flowers appear very early in the spring. Cordifolia. Light pink. Crassifolia. Rosy pink. Either one: 35c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Saxifraga for the Rock Garden Aizoon balcana. Clusters of small white flowers speckled with crims >n. They are borne on 12 inch stalks rising from a rosette of silvery leaves. Decipiens (Crimson Moss). Dwarf mossy plants with white flowers in May and June. The green foliage turns crim- son in winter; splendid rock plants. Salvia Azurea. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, producing during August and September racemes of pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. Greggi. Makes a shapely, bushy plant about two feet high and bears masses of rich and luminous brilliant carmine flow- ers from July to late October. Requires protection in winter. — alba. A pretty white flowered form. Virgata nemorosa. A most effective plant for the border growing about 2 feet high and producing its dark blue flowers during May and June. Any of these: 25c each; $ per doz.; $ per Salvia Pitcheri Blue Meadow Sage Comes from the wilds of Colorado and is one of the most attractive of our native plants. A true blue flower with a long season of bloom, August, September, and October, thriving in any situation and almost without care. The deep indigo- blue flowers are borne with the greatest profusion on long slender stalks 3 to 4 feet high and bloom at a time when blue flowers are not plentiful. A most note- worthy addition to any garden planting. This variety is extremely hardy and winters over in any part of the country without protection. 25c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. S
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