Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: Dreer's Five Fine Annuals. See colored plate opposite page 49. Didiscus (Blue Lace Flower) Giant Shirley Foxgloves DidisCUS (Blue Lace Flower) PER pKT 2351 Coeruleus. This pretty and interesting annual blooms most profusely from July till November; also used extensively for early spring flowering in a cool greenhouse; their exquisite pale lavender blossoms are excellent for cutting; plants grow about 18 inches high, and have as many as 50 flowers open at one time. (See cut.) J oz., 50 cts $0 1
Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: Dreer's Five Fine Annuals. See colored plate opposite page 49. Didiscus (Blue Lace Flower) Giant Shirley Foxgloves DidisCUS (Blue Lace Flower) PER pKT 2351 Coeruleus. This pretty and interesting annual blooms most profusely from July till November; also used extensively for early spring flowering in a cool greenhouse; their exquisite pale lavender blossoms are excellent for cutting; plants grow about 18 inches high, and have as many as 50 flowers open at one time. (See cut.) J oz., 50 cts $0 15 Digitalis (Foxglove) Handsome and highly ornamental hardy plants of stately growth, succeeding under almost all conditions, and with but little attention will give a wealth of flowers during June and July. They are now used extensively with good effect for natural- izing in shrubberies, the edge of woods and other half shady places; 3 to 5 feet. Gloxiniaeflora. This is a fine strain of the ordinary Foxglove D. purpurea, with handsome spotted Gloxinia-like flowers on long spikes. per pkt. 2356 - Purple, $ oz., 40 cts $0 10 2357 - Rose, i oz., 40 cts 10 2358 - White. J oz., 40 cts 10 2360 — Mixed, i oz., 30 cts.; oz., $ 10 2361 Giant Shirley Mixed. Unquestionably the greatest improvement ever made in Foxgloves. The very vigorous plants attain a height of 5 to 7 feet, with spikes of bloom 4 feet in length, closely set with flowers of unusual size, ranging in color from the purest white to dark rose, handsomely spotted and blotched with crimson, maroon and chocolate. Seed sown this spring will produce plants that will make a glorious show next season. J oz., 50 cts 15 2366 Grandiflora (Ambigua). Spikes of light yellow flowers. J oz., 40 10 2368 Lutzii Hybrids. New distinct salmon hybrids. 4 feet. Special pkt., 50 cts 15 2370 Monstrosa (Mammoth Foxglove). Long spikes surmounted by one enormous flower; mixed colors, i oz., 40 cts 10 The Book of Annuals (Hottes). A relia
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