. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HEMRlfADRKR-PHIIADELPI1IAJ>AmHARDY-PEREririlAl PLANTS 175 TRIXOMA (Flame Flower, or Torch Lily). Splendid summer and lall-flowering plants, with stately flower scapes antl magnificent dense terminal spikes of high-colored flowers, familiarly known on account of their shape and glowing colors as the " Red-hot Poker" plant. Pfitzerii. A grand improvement on Tritoma Uvaria Grandijlora. The flower sp


. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HEMRlfADRKR-PHIIADELPI1IAJ>AmHARDY-PEREririlAl PLANTS 175 TRIXOMA (Flame Flower, or Torch Lily). Splendid summer and lall-flowering plants, with stately flower scapes antl magnificent dense terminal spikes of high-colored flowers, familiarly known on account of their shape and glowing colors as the " Red-hot Poker" plant. Pfitzerii. A grand improvement on Tritoma Uvaria Grandijlora. The flower spikes, which are produced with considerable more freedom than in the old variety, are of gigantic size, frequently 42 feet high, with heads ol bloom over 12 inches long, of a rich orange-scarlet, shading to salmon-rose on the edge ; a first-class acquisition. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2 50 per doz. Uvaria Grandiflora. Orange-red flowers. _ 15 cts. each; $ per doz. VERONICA (Speedwell). Most desirable hardy plants, the tall-growing sorts being admirably adapted to the border, while the dwarf varieties are excellent rock plants. Candida. Greyish white foliage, with blue flowers during July and August; 2 feet. 15 cts. each ; § per doz. Loiigifolia Subsessilis. A pretty species with blue flowers, produced in spikes a foot long, continuing in bloom the entire summer and fall; one of the most desirable; 2 feet high. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $250 per doz. Incana. Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue flowers; 1 foot. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Rosea. A most desirable variety, bright rose-colored flowers all summer; 18 inches high. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Spicata. An elegant border plant, grow- ing about 3 feet high, producing long spikes of bright blue flowers, the spikes lengthening with age ; last for weeks. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. — Alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 15 cts. each ; $ per doz. — Vai'ieg'ata. Gold and green v


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