. Dreer's garden book 1920. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 166. ARABIS (Rock Cress) Alpina. One of the most desirable of the very early spring flowering plants that is especially adapted for edging and for the rock garden, but does equally well in the border, forming a dense carpet, completely cov- ered with pure white flowers. It is nice for cutting, and lasts for a lcng time in bloom. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $15-00 per 100. ARTEMISIA LACTIFLORA (Hawthorn-scented
. Dreer's garden book 1920. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 166. ARABIS (Rock Cress) Alpina. One of the most desirable of the very early spring flowering plants that is especially adapted for edging and for the rock garden, but does equally well in the border, forming a dense carpet, completely cov- ered with pure white flowers. It is nice for cutting, and lasts for a lcng time in bloom. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $15-00 per 100. ARTEMISIA LACTIFLORA (Hawthorn-scented Mugwort) Unlike the other varieties offered, which are grown for their foliage, this comparatively new introduction from China is a most effective flowering plant, with erect stems 3£ to 4J feet high, clothed with elegantly cut dark green foliage and terminated by panicles of Hawthorn-scented creamy v> hue Spirsea-like light and graceful flowers. It is at its best from the latier pan cf August to the end of September, and is particularly valuable on this account, being unlike any other plant in bloom at that time. (See cut.) 35 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. ARTEMISIA A most useful class of plants, either for the border or for filling in within the shrubbery. With the exception of the new variety Lactiflora they are not remarkable for their flowers; the foliage of the sorts rffered is very ornamental. All the varieties offered stand cutting down to 5 or 6 inches when used in carpet or ribbon bedding. Abrotanum ( Old Man, or Southern-wood.) Dark green, finely cut foliage, with pleasant aromatic odor; 2 feet. Pedemontana. A handsome variety with finely cut silvery foliage. Stelleriana (Old Woman) Deeply-cut silvery foliage; much used in carpet bed- ding; 18 inches. 25cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. ASCEEPIAS (Butterfly Weed) Tuberosa. Very showy native plants, about 2£ feet high, producing their flow- ers of brilliant (-range-scar- let duringjuly and A
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