Dreer's 1901 garden calendar (1901) Dreer's 1901 garden calendar dreers1901garden1901henr Year: 1901 DotJBLE Camellia Flowered Balsam. Asparagus Sfrengeri. ASPERULA ODORATA. (Sweet Woodrufl'.) PER PKT. 1241 An old-fashioned fa- vorite grown for its fragrant leaves and stems, which, when dried, have an odor not unlike new-mown hay, and are used for putiing among clothes, etc.; also used in Ger- many to flavor the ' Maitrank,' or May wine, imparting an agreeable bouquet to this popular beverage; best grown among shrubberv, woods or in other semi-shaded position where it can remain undisturbed
Dreer's 1901 garden calendar (1901) Dreer's 1901 garden calendar dreers1901garden1901henr Year: 1901 DotJBLE Camellia Flowered Balsam. Asparagus Sfrengeri. ASPERULA ODORATA. (Sweet Woodrufl'.) PER PKT. 1241 An old-fashioned fa- vorite grown for its fragrant leaves and stems, which, when dried, have an odor not unlike new-mown hay, and are used for putiing among clothes, etc.; also used in Ger- many to flavor the ' Maitrank,' or May wine, imparting an agreeable bouquet to this popular beverage; best grown among shrubberv, woods or in other semi-shaded position where it can remain undisturbed ; flowers white 5 BAEEOOK VINE. (Love-in-a-puiT.) A vapid growing annual climber ; succeeds best in light soil and warm situation ; flowers white; seed vessels look like miniature balloons. 1525Balloon \ine {Cor- diospertniini). Pcroz., 20 cts 5 BAPTISIA AUSTRAEIS (False ludigo). 1541 A beautiful hardy perennial herbaceous plant, producing pea-shaped flowers on spikes 6 inches long. Bright blue ; 2J feet 5 BARTONIA AUREA (Colden Bartoma). 1551 Producing showy golden-yellow flowers above its gray and downy thistle-like foliage, which are exceedingly brilliant in the sunshine. Sow where it is to remain, as it does not bear transplanting ; an- nual ; 2 feet 5 BOCCONIA (Plume Poppy, or Tree-Celandine). 1611 Japonica. Effective, hardy perennial, for single specimens or groups on lawns. Foliage glaucous green, hears freely spikes 2 to 3 feet long, of cream-colored flowers; 5 feet 5 BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy). 1620 Free-flowering, dwarf-growing annuals, covered during the greater part of the summer with a profusion of pretty blue or white flow- ers ; suitable for edgings, small beds or pot culture 5
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