Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 Saxifraga Pvrahidali SAXIFRAGA (Megasea). These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about one foot high, and are admirable for the front of the border or shrub- bery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them useful, while the pretty flowers, which appear very early in the spring, some almost as soon as the frost is out of the ground, make them doubly effective. (See cut.) Cordifolia. Light pink. Orbiculare. Deep rose. Speciosa. Deep rosy-
Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 Saxifraga Pvrahidali SAXIFRAGA (Megasea). These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about one foot high, and are admirable for the front of the border or shrub- bery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them useful, while the pretty flowers, which appear very early in the spring, some almost as soon as the frost is out of the ground, make them doubly effective. (See cut.) Cordifolia. Light pink. Orbiculare. Deep rose. Speciosa. Deep rosy-crimson. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $1 Squarrosa. Rosy-pink. Van Houttei. Light pink. LOO per 100. Set of 5 sorts, $ Group of Saxifragas (Megaseas) ALPINE SAXIFRAGAS. The following varieties require a semi-shady position in well drained ground or on the rockery : Peltata. Suitable for growing in moist situations, with large shield- shaped leaves and clusters of light pink flowers on stiff, erect stems 3 feet high. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Pyramidalis. Forms rosettes of narrow, silvery foliage; showy spikes 2 feet high of white flowers in May and June. 35 cts. each. Sarmentosa {Aaron's Beard). A trailing variety with deep green foliage; prettily variegated with silvery-white; used in hang- ing-baskets, on the rockery, etc. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Umbrosa (London Pride, Nancy Pretty, or None-so-Pretty). A low-growing, spreading sort, throwing up stems a foot high of white, sometimes suffused with red, flowers. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. We offer some splendid new German Iris. See list on page 223.
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