Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . y public park and in manyof the handsomest private gardens, being used chiefly as bor-ders to large beds of Cannas, Caladiums, etc. This new va-riety, now offered for the first time, has been on trial with us forthe past two seasons, and has proved to be perfectly habit of growth it is somewhat heavier and bolder than ; grows about 4 feet high; foliage narrow,of a bright green, while the cylindrical flower heads, carriedwell above the foliage on gracefully recurving stems, aretinged with bronzy-purple, the whole
Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . y public park and in manyof the handsomest private gardens, being used chiefly as bor-ders to large beds of Cannas, Caladiums, etc. This new va-riety, now offered for the first time, has been on trial with us forthe past two seasons, and has proved to be perfectly habit of growth it is somewhat heavier and bolder than ; grows about 4 feet high; foliage narrow,of a bright green, while the cylindrical flower heads, carriedwell above the foliage on gracefully recurving stems, aretinged with bronzy-purple, the whole plant having a light,airy appearance, and should prove one of the most valuablehardy grasses either for use in beds, mixed borders or as spec-imens. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. PUI^MONARIA ANGUSTIFOI^IA A.^U^(E<A (Blue Cowslip, or Lungwort). The prettiest of the blue Cowslips; grows about a foot high,and one of the first to bloom in early spring, bearing attractivefunnel-shaped, deep gentian-blue flowers; very desirable. 50cts. Pennisetum Japonicum (Hardy Fountain Grass). 202
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