Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 Agrostemma. Alyssum. Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, edgings or rock work ; blooming profusely all summer; useful also for winter flowering. Very sweetly scented. PER PKT. 5082 Alyssum, Sweet (A. Maritimum). Flowers white ; 9 inches. Per oz. 30 cts 5 5086 — Tom Thumb (Ben- thami Compactum). Of dwarf, compact, erect growth; excellent for edgings; white. Per oz. 40 cts 5 — Little Qem. Of dwarf, compact habit, 4 to 6 inches in height, each plant covering a circle 15 to 30 inches in diameter. It begins to bloom wh
Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 Agrostemma. Alyssum. Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, edgings or rock work ; blooming profusely all summer; useful also for winter flowering. Very sweetly scented. PER PKT. 5082 Alyssum, Sweet (A. Maritimum). Flowers white ; 9 inches. Per oz. 30 cts 5 5086 — Tom Thumb (Ben- thami Compactum). Of dwarf, compact, erect growth; excellent for edgings; white. Per oz. 40 cts 5 — Little Qem. Of dwarf, compact habit, 4 to 6 inches in height, each plant covering a circle 15 to 30 inches in diameter. It begins to bloom when quite small, and the plants are a solid mass of white from spring till late in autumn. (See cut.) Per oz. 60 cts 5 Saxatile Compactum AGERATUM. One of the leading plants for beds or borders, and very useful where cut-flowers are in demand ; in bloom the whole sum- mer ; also good for winter blooming; annuals. per pkt. 5045 Ageratum Conspicuum. White; 2 feet 5 5041 —Mexicanum. Lavender blue; 2 feet 5 5042 — Imperial Dwarf Blue: 8 inches 5 5043 — Imperial Dwarf White; 8 inches 5 5044 — Lasseauxi. Rose; 15 inches . 5 5046 — Cope's Pet. Lovely azure- blue ; 6 inches; this is considered the best variety for edging. (See cut) 10 AGROSTEMMA. (Rose of Heaven.) An attractive free-flowering hardy per- ennial of easy culture, producing bright colored flowers on long slender stems like a single pink; blooms the first season; fine for cutting ; 1 to 2 feet. (See cut.) 5050 Agrostemma. Mixed Varieties 5 ML 5087 5084 Showy golden yellow flowers ; hardy perennial, blooms the first season; extelent for rockwork ; 1 foot , 5 »ff
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