. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. AlySSUm (Sweet Alyssum or Mad Wort) Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, edgings or rockwork, blooming profusely aU summer; useful also for winter flowering. Very sweetly scented. -^ per pk;t. 1101 Little Gem, or Carpet of Snow. Of dwarf, compact habit, but 4 inches high. It begins to bloom when quite small, and the plants are a solid mass of white from spring to late autumn, and undoubtedly the best wh
. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. AlySSUm (Sweet Alyssum or Mad Wort) Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, edgings or rockwork, blooming profusely aU summer; useful also for winter flowering. Very sweetly scented. -^ per pk;t. 1101 Little Gem, or Carpet of Snow. Of dwarf, compact habit, but 4 inches high. It begins to bloom when quite small, and the plants are a solid mass of white from spring to late autumn, and undoubtedly the best white-flowering edging plant in the list. (See cut.) Per J oz., 25 cts.; per oz., 75 cts SO 10 1100 Lilac Queen. A very pretty deep lavender-lilac, of dwarf compact habit. Per i oz., 25 cts.; per oz., 75 cts 1102 Sweet Alyssum (.4. Maritimum). Of trailing habit, flowers white. Per \ oz., 25 cts.: oz., 40 cts 1103 Tom Thumb (Benlhami Conipactuni). Of dwarf, compact, erect growth; excellent for edging; white. Per A oz., 30 cts.; per oz., 50 cts 1104 Saxatile Compactum {Basket of Gold). Showy, bright yellow flowers, hardy peren- nials; excellent for rockwork and edge of border. 1 foot. Per j oz., 40 cts 10 10 AJvCHUSA IX-\LIC-\, Ammobium (winged Everlasting) 1121 Alatum Grandiflorum. A pretty annual everlasting; flowers silvery w-hite with yellow disc; grows best in light soil. 2 feet. Per \ oz., 25 cts AmpelopsiS (Boston, or Japanese Ivy) 1131 Veitchi. A hardy perennial climber, with olive-green leaves, which turn ' , to scarlet in the autumn. The best and most popular climber for covering brick or stone walls. J oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts Anchusa (Alkanet, Bugloss) >^1137 Capensis {Cape Forget-me-not). A fine free-growing annual variety about 18 inches high with sprays of lovely Forget-me-not blue flowers; blooms all summer. \ oz., 25 cts ^1138 Italica Dropmore Variety. One of the best hardy perennials and becoming more popular each season, grows 3 to 5 feet high, and bears in a
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