. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. i HAW PERENNIAL PIANTS/ yPHIMDELPMli. Arabis Alpina Flore-pleno AndrOSaCe (Rock Jasmine) Sarmentosa (Primuloides). An interesting alpine for the rockery but which requires special care in growing of which it is deserving. Succeeds best in a sandy soil in which crushed pieces of sandstone are embodied, preferably in a northerly aspect of the rockery. Flowers bright rose, with a white eye borne in umbels of from 10 to 20 flowers each on 4 inch stems in May and June. 60 cts. each; $ per doz. AntheriCUm (St. Bruno's Lily) Liliastrum M
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. i HAW PERENNIAL PIANTS/ yPHIMDELPMli. Arabis Alpina Flore-pleno AndrOSaCe (Rock Jasmine) Sarmentosa (Primuloides). An interesting alpine for the rockery but which requires special care in growing of which it is deserving. Succeeds best in a sandy soil in which crushed pieces of sandstone are embodied, preferably in a northerly aspect of the rockery. Flowers bright rose, with a white eye borne in umbels of from 10 to 20 flowers each on 4 inch stems in May and June. 60 cts. each; $ per doz. AntheriCUm (St. Bruno's Lily) Liliastrum Major. A charming border plant with rush-like foliage and 18 to 24 inch high racemes of small white lily-like flowers during July and August. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Arabis (Rock Cress) Alpina. One of the most desirable of the very early spring-flowering plants that is especially adapted for edging and for the rock garden, but does equally well in the border, forming a dense carpet of pure white flowers. It is nice for cutting, and lasts a long time in bloom. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. — Flore-pleno. A distinct double flowering form. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. — Rosea. Single, delicate soft pink. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Arenaria (Sand-wort) Montana. A pretty creeping plant which during June is covered with attractive white flowers. A good edging plant and invaluable for the rock garden. Verna Caespitosa. A splendid rock plant for a shady position, forming an evergreen mat with small white flowers in early May. Price. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Armeria (Sea Pink or Thrift) At''active dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen tufts i bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, t 1 stiff wiry stems, from 9 to 12 inches high. They flower more or less continuo dy from early spring until late in fall. Very useful in the rockery as well as n the border. Cephalotes Bees Ruby (New).
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