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Title: Trees and plants, hardy ornamentals
Identifier: CAT31283910 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Rye Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Ornamental trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Rye, N. Y. : Rye Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CHARLES FREMD, RYE, N. Y. Hardy Perennial Plants. " A Garden of Hardy Flowers " gives less trouble than a garden of any other sort, and grows in beauty from year to year. We catalogue quite a large collection of Hardy Herbaceous Plants at prices according to the size of clumps 12 to 25 cts. each, $10 to $20 per 100. ACHILLEA, Best Sorts. Yarrow. Ornamental both in foliage and flower ; blooms in summer and autumn ; 2 feet high. ANEMONE Japonica. The type of the race. Vigorous ; 3 to 4 feet high ; flowers pink, borne on long stems in autumn. A. J. alba. Large, shining, waxen flowers of pure white, with yellow stamens ; dark green leaves. One of the best perennials. ANTHEniS tinctoria. Yellow Chamomile. Flowers lemon-yellow; useful for cutting. 2 to 3 feet. June to August. ANTHERICUM liliastrum. St. Bruno's Lily. Grass-like foliage and spikes of fragrant, white, lily-like flowers from May to August. 2 feet. AQUILEGIA, Best Sorts. Columbine. Well-known plants, graceful and elegant in habit, with curiously formed flowers of different colors. 1 to 3 feet. Spring and summer. ARflERIA, Different Varieties. Sea-Pink. Forms beautiful edgings for beds. Low-growing ; flowers white ; leaves grass-like ; blooms nearly all season. ASCLEPIAS, Best Sorts. Milkweed. Showy flowers in terminal umbels. 2 to 4 feet. July. ASTER, Best Hardy Sorts. Starwort. These plants now receive much more attention than formerly, and have been greatly improved. Flowers white and many shades of lilac, blue and purple. 1 to 4 feet. Autumn. ASTILBE Japonica alba. Japanese Spiraea. Graceful sprays of small, pure white flowers, displayed in large pani- cles. Forces readily in winter; blooms in the open ground in May. CLEHATIS Davidiana. Fragrant blue flowers in large axillary clusters. Upright, 2 to 3 feet. Autumn. C. erecta. Large, long-stemmed panicles of small, sweet, white flowers. 3 to 4 feet. June. C. integrifolia. Blue .flowers, bor- dered with white. 2 feet. June. C. tubulosa. Small purple flowers. Blooms with the others. CONVALLARIA majalis. Lily-of- the-Valley. A prime old favorite. COREOPSIS, Best Species. Showy, bright yellow flowers on long stems, produced all summer. Fine for cutting. 1 to 3 feet. CORON1LLA varia. Wild Pea. A showy half-trailer, with clusters of rose and white flowers, varying through pink and cream. 2 feet. June. DELPHINIUM, Different Varieties. Larkspur. Delicate foliage and long flower-spikes. 1 to 4 feet. Spring and summer.
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