Identifier: horsfordsdescrip1894fhho (find matches)
Title: Horsford's descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamentals herbaceous plants bulbs ferns shrubs and vines
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: F.H. Horsford (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Orchids Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs Horticulture Vermont
Publisher: Charlotte, Vt. : F.H. Horsford
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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curious andhandsome hardy herbaceous peiennial iswell suited for rock-work in sun, in crev-ices where the roots can get moisturewithout stagnancy. It will only produceflowers in the sun. Flowers vary, usu-ally pink, with a nearly white center ;roots said to be edible. A dry, gravelly,sunny situation suits it. 12 cts. each,$1 per dozen.LIATRIS (Blazing Star or Button ; Snake-Root). A class of plants belonging to thenatural order of composite, with purpleor white flower-heads. They make quitepretty border plants, thriving in any or-dinary garden soil. L. cylindracea. Flower-heads purple,large. 15 cts. each ; seeds, 6 cts. per pkt.L. pycnostachya (Kansas Gay Feather).Flowers pale purple, in dense cylindricalspikes. 15 cts. each, two for 25 cts.L. scariosa. Flower-heads purple,nearly2 inches wide ; plant 2 feet high. 15 cts.each, two for 25 ctsL. Spicata. Flower-heads purple, sessile,in spikes 6 to 15 inches long ; plant 1 to 2feet high. 15 cts. each, two for 25 cts,seeds, 6 cts. per pkt.
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17 LEUCOCRINUM montanum. 12 cts. each, $i per dozen.LILIUM (Lily). Probablyno genus of cultivatedplants is so well knownand highly prized as this.The species are among thegrandest and most beau-tiful of cultivated bulbs.Their variously coloredflowers, often agreeablyfragrant, are indispensableto a well-selected collec-tion of hardy plants. Aboutall of the species are hardyin well-drained soil. It iswell, however, as a pre-caution against very severefrost, to cover the bulbsin autumn. A few inchesof horse - manure, wellmixed with straw, as itoften is when it comesfresh from the stable,makes a very good cover-ing ; besides, the rains andmelting snows carry thefertilizing strength of thisdown into the soil beforeit is removed in the spring.Thus, it answers a doublepurpose. Occasionallythere is a species thatmight be injured by themanure, but I have foundit an excellent covering forall I have grown. Cocoa-nut fiber is also recom-mended, and pine needles,when available, are verygood. A foo

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