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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
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feet high. Europe. 15 cts. each, $1.25 cts. per doz. Hibiscus. Hardy Ornamentals, Herbaceous Plants, Etc. 15
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Hydcinthus candicans.droopinj HERNIARIA glabra. Useful for carpet work on account of its dense green foliage, which turns to a bronze-red in winter. 20 cts. each.HIBISCUS moscheutos, Rose. This handsome malva-ceous plant grows about 3 feet high, and bears manylarge rose-colored flowers, often 6 inches wide, muchresembling a hollyhock. It is a fine bog-plant, butthrives in any good loamy or sandy soil. One of thebest. 15 cts. each, $1 per dozen.H. moscheutos, White. Much like the preceding, but with white flowers. 15 cts. each, $1 per dozen.H. Californicus. Handsome large, white flowers, with reddish purple center. 25 cts. each.H. militaris. About the same height as Moscheutos,with rose-colored flowers, but they do not expand asmuch as that species, and are not so showy. Moist soil.15 cts. each, $1 per dozen.H. incanus. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per dozen.HOUSTONIA purpurea. 8 to 15 inches high, with nu-merous small, white flowers all summer. Thrives insun and shade. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz

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