J.T. Lovett Company, Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection · Little Silver, N.J. : J.T. Lovett · leaf 9
. Bishops Weed.A strong growing, very enduring plant, which holdsits variegation without fading or burning throughout thehottest weather. It grows 12 to 18 inches high, hasprettily formed leaves of light green, broadly marked with creamy white, in dense masses. Succeeds uponpoorest soil, under… … Another year serves more fully to confirm my highopinion of this hardy bulb. In early spring it producessword-like leaves which ripen in July and anyone who isnot advised of its habit would be apt to conclude thebulbs had perished; but, lo! in a month or six weeksthe flower stalks are thrown up 2…
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