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Title: 1896 greeting
Identifier: 1896greeting1896miss (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Miss C. H. Lippincott (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Miss C. H. Lippincott
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SCARLET SAGE, (Salvia Splendens One of the grandest plants in cultivation—a bed of them surpassing the finest scarlet ger- aniums in brilliancy and continuous bloom, the flower spikes often measure ten to twelve inches in length, and there are as many as two hun- dred spikes on a well grown plant. From the time they first begin to flower, the plants are nev^er out of bloom until killed by late frosts. It is easily grown from seed and the purcha!=e of plants should be abandoned. Pkt., 80 seeds, 4 cents. SALVIA FARINACEA. The plants form dwarf, compact bushes, with long spikes of beautiful blue flowers, which makes a charming contrast when grown with the scarlet described above. Pkt., 35 seeds, 6c. SNOWBALL SCABIOSA. The flowers are very large, meas- uring fully two inches in diameter, of purest white and very double. It comes quite true from seed. Pkt., 50 seeds, 6 cents. 5CABI0SA, Double Black. A new variety wit h elegant dou- ble black-purple flowers—so deep in color as to appear nearly coal- black. Pkt., 25 seeds, 6 cents. SCABIOSA.—ATixed double, all colors. Pkt., 50 seeds, 3 cents. Solanum. SOLANUM, (Jerusalem Cherry.) A miniature orange tree, covered all winter with a profusion of scarlet fruit. The foliage is very beautiful, but the fruit is the chief attraction. Pkt., 50 seeds, 4 cents. SWEET ROCKET, (Hesperis.) The Sweet Rocket producer clusters of flowers which are very fragrant during the evening. The seed rapidly germi- nates in the open ground with very little care. Hardy perennial, one and a half feet high. Pkt , lOO seeds, 3 cents. M. M. Briggs, Glenwood, Wis., Oct. 7, '95, writes: The "Anchusa Capensis ' were the wonder of our village for bloom, and I never saw larger or finer Petunias.

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