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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds &c.
Identifier: CAT31284460 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Joseph Breck & Sons; New England Agricultural Warehouse; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Joseph Breck & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Eschscholtzia Paniculata Rosea. borne well above the dark green foliage. It will prove of great value for beds or borders. Pkt., 15 cts. " Rose Cardinal." A very striking and rich color. Quite distinct deep, rosy cardinal. It differs very much from the carmine, and will be found a grand addition to this well known popular flower. Pkt., 15 cts. CYCLAMEN. Bush Hill Pioneer. We are glad to offer a new color in this marvellous break from the old form. It is like the original introduction except in color, which is red. It is an acquisition that will be appreciated. Pkt., $1.00. " Papilio." The flowers of this new type have highly fim- briated and curled petals. The seed we offer is mixed, and represents about five colors, white to dark red. A very beautiful class and a distinct break from previous forms. The foliage is handsomely mottled. Pkt., 25 cts. â¢â The Sultan." This is without doubt the deepest colored Cyclamen Giganteum yet raised. The flowers are intense crimson, very fine, handsomely marked foliage. The plant is of robust growth and flowers freely. Pkt., 75 cts. CINERARIA. "Tom Thumb Blue." This is a very dwarf strain of cineraria, the plants scarcely growing more than a foot high, and producing its flowers in great profusion in two shades â light and dark blue. It lasts in flower a very long time â quite three months. Pkt., 50 cts. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Californica, Paniculata Rosea. This is a novelty of great merit and deserves the attention of lovers of flowering annuals. It is not only distinct, but by years of careful selection is a fixed form hitherto un- known to Eschscholtzias. The rosy white petals are deli- cately channelled or fluted with tin)' folds radiating from the centre and richly adorned with a soft primrose hue, enhancing its beauty wonderfully. Pkt., 25 cts. LUPINUS Arboreus. Snow Queen." A remark- able new perennial lupin. It forms dense bushes about four feet high that are completely covered with elegant racemes of snowy white flowers. It is very suitable for cutting and blooms at a season when good white flowers are generally scarce. Pkt., .15 cts. MATRICARIA. Eximia Double. Snowball." This, like the "Golden Ball." forms a densely compact bush, one foot high, profusely covered with flowers. The flowers, however, are of the purest white. Pkt., 10 cts. MIGNONETTE. Goliath. A new bright red mignonette of very vigorous growth and branching habit. The flower trusses are of immense size â7 inches long and 2 inches through at the base. The color is a magnificent pure bright red, superior to anything yet offered. The great substance of the flower stalks make it of special use for cutting. Pkt., 15 cts. CENTAUREA. Americana Alba. Pure white flowered variety of the American corn flower. The flowers are very largeâ five to six inches across, and look like finely cut tissue paper. Pkt., 10cts. COLEUS. Large Leaved Dwarf. An entirely new class of coleus that is specially adapted for carpet bedding. The plants attain a height of six to eight inches and produce their leaves in great profusion. The seedlings need no cutting back; simply pinch out the small flower stems and you have a perfect carpet of living leaves. The colors are blackish red to red, marbled and spotted. They come perfectly true from seed. Pkt., is cts. CANDYTUFT. -Little Prince." (Iberis coronaria princeps.) Charming dwarf variety of the Candytuft "Empress:* It forms candelabra-shaped pyramids, six inches in height, with four to five spiral spikes of large, pure white flowers,
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Golicth Mignonette. See Special Offers on third page of cover.

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