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Title: Autumn catalogue : 1904
Identifier: autumncatalogue119pete_0 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PETER HENDERSON! A CO., NEW YORK- For Geometrical or " Design " Bedding.—The bulbs best adapted are Dutch Hyacinths and TuHps. In this style of bedding the happiest effects are produced by planting solid bright colors in contrast, and in ordering the varieties it is important to select those that will bloom at the same time and are of proper heights. The popular varieties of Tulips for design bed- ding are, for scarlets- Belle Alliance, Crimson King and Pottcbakker Scarlet; for white: La Reine, L'Immaculee and Pottebakker White; for yellow: Canary Bird, Chrysolora and Potte- bakker Yellow; for pink: Cottage Maid, Rosa Mundi and Rose Grisdelin. Among the popular Hyacinths for design bed- ding are Robert Steiger and Roi des Beiges for crimsons; Gertrude, Gigantea and Norma for pinks; Baroness Von Thuyll and Voltair for white; Chas. Dickens and La Peyrouse for light blues; Marie and King of Blues for purples. The Mixed flower Garden and Herbaceous Border are favorite places for growing most hardy bulbs, and here they seem to thrive and give the most pleasure. They should be planted here and there in little colonies among the hardy plants and shrubs, whose sombre winter browns and dull greens make a most effective setting when studded in the early spring with the brilliantly colored and fragrant bulbous blossoms. Besides, from the border one does not hesitate to gather flowers daily for the house, for fear of spoiling the effect, as would be the case from design beds. Furthermore, in an herbaceous border bulbs are not disturbed, the foliage remains uninjured until ripe, thus fulfilling its duty assigned by nature of recharging the bulb with new flowers, foliage and energy for the next season's display.
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