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Title: Choice flower seeds
Identifier: choiceflowerseed1899emma (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Emma V. White (Firm : Minneapolis, Minn. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : E. V. White
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PHLOX DRUMMONDI. PHLOX GRANDIFLORA. A bed of Phlox insures perpetual bloom and supplies an abundance of cut flowers for the house. Its hardiness, easy cultivation, rich colorings and long keeping make it an indis- pensable feature of the summer garden. The Grandiflora is a large-flowering variety, Doth the single blossoms and flower-heads being very large and showy. Mixture of named varieties. Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts.; 3 pkts., 10 cts. DOUBLE WHITE PHLOX. The single Phlox I should ordinarily pronounce the more desirable, but include this in my list because of its exceptional value for floral designs, decorations and all cut purposes. Massed in a bed, it is also very handsome. Pkt., 100 seeds, 5 cts. FRINGED AND STAR PHLOXES. A mixture of the Fringed, or Fimbriata, and Star of Quedlinburg Phloxes, both of which are represented in the cut. The petals of both are toothed or fringed; in the former they are bordered bv an irregular line of white, while in the latter each petal sends out a long Soint, giving the blossom a star-like appearance that adds much to its daintiness and eauty. Found in all the Phlox colors. Mixed. Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. HORTENSIA DWARF PHLOX. A lovely dwarf variety, only about six inches high and very compact. Splendid for edg- ings. The single blossoms, as well as the clusters, are smaller than iti the common Phlox, but they are borne in abu.ndance and appear in many new and beautiful colors, forming a floral crown for each little plant which will last for weeks. Mixed. Pkt., 100 seeds, 5 ct8. Phlox, mixed. The above varieties mixed. Pkt., 150 seeds, 6 cts. Collection of Phlox, One pkt. of each of the above varieties, 16 ctg. Rock Creek, Kan., April, used your seeds for the first time last year. They were the best I ever tried." Mrs. Helen C. Turner. PERENNIAL PHLOX. As I ride through the country or towns and see the homely, faded-out magenta shades of the Perennial Phlox, I wonder if people know of the many and greatly improved varieties of tlii& Phlox. It is so nardy and easily cultivated, taking care of itself, and makes such a fine show in the garden, I wonder, also, that every one does not cultivate it. For five cents you can get some of the newest and choicest hybrid varieties. Why not try it? Finest mixed. Pkt., 30 seeds, 5 cts.

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