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Title: Compliments of Miss Emma V. White
Identifier: complimentsofmis1917emma (find matches)
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Emma V. White (Firm : Minneapolis, Minn. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables 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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MISS EMMA V. WHITE
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THE PEONY The Peony of today challenges the rose to the title "Queen of Flowers," and it is without doubt the most popular of all hardy plants. The plants here offered are from one of the largest Peony gardens in the country, grown by experts and selected with utmost care as to quality and genu- ineness of stock from their list of over 200 va- rieties. Peonies do best in a rich garden soil with a sunny exposure. In planting have the buds two or three inches below the surface, and do not let manure come in contact with the roots. All sent postpaid. STANDARD PEONIES Price, 30c each; 3 for 75c; any 12 for $2.50. AGIDA. Brilliant deep red. Ready for Dec- oration Day. ANDRE LAURES. Fragrant, magenta red, the last flower to bloom. Seldom misses. BARON ROTHSCHILD. Rose-colored guard petals, with salmon center. Midseason. CHAS. VERDIER. Large, carmine lilac, splen- did cut-flower keeper. Late. GRANDIFLORA ALBA. One of ,the best whites, almost as fine as Festiva Maxima, for which it is often sold. Early. GRANDIFLORA ROSEA. Fine fragrant rose pink; one of the surest bloomers. Midseason. HUMEI ROSEA. An immense late, cinnamon- scented flower of varnished pink. A favorite. L'ESPERANCE. A very large sweet pink, fragrant and a great favorite. LOUIS VAN HOUTTI. Shapely bloom, vio- laceous red, yellow stamens. OFFICINALIS RUBRA. Earliest blooming red, always in flower before Decoration Day. QUEEN VICTORIA. Flesh, fading to white. A standard florist's flower. Medium early. REEVESH. Choice silvery pink. Medium. Spring or Fall Delivery Orders for Peonies, Iris, Phlox may be delivered in early spring or fall. Fall is the best season for them. — Watson, Minn. "Your Dahlias gave me the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen." —Miss Alma Klefstad. VERY CHOICE PEONIES EDULIS SUPERBA. Bright mauve pink. One of the best pinks for Decoration Day. 35c. FESTIVA MAXIMA. Large, loose flower, snowy-white, center marked with carmine. Per- haps the most popular peony grown. 60c. FLORAL TREASURE. Superb pink, a ball of perfect loveliness. Midseason. 50c. MME. de VERNVILLE. Sulphur white with broad guard petals; great beauty; considered one of the finest. 50c. SPECIAL PEONY OFFERS NAMED PEONIES IN MIXTURE. Colors separate, many of them 50c and $1.00 sorts, all double. Pink, red or white, your choice of color (but not of variety) for 25c each; 3 for 65c; 12 for $2.50. UNNAMED CHOICE DOUBLE SORTS, mix- ed, 20c each; 3 for 50c; 12 for $2.00. CHOICE SINGLE PEONIES, mixed, 15c each; 12 for $1.50. BARGAIN PEONY COLLECTION FOR $1.15. Two choice peonies each of pink, red and white, one early and one late in each color, giving the longest possible period of bloom—six in all for - $1.15. GERMAN IRIS The Poor Man's Orchid 12c each; 3 for 30c; 6 for 50c; 12 for 90c. AUREA. Rich chrome yellow. Medium. EDITH. S. porcelain blue. F. velvety blue, veined white. FLORENTINA ALBA (Syn. Silver King). Porcelain changing to pure white. Medium. KHEDIVE. Pretty lavender. Medium. * MADAM CHEREAU. A tall queenly flower. S. and F. white, daintily edged porcelain blue. MARGOLIN. S. light yellow. F. yellow in- terlaced with magenta. Medium. MARMORA. S. smoky lavender. F. violet richly veined. Medium. PALIDA SPECIOSA. S. violet. F. white, veined plum color. Medium. SANS SOUCI. S. canary, base reticulated dove color. F. yellow, charmingly veined and interlaced with brown fading to light maroon. PUMILA. Sky-blue and crimson purple. Earliest of all. IRIS MIXTURES GERMAN IRIS, MIXED. Unnamed, 8c each; 3 for 22c; 6 for 40c. JAPANESE IRIS, MIXED. Orchid-like blos- soms of exceeding beauty, but not quite as hardy as the German Iris. Mixed, 15c each; 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c. SIBERIAN, IRIS MIXED. 15c each, 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c. SPECIAL IRIS COLLECTIONS No. 1. Four Choice Iris for 30c. Edith, lavender and white; Leonidas, purple; Margolin, yellow and magenta; Flavescens, creamy white. No. 2. Six Choice Iris for 40c. Madam Chereau, white frilled violet; Chalce- donia, mauve and purple; Charles Dickens, violet and white; Queen of May, pink; Celeste, light blue; Acorus, vellow. No. 3. The Two Iris Collections for 65c.

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