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Title: D. Landreth Seed Company : (catalog)
Identifier: DLandrethSeedCo00LandA (find matches)
Year: 19uu (19u0s)
Authors: Landreth, D. Seed Company
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seed industry and trade; Landreth, D. Seed Company; Seeds; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seeds; Seed industry and trade; Seed industry and trade
Publisher: Bristol, PA Bloomsdale, PA Baltimore, MD New Freedom, PA : D. Landreth Seed Company
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED (Prices per packet, y8 and y4 ounce) ASTERS—Continued Semple's Branching.—Handsome double flowers borne on long stems, a free brancher and unsur- passed in merit. Blue Crimson Lavender Purple Rose.... Flesh Pink White All mixed colors.. Autumn Sorts Unsurpassed _ Thirty inches tall U Oz.. 20c; 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Giant Comet.—Immense flowers, often 6 inches diameter; good form and growth. White, dark blue, light blue, crimson, sulphur-yellow, rose. Very valuable for exhibition vases as resembling Japanese Chrysanthemums. Graceful and mop- like heads, grand sort. All mixed colors £ Oz,, 20c; Blue Crimson... Lavender. Rose White Mid-summer Good Branching Crego's Giants.—Very early and constant bloom- ers, after the style of Queen of Market, but larger flowered. Loose-petaled, fluffy flowers. All mixed colors, mixed only §• Oz., 20c; 10 Ostrich Plume.—Large showy flowers; branching with loosely curled flowerets. White, rose, light blue, dark blue, crimson. Fine for cutting. Very similar to Giant Comet. Fine mixed, all colors mixed £ Oz., 20c; 10 Queen of the Market.—The best earliest among the Asters. White, scarlet, rose, dark blue, light blue, lavender. Very desirable. Habit spread- ing. Plants, 18 inches high and very productive. Two weeks earlier than any other. Fine mixed, all colors £ Oz., 20c; 10 Victoria.—Best all-round Aster. Flowers massive, with overlapping petals. 18 inches. Flowers very full and showy. White, delicate rose, purple, violet, scarlet, light blue, dark blue. Curving outward. Sold only in mixture. Fine mixed, all colors £ Oz., 20c; 10 AQUILEGIA (Columbine) Among the most beautiful and curiously formed of hardy perennial flowers. Blooms in the early Spring and Summer for 60 days. Hybrida.—Double mixed. Curious..£ Oz., 25c; 5 Single mixed ± Oz., 20c; 5 ALYSSUM, SWEET Makes a very pretty border; fine for carpet bedding, baskets, pot plants and in making small bouquets. Cut back when through flowering and will bloom again. Annual. Blooms for 60 days. Maritimum (Sweet).—White. 8 to 12 inches. Trailing habit, very sweetly scented. ;Oz.,25c; 5 Little Gem or Compactum.—Very suitable for border and pot work. 6 inches.... £ Oz., 40c; 5 (Prices per packet, y8 and y4 ounce) BALSAMS (Lady's-slipper) Large flowered, full centered. Beautiful annuals with flowers as double as Roses, measuring two inches in diameter. Rich soil and deep culture are requisite to produce large and showy flowers. Seeds may be sown where they are to stand, and later thin out the plants; but if started indoors they will flower earlier. Set plants about 2 feet apart, where they can have plenty of sun. Our stock is exceptionally fine. In bloom 60 days.
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Balsam, Camellia Flowered Double or Camellia Flowered.— iOz., 40c; 5 Wmte £Oz., 40c; 5 Camellia Flowered Perfection.—Mixed colors. 2feet £Oz.,30c; 5 Rose Double Flowered.—Mixed colors. 2 feet high, 18 in. diameter £ Oz., 30c; 5 BACHELOR'S BUTTONS See Gomphrena, page 61. BALLOON VINE (Cardiospermum) The Balloon Vine, popular as a rapid climber, 8 feet, producing inflated seed pods one inch diameter; delicate foliage. 90 days. Always a favorite. Valuable for screens....^ Oz., 10c; 5 57)

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