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Title: Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds : bulbs, roots, plants, tools
Identifier: descriptivecatal1894weeb (find matches)
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Weeber & Don (New York, N. Y. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) New York
Publisher: New York : Weeber & Don
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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WEEBEE & DON. FLOWER SEEDS. CAMPANULA. PEB PKT Well-known handsome hardy biennials, bearing large bell and saucer shaped floVers in profusion ; well adapted for borders. H. P. Carpatica. A dwarf-grotving plant, producing a fine mass of salver-shaped blossoms. Blue, 1 ft. 5 Carpatica, Alba. Pure white. 1 ft 5 Orandiflora. Deep purple, 2 ft 5 lioreii. A pretty hardy annual, with purple-lilac flowers, tft 5 Canterbury Bellsâ31edium. As sinele specimens these are unrivaled border plants, and""also verv effective when grown in large pots. H. B.,2ft. CAL.YCA\THE3IA (Cup and Saucer). A com- paratively new race of Canterbury Bells. â â The flowers are large, of a beautiful shade, resembling somewhat a cup and saucer. Mixed blue, white" lilac, etc., 1)4 ft 10 Finest Double Mixed 0 Finest Single Mixed 5 CANDYTUFT. Very pretty, profuse blooming plants, adapted for ribbons and flower beds. Cultivated in pots, they form neat and pretty plants for the conservatory dur- ing the winter. H.A.. 1 ft. Fragrant. Pure white 5 Lilac. Compact dwarf 5 Purple. Very fine 5 per pkt. Dunnett's Crimson. Very dark 5 White Rocket. White, large trusses. Per oz., 40 cts 5 White. Very robust 5 Splendid Mixed. All colors. Per oz., 40 cts 5 Empress. A beautiful variety, producing large trusses of pure white pyramidal-shaped flowers ; very effective 10 Snow Q,iieen. The flowers are pure white, produced in handsome clusters, and in such great abundance that at a distance the plants resemble a ball of snow 10 Perennial (Ibens Semperrirens). Pure white , 10 CA^NA-Indian Sliot. Beautiful large-leaved foliage plants, suitable for forming groups on lawns or centres of mixed flower beds. The flowers of many of the varieties are very handsome. Anneii. Crimson, very ornamental, 3 ft 15 Bonetti. Eed and yellow, handsome, 7 ft 15 Discolor Floribunda. Scarlet, foliage maroon tinted, 3 ft 15 Mareclial Vaillant. Orange, foliage green, purple band, 4 to ti ft. 5 Warscewiczii. Brilliant reS, foliage striped, 3 ft 15 Zebrina. Beautiful zebra-striped foliage, 5 ft 15 Choice Mixed Varieties, Per oz., 50 cts 5
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CUP AXD SAUCER CA^'TERBtTRY BELL. Large Flowering Dwarf French Canna. PER PKT, A new class of Cannas, dwarf in habit, averaging not over three to four feet in height. Their great merit lies in the large size and brilliant hues of the flowers, ranging through all shades of yellow and orange to the richest crimson, scarlet and vermilion. Seed sown in a hot-bed or sreen-house from January to April will produce flowering plants in July. H. H. P. Mixed Colors. Including many new varieties lO Imported collections in six separate varieties^ 25 cts. CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. These well-known charming plants are highly prized for the delicious perfume of their flowers. They are invaluable for JPo⬠culture, or bedding out in the summer. H.'H. P. Bizarres. Choicest mixed, fancy and selfs, very double, including crimson, rose, white, yellow, purple and striped 35 Grenadin. Brilliant double scarlet flowers, dwarf and early 15 Grenadin. Snow white 85 Hermine. Pure white 25 Perpetual, or Tree. Of upright growth and branching habit, flowering several times during the season. Choice mixed. 35

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