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Title: Dingee guide to rose culture
Identifier: dingeeguidetoros19ding_7 (find matches)
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Dingee & Conard Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
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Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs]; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: West Grove, Pa. : The Dingee & Conard 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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"^ Helianthus—Sunflower. Blooming in April AQUILEGIA (Columbine) Canadensis—Pretty scarlet flowers mixed with yellow. 1 to 2 feet. Coerulea—Several blue and white flowers on a stem, sometimes tinted with lilac. Lovely for border or rookery. 9 to 15 inches. Candissima—Pure white. 2 to 3 feet. BELLIS (English Daisy)—Charming edging plants, with button-shaped flowers. 6 inches. Separate colors, red or white. ICELAND POPPIES—Mixed colors, yellow, white and orange. Dwarf growing, delicate flowered. Exquisite for bordering. 9 to 15 inches. Blooming in May ALYSSUM SaxatUe Compactum (Gold Dust)—Deep yellow flowers in close flat heads. 1 foot. Argenteum—Flowers deep golden yellow in dense heads. 12 to 18 inches. ANCHUSA (Dropmore Variety)—Blue or purple flowers in racemes. 4 to 5 feet. PAPAVER (Oriental Poppy)—Rose, lilac and scarlet. Beautiful for cut flowers. 3 feet. PYRETHRUM (Persian Daisy)—Single varieties. Artistic for home decoration, with fei-n-like foliage. Pink and white. Hardy Perennials The Old-Fashioned Hardy Flowers. The garden or border of Hardy Perennials is about the most valuable and lasting asset of the flower garden. An- nuals, flowering bulbs and even shrubs may be dispensed with more consistently than these old-fashioned Hardy Per- ennials which for so long a time made the charm of the old- time gardens. There is no spot so unfavorable, no soil so sterile or harsh that some flower of hardy nature may not be found to adorn it and thrive and grow more and more ornamental as the sea- sons come and go. It is well, however, to enrich the soil before planting with some well-decomposed manure, dug deeply and well pulverized. Secure field-grown clumps in the spring or fall. Plant them well into the soil and as soon as they have had two or three good frosts, and just before the ground freezes, cover with about three inches of leaves, nature's protection. Re- move gradually in the spring. Do not overcrowd. A very good rule to go by in planting is to set the plants one-half the height they attain when fully developed. For example. Delphinium, which grows three feet high, should be planted eighteen inches apart. We list the different varieties in groups, according to their blooming period. Thus one may have some of these flowers blooming from early spring until late fall, up until freezing weather. We offer strong, field-grown clumps at 25c each; $2.50 per dozen, postpaid; all one va- riety or assorted. The figures in description indicate the height of the plants when fully grown.
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Aster. Dianthus Barbatus—Sweet William. 90 Campanula media—Canterbury Bell.

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