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Title: Dreer's autumn catalogue : 1898 bulbs, plants, seeds &c
Identifier: dreersautumncata1898henr (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CHOICE NAMED SINGLE HYACINTHS. Hyacinth, Kin- Blues. The Hyacinth is so well known and esteemed that any description of its many good qualities is needless. The list now offered includes nearly every shade of red, white, blue, yellow, etc. The varieties enumerated below have been selected for their distinct coloring and free-flowering qualities, and are all first-size selected bulbs, specially suited for growing in pots or glasses. Outdoor Culture.âThe bulbs may be planted any time from October to December. They succeed in any good, well-drained garden soil. Set the bulbs so that the tops will be 3 or 4 inches below the surface and 6 to 10 inches apart. Before very severe weather comes on, cover the beds with straw, leaves, or mnnure to protect them from the frost, but care should be taken that this covering is not too thick, as the bulbs are as likely to be injured by being kept too warm as by freezing; this should be removed in March. Pot Culture.âPlantings may be made at any time from September to December, though October is the best time. A light, rich soil with a mixture of well-rotted cow or sheep manure is most suitable. Use a 4 or 5-inch pot, and have the top of the bulb just above the surface. After potting give a good watering and set away in a cool cellar or outhouse and cover over with coal-ashes or some litter, until thoroughly rooted; thev may then be brought as wanted for a succession of flowers into a moder- ately warm, light room. Culture ill Glasses.âWhen it is desired to grow Hyacinths in water, they should be placed so that the base of the bulb merely touches the â water. The glasses should then be set in a cool, dark closet, or in the cellar, until filled with roots, when they may be brought into the light. Give as much fresh air as possible without letting the plants stand in a draught, and as nearly as possible at a temperature of sixty degrees. (If wanted by mail, add 15 cts. per dozen for postage. Single bulbs mailed free.) SINGLE RED, ROSE, AND PINK. Amy. Very fine bright cnrmine; forces easily. 10c. each. 85c. per dor. *Baron vail TllUyll. Fine rosy pink ; early. 10c. each, §100 per doz. Charles Dickens. Delicate pink. 12 cts. each, SI.25 per doz. Fal>iola. Fine rose, large spike. 10 cts. each, §1.00 per doz. General Pelissier. This is one of the finest scarlet Hyacinths; compact spike. 12 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. *Gig'antea. One of the best pink varieties. Very large truss ; fine for potting and bedding purposes. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. *Gertrude. Deep rose; large, compact truss. A splendid variety for bedding, as it stands very erect. 10 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz. *Lord Macaulay. Very fine bright red, with darker stripes; very attractive ; large compact truss. 12 cts. each, §1.25 per doz. *Queen of Hyacinths. Fine brilliant red. 12c. each, §1.25 per doz. Moreno. Fine pink ; compact truss; large bells. 15 cts. each, §1.50 per doz. *\N"orma. Coral pink One of the best for early forcing. )0 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz. *Rohert Steiger. Deep red; compact truss. 10 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz. Sultan's Favorite. Blush pink with darker stripes. 10 cts. each, §1.00 per doz. Von Schiller. Deep pink with crimson stripe. 12 cts. each, §1.25 per doz. Single Pure and Tinted White. Each. Doz. Alha Superhissima. Pure white, large 80 10 $1 00 *Baroness van Thuyll. Pure white. A splendid variety for forcing and bedding 10 85 *Grandeur a Merveille. Finest blush- white ; large truss of bloom 10 1 00 *Grand Vedette. Snow white; very early 10 1 00 La Franchise. Rosy white; very large bulb 10*100 *La Grandesse. This is the finest pure white 12 1 25 La Pucelle d'Orleans. Pure white.... 10 1 00 *Madaine van der Hoop. Pure white; very large bells. This is one of the best whites 12 1 25 Mina. Pure white; large bells 10 100 Mont Blanc. Fine pure white; grand spike 15 150 Paix de PFurope. Fine pure white 10 1 00 Voltaire. Creamy white ; large bells 10 85 Single Blue, Lavender, Purple, Each. *Baron van Thuyll. Deep blue, very large compact truss of bloom $0 10 *Charles Dickens. Light blue ; large truss 10 *Czar Peter. Finest light porcelain-blue. .. 12 Grand Maitre. Deep porcelain-blue; very large truss and bells 10 *King- of the Blues. This is the finest of the deep blue varieties (see cut) 10 La Peyrouse. Light porcelain-blue 10 *LeonidaS. Light blue ; fine spike 10 Marie. Very deep blue ; enormous spike. . . 10 *Pieneilian. Porcelain-blue; large spike. . . 10 RegTlllus. Light blue; large spike 10 Sir Henry Barckley. Purple, nearly black ) 2 William I. Very dark blue; good spike. . . 10 etc. Doz. §0 85 85 1 25 1 00 00 00 00 85 (Ml 85 25 do SINGLE YELLOW. Each. Doz. Herman. Fine orange-yellow, very large bulb $0 10 §1 00 Heroine. Bright yellow 10 1 00 Ida. The best pure yellow ; fine spike 15 1 50 King- of the Yellows. Pure yellow. La Pluie d'Or. Pale yellow Sonora. Buff; large bells and spike Each. Doz. §0 15 $1 50 10 85 15 1 50 We can furnish Second-size bulbs of the varieties marked * at 75 cts. per dozen, $5.00 per 100 (by mail 10 cts. per dozen extra).

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