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Title: Dreer's descriptive catalogue of bulbs, plants, etc. with directions for the culture and managment of bulbous roots
Identifier: dreersdescriptiv1881henr (find matches)
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Seeds; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : H. 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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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. UNNAMED OR MIXED HYACINTHS. The following varieties are for out-door culture, in beds, groups, borders, or for florists' cut flowers, grown in pots. Each color embraces many shades, from the lightest to the darkest; purchasers can have them either in double or single varieties, put up in separate colors, or all mixed together, as may be desired. 15 cents each. $1.50 per dozen. $10 per hundred. Red and pink, of various shades, double. Red and pink, of various shades, single. Blue and porcelain, White and rosy white, Blue and porcelain, White and rosy white, Yellow,
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Double Yellow, 25 cents. $2.50 per dozen. $16 per hundred. EARLY ROMAN HYACINTHS. The earliest for forciug, for florists' cut flowers, with small spikes of single white bells, bulbs usually producing several spikes. 15 cents. $1.50 per dozen. $10.00 per hundred. MIXED MINIATURE HYACINTHS. This variety is of interest to those who desire to cultivate them ; the bulbs, being small, still produce fine spikes of flowers of various shades and colors, and can be grown in all the ways we recommend for other Hyacinths. 15 cents. $1.25 per dozen. MUSK AND OTHER HYACINTHS. This class is for garden culture, and fine for edging; also adapted for pot culture. ROMAN HYACINTH. EACH Belgicns alba. White 08 Belgicus ccerulea. Blue. 08 Botryoides alba (Grape). White 10 Botryoides ccerulea (Grape). Blue 08 EACH Muscaria minor (Musk). Blue and yelloW; sweet- scented 25 Plumosus (Feathered). Purplish blue. Fine for bouquets 10 HYACINTHS IN PACKAGES. The following are put up in packages, with names and colors marked, and are lower in price than the same quality of roots when selected from the catalogue. They are all choice free-blooming varieties, for growing in glasses, pots, or garden culture. Packages Nos. 6, 7, and 8 are fine unnamed varieties, with colors marked. No. 1.—$1.25. Contains 6 double. Bouquet tendre. Dark crimson. Czar Nicholas. Delicate rose. Anna Maria. White, violet centre. La virginite. White, rose centre. General Antink. Blue, shaded violet. Lord Wellington. Deep blue, lilac stripe. No. 2.—$1.50. Contains 6 double. Bouquet royale. Bose, dark centre. Noble par merite. Dark rose, pink stripe. Jenny Lind. White, with purple eye. Prince of Waterloo. Pure white. Blocksberg. Porcelain blue. Mignon van Drijfhout. Dark blue. No. 3.—$1.25. Contains 6 single. Amy. Dazzling carmine. Emmeline. Pink. Mrs. Beecher Stowe. Pure white. Vesta. Kosy white. Charles Dickens. Lilac, violet stripe. Regulus. Light blue, azure stripe. No. 4.—$1.50. Contains 6 single. Norma. Pink. Robert Steiger. Brilliant carmine. Grandeur a merveille. Rosy white. Grand vainqueur. Snow white. Leonidas. Pearl, shaded sky-blue. Orondates. Light blue, with dark stripe. No. 5.—$1.50. Contains 3 dble. and 3 sing. Bouquet orange. Orange. Garrick. Deep blue, shaded violet. Lord Wellington. Light rose. Alba superbissima. Pure white. Alida Jacoba. Clear yellow. Mimosa. Deep violet, to black. No. 6.—$1.00. Contains 6 double. Red and pink, blue and porcelain, white and rosy white. No. 7.—$1.00. Contains 6 single. Red and pink, blue and porcelain, white and rosy white. No. .00. Contains 3 dble. and 3 sing. Red and pink, blue and porcelain, white and rosy white.

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