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Title: Dreer's garden book 1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Nursery stock Catalogs Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds 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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feet high, and bears the finest indi-vidual spikes of flowers of all, many of them being over18 inches in length; color intensely rich scarlet; decidedlyone of the best. \ oz., 75 cts 10 3934 Ball of Fire. A compact type and popular for bedsand borders requiring a variety of dwarfer habit thanthe regular Scarlet Sage or the variety Bonfire.Per i oz., (50 cts 15 3937 Zurich. A splendid dwarf variety, growing about 2feet high, and is especially valuable on account of beingthe earliest to bloom, flowering 10 days in ad\ance ofany other sort. ^ oz., 75 cts 20 3931 Patens (Blue Sage). In color this is as l)lue asthe Scarlet Sage is red; unlike the latter, however,it is not useful for bedding, but it is a beautiful plantfor the border or greenhouse; tender perennials; 2 feet 25 Novelties and Specialtiei in Flower Seed* are offered on pages 50 to 59. 106 fUUH^RTADRaR -PniLADELPHIA M^ R(LIABL(fLOW(RS(EDS jlfj)
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SANVITALIA. PER PKT. Procumbens R. PI. An annual of dwarf,compact growlh, useful in masses in beds oredges of borders, or in vases, baskets, etc.Showy bright yellow double flowers, in bloomall summer. (See cut.) 10 SCHia: ANTHrS Butterfly or Fringe Hower). This is one of the f iriest and daintiest flowers imaginable,especially adapted to bordering beds of taller flowers andthose of a heavier growth. The seeds germinate quicklyand come into bloom in a few weeks from sowing. Theflorescence is such as to completely obscure the foliage,making the plant a veritable pyramid of the most delicateand charming bloom. The Schizanthus make admirablepot plants for the house in late winter and early spring.For this purpose ^ow in the autumn.3967 Dwarf Large-flowered. A new variety,forming compact pyramidal plants a foot high,iterally covered with large, beautiful, orchid-ike flowers in a bewildering range of color. i oz., 40cts 1.5 3968 Wisetonensis. A vari- j ety largely used as a pot plant for th

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