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Title: Dreer's garden book 1922
Identifier: dreersgardenbook1922henr (find matches)
Year: 1922 (1920s)
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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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, I 117 1VAI.I.FI.01!VER Well-known deliciously fragrant half hardy perennials, blooming early in the spring, with spikes of beautiful flowers. They should be protected in a cold frame in the winter and planted out in April. per pkt. 4415 Paris Extra Early. A beautiful single variety, which may be treated as an annual, flowering through the summer from seed sown in spring. \ oz., 25 cts 10 4414 Qoliath. A splendid single variety; flowers of a rich, shining red, with a black velvety sheen , 10 4420 Single Mixed. All colors. ^ oz.. 20 cts 5 4430 Double Finest Mixed. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 4419 Collection of Single Wallflower; 6 colors 40 IJVATER LILY SEEMS We annually save a limited quantity of these at our own nurseries, and offer: 4534 Nymphiea Tender Varieties Mixed 15 4537 Nelumbium Mixed Sorts 15 WILD GARDEN FLOWER SEEDS Under this heading we offer a mixture of the easiest and surest growing kinds that can be sown broadcast, and with little or no care will produce a bright effect in places that would otherwise be nothing but a col- lection of unsightly weeds, and furnishing an abundance of flowers for cutting. 4550 Dwarf Sorts. Growing from 12 to 18 inches high, 30 cts. per oz., .00 per) lb 10 4560 Tall Sorts. Growing from 18 to 36 inches high, 30 Cts. per oz.; $1.00 per I lb 10 fe '^"^ ?'"'!>
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Xeranthemum (Everlasting, or Immortelle) PHR I'KT. 4433 Annuum. One of the prettiest and most satis- factory of the Everlast- ings, bearing an abund- ance of b-igh' iose. pur- ple and white flower= which are noc only showy in the garden, but very usefiji as aned flowers in W'ntt; i-ouquets. Grows ooout 3 feet high, and can be sown in the open ground early in May, growing readily in any open, sunny position, re- bloom from early summer till frost. Mixed 10 DREER'S SUPERB :kINNIAS The most important varieties of this indispensable long- flowering annual is offered on page 118; but the sorts offered elow should not be overlooked, all being worth while growing. 4481 Mexicana Perfection. A very dwarf variety, bearing small double flowers of unusual colorings; makes a beau- tiful border. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 4483 Mexicana Golden Star. A pretty single flowering variety, with rich golden orange star-shaped flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, of compact growth, about 15 inches hi^h, and makes an effective border. 2 pkts , 25 cts.. . 15 Red Riding Hood. This little gem grows but a foot high; of compact form and covered the entire season with little button-like, intense scarlet, very double flowers not over an nch across; ier it is highly effective. 30cts... 10 4490 Single Mixed. For bedding these are very effective, and are by majiy considered more artistic than the double-flower- ing sorts, j oz., 25 cts 5 4500 Tall Double. The old-fashioned tall-growing variety; 3 feet; mixed colors. Per oz., 40 cts 5 4510 Zebra. A very pretty strain with striped flowers. As the cjlors vary on each plant, they present a curious as well as a beautiful appearance, i oz., 25 cts 10 The leading varieties of Zinnias are offered on page 118

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