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Title: Dreer's garden calendar : 1884
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Nursery stock Catalogs Gardening Catalogs Flowers 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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assing, etc., and for pot culture 20 Hybrida Brillantrosa. A distinct new variety, producing handsome brilliant rosy carmine flowers, with a light-colored throat. i foot ic Dreers Double Hybridized. Fecundated with the greatest care, saved from our very choice collection ; a fair percentage will prove handsome double flowers 25 Grandiflora Fimbriata Flor&PX&riO (Double-Fringed Varieties). This new and beaHtifiil strain of large,double-fringed Petunias, are of the richest and most delicate tints of the finest colors and shades of car-nations, and perfect double flowers ; the result of most careful fecundation with the largest blooms of thesingle-fringed varieties, and cannot fail of giving satisfaction in at least one-fourth of fine double flowers. 25PHACELIA CONGESTA. A curious and interesting hardy annual plant of easy culture, good for bee food. The flowers are produced on one-sided racemes, of a beautifr.l azure blue color; 2 ft. Per oz., 20 cts 5 62 VJ^EERS GARDEN CALENDAR
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SiNGLE-Fl.OWERING PoRTULACA. Double-Floweking Poktulaca.Single Polyanthus, or Primula Elatior.Double Fringed Petunia, or Grandiflora Fim-briata Flore Pleno. 5. Polyanthus Duplex, or Primula Elatior. 6. Phlox Drummondi Grandiflora Varieties. 7. Petunia Grandiflora Superbissima. 8. Single Poppy Variety, or Papaver Umbrosum 9. Double Poppy, or Papaver Variety. DREERS GARDEN CALENDAR. 63 Per packet.PHLOX DRUMMONDI. One of our universal, unrivalled, indispensable, constant blooming favoritegarden plants, which should occupy a prominent place in every garden for clumps or massing ; quite asdesirable as the Verbena, for their duration of bloom and display of brilliant dazzling colors, as well asthe beautiful-eyed varieties ; hardy annuals ; height, i J4 feet. For assortments of Phlox, see page 44. Alba Pura. Pure White. Alba Oculata. W.hite, with various colored eyes Each Jo 10 Atropurpurea. Deep blood purple. Empress Eugenie. Rose, marbled Each 10 Leopoldi. Deep pink, with a white eye. Cocc

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