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Title: Dreer's garden calendar : 1897
Identifier: dreersgardencale1897henr (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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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H4 BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. CH RYSANTH EMUM5.
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Philadelphia. We have again revized our list of Chrysanthemums, and in doing so it has been our aim to confine ourselves to a limited list of the most distinct and desirable varieties, rather than to offer an extended list which would neces- sarily contain many similar and inferior varieties. Set of Twenty=five of the Finest Exhibition Varieties. Beau Ideal. A bright rose pink -without a touch of laven- der shading, with broad petals of good substance, flow- ers of fine size- Charles Davis. A golden sport from Vivian Morel; light yellow suffused with rich apricot; grand flowers of great size. Colonel William B. Smith. An immense double high- built flower, petals very broad and large, forming a solid mass of the richest bright golden bronze. Eugene Dailledouze. There is nothing brighter and clearer in yellows than this grand variety. The flowers are large, full and double, and a free, easy grower. Fisher's Torch. Bright fiery red ; the richest shade in commerce; large and double, with high-built centre. George W. Childs. The best deep self-colored crimson variety in existence; flowers massive and of immense size, with broad stiff petals, rich dark velvety crimson, without a shade of brown or chestnut. Qolder: Wedding, Of a rich golden yellow color, intense and dazzling. Flowers 10 to 12 inches in diameter, 4 to 6 inches in depth ; petals broad and long, double to the centre without an eye. Harry Balsley. A magnificent variety, of a soft mermet pink in color. Helen Bloodgood. A most beautiful clear pink, of very large spherical shape. H. L. Sunderbruch. Bright golden yellow, of fine in- curved form and large size. lora. Tubular, clear pink, a fine artistic flower, very large. Claud Dean. Extra large petals, broad and incurving, perpectly double and of great substance; pink, almost rose. Major Bonnaffon. Soft, clear yellow, incurved, full in the centre; 6 to 7 inches in diameter and nearly as deep; form and finish perfect. flayflower. Magnificent large incurved white, lower petals reflex ; grand in every way. Hiss flinnie Wanamaker. Creamy white, of very large size, and so much incurved as to resemble a white ball. flinerva. Large and massive, incurved, vivid golden yellow. Modesto. Intense yellow, of an incurved slightly whorled form, with very high full centre. firs. A. J. Drexel. Large flowering, early variety ; color crimson lake; form rounded into a half globe. Miss Louise D. Black. Beddish-orange, on the style of Mrs. L. C. Madeira, but much larger. Mrs. Potter Palmer. Large size, of a rose-pink within and silvery without; outer petals reflexed, with incurved tips. Mutual Friend. A reflexed pure white, from 7 to 11 inches in diame- ter and great depth of flower. Vivian Morel. Extra large flowers ; petals long and loosely arranged ; a beautiful light shade of pink. Niveus. This is a perfect gem. Color snowy-white ; flowers very large, without the least approach to coarseness. The centre is irregularly incurved, with the outer petals reflexing almost to the stem. Philadelphia. Undoubtedly the greatest acquisition in Chrysanthe- mums for many years; an entirely new type in coloring and in form of petal or floret, and in the general contour of the flower, though it is very nearly globular as a whole. The formation of its florets and their disposition make it gracefully globular in form ; its color is white, illuminated with lemon yellow, giving it a light and life never before seen in a Chrysanthemum. It has been awarded the highest honor by the American Chrysanthemum Society, and was also the centre of attraction at all the fall Chrysanthemum shows. Pluto. A fine bold globular well-built flower, of a clear bright red, the centre being incurved with the reverse of petals bright golden yellow. h. l. Sunderbruch. Price 15 cents each ; $1.50 per doz.; the entire set oi twenty-five varieties for $2..">0.

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