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Title: Illustrated descriptive catalogue of seeds, etc.
Identifier: CAT31282740 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Schlegel & Fottler; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Massachusetts Boston
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Schlegel & Fottler
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Flower Seed Novelties and Specialties. DESCRIPTIONS ARE BY THE INTRODUCERS.
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Aster, Jewel or Ball. Cyclamen Grandiflorum, Double. Pkt. Aster, Comet, ** Deep Mauve." A new and beautiful color, with remarkably fine curled and twisted petals ................... .10 Aster, 44 Giant Comet." The following new colors will prove desirable additions to this popular class. Rose, Rose and White, Sulphur Yellow, Violet and White . . Each color .10 Aster, 44 Giant Ray or Needle." A new class of branching Asters about twenty inches high. The large flowers have a most charming appearance with their long, slender quilled florets, and are freely produced on long stems, resembling some of the straight rayed Japanese Chrysanthemums. Bright Rose, Pure White Each color .15 Aster, Ideal 44 Snow White." A new class of regular pyramidal growth and very dark foliage. The flowers are medium sized, similar in form to the Victoria, and of purest snow white . . . . .15 Aster, Jewel or Ball. The following three new colors have been added to this most beautiful class of tall Asters with incurved petals. Azure Blue, Reddish Violet, Pure White . Each color .15 Browallia, "Speciosa Major." A beautiful sort, with large, deep blue flowers 10 Campanula, 44 Japonicus." A fine perennial, flowering the first season from seed; the flowers are three inches in diameter, semi-double, and of an intense glossy blue color, and produced in great pro- fusion on numerous branches . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Carnation, 44 Earliest French.** Described as a new hardy class, combining the perfection of flowers of the Perpetuals with the earliness of Margaret Carnations, and flowering within seven months after being sown ................. .10 Coreopsis, Lanceolata, 44Sunbeams Mixture." Improved hardy varieties. The flowers, besides being much larger than any heretofore offered, vary in form ; some are flat, while others are like Giant Buttercups, with broad fringed petals, and range from light to very deep yellow ... .10

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