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Title: Seeds
Identifier: CAT31284484 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: W. E. Dallwig (Firm); Dallwig, W. E; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Wisconsin Milwaukee Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : W. E. Dallwig
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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4i W. E. DALLWIG'S SEED CATALOGUE. EVERY ONE WHO.... CULTIVATES FLOWERS SHOULD PLANT SWEET FEAS. SWEET PEAS. OUR LIST INCLUDES ALL OF THE BEST.... VARIETIES. BOTH OLD AND NEW. FOREMOST IN EASE OF CULTURE. j> MOST VARIED IN BOUNTEOUS TINTS. J>*j> FRAGRANT AS ANY FLOWER. J>*j> â The sweet Pea is one of the most popular flowers in cultivation and numbers among its enthusiastic admirers thousands of skilled cultivators. It is a free flowering climber and considered one of the best annuals that enrich the flower garden. Early in spring make a trench about six inches deep in rich, mellow, but not light soil so arranged that no water can stand in it and plant the seed in the bottom, taking care not to cover it more than two inches. "When the plants are about five inches high, fill up the trench and furnish some support for the vines to run upon. The flowers should be picked before they form pods, or the plants will soon stop flowering. white, large: one of the finest yet introduced. Per ounce 10c Emily Hender- son. â A fine pure white. As early and as free flowering as MissBlanche Ferry. Per ounce 8c Primrose. â Distinct as the nearest ap- proach to yel- low in Sweet Peas : of a pale primrose-yellow color. Per ounce 8c Katherine Tracy. â Foremost among the varieties having explanate standard. Brilliant pink: very large and graceful flowers. Per ounce 10c Blushing Beauty.âVery fine and extra large: rich soft pink, of very large expanded form. Per ounce 8c
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Blanche Bur- pee. â Pure Lady Penzance.âNew. Rare tint of delicate rose, large and well formed. The silken thread- like lacing adding to their elegance. Per ounce 10c Brilliant.âNew. Rich bright scarlet: entitled to first place in its color class. As intense as Firefly and slightly larger. Per ounce 15c Firefly.âStandard fiery scarlet, wings crimson-scarlet, very laree. Per ounce 10c Vigorous, Captain of the Blues. a fine bloomer, large-flowering. Per ounce 10c Bluish mauve; pure. Improved form of Countess Per ounce 10c New Countess of Radnor. Shazahda.âNew. Standard strong purplish maroon without luster, veined in deep relief. "Wings a velvety indigo-purple : large- flowering : stems extra long. Per ounce 15c BL ENDINGS. Venus.âDelicate. A mingling of pink, salmon and rose-buff, difficult to describe faithfully. Per ounce 8c Per ounce 8c Apple Blossom.âFlaked and clouded: fine large-hooded flower. Standards flaked and suffused with a delicate rose : wings lightly blushed. Per ounce 8c Orange Prince.âRich metallic, of rare beauty: bright orange-pink, flushed scarlet: wings rich rose veined with pink. Per ounce 8c Lemon Queen.âBlush pink and lemon.

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