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Title: Spring 1899
Identifier: CAT31284138 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Storrs & Harrison Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Painesville, Ohio : Storrs & Harrison Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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60 THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.'S CATALOGUE Lottie Eckford. Pale mauve standard with white wings edged with mauve. Oz. 10c 5 Mrs. Eckford. Pale primrose yellow; flower large, of good substance. Oz. 10c 5 Mrs. Jos. Chamberlain. White, heavily tipped and flaked with bright rose. Large round shell- shaped flower of fine form. Oz. 10c 5 Maid of Honor. An Improved Light Butterfly, in size, form and color. It is light blue on a white ground, shaded and edged. The flowers, borne three on a stem, are of the finest hooded form, entirely free from the notches so con- spicuous in the original Butterfly. Oz. 15c 5 Mars. Bright fiery-crimson deepening with age. A large, finely expanded, bold flower of the most beautiful grandiflora form. Oz. 15c 5 Orange Prince. Orange salmon standards with bright pink wings. Oz. 10c 5 OvTdT-" Bright rose pink margined and laced with deeper rose. Oz. 10c 5 Peach Blossom. Salmon pink standards shading into buff-white, wings soft pink. Oz. 10c 5 Princess of Wales. Shaded and striped mauve on white ground. Oz. 10c 5 Royal Robe. A delicate shade of pink, of very large size. Oz. 10c 5 Venus. Flowers of largest size; color a rich shade of salmon buff. Oz. 10c 5 Extra Choice'Mixed. (Large Flowered.) This splendid mixture is made up by ourselves and comprises all the best of the above standard varieties. Oz. 10c, YA ft). 20c, ft). 60c 5 Mixed. A good variety of colors. Oz. 10c, Y\ lb. 15c, ft). 40c 5 One pkt. each 20 distinct sorts. Our choice 75c. ket of San Francisco in competition with the other high class whites like Blanche Burpee and Emily Henderson, it has brought the high- est figures over them all, taking first rank among all the whites. Oz. 20c 10 Golden Gate. In form unlike any other Sweet Pea; hooded; three and four flowers to a stem. Standard soft, pinkish mauve, wings laven- der. Oz. 20c 10 Prince Edward of York. Is one of the largest of the new varieties, having finely expanded standards of a charming shade of scarlet, and large wings of the deepest rose color; one of the most ef- fective Sweet Peas for any purpose. Oz. 25c... 10 Queen Victoria. This is an exquisitely lovely flower, large, finely expanded, very handsome. Color, soft yellow subtly overlaid with faint purple, imparting a luster most desirable but difficult to describe. A great acquisition. Queen Victoria is a beautiful pale-yellow form, with erect standards and bold flowers. Oz. 25c... 10 Royal Rose. The standards deep rosy-pink; the wings are a most charming, light rosy-pink, almost a self-colored flower of handsome shape and immense size. A great advance on Apple Blossom, being of warmer shading and larger size. Oz. 20c 10 Triumph. Is a flower of enormous size—a verit- able giant among Sweet Peas—and, in addition, by its attractive beauty, has become a great favorite with every one who has seen it during the season. The standard is bold and well ex- panded of the most exquisite bright orange- pink; the wings white, slightly flushed with deli- cate purple; a perfect flower. Oz. 25c 10 One pkt. each of the 6 best New Sweet Peas 45c.
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THE BRIDE. A COLLECTION OF SIX BEST NEW SWEET PEAS. The Bride. This novelty is a beautiful large, white- seeded variety. It is a pure white selection from Mrs. Eckford and is the strongest germinator among all the white-seeded varieties so often poor growers. Grown for the cut-flower mar- SWEET WILLIAM. (DIANTHTTS BARBATTJS.) For display in the garden the Sweet William is unsurpassed. The seed can be planted very early in the Spring, in open ground, and will blossom in Autumn; or it can be sown in August and will make fine plants for Spring. Young planes do better, so seed should be sown every year. Hardy biennials; \y2 feet. Harlequin. Heads of flowers of extra large size,

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