Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 Stocks. The Stock is one of the most popu- lar annuals, either for bedding, or pot culture; for brilliancy and diversity of color or profusion and duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. Fragrant. Large Flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks StOCk. PER PKT- 6591 Blood Red 10 6592 Crimson 10 6593 Light Blue 10 6594 Purple 10 6595 Pure White 10 6598 Bright Pink 10 6600 Mixed. Double large flowering 5 6610 Improvd Wallflower Leaved Ten Weeks. Finest mixed. . 10 6601 —Wallflower Leaved White 10 6603 Snowflake Improved. A dwarf variety; with lar
Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 Stocks. The Stock is one of the most popu- lar annuals, either for bedding, or pot culture; for brilliancy and diversity of color or profusion and duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. Fragrant. Large Flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks StOCk. PER PKT- 6591 Blood Red 10 6592 Crimson 10 6593 Light Blue 10 6594 Purple 10 6595 Pure White 10 6598 Bright Pink 10 6600 Mixed. Double large flowering 5 6610 Improvd Wallflower Leaved Ten Weeks. Finest mixed. . 10 6601 —Wallflower Leaved White 10 6603 Snowflake Improved. A dwarf variety; with large double snow-white flowers 15 6606 Princess Alice (Cut and Come Again). A fine perpetual bloom- ing Stock. If sown early, it commences blooming in June and continues until frost. Its most valuable feature is that it produces flowers during Sep- tember and October, when other varieties have faded. It throws out numerous side branches bearing clusters of very double pure white fragrant blossoms, and is excellent for cutting 10 6612 Intermediate (Autumnal Flowering). Choice double flowers ; mixed. .10 6611 Brompton. Half-hardy biennial, bushy plants producing a beautiful dis- play of double flowers ; mixed colors ; 2 feet . . 10 6609 Imported Collection. Large Flowering Dwarf, 10 weeks, 12 varieties, . 75 IP 6607 6 varieties. 40 § 6619 - - Perpetual. 6 varieties 50 Stock, Princess Alice SWEET WILLIAM. Sweet William. A well-known attractive free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds and shrubbery with their rich and varied flowers ; \\ feet. 6625 Auricula-Flowered. A beautiful class of single varieties, all colors . . 10 6640 Single Mixed. Per oz., 40 cts 5 6630 Double Mixed. Per oz., $ 10 6631 Giant Double. A beautiful strain, which is a decided improvement on the ordinary form of this grand old garden flower. The plants are of robust bushy habit, producing numerous stems surmounted by immense umbels of full double flowers, many of the individual
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