. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1914. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. D reer s Reliable Flower Seeds For Summer Sowing On the following pages we give a list of Seedd of the Best Hardy Perennials which are now so deservedly popular. With little trouble .you can have an abundant supply of Columbines, Canterbury Bells, Foxgloves, Gaillardias, Hollyhocks, Larkspurs, Forget-me-nots, Daisies, Sweet Wil- liams, etc., etc., for flowering in 1915. The listalsoincludes a choice selection
. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1914. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. D reer s Reliable Flower Seeds For Summer Sowing On the following pages we give a list of Seedd of the Best Hardy Perennials which are now so deservedly popular. With little trouble .you can have an abundant supply of Columbines, Canterbury Bells, Foxgloves, Gaillardias, Hollyhocks, Larkspurs, Forget-me-nots, Daisies, Sweet Wil- liams, etc., etc., for flowering in 1915. The listalsoincludes a choice selection of other Flower Seeds for summer sowing sucii as Cinerarias, Cyclamens, Pansies, Primulas, etc. Hardy perennials are easily grown from seed. In many cases they are a little slower than annuals, but with intelli- gent care they are successfully raised and from seed is an excellent way to get up a big stock of perennials Most professionals make summer sowings in a cold frame shaded with a lath frame or shaded glass sash, but the amateur may have more suece-ss and less bother growing hardy perennials from seeds sown in the open ground than in any other way. Prepare a bed in a nice, sheltered spot in the garden, pre- ferably not very snuny; let the sur- face of the bed be four or five inches abo\e the general level, and the soil be a mellow, free, fine earth on the surface. Draw shallow rows across the surface of the bed, three to four inches apart, and here sow the seed, keeping the varieties of one kind or nature as mutdi together as practical; cover the seeds thiuly, press the whole surface gently, water moderately, then dust a little line, .soil over all. If the weather is sunny or windy, sluulewith paj>ers or a few branches, but remove these in the evening. When the seedlings come up thin them out to stiffen those that are left, and when they are two to three inches high, they are fit for transplanting into per- manent Please note that these image
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