. Dreer's garden calendar : 1900. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ROYAI. d^MiWfh SWEET SrLTAIVS, I '1^/1 (.Centaurea luiperialis.) '1^^/^ /If/ '/!// ^^'^ oflered these last year for 'tV' //1'''* / -i /W ''^^ ^"^^^ time, and have received â u/i X ' / '^ so many favorable re)iorts regard- '^&i O- //r''-'^ /^>V- ing them thai we offer this year kyk-Jiiy'' '0'^^^-~y ^^^^ six beautiful named varielies as ^^\(/2^^^S=2^-^ ''^ "'^" ^5 mixed sorts, and call â
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1900. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ROYAI. d^MiWfh SWEET SrLTAIVS, I '1^/1 (.Centaurea luiperialis.) '1^^/^ /If/ '/!// ^^'^ oflered these last year for 'tV' //1'''* / -i /W ''^^ ^"^^^ time, and have received â u/i X ' / '^ so many favorable re)iorts regard- '^&i O- //r''-'^ /^>V- ing them thai we offer this year kyk-Jiiy'' '0'^^^-~y ^^^^ six beautiful named varielies as ^^\(/2^^^S=2^-^ ''^ "'^" ^5 mixed sorts, and call â ^V! ' I [r^^l^^^^ .< special atlenlion to the same. ^^^m .^^^^^^''i^^^^ They are undoubtedly the finest ^"^^if :^^^^/y,^^^^ °^ ^'^ Sweet Sultans for cut flower ,^-jM. ^""'^fe^^^^ST'^X purposes, and should soon super- V.,l\'*'A~~^S*^-\^\ "\ cede all other varieties. They are the result of a cross belweeri C. Moschala an<l C. Margarita, and inherit frcm the latter the M "'.Vii*3^^C MH beautiful sweet-scented, artistic- â Mih Kii^\'wkVVA shaped flowers, but much im- r4/?iy AlViWrl 'itttV^ proved in size and borne on long, 'J^/ //^ilr ('l\ry^ strong stems, and when cut will aX'" ^ ' _, ' ^V|*\J\i''' stand for ]0 days in good condi- V\^^ X/^ tion. The plant itself is much ' A^/ ' ^ stronger than any other Sweet Sultan, of â ^ the easiest possible culture, flowering con- i^ tinuously from early summer till autumn. Com- / menting on the Novelties for 1899, a leading i/ horticultural paper says of them : " The premier place /J must be assigned to Centaurea Impeiialis, which is one of the most important introductions of the present decade. The plant is vigorous, growing nearly 4 feet high, easy to grow, and literally covered with enormous flowers nearly double the size of C. Margarita, with the same odor and same form ; the stems are long enough to satisfy the most ; (See cut.) We oft'er the following distinct varieties : PE
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