. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR Vll. Marguerite Carnations. This beautiful class of Carnations has fully justified the high recommendation under which it was sent out, and has attracted great attention and admiratiou wherever grown. Its introduction marks a new era in the cultivation of the Carnation, which now may be grown as an annual, tlie plants of this variety commencing to bloom three months after sowing in the open ground, and continuing to bloo
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR Vll. Marguerite Carnations. This beautiful class of Carnations has fully justified the high recommendation under which it was sent out, and has attracted great attention and admiratiou wherever grown. Its introduction marks a new era in the cultivation of the Carnation, which now may be grown as an annual, tlie plants of this variety commencing to bloom three months after sowing in the open ground, and continuing to bloom with increasing profusion as the plants increase in size. If seed is sown in April, tlie plants commence blooming in August, and if transplanted into pots in September or October, will continue to produce new stalks and flowers until Christmas. By later sowings, flowers may be produced for cut- ting the wliole year round. Plants when well grown develop rapidly and flower most profusely; the flowers are of good size, very double and beautifully fringed, and have the sweetest and most agreeable perfume. The buds have also this great advantage that they neither burst nor break. It is a most excellent and desirable flower for cutting, and will be much grown and appreciated by all lovers of the Carnation. No. 5428. colors, per pkt., 25 cts.; 5 pkts., $ No. 5432. Scarlet per pkt., 25 cts. No. 5431. Pure white per pkt., 25 cts. No. 5433. Pink " 25 cts. COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. The most charming hardy perennial sent out for many years. It grows easily, flowers the first season from seed and continues to bloom during the entire summer., The flowers are borne on long stems, are of a lovely bright golden yellow color, remain in perfection a long time when cut, and are a charming flower for ladies' wear. No. 5356. Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 for 25 cts. COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA. A very pretty and useful Coreopsis, bearing flowers rather larger than Lanceolata, and of a golden orange colo
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