. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. DOUBLE VIOLETS. Violets should have a slight protection of leaves during the Winter. A better plan to insure early Spring flowering is to plant in cold frames in the Fall. Lady Hume Campbell. A fine double blue. riarie Louise. Deep blue, double ; fragrant. Swailley White. Large double, pure white. Double Russian. Perfectly hardy, double blue, deliciously fragrant, deep in color, and very free flowering. SIN
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. DOUBLE VIOLETS. Violets should have a slight protection of leaves during the Winter. A better plan to insure early Spring flowering is to plant in cold frames in the Fall. Lady Hume Campbell. A fine double blue. riarie Louise. Deep blue, double ; fragrant. Swailley White. Large double, pure white. Double Russian. Perfectly hardy, double blue, deliciously fragrant, deep in color, and very free flowering. SINGLE VIOLETS. Fully as desirable as the finest doubles, and for freedom of bloom they excei anything heretofore offered. Admiral Avellan. A French variety with entirely distinct bright reddish flowers, of large size and fragrant. California. Flowers are very large, borne on long stout stems, which makes it especially valuable as a cut flower; intensely fragrant, and of a clear violet purple color. Luxonne. Of the same size as the California, but appears nearly double its size, as the petals all open out flat. It is of a beautiful rich but soft violet purple color, with strong stout stems from 9 to 12 inches long and very fragrant. Princess of Wales. Another grand variety, not quite as large as Liixonne and a shade lighter in color ; intensely fragrant. Price : Any of the above Double or Single Violets, 10 cts. each ; per doz.; $ per 100. General Collection of Popular Plants. The limited space of this catalogue prevents us from giving full descriptions of the following popular and well Tlie list embraces some of the oldest and best varieties which should not be overlooked : Acalypha Macafeana. A useful bedding each doz. plant with richly colored foliage. $ per 100 10 $1 00 Achyranthus Acuminata. Large purple foliage. per 100 10 — Emersoni. Deep red, narrow foliage. $ per 100 10 Ageratum Blanche. Pure white, very dwarf. $ per 10:> .... ... .' . . 1
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