Dreer's garden book 1919 (1919) Dreer's garden book 1919 dreersgardenbook1919henr Year: 1919 116 HENRTADREER-PhllADElPtllA-PA- R[LIA61E FLOWER SEEDS (YOUTH AND OLD AGE) DREER'S CHOICE ZINNIAS The Zinnia is one of the most brilliant, showy and satisfactory of annuals, and has long been a general favorite. The seed can be sown early in the hotbed or light window and transplanted, or sown later in the open ground. They come into flower early in the summer and keep on blooming until hard frost. The varieties offered below are the most important kinds, but the sorts offered on page 115 should not
Dreer's garden book 1919 (1919) Dreer's garden book 1919 dreersgardenbook1919henr Year: 1919 116 HENRTADREER-PhllADElPtllA-PA- R[LIA61E FLOWER SEEDS (YOUTH AND OLD AGE) DREER'S CHOICE ZINNIAS The Zinnia is one of the most brilliant, showy and satisfactory of annuals, and has long been a general favorite. The seed can be sown early in the hotbed or light window and transplanted, or sown later in the open ground. They come into flower early in the summer and keep on blooming until hard frost. The varieties offered below are the most important kinds, but the sorts offered on page 115 should not be overlooked. DREER'S IMPROVED LARQE-FLOWERINQ DWARF DOUBLE This -we consider the best Zinnia for general use, forming bushy, compact plants not over 2 feet high, and bearing large perfect double flowers. per per J^ OZ. PKT. 4441 Canary. Clear yellow 25 5 4442 Flesh=plnk. Delicate shade 25 5 4444 Orange. Rich golden orange 25 5 4445 Dark Scarlet. Very rich 25 5 4446 Salmon Rose. A great favorite 30 10 4447 Bright Scarlet. Bright and fiery 25 5 4457 White. Pure white 25 5 4459 Collection of a packet each of the above 7 sorts, 30 cts. 446C Finest Mixed. All colors of the improved Large-flowering dwarf. Per ^ oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 cts 5 4440 Curled and Crested. The petals of this beautiful strain are twisted, curled and crested into the most fantastic and graceful forms. The colors comprise all the brilliant shades characteristic of the Zinnia. (Illus- trated on page 115.) J oz., 25 cts 10 4470 Double Fringed Mixed. A new type, which has much to recommend it. The petals of the perfectly formed double flowers are more or less deeply cut or fringed, giving them a rather more graceful appear- ance than the usual form. The plants are of compact habit, about 30 inches high, and have all the free-flow- ering merits of the family. The mixture contains Drekk-s Improved Large-flowering Dwarf Zinnias all the colors usual to Zinnias 10 DREER'S SPECIAL STRAIN OF GIANT I>OUBI.£ ZINNIAS A
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