Dreer's autumn catalogue 1932 (1932) Dreer's autumn catalogue 1932 dreersautumncata1932henr Year: 1932 RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS/ 83 Sweet Rocket Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus) A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is much better to raise new, vigorous, young plants from seed every season than to divide the old plants. 4282 Newport Pink. In color it is per what florists call watermelon-pink PKT' or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant and beautiful; the flowers are borne in massive head
Dreer's autumn catalogue 1932 (1932) Dreer's autumn catalogue 1932 dreersautumncata1932henr Year: 1932 RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS/ 83 Sweet Rocket Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus) A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is much better to raise new, vigorous, young plants from seed every season than to divide the old plants. 4282 Newport Pink. In color it is per what florists call watermelon-pink PKT' or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant and beautiful; the flowers are borne in massive heads on stems 18 inches high. For midseason mass bedding it has no equal. It is also very effective for cutting, joz., 50 cts $0 15 4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective, rich, deep scarlet variety, a rare color in hardy plants. J oz., 50 cts^ 4291 Holborn Glory. The individual flowers and trusses are of extraordinary size, while the range of color, all showing a clear, white eye, is truly superb. Mixed colors, i oz., 30 cts.; oz., $ 4286 Single Velvety Dark Maroon. I oz., 30 cts 4288 Single Pure White. \ oz., 30 cts 4290 Single, Mixed Colors. | oz., 25 cts.; oz., 60 cts 4297 Double, Mixed Colors. £ oz., 30 cts 4293 Dwarf Compact Single Mixed. A very low growing compact form of this popular perennial, making an excellent plant for edging or bedding. I oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts Hybrid Sweet Williams 2342 Latifolius Atrococcineus, PI. PI. {Ever- blooming Hybrid Sweet William). A brilliant crimson-scarlet variety that is very effective in any position, j oz., 50 cts 2343 Latifolius Double Mixed (Everblooming Hybrid Sweet William). This is a cross between an annual pink and Sweet William, combining the free and continuous blooming qualities of the former with the hardiness of the latter. J oz., 40 cts Stokesia (Cornflower Aster) per pkt. 4051 Cyanea. This is a beautiful native hardy perennial. The plant grows about 24 inches high, each bearing from 20 to 30 handsome lavender-blue
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