Dreer's garden book 1906 Dreer's garden book : 1906 dreersgardenbook1906henr Year: 1906 96 5mADREER-PHIlAOElPhlAfA' RELIABLE fLOW[R SEEDS DREER'5 Select Sweet Peas. There are now in commerce nearly 200 varieties of Sweet Peas, with new sorts being added every year. Many of this vast number are eithersmall-fiowering, of weakly growth or lacking in some characteristic which a first-class variety should have. Every year our list is carefully revised, with a view to keeping it strictly up-to-date ; and while it seems hard to dispense with some of the old favorites, yet it must be done to keep u
Dreer's garden book 1906 Dreer's garden book : 1906 dreersgardenbook1906henr Year: 1906 96 5mADREER-PHIlAOElPhlAfA' RELIABLE fLOW[R SEEDS DREER'5 Select Sweet Peas. There are now in commerce nearly 200 varieties of Sweet Peas, with new sorts being added every year. Many of this vast number are eithersmall-fiowering, of weakly growth or lacking in some characteristic which a first-class variety should have. Every year our list is carefully revised, with a view to keeping it strictly up-to-date ; and while it seems hard to dispense with some of the old favorites, yet it must be done to keep up with the march of progress. Every variety in our list i^ entitled to a place in the front rank of Sweet Peas ; but as most amateurs only wish a limited numl)er of sorts, we have made up a collection com- prising 21 of the very finest and most dis- tinct which we offer as our 'Incomparable' collection and which are described on page 16, and designated in the list below by an asterisk (*). New Orchid and Gloxinia Flowered Sweet Peas are described and offered on page i6. *4088 *4090 *4091 4092 *4094 A Bunch of Peas Wrapped in a Page of Our 1904 Catalogue, Photo, by a Customer 4095 4098 4102 4103 412-2 412:3 4132 *4133 *4138 *4152 *4159 4162 *4163 *4164 Barliest of All. (Re-selected stock.) Same color as Blanche Ferry, flowering 10 days earlier than the extra early type. Valuable for greehouse culture. Emily Eckford, Bright shade of heliotrope ; of good size and form- Emily Henderson, Purest white; fine bold flowers ; strong grower and free bloomer. Gorgeous, Bright orange, wings rose tinged orange. Qrey Friar. White ground, watered with blue-grey. Hon. F. Bouverie. Deep pink, shading to light pink at the edges. Hon. rirs. E. Kenyon. The finest primrose yellow. Janet Scott. A trrand deep pink. King Edward VII. The largest and best crimson- scarlet. Lady Qrisel Hamilton. The finest pile lavender. Lady Nina Balfour. I'earl-grey; a very lovely shade. Lottie Eckford. White s
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