Dreer's garden book 1924 (1924) Dreer's garden book 1924 dreersgardenbook1924henr Year: 1924 ANNUAL LARKSPURS This is one of the best-known of garden flowers, and in recent years a vast improvement has been effected by careful selection in size and color of the blossoms and the general habit of the plant. Seeds sown in the open ground before the close of April will produce flowering plants by the beginning of July, and give a continuou- succession of flowers from then until frost, a record that is not surpassed by any other annual. They make handsome beds or lines, and their free, graceful ha
Dreer's garden book 1924 (1924) Dreer's garden book 1924 dreersgardenbook1924henr Year: 1924 ANNUAL LARKSPURS This is one of the best-known of garden flowers, and in recent years a vast improvement has been effected by careful selection in size and color of the blossoms and the general habit of the plant. Seeds sown in the open ground before the close of April will produce flowering plants by the beginning of July, and give a continuou- succession of flowers from then until frost, a record that is not surpassed by any other annual. They make handsome beds or lines, and their free, graceful habit and bright colors are very effective when interspersed in the old-fashioned flower or shrubbery border. They stand well when cut and a vase of one or mixed colors is indeed charming. 3 feel. PER PKT 2931 Dark Blue. } oz., 30 cts go lo 2932 Ageratum Blue. \ oz. 30 cts lo 2933 Lustrous Carmine or Newport Pink. J oz., 30 cts. lo 2934 Shell Pink, i 30 cts ' ' j(, 2935 Sky Blue, i oz., 30 cts ][] j,, 2937 Pure White, i oz., 30 cts lo 2938 Collection. A packet each of the above 6 colors, 50 cts. Finest Mixed. All colors, i oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 '. LANTANA 2920 One of the most desirable half-hardy perennial greenhouse or bedding plants, constantly in bloom; Verbena-like heads of orange, white, rose and other colored flowers; 2 to 3 feet. colors. J oz., 30 cts 10 10 (Annual Mallow) , Larkspurs LAVATERA 2976 Trimestris Grandiflora Rosea. A very beautiful and showy annual, growing about two feet high with large cup-shaped shrimp-pink flowers; in a border or bed the eft'ect is very bright. Sow in May where they are to bloom and thin out to 12 inches apart, j 25 cts lo 2977 Splendens Rosea. A verj^ showy variety forming a shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high, covered during the summer with large rose-pink flowers, j oz., 30 cts 10 LAVENDER (Lavandula Vera) 2971 Well-known, sweet-scented, hardy perennials; should be extensively grown in the mixed border; 3 feet, j oz., 25
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