. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Hardy Garden Pinks. Old favorites, bearing their sweet, clove- scented flowers in the greatest profusion during May and June. They are indis- pensable for the edge of the hardy border and for cutting; 1 foot. Elsie. Bright rose with maroon centre. Excelsior. Light rose-pink with deeper shadings. Her Majesty. Large flowers of purest white. Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. James Douglas. White with crimson-purple
. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Hardy Garden Pinks. Old favorites, bearing their sweet, clove- scented flowers in the greatest profusion during May and June. They are indis- pensable for the edge of the hardy border and for cutting; 1 foot. Elsie. Bright rose with maroon centre. Excelsior. Light rose-pink with deeper shadings. Her Majesty. Large flowers of purest white. Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. James Douglas. White with crimson-purple lacing. Juliette. White, laced crimson. riarion. Bright rose pink. Snow. Fine pure white. Souv. de Salle. Soft rosy red. White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. Price, 20 cts. each; $ perdoz.; $ per 100. Set of 10 sorts, $ Mixed Hardy Garden Pinks. We offer a fine lot of seeedlings grown from a very select strain, which should produce a good percentage of double flowers. Those that come single are very pretty, and are preferred by some to the full, double sorts. 15 cts. each; $ perdoz.; $ per 100. PLATYCODON. (Balloon Flower or Japanese Bell flower.) The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanulas, and form neat, branched bushes of upright habit. Mrs. Ely says of them: "Do best if planted in early spring. They grow from 2 to 2£ feet high, and after the third season each plant will have from ten to twelve stalks covered with the lovely blue or white blossoms for nearly a month, beginning about July 10th. They are also free from attacks of insects, and if planted in good soil and well covered in late autumn with a litter of leaves or stable manure, will be found to be quite ; Grandiflorum. Deep blue cupped, star-shaped flowers. — Album. A white-flowered form of the above. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. VARIOUS PHLOXES. The following species and varieties are quite unlike the latge-flowering Phloxes offered on pages
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