. Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. viii NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1892. NICOTIANA COLOSSEA (Giant Tobacco). No. 4014. This imposing foliage plant attains a height of 10 feet. The leaves, of about 3 feet in length by 18 to 20 inches in breadth, are erect at first, gracefully bending downward successively. When young they are downy and of
. Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. viii NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1892. NICOTIANA COLOSSEA (Giant Tobacco). No. 4014. This imposing foliage plant attains a height of 10 feet. The leaves, of about 3 feet in length by 18 to 20 inches in breadth, are erect at first, gracefully bending downward successively. When young they are downy and of a reddish tint, changing to a glossy dark green later on, this lovely green contrasting beautifully with tha reddish brown ribs. The plants, being of branching habit and of robust growth, and the leaves being very tough, are never damaged by wind or rain. It develops fully from seed the first year and blooms the second. Per pkt., 35 cts. Petunia, Clematis Flowered. No. 4020. An entirely new form of this popular plant. The rich purple blue flowers of the darker variety bear a striking resemblance in form and color to the well-known Clematis Jackmanni. The Clematis group presents several equally ac- ceptable colors that are surprisingly fresh and pleasing. Per pkt., 35 Victoria Si Pure Whitjb VICTORIA STOCK, PURE WHITE. No. 4022. This beautiful new winter-flowering stock has been brought to a high degree of perfection by years of careful selection and cultivation. It is a cross between the Ten-weeks and the Winter-flowering Stocks, and if sown in spring the plant commences to flower in the autumn much earlier than any other kind, and continues flowering throughout the winter with but slight protection. The plant is of compact, robust habit, producing profusely from 80 to 90 per cent, of pure white, double flowers. Per pkt., 25 cts. PERPETUAL PERFECTION STOCK. No. 4023. An excellent variety, of great value to florists, producing uninterruptedly a great abundance of flowers
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