Dreer's garden book for 1946 : faithful for over a century . dreersgardenbook1946henr Year: 1946 Petunia America AUdouble IVIarigoM Sunkist Petunia Igloo All America Selections of 1943 Silver Medal Awards Petunia ® 3412 America AUdouble Distinctly different from all the older double Petunias,—100 true for dou- bleness. This was the first of the 'All- double Petunias' originated in this country to be offered to American gar- deners. The plants branch freely but retain a desirable compactness. They grow about a foot tall and make a showy circular cushion 18 in. in diam- eter. The flowers measur
Dreer's garden book for 1946 : faithful for over a century . dreersgardenbook1946henr Year: 1946 Petunia America AUdouble IVIarigoM Sunkist Petunia Igloo All America Selections of 1943 Silver Medal Awards Petunia ® 3412 America AUdouble Distinctly different from all the older double Petunias,—100 true for dou- bleness. This was the first of the 'All- double Petunias' originated in this country to be offered to American gar- deners. The plants branch freely but retain a desirable compactness. They grow about a foot tall and make a showy circular cushion 18 in. in diam- eter. The flowers measure up to 2J4 in. in diameter and are an appealing sparkling rose-pink color. The small mid-green foliage has little stickiness. Pkt. SOc; large pkt. $ Marigold ® Dwarf Double French 2944 Sunkist The plants of this Silver Medal win- ner greatly resemble those of Butter Ball which was introduced in 1943. They are of compact, dwarf growth and therefore highly desirable for dwarf beds and borders, yet the individual flower stems are long enough to permit artistic arrangement of the flowers in vases of moderate size. Sunkist belongs to the Harmony type of Marigolds and has attractive double rich orange blooms. Pkt. iSc; large pkt. 40c; oz. 60c. Bronze Medal Award 3308 Petunia, Dwarf Compact Igloo ® A delightful new Petunia making dense bushes of neat, compact growth covered continuously with a grand display of flowers from early summer until hard frost in the fall. The individual blooms are only 1^ inches in diameter but they are produced so freely as to cover the plants completely. They are a pleasing creamy white with a more pro- nounced yellow tint in the throat. Pkt. 2Sc; large pkt. 7Sc. Honorable Mention Single Bedding Petunia ® 3332 English Violet This belongs to the hybrida nana class and adds a delightful new color to this valuable group—a bright purple- violet of velvety richness, set against a dense mass of bright green foliage which sets off the flowers to go
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