. Dreer's garden book 1928. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flErTOREHtfji^^ 101 PETUNIAS For outdoor decoration, porch or window boxes equal the Petunia in effectiveness. They commence flowering early and continue a sheet of bloom throughout the whole season until killed by frost; easily cultivated, only requiring a good soil and sunny position. It is best to sow them indoors and transplant to the open in May. The single bedding kinds can be sown out of doors
. Dreer's garden book 1928. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flErTOREHtfji^^ 101 PETUNIAS For outdoor decoration, porch or window boxes equal the Petunia in effectiveness. They commence flowering early and continue a sheet of bloom throughout the whole season until killed by frost; easily cultivated, only requiring a good soil and sunny position. It is best to sow them indoors and transplant to the open in May. The single bedding kinds can be sown out of doors in May. We have long been celebrated for our magnificent strains of both the large-flowering single and double fringed varieties,. V"*-i-ip rich velvety, Large-flowering Single Sorts 3580 Dreer's Superb Large- flowering Fringed. Our own saving from the finest flowers; of very large size and beautiful shape; deep-throated and of varied and brilliant col- ors, and beautifully 3575 Purple Prince. A large flowering variety. 3 pkts., $ 3576 Giant of California. Flowers very large, in great variety of colors and markings, with deep yellow throats 35 3577 Ruffled Giant. Flowers of extraordinary size and substance, and distinguished from the large-flowering fringed section by the deep fluting, giving it the appearance as if artificially ruffled 35 3578 Fringed Ruffled Gianv. This differs from the pre- ceding in having, in addition to the ruffling, a very fine fringed edging, making a very handsome flower 50 Large-flowering Double Sorts In growing Double Petunias from seed the weaker seedlings should be carefully saved, as these usually produce the finest double flowers. 3590 Dreer's Superb Double Fringed. Saved from our own unrivalled collection; will produce a large percen- tage of double flowers of the largest fringed varieties in bright colors. Per 500 seeds, $ 3587 Double Large-flowering. Beautiful varieties in mixture. Per 500 seeds, $ 50 35. Please note
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