. Dreer's garden 1902 calendar . owing distinct colors: PER PKT 1875 Pure White 10 1876 Delicate 10 1877 Brilliant Rose 10 PER PKT. ... 10 Double Cornflower. CORXFLOl^ERS. (Centaurea Cyanus.) PER PKT. 1886 Cyanus Blue {Kaiser Blunie, Cornflower or Blue-bottle). Peroz., 25 cts 5 1887 —White 5 1890 — Mixed. 1^- ft., per oz ,25 cts 5 1889 —Double Flowered. Mixed color;. (See cut.) . 5 1888 — Dwarf Victoria. 8in.;dark blue flowers 10 1897 King of the Bluebottles {Centaurea depressa var.).In this new variety the ,deep blue flowers are muchlarger than in the type ; infact,
. Dreer's garden 1902 calendar . owing distinct colors: PER PKT 1875 Pure White 10 1876 Delicate 10 1877 Brilliant Rose 10 PER PKT. ... 10 Double Cornflower. CORXFLOl^ERS. (Centaurea Cyanus.) PER PKT. 1886 Cyanus Blue {Kaiser Blunie, Cornflower or Blue-bottle). Peroz., 25 cts 5 1887 —White 5 1890 — Mixed. 1^- ft., per oz ,25 cts 5 1889 —Double Flowered. Mixed color;. (See cut.) . 5 1888 — Dwarf Victoria. 8in.;dark blue flowers 10 1897 King of the Bluebottles {Centaurea depressa var.).In this new variety the ,deep blue flowers are muchlarger than in the type ; infact, the whole plant is alto-gether larger and more vig-orous and in every way agreat improvement 15 1891 Americana Alba. A va-riety of strong growth, 3 to5 feet high, each branchterminated with a large,nearly pure white fl u ff yflower. Excellent for cut-ting 10 White-L,eaved orDusty Miller. (Centaureas.) Fine for bedding, vases, hanging-baskets and pots; also extensivelyused for margins. Sow the seed from December to April. 1878 Deep Lavender 1879 Dark Rose 1880 Deep Purple 1899 Collection containing a packet each of the 6 colors. 40 1893 Finest Mixed Colors. 3pkts. for 25 cts 10 Giant FloweringSweet Sultans. (Centaurea Odorata.) These may be described as giganticCornflowers, and are of the sameeasy culture, succeeding as cut flowers they are greatly inadvance of the old Centaurea Mos-chata, the flowers being from 2 to 4inches in diameter, of graceful formand very sweetly scented. A sowingmade out of doors in April, May andJune will furnish an abundance ofliloom throughout the summer. Theycan also be sown indoors in Januaryor February for Easter flowering. 1892 Chameleon. Pale yellowon opening, turning to abeautiful rose color 10 1896 Odorata. Reddish laven-der, highly fragrant 10 1894 riargaritse. 10 1874 Suaveolens ( Yellnu S-weetSultan, or Grecian Corn-flower). Very showy, largebright-yellow flowers,sweet-ly scented. (See cut.) 5 R
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