Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . —Jt is well known that seed saved from the most carefully hybridized flowers produces hut a small percentage of double flowers, the balance being singles of unusually fine quality. The weaker seedlings should be carefully saved, as these invariably produce the finest double flvirers. The same is true of the single sorts, the large, strong seedlings usually being weedy, while the, at first, weaker seedlings produce the very finest flowers of best colorings. Jt is best to sow Petunias indoors and transplant to the open in May, The Single
Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . —Jt is well known that seed saved from the most carefully hybridized flowers produces hut a small percentage of double flowers, the balance being singles of unusually fine quality. The weaker seedlings should be carefully saved, as these invariably produce the finest double flvirers. The same is true of the single sorts, the large, strong seedlings usually being weedy, while the, at first, weaker seedlings produce the very finest flowers of best colorings. Jt is best to sow Petunias indoors and transplant to the open in May, The Single Bedding kinds can be sown right out of doors in May. 3590 PER PKT. from Dreers Superb Double=fringed. Savedour own unrivalled collection; will produce a largepercentage of double flowers of the largest fringed va-rieties in bright colors and tints. (See cut.) Double Large=flowering. Beautiful varieties inmixture. Kot our own saving, but the best that moneycan buy from other sources 3589 Imported Collection of Double°fringed. 6 varieties 75 3587 50 25. Dreers Superb Double-fringed Petunia. For Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds see paget 58 to 68.
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