. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. R[LIABlE'FLOWERSEED 91 PETUNIA. Drker's Superb Large-Flowering Single-Fringeu Pehinias. VARIETIESo Note what we say in refer- ence to saving the weaker seed- lings of the double varieties ; the same is true in a measure of the single sorts. PER PKT. 3580 Dreer's Superb Large = flowering Fringed. Our own saving from finest flowers, of very large size and beautiful shape, deep-throated, and of
. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. R[LIABlE'FLOWERSEED 91 PETUNIA. Drker's Superb Large-Flowering Single-Fringeu Pehinias. VARIETIESo Note what we say in refer- ence to saving the weaker seed- lings of the double varieties ; the same is true in a measure of the single sorts. PER PKT. 3580 Dreer's Superb Large = flowering Fringed. Our own saving from finest flowers, of very large size and beautiful shape, deep-throated, and of varied and For outdoor decoration or .house culture few plants 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. We have long been celebrated for our magnifi- cent strains of both the single and double varieties, which we endeavor to improve each year by careful selection and hybrid- ization. We have tested samples received from the leading Petunia specialists of the world, and can safely say without fear of contradiction that our Strain is the best thiat can be secured from any source at any price. OOUei^E VARIETIES. Note.—It is well known that seed saved from the most care- fully hybridized flowers produces but a small percentage of ilouble flowers, the balance being singles of umisually fine quality. The weaker seedlings shouK be carefully saved, as these invariably produce the finest double flowers. per pkt. 3590 Dreer's Superb Double Fringed. Saved from our own unrivaled collection; will produce a large percentage of double flowers of the largest fringed varieties in bright colors and tints. (See cut.) .... 50 3587 Double Large- Flowering. Beauti- ful varieties in mixture. Not our own saving, but the best that money can buy from othei- sources 25 3589 Imported Collec- tion of Double- Fringed. 6 varieties. 75.
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