. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Celosia. Glasgow Prize. Celosia. Thompson's Supekb. CENTAUREA. White=Leaved, or Dusty Miller Varieties. Fine for bedding, vases, hanging-baskets and pots ; also exten- sively used for margins. Sow the seed from December to April. 5457 Gymnocarpa. Fine cut silver-gray foliage; li it. Per 1,000 seeds 50 cts . 10 5454 Candidissima. Silvery white, leaves broadly cut. Per 1,000 seeds 50 cts. ....'..'. 10 Floweri
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Celosia. Glasgow Prize. Celosia. Thompson's Supekb. CENTAUREA. White=Leaved, or Dusty Miller Varieties. Fine for bedding, vases, hanging-baskets and pots ; also exten- sively used for margins. Sow the seed from December to April. 5457 Gymnocarpa. Fine cut silver-gray foliage; li it. Per 1,000 seeds 50 cts . 10 5454 Candidissima. Silvery white, leaves broadly cut. Per 1,000 seeds 50 cts. ....'..'. 10 Flowering Varieties. Favorite annuals does well everywhere. Fine cut flowers. 5463 Cyanus Blue [Kaiser Blume, Corn Flowers or Blue Bottle) 5 5462 —White 5 5460 —Mixed. U feet 5 5464 —Double Flowered 5 5465 —Dwarf Victoria. Forms very pretty globular bushes, 8 inches in height, covered with dark blue flowers . .10 Giant Flowering Varieties. These may be described as gigantic cornflowers, and are of the same easy culture, succeeding everywhere. But as cut flowers they are greatly in advance of the old Centaurea Cyanus, the flowers being from 2 to 4 inches in diameter, of graceful form and very sweetly scented. A sowing made out of doors in May, June and July will furnish an abundance of bloom until Novem- ber. They can also be grown in-doors through the Winter. 5461 Chameleon. Pale yellow on opening, turning to lilac, and finally to a beautiful rose color. Exquisite . .10 5458 Odorata. Reddish lavender, highly fragrant . .10 5459 Margarita;. Snow-white blossoms. (See cut.) . .10. Centaurea Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
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