. Dreer's garden calendar for 1887. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. £)reer's Improved fringed Rouble Petunia. No. 6282. Having given special al tention to the grow- ing of Petunias for many years, we are in a position to know what strains are the best. Proving as we do, all the offerings of European growers, we are enabled confidently to state that our offerings cannot be surpassed for beauty of coloring and form. The flowers are deeply fringed, laciniated and frilled, and comprise all the novel forms that have lately been introduced. Per pkt
. Dreer's garden calendar for 1887. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. £)reer's Improved fringed Rouble Petunia. No. 6282. Having given special al tention to the grow- ing of Petunias for many years, we are in a position to know what strains are the best. Proving as we do, all the offerings of European growers, we are enabled confidently to state that our offerings cannot be surpassed for beauty of coloring and form. The flowers are deeply fringed, laciniated and frilled, and comprise all the novel forms that have lately been introduced. Per pkt., 75 cts. Petunia, yellow Throat. No. 6285. These Petunias form a class of rare? beauty, and come true from seed. The flowers are very large and of perfect form, with a broad deep yellow throat, veined very-^much like the Salpig- lossis. Per pkt., 50 Phlox Drummondi Coccinea FL Semi Pleno. No. 6353. The plants grow more compact than the single flowered, while the trusses and the individual flowers are equal in size to those of the dwarf com- pact varieties. The doubleness of the flowers is formed by an addition of 4 to 6 petals in the middle or tube of the flower, which, according to- the weather, is sometimes more or less dense; it also happens that double and single flowers are found in one truss. Per pkt., 25 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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