. Dreer's garden book 1924. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. PETUNIAS 101 For outdoor decoration, porch or window boxes 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 rcciuiring a good soil and sunny position. It is best to sow them indoors and transplant to the open in May. The Single Bedding kindb can be sown out of doors in May. We have
. Dreer's garden book 1924. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. PETUNIAS 101 For outdoor decoration, porch or window boxes 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 rcciuiring a good soil and sunny position. It is best to sow them indoors and transplant to the open in May. The Single Bedding kindb can be sown out of doors in May. We have long been celebrated for our magnificent strains of both the large- flowering single and double varieties, which we endeavor to improve each year by careful selection and hybridi- zation. We illustrate in colors and offer on page 57, six of the best Bedding varieties. Large-flowering Single Sorts 3580 Dreer's Superb Large-flowering Fringed. Our own saving from the finest flowers; of very large size and beautiful shape; deep-throated ''er pkt. and of varied and briUiant colors, and beautifully fringed $0 25 3575 Purple Prince. A large flowering, rich velvety, purple violet variety 35 3576 Giant of California. Flowers very large, in great variety of colors and markings, with deep yellow throats 35 3577 Ruffled Giant. Flowers of extraordinary size and substance, and distinguished from the large- flowering fringed section by the deep fluting, giving it the appearance as if artificially ruffled 35 3578 Fringed Ruffled Giant. This differs from the preceding in having, in addition to the ruffling, a very fine fringed edging, making a very handsome flower 50 Large-flowering Double Sorts In growing Double Petunias from seed the weaker seed- lings should be carefully saved, as these usually produce the finest double flowers. 3590 Dreer's Superb Double-fringed. our own unrivalled collection; will large percentage of double flowers of the largest fringed varieties in bright colors. Per 500
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