Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 112 DREER'S SELECT LIST. Select Carnations. Gold Nugget. Helen Kellar. The following list embraces the cream of the standard and well-tried varieties, together with the best of the new introductions of 1898. Alaska. Very fine, large pure white. Armazindy. Pure white, very lightly penciled with scarlet. Bon=Ton. Bright warm scarlet, large deeply fringed flowers. Buttercup. Rich golden yellow, with a few streaks of clear carmine. The florets are full and very double. Daybreak. A delicate shade of pink, greatly admired. Eldo
Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 112 DREER'S SELECT LIST. Select Carnations. Gold Nugget. Helen Kellar. The following list embraces the cream of the standard and well-tried varieties, together with the best of the new introductions of 1898. Alaska. Very fine, large pure white. Armazindy. Pure white, very lightly penciled with scarlet. Bon=Ton. Bright warm scarlet, large deeply fringed flowers. Buttercup. Rich golden yellow, with a few streaks of clear carmine. The florets are full and very double. Daybreak. A delicate shade of pink, greatly admired. Eldorado. Canary yellow, tipped rosy carmine. Empress. Magnificent rich crimson, finely fringed, extra fragrant. Evelina. A beautiful free-flowering white. Flora Hill. This grand white has made a sensation wherever shown ; stems long and moderately stiff, calyx strong, very free in bloom' perfecting grand flowers. Clear deep yellow, slightly marked with red. White striped carmine, a handsome variety. Jubilee. Beautiful rich scarlet, of immense size. Kitty Clover. A pretty fancy variety of light-yellow, marked with carmine. Lily Dean. A very large bold and handsome flower, pure white ground with very delicate margin, and penciling of clear pink ; exceedingly beautiful and attractive. Mayor Pingree. Clear lemon-yellow, lightly' marked with pink and occasionally splashed with white. Meteor. Deep brilliant crimson scarlet one of the finest dark velvety reds. Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt. . Clear white, heavily edged and striped scarlet, a well-rounded deep flower. Mrs. Jas. Dean. Clear silvery pink, delicate yet brilliant. Mrs. McBurney. A strong growing variety with stout stiff stems and flowers of a pure salmon color ; shaped like a Camellia. New York. Bright cerise pink, a fine flower. Portia. Fine rich scarlet, very free. Princess Bonnie. Light pink ground, prettily marked with a darker shade. Thomas Cartledge. A beautiful carmine. Vigorous grower, early to come in flower. Triumph. Pure pink
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