Dreer's garden book 1924 (1924) Dreer's garden book 1924 dreersgardenbook1924henr Year: 1924 ;tM»l^?idrM»lrtikpH^^ 115 SWEET WILLIAM (Oianthus Barbatus A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is much better to raise new, vigorous, young plants from seed every season than to divide the old plants. PER PKT. 4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color which originated in one of the far-famed gardens at Newport, R. I. In color it is what florists call watermelon-pink or salmony-ro
Dreer's garden book 1924 (1924) Dreer's garden book 1924 dreersgardenbook1924henr Year: 1924 ;tM»l^?idrM»lrtikpH^^ 115 SWEET WILLIAM (Oianthus Barbatus A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is much better to raise new, vigorous, young plants from seed every season than to divide the old plants. PER PKT. 4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color which originated in one of the far-famed gardens at Newport, R. I. In color it is what florists call watermelon-pink or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant and beautiful; the flowers are borne in massive heads on stems 18 inches high. For mid-season mass bedding it has no equal. It is also very effective for cutting. 2 pkts., 25 cts 4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective, rich, deep scarlet variety, a rare color in hardy plants. 2 pkts., 25 cts. 4291 Holborn Giory. This strain is a large-flowered selection of the auricula-eyed section, the most beau- tiful and admired of all Sweet Williams. The individual flowers and trusses are of extraordinary size, while the range of color, all showing a clear, white eye is truly superb. J oz., 25 cts 10 4286 Single Velvety Dark Maroon 10 4288 Single Pure White 10 4290 Single Mixed. All colors, i oz., 20 cts 5 4297 Double Mixed. All colors, i oz., 30 cts 10 4296 Giant Double. A decided improvement. The plants are of robust, bushy habit, producing numerous stems, surmounted by immense umbels of full, double flowers, many of the individual flowers measuring over one inch in diameter. The colors are extremely varied, j oz., 50 15 2342 Latifolius Atrococcineus, Fl. PI. (Everbloom- ing Hybrid Sweet William). A brilliant crimson scarlet variety that is very effective in any position, and one of the best perennials in the list TAGETES 4301 Signata Pumila. A dwarf, compact, bushy annual Marigold, with beautiful, fern-like leaves, densely coverd with flow- ers of bright
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