. Dreer's garden calendar : 1879. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Garden NEW AND CHOICE DOUBLE PETUNIA. Having made the hybridizing of the Petunia a specialty for many years, with the view of obtain- ing the best in this country or Europe, we annu- ally present a new set carefully selected from a plantation of over 5000 seedlings, more than 20 per cent, of which have proven double. The following unrivalled sorts we believe are not to be excelled, being particularly rich in color, of the largest size, with fringed margins, f
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1879. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Garden NEW AND CHOICE DOUBLE PETUNIA. Having made the hybridizing of the Petunia a specialty for many years, with the view of obtain- ing the best in this country or Europe, we annu- ally present a new set carefully selected from a plantation of over 5000 seedlings, more than 20 per cent, of which have proven double. The following unrivalled sorts we believe are not to be excelled, being particularly rich in color, of the largest size, with fringed margins, fine form, and very double. 20 cts.; $2 per doz. Alpha. Brilliant dark crimson ; tipped white. Admiration. White and purple; fringed. Arabella. Blush, veined crimson. Chas. Darwin. Light purple, very large and finely fringed. Charm. Extra large amaranth purple, blotched white, fringed; extra. Comet. Large white, dark purple blotches. Elsie. Dark purple and white, finely fringed. Fimbriata Plena. Dark purple, edged white, the finest fringed. Milton. White and carmine; fringed. Ne Plus Ultra. White, carmine and crimson, shaded and mottled. Novelty. Pure white, veined lilac and purple centre. Sensation. Splendid crimson, purple and white. Snowball. The finest white, Splendida. Amaranth red, margined white. Stella. White, marbled with purple. PENSTEMON. A beautiful class of hardy herbaceous plants, growing about two feet high, which continue in flower during the summer; flowering in spikes of gloxinia-like form, shaded and mottled in all colors of white, blue, scarlet, crimson and pink. 25 cts.; $2,50 per doz. MoNS. Chabert. Bright rose, large white throat. Polly King. Eosy crimson, white throat. Protestation. Stanstead Rival. Crimson scarlet, white throat. W. E. Gumbleton. Deep purplish rose, white throat. Aurora. Violet, white throat. Diana. Carmine rose, white throat. Dr. Smith. Blue, light throat. Euterpe. White, flushed with rose. Geo. Amer. Scarlet, white throat. Geo. Bruant.
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