Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: ^RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDSJ 87 Matthiola PER PKt. 3125 Bicornis (Evening Scented Stock). This old-fashioned annual has no beauty to recommend it, the flowers being a dull, purplish-lilac, but it is well worth growing for the entrancing fragrance which it emits during the evening; 18 inches. \ oz., 25 cts $0 10 Maurandia 3130 Barclayana. Beautiful, rapid, slender-growing climbers, blooming profusely until late in the autumn; also fine for the conservatory or greenhouse; if de- sired for the house, tak
Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: ^RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDSJ 87 Matthiola PER PKt. 3125 Bicornis (Evening Scented Stock). This old-fashioned annual has no beauty to recommend it, the flowers being a dull, purplish-lilac, but it is well worth growing for the entrancing fragrance which it emits during the evening; 18 inches. \ oz., 25 cts $0 10 Maurandia 3130 Barclayana. Beautiful, rapid, slender-growing climbers, blooming profusely until late in the autumn; also fine for the conservatory or greenhouse; if de- sired for the house, take up before the approach of frost. A half-hardy perennial, flowering the first season if sown early; 10 feet; mixed colors, including purple, blue, white and rose. Special pkt., 75 cts 15 3137 Meconopsis Regia (New). For description, see page 49 50 Mesembryanthemum 2831 Mesembryanthemum Crystalinum. Offered under Ice Plant on page 82. J oz., 25 cts 3140 Tricolor. A lovely little annual; splendid for the rockery, sunny banks, etc., with daisy-like flowers of crimson, pink and white. \ oz., 50 cts Mignonette (Reseda) A well-known fragrant favorite, sowings made in April and again in July will keep up a succession from early summer until frost; can also be grown in pots for winter and early spring flowering. 12 to 18 inches. per pkt. 3152 Defiance. When grown under favorable conditions spikes will not only be of remarkable size —from 12 to 15 inches long —but deliciously fragrant. The individual florets are of immense size, forming a graceful as well as compact spike. Of extraordinary keeping qualities, retaining their grace and fragrance until every bud opens. \ oz 3154 Red Goliath. Of strong, yet com- pact habit, with rich green foliage; the giant trusses of flowers being borneon erect, strong, stiff stalks and surpassing all others in brilliancy of color; especially suited for house culture. (See cut.) \ oz., 50 cts 3158 Giant Machet. Of dwarf pyramid- al growth, bearing nu
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