. Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of seeds, plants &c. : spring edition April 1896 June . come in crops like the California. It is of a beautiful rich, but soft violet purple color, with strong, stout stems from 9 to 12 inches long, and very fragrant. Shown in competition with well grown flowers of the California at the New York Flower Show last fall, it was awarded the first prize. In Philadelphia's Chrysanthe- mum Show it received also first prize. We can fully endorse Mr. Supiot's description of the above, and also his claims that it supercedes all of the other varieties now on t
. Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of seeds, plants &c. : spring edition April 1896 June . come in crops like the California. It is of a beautiful rich, but soft violet purple color, with strong, stout stems from 9 to 12 inches long, and very fragrant. Shown in competition with well grown flowers of the California at the New York Flower Show last fall, it was awarded the first prize. In Philadelphia's Chrysanthe- mum Show it received also first prize. We can fully endorse Mr. Supiot's description of the above, and also his claims that it supercedes all of the other varieties now on the market. $ per doz.; $ per 100. Violet California. We offer a fine lot of 2 inch pots, 75 cents per dozen ; $ per 100. New Single Violet, Princess of "Wales. (Princesse de Galles.) Similar to Luxonne except in color, which is a shade lighter, but is preferred by many on this account, the flower is also a trifle smaller. $ per doz.; $ per 100. New Red Violet, Admiral Avellan. Auother French variety, with distinct reddish purple flowers, entirely distinct from anything vet introduced. $ per doz.; $ per 100. New Single Violets. From the Florists' Exchange, February 29, 1896. 'â 'Editor Florists' Exchange: I send you herewith two bunches of my single violetsâone of Luxonne and the other of Princesse de Galles, so that you may form an opinion as between them and the double varieties. The blooms sent are of the ordinary size, not selected. The plants lrom which they were picked were grown in a cold frame. The flowers will, I think, compare favorably with those of the double kinds. Their handsome, deep color impresses one at a dis- tance of three yards and over, and they have a charm, grace and healthful appearance not found in the double sorts. The olooms of the double varieties have not the heightened effect of the single hi )oms, though the best grown flowers of the former may appear to be the richer. In Paris there are ten times as many bunc
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