. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. fop AVONDERFC'L improvements have been shown in this plant the past few years and every sea- son adds some striking novelties. Our collect'ons this year are far ahead of anything offered before, and embrace all the European introductions of this season, as well as the collections A and B, which were offered for the first time last spring ; these we are now able, on account of our very large stock, to supply at a \nice permitting their use in large qua
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. fop AVONDERFC'L improvements have been shown in this plant the past few years and every sea- son adds some striking novelties. Our collect'ons this year are far ahead of anything offered before, and embrace all the European introductions of this season, as well as the collections A and B, which were offered for the first time last spring ; these we are now able, on account of our very large stock, to supply at a \nice permitting their use in large quantities. The spikes of large flowers somewhat resemble Gladiolus but their inuch more brilliant colors show grandly against the tropical foliage, which seldom exceeds four feet in height; the flowers range in color from the deepest crimson, orange scarlet and salmon to light yellow, many being beau- tifully mottled and streaked. COLLECTION C. INTRODUCTIONS OF 1891. Mme. Crozy. Baron de Saiidrans. Foliage bright green; flowers large, of a bright orange scarlet, suffused with vermil- ion, golden yellow edge. 3i feet. Boucharlet Aiiie. Flowers very large, scarlet, overlaid with salmon ; foliage green. 5 feet. Chevallier Bessoii. Flowers very large, of a rich orange scarlet overlaid with vermilion ; foliage dark green with purple edge. 6 feet. Comte Horace de Choiseaul. Flowers of a deep crimson of large size ; foliage deep green. 4i feet. Duchess de Monteiiard. Very large flowers of a bright yellow spotted with red; foliage green. 4i feet. E. Chevreul. Flowers of a peculiar shade of brownish red, edged and striped with pale yellow, entirely dis- tinct;' foliage green. 44 feet. 75 cts. each ; set of Frederic Beiiary. Flowers large, of an intense rich crimson ; foliage deep green. 4 feet. Henri t. de Vilmorin. An entirely distinct variety and of a most pleasing color; the centre of the flower -⢠is of a brownish red, shading off at the outer edge of the flower to a bright yellow,
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