. Manual of everything for the garden : 1894. v^SOH & CO., ^EW VO^.—piiOWE^ SEED ^ HARLEQUIN SWEET WILLIAM. The Sweet William—one of the most admired of our garden flowers—has been afavorite for many years, on account of its hardy, vigorous growth, and rich pro-fusion of bloom and extremely easy culture. The march of progress in horticulturehas not left the Sweet William behind, as was apparent to all who saw our half acreof New Harlequin in full wealth of bloom the past summer. As a mass theywere extremely effective, and the plants individually are especially attractive, bear-ing
. Manual of everything for the garden : 1894. v^SOH & CO., ^EW VO^.—piiOWE^ SEED ^ HARLEQUIN SWEET WILLIAM. The Sweet William—one of the most admired of our garden flowers—has been afavorite for many years, on account of its hardy, vigorous growth, and rich pro-fusion of bloom and extremely easy culture. The march of progress in horticulturehas not left the Sweet William behind, as was apparent to all who saw our half acreof New Harlequin in full wealth of bloom the past summer. As a mass theywere extremely effective, and the plants individually are especially attractive, bear-ing numerous large heads of flowers, from i to 6 inches across, each head beingcomposed of different colored florets, such as dark crimson, white, pink, flesh,striped, etc., etc.; these colors, banking against each other in charming confusion,produce a very bizarre effect, and bring out a richness and vividness of coloring bythe sharp contrasts that we have never before seen equaled. (See cut.) Price, perpacket, 15 cts. NEW SALVIA, BONFIRE. (Salvia splendens nana compacla erecta.) This var
Size: 1636px × 1526px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggi, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookyear1894
