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Title: Dreer's garden book : 1906
Identifier: dreersgardenbook1906henr (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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96 5mADREER-PHIlAOElPhlAfA' RELIABLE fLOW(R SEEDS DREER'5 Select Sweet Peas. There are now in commerce nearly 200 varieties of Sweet Peas, with new sorts being added every year. Many of this vast number are eithersmall-fiowering, of weakly growth or lacking in some characteristic which a first-class variety should have. Every year our list is carefully revised, with a view to keeping it strictly up-to-date ; and while it seems hard to dispense with some of the old favorites, yet it must be done to keep up with the march of progress. Every variety in our list i^ entitled to a place in the front rank of Sweet Peas ; but as most amateurs only wish a limited numl)er of sorts, we have made up a collection com- prising 21 of the very finest and most dis- tinct which we offer as our "Incomparable" collection and which are described on page 16, and designated in the list below by an asterisk (*).
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New Orchid and Gloxinia Flowered Sweet Peas are described and offered on page i6. *4088 *4090 *4091 4092 *4094 A Bunch of Sw.et Peas Wrapped in a Page of Our 1904 Catalogue, Photo, by a Customer 4095 4098 4102 4103 412-2 412:3 4132 *4133 *4138 *4152 *4159 4162 *4163 *4164 Barliest of All. (Re-selected stock.) Same color as Blanche Ferry, flowering 10 days earlier than the extra early type. Valuable for greehouse culture. Emily Eckford, Bright shade of heliotrope ; of good size and form- Emily Henderson, Purest white; fine bold flowers ; strong grower and free bloomer. Gorgeous, Bright orange, wings rose tinged orange. Qrey Friar. White ground, watered with blue-grey. Hon. F. Bouverie. Deep pink, shading to light pink at the edges. Hon. rirs. E. Kenyon. The finest primrose yellow. Janet Scott. A trrand deep pink. King Edward VII. The largest and best crimson- scarlet. Lady Qrisel Hamilton. The finest pile lavender. Lady Nina Balfour. I'earl-grey; a very lovely shade. Lottie Eckford. White shaded and edged lavender- blue. I^rd Roseberry. Bright cherry-rose ; hooded form. Cultural Note.âThe seed should be sown in new ground as early as it can be worked in the spring to enable the vines to make a good strong growth before the hot weather sets in. M 'kite-seeded soi is should not be sown until the ground is com- paratively dry and warvi. 4061 America. Bright blood-red striped on a white ground. *4063 Aurora. Orange rose, striped on a white gronnS. 4070 Black Knight, Very deep maroon, shaded blacX. 4071 Blanche Burpee. A superb pure white. *4073 Blanche Ferry. Extra early. The popular pink and white variety. *4084 Coccinea. Rich lirilliant cerise. 4087 Countess Cadogan. Bright blue. Countess of Radnor, Improved (New Countess). Beauti- ful pale lavender. Countess of Lathom. Cream-pink; a charming tint. Dainty. White, prettily edged with pink. Dorothy Eckford. The finest of all whites yet introduced. Dorothy Tennant. Deep mauve ; a lovely shade. Duke of Westminster. Clear purple tinted with violet; very rich. Duke of Sutherland. A rich combination of violet, indigo and purple. *4165 Lovely. Soft shell-pink ; an exquisite shade. 4171 Maid of Honor. White edged with lavender-blue. 4178 Hajestic. Rich deep rose. *4173 niss Willmott. Brilliant orange-pink, very large. 4175 Modesty. Blush or soft pink, the lightest pink of all. 4174 Mont Blanc. The- new early-flowering pure white; splendid for forcing. *4179 rirs. Walter Wright. Deep mauve ; a lovely shade. *4183 Navj' Blue. Deep indigo blue. *4)92 Othello. Very dark maroon, of fine form and large size. *4201 Prima Donna. A magnificent rich pure pink ; fine. *4203 Prince of Wales. The finest bright rose. 4211 Queen Victoria. A black-seeded primrose yellow. 4223 Royal Rose. Deep rosy-pink, wings lighter. 4231 Salopian. Deep scarlet or cardinal ; fine. 4233 Shahzada, Deep maroon ; wings indigo ; the darkest of all. 4235 Stella Morse. Primrose, tinged blush, efTect a rich cieam color. *4241 Venus. Light salmon suffused with buff; very dainty. PRICE. Any of the above, 5 cts per pkt.; 10 els, per oz ; 25 cts. per \ lb.; 75 cts. per lb. 4249 " Incomparable" Collection. A packet each of the 21 varieties marked (*) in the above list, 75 cts., or 1 ounce each of the s.inie for §1.50. 4248 Complete Collection. A packet each of the entire 44 varieties offered above, $1.50, or 1 ounce each of the same for §.-â ) tlO. For Mixtures of Sweet Peas, Dwarf or Cupid and Double-flowering sorts see next page. For New Sorts see page i5.

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