Title: Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds &c.
Identifier: CAT31282554 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Joseph Breck & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Joseph Breck & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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AGROSTEMMA. AGERATUM, Tom Thumb AMARANTHUS. NAME. DESCRIPTION. Hard, and Dur. HV't Feet. Price per * Oz. . Price per Pkt, h.p .10 .50 .05 << â¢75 â °5 hhP 3 â¢Â°5 H .05 hhA .05 hA 2 â¢OS hP y .05 « â¢05 hhA i .10 hP Â¥ .05 % .05 hP % 05 hhA 2 ti 2 << 2 2.0a .05 <( 2.50 .10 2.50 .10 << 2.50 .10 tt 2.50 .10 tr iy* 2.50 .10 <( *y 2.50 .10 & 2.50 .10 AQUILEGIA. Stuarti, blue and white flowers, nearly four inches in diameter . Single, all colors mixed Double, mixed ARALIA. Handsome Palm-like shrubs. Sieboldi ARABIS. An early blooming plant well adapted for borders and rock-work. Alpina, white ARCTOTIS. Free-flowering plant, compact, dwarf habit. Breviscapa, large orange flowers, dark centre ARGEMONE. (Prickly Poppy). Large poppy-like flower, very effective in the border. Grandiflora, large, -white, poppy-like flowers ARISTOLOCHIA. See Climbers. ARMERIA. (Thrift or Sea Pink). A very useful and beautiful plant for herbaceous border. Formosa, dark crimson Maritima Splendens, dark rose ARNEB1A. A beautiful and very curious annual that should be started in heat. Cornuta, yellow and maroon ARUNDO. See Ornamental Grasses. ASPARAGUS. See Seeds for Greenhouse. ASPERULA. Dwarf plants of compact growth, excellent for bouquets. Azurea Setosa, blue, sweet-scented Odorata, white, sweet-scented AUBRIETIA. Dwarf-growing plants, invaluable for rock-work and borders. Graeca, blue, very pretty ASTERS. These plants are now too popular and well known to need recommendation either from florists or seedsmen. Our perfect acquaintance with the growers of the best strains of these plants in France, Germany, England and this country, enables us to offer our customers seeds that are unsurpassed in any respect and that will give every satisfaction. We supply four-fifths of the florists of New England as well as a great many private growers, which fact is evidence that no better strains are obtainable than those we supply. If you desire the best, send your order to us. Betteridge's Quilled, large, double, showy flowers, though somewhat stiff in appear- ance. âCollection of twelve distinct varieties 40 cts. âCollection of six distinct varieties . . . . . . 25 cts. âFinest Double in mixture Boston Florists'. We can thoroughly recommend this variety to all who wish a first-class article either for bedding or cutting. âCollection of six distinct colors 40 cts. âDark Blue âLight Blue âBright Rose âPeach Blossom âScarlet âWhite âMixture of all See Special Offers on third page of cover.

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