Title: Annual descriptive catalogue 1895 : seeds
Identifier: annualdescriptiv1895fran (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Frank S. Platt (Firm); Platt, Frank S; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Connecticut New Haven
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Frank S. Platt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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58 PLAITS FA KM, OAKPKN AND SEKD MANUAL.
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AQUILEQIA. (Cohmhinc.) A very Showy class with furiously shaped blos- soms in great variety of colors; ranks among the finest e&Tly flowering plants. Hardy Perennials. Double Varieties. In finest mixture Pkt., $.05 Single Varieties, AJ1 colors mixed .05 Cbrysantha. Golden spurred flowers " .10 Chrvsantha Alba. Purewhite, with long spui': 15 A5PERULA. A profuse blooming, hardy annual. attaining an average growth of one loot. The flowers, which are beautiful tight blue, are very sweet scented; and last a long while in perfect ion. Azurea setosa. Odorata. { S:ocJ Woodruff.) flowers and leaves have perfume, and impart an perfume to clothes, etc.. among them Pkt. The dried i delicious agreeable when kept s .().) ,05 BALLOON VINE. (Cardiosfermum.) (Love in a pnff.) A genus of rapid growing, handsome climbers, remarkable for an inflated membraneous capsule, from which it is sometimes called "Balloon Vine ; " very ornamental: succeeds best in light soil and warm situation. Annual. Halicacabum. White Per pkt.,s .05 BALSAM. Our climate is wonderfully adapted to the growth of the Balsam, and with a good^rieb soil, plants and flowers of the greatest excellence are produced. They are among the showiest and most popular of our Summer garden annuals, forming bushy plants, covered with large double flowers of brilliant colors. Double Fine Mixed Pkt., Double Camelia Flowered, Finest Mixed : " Double Camelia White Double Scarlet Double Flesh Color

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