Title: Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds
Identifier: Descriptivecata00WeebB (find matches)
Year: 18uu (18u0s)
Authors: Weeber & Don
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don
Publisher: New York : Weeber & Don
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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Mil nica i a. plants, red Scahra. Bed. 1 tt, Pkt. G YI*SO 1» a I I. A. Tire flowers are valuable for boUquel waking, either fresh or dried. II. A. EJega ns, White and pink llowers. VyL ft. Pkt, SO. Mmolis. Pretty little red flowers, graceful foliage; unsurpassed irs in light panicles. - ft. l'kt.5c..oz.-Hic HELIANTHUS (Sunflower) The following varieties are remarkable for their majestic growth and flue bold outline. H. A. SINGLE VARIETIES Cucumeril'olius (Sulphur tiem). Of compact form and bushy habit, foliage resembling that of the cu- cumber. A very free bloomer, useful for cutting. Flowfirs delicate sul- phur, with hlaek center. 3 ft. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c Cueumerifolius Stella. Handsome, large-flowered primrose-yellow. Pkt. 5c, oz. 50c. Cueumerifolius Orion. A very handsome variety, with petals twisted like thoso of the best cactus-shaped dahlias; excellent for cutting. Pkt. 10e., oz. 75e. Cueumerifolius Nanus Compac- tus. Forms bushes one foot, in height by 1% feet in diameter. Fine for cut- ting'purposes. Pkt. 15c Macrophyllus Gigantens. Large yellow (lowers. 10 ft. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. Miniature Sunflower. Of dwarf branching habit. Flowers orange with black Center. 3 ft. Pkt, 5c. Oscar Wilde. Orange and black flow- ers, six inches across. 1) ft. Pkt, 5c Russian Mammoth. Im- mense flowers, very showy. G ft. Pkt, 5c, oz. 10c. Si I ver I ,ea veil. Silvery foliage; flowers yellow and black. 5 ft. Pkt. 5c. DOUBLE VARIETIES Calil'ornieus. M agn i II cen t large double orange flowers, BIX to eight inches in diameter. Chrysan 111 e mum -th > we red. 5 to 6 ft. high, bearing im- mense double, gi'hleii-orange flowers. Pkt. 10c Globe or Gold. Dwatf.double- hrnnehhtg sunflower. Flowers deep vollow, like globes of gold. 3 ft, Pur. 5c., os.2(to. Globosus Fisiulosus. Flow- ers one foot in diameter, of bright rich saffron color. 5 ft. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c Granditlorus Plenissimus. Large double golden yellow. 5 ft. Pkt. oc Peruvianus. Orange flowers striped with black. " Pkt, 5c. Muliinorns, H. pi. Hardy perennial variety, producing numerous double yellow flow- ers. Pkt. 10c
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