Title: Dreer's autumn catalogue : 1895
Identifier: dreersautumncata1895henr (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) 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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Dreer's /\utumn Catalogue, 1895. Doz. $1 00 75 75 75 I oo I oo 75 75 75 SINGLE YELLOW HYACINTHS. Each Doz. Herman. Fine orange-yellow, very large bulb $o 10 $i oo Heroine. Bright yellow 10 i oo Ida. This is the best pure yellow for early for- cing ; fine spike 15 1 50 King of the Yellows. Pure yellow 20 2 00 La Pluie d'Or. Pale yellow 10 1 00 L'Or d'Australie. Pure yellow ; large spike. .20 2 00 Pieneman. Porcelain blue; large spike and very large bells 10 1 00 NAMED DOUBLE HYACINTHS. DOUBLE RED. Each Bouquet Royal. Rose, redeemer ; good spike.$0 10 Bouquet Tendre. Dark red; good spike . . . oS Czar Nicolas. Pink ; very large bulb 08 Grootvorst. Pink ; large spike 08 Prince of Orange. Rose ; fine spike 10 Princess Alexandra. Rose ; grand spike ... 10 DOUBLE WHITE. Anna Maria. Blush white, with purple center . 08 Bouquet Royal. Pure white, good spike ; extra 08 Duchess of Bedford. Pure white 08 La Tour d'Auvergne. Earliest pure white; grand spike; extra 10 La Virginite. Cream-white ; fine spike and fine bulb 08 Non Plus Ultra. Pure white, with purple center 10 Prince of "Waterloo. Pure white ; large spike and large bells 12 DOUBLE BLUE. Bloksberg. Finest light blue; very large, com- pact spike, magnificent ; very low rate 08 Charles Dickens. Fine dark blue ; large spike and large bells 08 Garriek. Blue, with dark center; very large spike ; extra 08 General Antinck. Light blue 08 Laurens Koster. Dark blue 20 Mignonde Drijfhout. Light blue, semi-double. 10 Rembrandt. Light blue 08 "Van Speyk. Deep blue ; very large, compact truss 15 DOUBLE YELLOW. Bouquet Orange. Orange-yellow ; extra early. 10 Goethe. Citron-yellow; large spike 10 Jaune Supreme. Citron-yellow 15 Minerva. Orange-yellow; extra large and fine flower, semi-double 10 Ophir d'Or. Citron-yellow, with purple center. 10 MLXED HYACINTHS. These are selected unnamed varieties, comprising different shades of the various colors. They will do well in pots, but are chiefly used for out-door planting. If desired by mail, add 15 cts. per dozen, to cover postage; single bulbs mailed free. 75 1 00 1 25 75 75 75 75 2 00 1 00 75 1 5° 1 00 1 00 1 15 1 00 1 00 Each Doz. 100 Single Red, all shades, fine mixed . . $ 0 05 $0 40 $3 00 " White, all shades, " . . 05 40 3 00 " Blue, " 05 40 3 00 " Yellow, " 05 50 3 00 " Deep Red only, " . . 05 40 3 00 it Rose " . . 05 40 3 00 " Pure "White only " . . 05 40 3 00 " Blush " °5 40 3 00 " Dark Blue " " °5 40 3 00 " Pale " " " . 05 40 3 00 Double Red and Rose, all shades . . 05 40 3 00 " White, " . . 05 40 3 00 11 Blue, " . . °5 40 3 00 " Yellow, " . . c6 60 4 00 ALL COLORS MIXED, SINGLE or DOUBLE. These include all grades and classes of single and double Hyacinths, and will be found very useful for planting in masses in beds or borders. The bulbs are all sound and of flowering size, and will give blooms of good quality. 5 cts. each, 40 cts, per doz., 82.50 per 100, §25 per 1,000. MINIATURE, or DUTCH ROMAN HYACINTHS. These little Hyacinths are excellent for growing in pots, pans or boxes, blooming freely and early, and often produc- ing three or four spikes. They may be planted close together, either in pans or beds, or in the open ground, with charming effect. White and Blush. Pink. Dark Blue. Red. Light Blue. Mixed Colors. 5 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz., 81.75 per 100. By mail 40 cts. per doz. ROMAN HYACINTHS. A charming class of Hyacinths, producing graceful, fra- grant, delicately perfumed flowers. They force readily in the house, and as the bulbs are of moderate size, 3 can be grown in a 5-inch pot. The blooming season is prolonged by the bulbs throwing up several spikes of flowers, which do not come to perfection altogether. Each. Doz. 100 Early White Roman. Pure waxy white, bells of great beauty and fragrance. This very valuable variety, if planted early in September and gently forced, will bloom in November, or their flowering may be retarded till Christmas by keeping them in a cool place. Selected bulbs, 1,000, S30 Single Light Rose. A charming color ; two to three weeks later than the White Roman $0 05 Dark Rose. Rich dark rose, semi-double 05 Single Blue. Light blue, a good contrast to the above 05 White Italian. A good forcing variety. Somewhat larger than the White Roman 05 to 50 3° 30 30 >3 5° 25 50 Add for postage on Roman Hyacinths at the rate of 10 cts. per dozen, if wanted by mail.
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White Roman Hyacinth. Add for postage on Roman Hyacinths at the rate of 10 cts, per dozen, if wanted by mail.

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