Title: Moore and Simon's seed buyers guide and wholesale price list : market gardeners, florists and other large buyers
Identifier: CAT31285806 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Moore & Simon (Philadelphia, Pa. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Moore & Simon
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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1702 »703 1704 170s 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 PETUNiA-Continued The very finest varieties and colors ^ill be obtained frcm this class. Pkt. Soc, 500 seeds, 75c., 1000 seeds, 81 50. M. & S. Giant Fringed Snowball. Extra large flowers, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, of the purest glistening white. Pkt. 50c., trade pkt.fi.oo. SINGLE VARIETIES Moore's Mammoth Fringed, mottled, striped and veined. A new Class of remarkable beauty, size and luxuriance, unequalled by any other; the flowers are exquisitely ruffled or fringed, and are of enormous dimensions (4 to 5 inches across), but their great merits lies in the tremen- dous varieties of colors, maikings, veiningi, blotchings and stripings, in the most beautitul combinations ; the colors are rich, and gorgeous and others of lovely delicate shadts. This strain represents the acme of perfec- tion in single petunias ; 10 in. Pkt. 50c., trade pkt. $1.00, 1-32 oz. ^2.00. California RnfSed Giants. The flowers are very large and of varied and brilliant colors. Pkt. 25c., trade pkt. 50c. I,arge-Flowering Yellow Throat. Large yellow throat, beauti- /ully pencilled with blue lines ; remarkably fine, Pkt. 25c., trade pkt. 75c. Inimitable New Dwarf Star. Bushy; cherry red flowers striped white , excellent for pots, blooming all summer Pkt. loc, trade pkt. 40c. Moore's Dwarf, Compact, mixed, Dwarf Bouquet Petu- nias. Very dwarf, handsome, compact growing sorts, all bright, charm- ing colors such as white, rose, carmine and crimson striped white ; very free and constant bloomers. We have seen r onew flower in a long time that has pleased us so much as these beautiful dwarf Petunias. They are very hardy and strong, but the plants are dwarf, very bushy and compact, pro- ducing their bright blossoms in such wonderful profusion that each plant looks like a perfect bouquet set in the ground. They are very fine, and bloom incessantly both summer and winter. For groups, beds, borders, single specimens, or for pots, they are perfectly superb. We especially recommend them to florists for growing in pots. Sure to give satisfaction ; 6 to 8 inches. Pkt. 25c., trade pkt. 50c., i 16 oz. $1.50. New Inimitable Fancy Hybrids. First quality, mixed. A superb and very showy strain, comprising many handsome varieties and colors of high merit. Striped, blotched and stained. Large funnel-shaped flowers of intense brilliancy and vivid marking; never out of bloom; fine for pots. Pkt. loc;. trade pkt. 30c , 1-16 oz. soc. Pure White. Large flower; fine for masses Pkt. loc, trade pkt. 15c. Striped and Blotched. Pkt. loc, trade pkt. 20c., oz. 75c. Splendid Hybrids, mixed. Many colors. Pkt. 5c., trade pkt. 15c., oz. ^1,00. Moore's Mammofh-Flowered Fringed Petunia PETUNIA This is a flower for everybody. Few high priced and rare plants can begin to compare with the Petunia for beauty, and not half a dozen other flowers on our list are as showy in beds or masses. We once saw in front of a humble western cabin a great raised bed of Petunias, a perfect cloud of brilliant blossoms that could be seen far over the prairie, gleaming in purple and white, like some great star, and all this wealth of beauty was the product of a ten-cent paper of seed. The smallest yard and the finest park is not complete without these butterflies among flowers, that mind neither heat, drouth or rain, but bloom in profusion until the winter is almost upon us. The seed is best started in the house, and the young plants transplanted to open ground one foot apart, but if the soil is made very fine, seed can be sown in open ground and covered lightly. After they are once up they are no trouble to grow DOUBI^M VARIETIES Our strains ol this important seed are of the highest quality, all seed being saved from pot grown plants. Customers may rely upon getting the best results obtainable. NoTB.—This double Petunia grown from seed produces a percentage of double flowers ; the balance in single flowers of the same rich shade. The weaker seedlings should be carefully selected, as these always produce double flowers. 1700 Large-Flowering Double, striped, spotted and self mixed. Extra quality. Pkt. 250., trade pkt. 50c. 1701 M. & S. Prize Giant, large-ftowering, double, fringed, mixed. Magnificent strain of very large flowers. New Alpine Poppies POPPIES New L:jge Shirley Poppies See Page 75 for Additional Sorts Universal garden favorites from the days of our grandmothers. There is nothing more graceful than the silky blooms of single Poppies, nodding at the apex of their long wire stalks like so many tropical butterflies that a passing zephyr might waft from their airy perch. There is nothing more gorgeous than the double Poppies, bursting with fullness, glowing with color, and like great Paeonies, or Snowballs in size. There are few flowers easier to grow, if the precaution is taken to sow early and cover lightly, and none more useful to light up dark masses of shrubbery, mixed borders, or dull bits of landscape. Do not wait for warm weather to sow your seed, but sow very early in the spring, that the plants may have their growth made, ready to bloom at the coming of warm weather. I787 New Alpine Poppies. Recall to mind every color you have seen in Poppies then imagine every conceivable combinaiion of colors. Bright yellow, vivid scarlet, pure white, gold tinged crimson, and rose colored and each color striped, blotched, edged, and bordered, on both single, semi- double, and double flowers—and you will have but a faint idea of the won- drously varied beauty of the new Alpine Poppies. Although hardy perennials, these Poppies season from spring-sown seed. The fragrant, elegant, crushed satin, produced in never-ceasing succession fi-om the begin- ning of June the flowers last quite a week if cut as soon as open. Pkt. lOC, tradepkt. 30c., oz 1^5.00. 7784 Large Shirley Poppies. The colors range through all shades of delicate rose, pink, carmine, and brilliant crimson. Many of the large single flowers are edged with white Habit of plant dwarf and stout; blossoms of enormous size, and of the most charming colors to be found in any flower. No display can surpass a bed of these Poppies, no matter what it is. Pkt. sc., trade pkt. loc , oz. soc. 74

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