. Dreer's bulb list : 1887. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Seeds; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 14 Dreer's Putumn Bulb Each. Doz. IRIS. Flowering Flag—Fleur de Lis. \ v Kardy spring blooming plants, bearing large, rich and various colored flowers. They are of easy culture and thrive in any good garden soil. With the exception of Pavonia, Reticulata and Susiana they are perfectly hardy without protection and require but little care, the three named are half hardy and should receive a liberal covering which must
. Dreer's bulb list : 1887. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Seeds; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 14 Dreer's Putumn Bulb Each. Doz. IRIS. Flowering Flag—Fleur de Lis. \ v Kardy spring blooming plants, bearing large, rich and various colored flowers. They are of easy culture and thrive in any good garden soil. With the exception of Pavonia, Reticulata and Susiana they are perfectly hardy without protection and require but little care, the three named are half hardy and should receive a liberal covering which must be taken off early in spring. All the varieties can be forced into early bloom in the house and make a cheerful display. English. Large flowers, rich blue shades predominating, mixed, . 5 50 Spanish. Flowers smaller than the English, mixed varieties, .... 30 Persian. Dwarf, early. Flowers white and sky-blue, reflex petals, 10 1 00 Pumila. Dwarf, early flowering, light blue, purple, yellow, mixed, 10 1 00 Pavonia (Peacock). Au exquisite small variety ; flowers pure white, with a blue triangle on each petal, 5 50 Reticulata. A sweet-scented variety; fine violet, spotted^ with white, j-ellow and black, 30 3 00 Susiana. Blooms very early in the spring, of large size; color, grayish blue, richly netted and spotted with black; a splendid plant for house culture 15 1 50 Ksempferi. An excellent adition to the list of hardy herbaceous plants. During exceedingly dry weather they should be abundantly watered; it thrives best in damp situations. They are quite distinct from all_ others and form groups of hand- some, large flowers, varying in color and richly mottled. 20 cents each ; £ per dozen. ermanica. These are neat, robust, hardy herbaceous early blooming plants, with large ornamental flowers of rich and elegantly blended colors, exquisitely striped with dark violet, purple, or bronzed lines, upon a lighter ground. They grow two to three feet in height, and are admirably adapte
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