1906 Griffith and Turner Co - farm and garden supplies (1906) (16479532170)

Title: 1906 Griffith & Turner Co : farm and garden supplies
Identifier: 1906griffithturn1906grif (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Griffith and Turner Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Griffith and Turner Co. , 1906
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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ORDER BY NUMBERS. Ten 5c. Papers, mailed, for 25c, or Four 10c. Papers for 25c. 0. ABUTILON (A).—Fine mixed. Packet, 10 cents. 1. AGERATUM, MIXED (A)—Suitable for beds, and especially nice for cut flow- ers and bouquets. Packet, 5 cents. 10. ALYSSUM (A).— The Sweet Alyssum has pretty little white flowers, useful in making small bouquets, and its fragrance, while sufficiently pronounced, is very deli- cate. The Alyssum grows freely from seed, blooms the whole season. Oz., 25c. Packet, 5c. 11. ALYSSUM (A) (Tom Thumb). — Of dwarf, compact habit, each plant covering a circle from 15 to 30 inches. It will bloom when small and remain covered with bloom from spring to autumn. Oz., 40c. Packet, 5c. 20. AMARANTHUS, MIXED (A).—Showy blooming plants, with long racemes of curious looking flowers and brilliant foliage; half hardy annuals. Packet, 5 cents. 21. AMARANTHUS, TKI-COLOK (Jo- seph's Coat) (A).—Red, Yellow and Green foliage; 2 feet. Packet, 5c. 23. AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS (Love Ties Bleeding) (A).—Graceful and hand- some flowers of blood-red hue. I*ticlt<?t 5 cents* 24. ANTIRRHINUM, DOUBLE MIXED (P) One of the most useful and showy border plants. The recently improved varie- ties have large, finely shaped flowers of bril- liant colors. Perennial. Packet, 5 cents. ASTERS. 25. ASTERS (China) (A).—Choice mixed varieties. Well-known and beautiful flowers; should be in every garden. Packet, 5 cents. 26. ASTER, GERMAN (A).—All colors and shades of the best German sorts. Sow seed early and transplant to rich soil. Packet 5 cents. 27. ASTER, TRUFFAUT'S PERFEC- TION (A) A very favorite class; thrifty, upright growers; flowers large, almost per- fectly round, with incurved petals. The florist's preference; 1% to 2 feet. Packet, 10 cents. 28. PRINCESS SNOWBALL (A). —This is an entirely distinct variety of Aster. The flowers are pure white, and are formed of short, thickly set imbricated petals, there being about 25 to 30 on a plant. Packet, 10 cents. 29. MIGNON ASTER (A). —A splendid new class of Asters. The plants are semi- dwarf and bear in profusion flowers of a very double nature, the petals overlapping each other. Packet, 10 cents. 30. VICTORIA ASTER (A). —The most beautiful of all Asters, bear- ing flowers of all colors and shades; the colors include many extremely delicate and gorgeous shades. Very double and four inches across; height 15 to 18 inches. Packet, 10c. 31. COMET ASTER (A).— This class of Asters has long slender and curled petals, forming loose yet dense flowers of semi-globe shape, 3)4 to i% inches in diam- eter, which resemble the Japanese Chrysanthemun. Packet 10c. 33. DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERED ASTER (A).—Grow 9 inches high; surpass all the dwarf varieties in size of flowers. Packet, 10c. 33. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING AS- TER (A) A choice strain of American-grown Asters, which has, by careful selection, been brought to a high degree of excellence. Mixed Colors, 10c. 34. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING AS TER (A) (White).—Very choice. Packet 10c. 35. BACHELOR'S BUTTON, or BLUE BOTTLE (A) (Centau- rea Cyanus.—A very old favor- ite garden annual, with handsome flowers of various colors. It does best if sown in a hot-bed; half- hardy annuals; two feet. Packet, 5 cents. 40. DOUBLE BALSAMS, CAMELIA FLOWFREB (A) (Lady Slipper, or For-Me JN^t).-— The well-known Balsams are one of tne finest summer blooming annuals, free bloomers and highly colored. By transplanting them once or twice, the flowers are apt to be more double. Packet, 5 cents. 41. B.\r.S/,.li, PERFECTION WHITE (A).—This resemoies the mixed Balsams in shape, but the flowers are of a pure white, and is the variety usually grown by florists. Packet, 10 cents. 45. CANDYTUFT MIXED (A, — Well- known favorite, hardy annuals: very pretty in beds or masses, useful for bouquets. Seeds may be sown in the fail for early flowering. Packet, 5 cents. 46. CANDYTUFT, WHITE (A) Treated and used same as the mixed. Packet, 5 cents. The letter "A" means annual. The letter "P" means perennial. 50. CALCEOLARIA DWARF (A).—This is a magnificent ornamental plant for green- house or conservatory, bearing in profusion pocket-shaped flowers of all colors, spotted and blotched in the most fanciful fashion. Packet, 25 cents. 53. CALENDULA, DOUBLE (A).—Very profuse dwarf bushy annuals, blooming continuously and profusely until frost; of easy culture, and suitable for summer garden or for growing in pots in winter. Packet, 5 cents. CANNA, MIXED (Extra Choice) (A). The Cannas are desirable not only for the beanty of their spikes of scarlet flowers, but for their highly ornamental leaves. They make superb beds for the lawn. Soak the seeds thoroughly before planting, and keep in a warm spot. Very slow to germinate. Packet, 5 cents.