Dreer's 1913 garden book (1913) (14804051533)

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Title: Dreer's 1913 garden book
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Nursery stock Catalogs Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds 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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e ofsowing, or it may be done before filling in the trench. During dry weather they should be watered thoroughly and frequently and given an application of liquid manure once a week.A mulch of hay or rakings from the lawn will be found beneficial during hot weather. The flowers should be cut as often as pos-sible, to prevent the plants from running to seed, which would stop them from continuing in bloom. White-seeded varieties should not be sown until the ground is comparatively dry and warm. If sown under cold, wet conditions,the seed will rot in the ground. With few exceptions, Sweet Peas are black-seeded, and these do not appear to be affected likethe white-seeded sorts. DREERS MIXTURES OF SWEET PEAS. All of the mixtures offered below have been made up by ourselves out of the finest named varieties, insuring a satisfactory resultin color, and must not be confounded with cheap grades, which are harvested in mixture and always contain a large proportion ofdull and undesirable colors.
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Standakd Sweet Pea. Dokothy Eckfohd. 4252 Dreers Peerless Mixture. Extraordinary carehas been taken in making this mixture, nothing but thefinest large-flowering standard varieties being used, and insuch quantities as to produce best color effect. The finestmixture of Standard Sweet Peas offered. Pkt., 5 cts.;oz., 10 cts.; ) lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 4260 Dreers Orchid-flowered Mixed. Read what wesay about this type on page 121. They represent thehighest achievement in Sweet Peas to date. 10 cts. perpkt.; 20 cts. per oz.; 60 cts. per J lb.; $2.00 per lb. 4270 Cupid, Dwarf or Bedding Hixed. Sown as a borderthese form a line of emerald-green foliage a little over afoot wide and from 5 to 6 inches high, and from Juneuntil late summer are literally a sheet of bloom; excellentfor pot culture; the mixture contains all the colors. 5 cts.per pkt; 10 cts. per oz.; 30 cts. per ) lb.; $1.00 per lb. MIXTURES OF SEPARATESHADES. It is undeniable that a bunch of Sweet Peas of pink or whiteor other c