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Title: Dreer's garden book 1932
Identifier: dreersgardenbook1932henr (find matches)
Year: 1932 (1930s)
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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DREER'S SELECT GLADIOLI Gladioli hold an ever increasing interest, not alone for their rainbow splendor in border and garden, but even i jj more for their value as satisfactory and long-lasting cut flowers. Nor is the cost at which all this beauty is ; i spread great in either time or money, for their cultural requirements are of the simplest, and with a little care j the number of bulbs may be vastly increased from season to season. No other garden flower gives so mm h . j and takes so little. j - L. SEVEN SUPERB FRENCH GLADIOLI The seven sorts offered here are possibly the most meritorious, surely among the most interesting, of the aBjmj many varied and beautiful introductions of Lemoine and the other French Gladiolus hybridizers. Casablanca. Purest white, without tinting, the lower petals dotted and splashed with a rich purple that shows up most effectively against the light background. Fine large well-expanded flowers. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. Charlemagne. Very large, open flowers on massive spikes; sunrise red, flaked darker and marked with creamy-white blotches, densely dotted with purple-carmine. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. Emile Aubrun. An introduction of outstanding quality. In color, copper bronze with an underlying suffusion of begonia rose, deepening to brilliant cherry red in the throat. Very large in bloom and spike, altogether a most unusual flower. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Etendard. Immense orchid-like flowers, upper petals rich, cream-tinted rose, lower petals marked with large fiery-red blotches, margined with bright yellow; an exceedingly rich color combination. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. Eugene Lefebvre. One of the Lemoine's giant varieties with beautifully formed flowers of brightest rose, the throat marked and spotted with vivid amaranth on cream. Makes a magnificent showing in the garden. 20 cts. each; $1.75 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Jean de Tallis. One of Lemoine's introductions producing enormous flowers of pure salmon, with large rich maroon blotches. A handsome and striking variety. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. Mme. Mounet-Sully. Splendid flowers of milk white, vividly marked on the lower petals with bright red orange. A truly wonderful variety. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. Collection Offer 1 each of the above 7 French Gladioli for $1.15; 3 each for $3.25; 6 each for $6.00; 12 each for $11.50. NINE NEWER AMERICAN GLADIOLI We have chosen from the recent introductions of American growers, nine sorts of really out standing quality; kinds that will please and surprise those familiar only with the older varieties. Betty Nuthall. The Glory of the Garden, a sparkling iridescent orange pink deepening to coral on the petal reverse. The lower throat is golden orange, lined with carmine rose. The flowers are often more than six inches across and of splendid substance and placement. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $17.50 per 100. Dr. F. E. Bennett. A vivid, fiery scarlet, so bright that it is hard to imagine anything brighter. One of the finest red Gladioli ever sent out. Tall heavy spike with many massive blooms. Will stand up in the hottest weather. 10 cts. each; 90 cts. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Joerg's White. Truly a giant in every way. Great creamy white flowers, deepening to ivory in the throat. A rugged sort, sure to bloom, and holding up well in even the hottest weather. 25 cts. each; $2.25 per doz.; $16.00 per 100. Kirchhoff's Violet. Deep rich velvety blue. This is the strongest growing of the dark blue- purple sorts in both spike and bloom. A vigorous variety, thriving and flowering anywhere that Gladioli will grow. 25 cts. each; $2.25 per doz.; $16.00 per 100. Minuet. A beautiful clear light lavender, almost the shade of a Cattelya Orchid. A tall strong grower, with flowers of largest size and wonderful texture. It is the standard of perfection for lavender Gladioli. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. Mrs. P. C. Hornberger. Many Gladioli have been described as snowy white, but very few of them have been without a least a faint overlay of ivory, or flushing of pink. This sort is really as white as new snow, with not even a throat marking. Fine, large ruffled flowers on good spikes. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Mrs. P. W. Sisson. Immense blossoms of purest cameo pink, shading to soft creamy pink jn the throat. The blooms are perfectly placed on tall and willowy but sturdy stems. An outstanding sort. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. Primrose Princess. Stately spikes carrying seven or more immense well-opened blooms. The lower petals are rich amber in color, the upper ones lightening to a clear delicate primrose. One of the loveliest of the yellow sorts, and possibly the largest flowering. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. W. H. Phipps. Clear pink, overlaid with a warm glow of salmon rose, the lower petals often faintly flecked with ruby. The flowers are large and well-formed, borne in splendid spikes, with sometimes as many as twenty blooms open at one time. No variety so far introduced surpasses it in this respect, and with its brilliant live-coal coloring it becomes a truly glorious exhibition sort. At the Atlantic City Show it was used repeatedly with striking effect, always exciting favorable comment. 15 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; $8.50 per 100. Collections of Newer American Gladioli 3 each of the above 9 sorts, 27 bulbs $4-00 I 12 each of the above 9 sorts, 108 bulbs $13.50 6 each of the above 9 sorts, 54 bulbs 7-00 ; 25 each of the above 9 sorts, 225 bulbs 26.00 (153)
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