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Dreer's Autumn Catalogue, 1896c 



Dreer'S Combinations of Hyacinths 



FOR BEDS. 



Circular Bed of Hyacinths. 



Few bulbs can be used for bedding with such good effect as Hyacinths, and every spring they form one of the features of the- 

 principal public parks, and, considering the little trouble necessary for their care and the low cost of planting a good-sized bed, it 

 is a matter of comment that larger plantings are not seen in privnte gardens. While mixed Hyacinths in the separate colors are 

 well adapted for bedding purposes, yet where a special design is wanted in which the colors must be sharp and distinct, we advise 

 using the named varieties. Not only do you then get the requisite colors, but at the same time much finer individual spikes of 

 flower which well repays for the slight increase in cost. 



Cultural directions will be found on page 4. We might add that Hyacinth bulbs in some soils do well for a number of years 

 without lifting or replanting. After the tops die down, the beds may be sown or planted with shallow-rooting plants, such as 

 Petunias, Verbenas, Portulaca, etc., etc., which will keep the beds bright throughout the summer and in no way hurt the bulbs. 



CIRCULAR BED OF HYACINTHS. 



(.SV<? illustration above.) 



This represents a bed 6 feet in diameter. Plant the bulbs 6 inches apart each way, beginning the outside line 6 inches from 

 the edge of bed — requiring 90 bulbs. 



COMBINATION "A. 



Price $4.50. 



1st row (outside). 30 Gertrude. Bright red. 



2d 

 3d 

 4th 

 5th 



24 Baron van Tlmvll. Pure white. 

 18 Chas. Dickens. * Blue. 

 1? Grandeur A'Merveille. Blush. 

 6 Baron van Thuyll. Purple. 



(center) 

 COMBINATION 



B. 



Price $4.50. 



1st row (outside). 



2d " 



3d " 



4th " 



5lh " (center). 



30 Regulus. Lavender. 

 24 Grand Vedette. White. 

 18 Root. Steig-er. Crimson. 

 12 Norma. Pink. 

 6 Marie. Deep blue. 



COMBINATION " C." Price $4.50. 

 1st row (outside). 30 Robert Steiger. Deep red. 



24 Alba Superbissima. Pure white. 

 18 " " 



12 Chas. Dickens. Blue, 

 (center). 6 " " " 



COHBINATION «' D." Price $4 50. 



Double Varieties. 



30 Bouquet Tendre. Dark red. 

 24 La A'irginite. Cream white. 

 18 Blocksberg. Light blue. 

 12 Czar Nicholas. Pale pink. 

 6 Prince of Saxe Weimar. Deep 

 purple. 



2d 

 3d 

 4th 

 5th 



1st row (outside) 



2d " 



3d " 



4th " 



5th " (center). 



PRICE of any of the above combinations of named Hyacinths, 5450 ; or the same combinations supplied in mixed Hyacinths, 

 $2 70. We can also supply any other combination of colors which may be selected by customers at the same price for a bed of 

 same size. These can only be sent by Express or Freight, at purchaser's expense. 



BEDS OF HYACINTHS IN COLLEGE COLORS. 



Many of the leading college colors can be duplicated in Hyacinths — the Red and Blue of Pennsylvania, the Blue of Yale, the 

 Crimson of Harvard, the Blue and White of Columbia, the Cornelian and White of Cornell, and many other college colors can be 

 arranged in effective designs. If customers will kindly send us the size and shape of bed they wish to plant, we will be glad to 

 send estimate for rilling. 



