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"FLORAIRE" ALPINE SEEDS 
CORREVON FILS (1875) 
GENEVA SWITZERLAND 
U.S.A. STOCKED SEEDS. 
This list covers only Correvon Original Seeds that are carried 
in stock at Bridgeboro, New Jerseys, for immediate order filling 
(unless sold). If you wish other kinds, please ask for a copy of the 
general catalogue of Correvon Fils, listing the some 4500 species 
and varieties that are stocked at the home establishment in Switz¬ 
erland. We shall be glad to transmit orders. v on yours behalf to 
Switzerland, and to remail such seeds to yoif prStn^tivEjjpon their 
arrival in this countrv. 
KEY TO SIGNS. 
B = Herbaceous Border, 
C — Cut Flower, 
E = Dwarf edging, 
G = Climbing. 
H = Wants moisture, 
O = Shade, 
P = Alpine Meadow, 
R = Rockery, 
S = Sun loving, 
U == Woodland, under trees, 
1. = Usual good rock 
garden soil 
W = 
f. = 
fl. = 
fol. = Foliage 
in. = Inch 
lea. = Leaves 
2 = Richer, with leaf soil 
and sand. 
3 = Appropriate mixture 
of sand, peat, slate 
dust, or heath soil. 
SOWING. 
Soil. — Prepare a sandly soil ; sand, peat and light garden soil. 
Sow — well spaced — in pots, pans or boxes, with good layer of 
gravel for perfect drainage. Cover slightly one size of seed only. 
Keep these in a cold frame, moist all the time as evenly as 
possible. The seedlings should be transplanted once before their 
definitive place. 
Time. — Difficult seeds, long to germinate, should be sown in 
november and december. Such seeds are among Ranunculaceae 
(Anemone, Ranunculus), Primulaceae (Primula, Androsace), Gent¬ 
ians, Monocotyledonous (Orchis, Iris, Lilies, Crocus, many bulbs). 
Easy seeds should be sown in late winter or earlv spring. Those 
are among Campanulaceae (Campanula), Cruciferous (Aethionema, 
Arabis, Alyssum, Erysimum), Compositae (Aster, Erigeron, Hier- 
acium), Caryophyllaceae (Dianthus, Arenaria, Gypsophila, Silene). 
Please address all communications and make all remittance to : 
CORREVON-AMERICAN 
BRIDGEBORO NEW JERSEY 
