Title: Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm & garden
Identifier: CAT31284998 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: T. W. Wood & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Richmond, Va. : T. W. Wood & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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General List of Flower Seeds. 49 O/^DDfGC Poppies succeed remarkably well in the * KJii IGO» South, and hardly any clas; of plants afford the same brilliant colorings and showy display. Very easy culture, the seed being sown where they are to bloom. The varieties we offer are the best and can be depended on tounduce satisfactory results. WOOD'S STJPEEB POPPY MIXTURE. A grand mixture of all the siDgle and double varieti; s. The won- derful variety and brilliant colorings of this mixture make a very effective display in the garden or for cut flowers. Large pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. PERENNIAL. POPPIES. H. P. Pkt, Oriental. Oue of the grandest of all Poppies. The flowers are extremely laige, a rich dark glowing crimson, the foliage very rich dark green. Magnificent. If sown early will bloom the first year, 10 Iceland Poppies. A beautiful, fragraut strain, which blooms continually from June to October. Flowers re- semble crushed satin, and plants vill continue to flower for three or four rears after so*n. Mixed colors 10 SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES. New Fayal. Exceedingly beautiful dwarf poppies, pro- ducing both double and single blooms like crinkled tissue paper, and are every imaginable poppy color, deepest red, terra-cotta, salmon, exquisite pink, white, and gray, ... 10 Tulip. This sterling variety, originally from Armenia, bear5*in abundance large, bright scarlet flowers, which are so dazzling in appearance as to remind one of a bed of * scarlet Tulips 10 Shirley. These beautiful Poppies are very free flowering and remarkably brilliant in color. They range in color from pale rose to deep crimson, and are delicately edged and fringed. Mixed colors. Per oz. 50c, 6 Danebrog. Large, bright scarlet, with a cross in centre, 5 Umbrosum. Rich vermillion, with a shining black spot on each petal 6 DOUBLE ANNUAL POPPIES. Cardinal. The plants grow about eighteen inches high, bearing large, very double gloivmg scarlet flowers, a striking contrast with the deeply cut dark green of the foliage 10 White Swan. A splendid new variety, with immense double white flo ^ers beautifully fringed. Oz. 30c 5 Mikado. (Striped Javanese Hoppy.) A beautiful sort, having the petals twisted and curved like a Japanese Chrysanthemum. Colors, scarlet and white, fringed edges ; very distinct, 5 Carnation Flowered. Dazzling richness and variety of colors. Per oz. 20c 5 Peony Flowered. Splendid, large and very double flow- ers in finest mixed colors. Per oz. 20c 5 StICINUS. (Castor Oil Plant.) Luxuriant, rapid-grow- ing annuals with palm-like leaved. Excellent for back- grounds or centres of beds if fol age plants. H. H. A. Zanzibariensis. Bears gigantic leaves 2 to 1)4 feet across, and growing to an enormous size The leaves are of vatious colors, green, coppery brown, purple, bronze, etc., the stems from pale green to various eLades of rpd. Exceedingly handsome. All colors Oz. 2uc, . . 5 SangTiineus. ^ed stalks, scarlet fruit, large bronzed leaves. Per oz. 20c, 5 Mixed Varieties, a fine mixture of the best sorts ; all, colore. Per oz. l?c. , 5 ROSE CAMPION. (Agroxtemma.) Splendid dwarf- growing plants for dry situa ions, bearing pretty rose- colored flowers on long, slender stems. Good for mass- ing. Heignt, 1 foot. H. P. Blooms first season, 5 V 0 il?" Salvia Among the y^mr#^ ble and sbowy °edding- £T * ^^3#t£ * j$ plants grown. Brilliant rfesPvWB^ flowers are borne in pro- k ^^^^TS^*^^^ £ fusion from early sum- A m('r tin frost. Excellent ^^A^^'^^VjCiv'C^^ for cutting. Seed sown W^*^^lr^/ ^iv«S^ early in the houi;e pio- 15tef3£2V': ^^^AQs^Ca^ duces bftter plants than from cuttings. H. H. P. ^J^^'^^l/^C^^ir^^^Q Splendens. (S arlstSagp.) ^f^&rC^y^^^T The brilliltnt scarlet va- V^f^^^^^»^^ Patens. Splendid' 'rich10 ^V^^y^'^^MV^^v^' r Dlue» very showy 15 "^^^l^fi^^^fc. SALPIGLOSSIS. A beau o^yf^Sv^' ^^tS^U^T*^ tiful flowering annual, " forming strong, bushy Salvia Splindens plants about 18 inches hii^h, and bearing large, funuel-shapfd flowers of many brautiful colore, eiquis itely veined and laced. H. H. A.—2-8. Mixed col. rs, . . 5 SANVITALIA. Dwarf-growing, free-flowering plants; suitable for borders or rock work. Double golden yellow flowers, like miniaturt sunflowers, are produced in ihe greatest abundance. Height, 6 inches. H. A.—3-3. . . . 5
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Poppies. SCABIOSA. The old and well-known Sweet Scahiout. They bear large, perfectly double flowers of many beau- tiful colors on long, graceful stems, and are excellent for cutting H. A —2-3. Height, 1)4 feet. Per oz. 40c,.. . SCARLET SAGE. (See Salvia Splendens.) SENSITIVE PLANT. (Mimosa.) Curious aid inter- esting plants witi graceful and elegant foliage. The leaves and branches when touched droop in a most inter- esting manner. Bears small pinkish flowers in close heads Easily grown. T. A..—2-3. Hught, 1 foot, SMILAX. Acharmiug, tender perennial climber for green- house or window garden. Used very extensively for deco- ration and bouquet green. Foliage, light green and very gracefuL Sow m box in March. Oz. 50c , 5 SUNFLOWER. Luxuriant growing plants for centres of beds or background for other p'ants. H. A. —2-3. "Stella." A miniature Sunflower covered with hun- dreds of small, bright orange, single flowers. Of dwarf pyramidal growth. Fine for bedding and cutting. Oz. 35c, 10 Double Californian. Double yellow variety, growmg 3 to 5 feet high. Per oz. 20c, 5 Mammoth Russian. The giant among sunflowers, pro- ducing immense single heads. Oz. 10c, 5 Ten Weeks Stocks. ffi^-'^SS for bedding or pot culture Tbey bear an immense quantity of fragrant blooms, each plant forming a perfect bouquet, and are splendid for cutting. H. H. A.—1-2. Giant Pyramidal Perfection. A magnificent race with immens' spike* of perff many beautiful colors. % oz 60c. 10 Cut and Come Again, or Princess Alice. Purest double white, of enormous size and extra fine for cutting. Grows about 2 feet high, throwing out side branches, each of which bears fine, rosette-shaped flowers, which the oftener they are cut the better they seem to like it. Per % oz. 75c , 10 Dwarf? German Mixed. A fine '.ype of large flowering stocks, consitting of many well select* d colors. Oz. 75c. . 5 A beautiful class of free- flowering plants of extreme richness and diversity of color. Produces a fine effect in beds or mi ted flower borders. H. B. 2-3. Height, \)4 feet. Single. Manj bright colors mixed. Peroz. 2lc „ 5 Double. All colors mixed. X oz. 20c, g Sweet William.

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