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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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89 



PER PKT. 



25 cts $0 10 



Globe Amaranth (comphrena) 



Popularly known as "Bachelor's Button," a first-rate bedding plant; the flowers 

 resemble clover heads and can be dried and used in winter bouquets. Cornflowers 

 and a number of other flowers are also known as Bachelor's Buttons, and in order- 

 ing it is well to order by number to prevent mistakes. 



2570 Mixed. 2 feet. 



Gloxinia 



A superb genus of greenhouse plants, producing magnificent flowers 

 of the richest colors; thrives best in an equal mixture of peat, loam 

 and sand. Sow in March. 



2578 Hybrida Grandiflora. An unsurpassed strain, con- 

 taining the spotted hybrids as well as the finest self- 

 colored sorts $0 50 



Godetia 



2590 Mixed. Attractive, hardy annuals, deserving more ex- 

 tensive cultivation, especially in the cooler parts of the 

 country. The plants bloom profusely, and bear showy 

 flowers, not unlike an Azalea, of satiny texture in many 

 rich and varied colors. 

 They do best in a rather 

 poor soil; 1 foot. (See 

 cut.) I oz., 25 cts $0 10 / 



Dreer's Charming 

 Annual Candytuft 



We illustrate these pop- 

 ular annuals in color, and 

 offer and describe six of the 

 best and most distinct 

 on page 56. 



Dreer's Lovely 

 Annual 

 Larkspurs 



This favorite garden flower 

 is illustrated in colors, offer- 

 ed and described on page 

 57. 



Globe Amaranth 



J, Ornamental 



'^E I Gourds 



'(^ / Rapid growing, interesting annual 



climbers, with ornamental foliage and 

 1 singular shaped fruit; 15 to 20 feet. 



1 PER PKT. 



"^ 2606 African Pipe. The stem 



ends of the fruits are much 

 used in making pipes. ..... .$0 10 



2612 Dipper, or Calabash 10 



2613 Egg-shaped. Fruit white like 

 an egg 10 



2614 Hercules' Club. Club- 

 shaped; 4 feet long 10 



2615 Luffa {Dish-rag, Sponge or 

 Bound Gourd) 10 



2617 Pear-shaped. Striped; very 



showy 10 



Godetia 2619 Spoon. A very odd variety. . . 10 



2621 Knob Kerrie. A very ornamental variety, bearing 

 fruit having a slender stem 3 to 5 feet long, with a round 

 knob or ball on the end 10 



2629 Collection of the above 8 varieties, 50 cts. 



2630 Mixed Varieties. All kinds. Per oz., 25 cts S 



Grevillea (siik oak) 



2681 Robusta. A very beautiful and graceful decorative plant 

 with fern-like foliage; excellent for table decoration; easily 

 raised from seed; producing good sized plants in a short 

 time; hardy in Florida and California, where it is popular 

 as an ornamental tree 10 



Ornamental Gourds 



Books on Horticulture 



We offer on the inside of the back cover of this 

 catalogue a very complete line of the best and most 

 helpful books on horticultural and kindred subjects. 



Candytufts and Larkspurs deserve a plape in every garden. See Color Plates, pages 56 and 57 



