DREER'S RELIABLE BULBS 



We ojEEer on this and the following pages a list of the more important bulbs for blooming during the late winter and early spring 

 months. Most of these bulbs are grown in Holland, and we usually receive our supplies by the middle of September. 

 t^° Send in your order now and the bulbs will be forwarded as soon as they reach us. 



Our complete Catalogue of Spring-flowering Bulbs will be sent out as usual during the first days of September. 



DUTCH HYACINTHS 



The Hyacinth is so well known and esteemed that any description of its many good qualities is needless. We give below short cul- 

 tural directions. For complete cultural notes see our book, Dreer'i Hints on the Growing of Bulbs. Price, 25 cts., or free to customers if 

 asked for at the time of ordering. 



Outdoor Culture.— The bulbs may be planted 

 from October to December. They succeed in any good, 

 well-drained garden soil. Set the bulbs so that the tops 

 will be 3 or 4 inches below the surface and 6 to 10 

 inches apart. Before very severe weather comes on cover 

 the beds with straw, leaves or manure, to protect them 

 from the frost; this should be removed when danger 

 from hard frost is past in the spring. 



Pot Culture. —Plantings may be made at any 

 time from September to December. A light, rich soil, or 

 Prepared Bulb Fibre, is most suitable. Use a 4- or 

 5-inch pot (or several bulbs may be planted together 

 in larger pots or bulb pans) and have the tops of the 

 bulbs just above the surface. After potting give a good 

 watering, and set away in a cool cellar or outhouse and 

 cover with coal ashes or some litter, until thoroughly 

 rooted. They may then be brought as wanted for a 

 succession of flowers into the house, keeping them in a 

 very cool light room until the flower spikes are devel- 

 oped, when they may be placed wherever wanted. 



Dutch Roman or Miniature Hyacinths 



These are small bulbs of the single-flowering Dutch Hyacinths, and 

 quite distinct from the French Romans, of which there is no crop this 

 year, and excellent for growing in pans, pots or boxes, in soil or prepared 

 fibre, blooming early and freely. They may be planted close together in 

 the pans, pots or boxes, or in beds in the open ground, with charming 

 effect. The bulbs we offer average 5 inches in circumference, and must 

 not be confounded with smaller unnamed sorts. 



La Grandesse. 



Dutch Roman 



OR Miniature 



Hyacinths 



Gertrude. Deep rose. 

 Gigantea. Soft blush or shell pink. 

 La Victoire. Brilliant rosy-crimson. 

 General Vetter. Creamy blush white. 



Price. Any of the above named varieties, 12 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; 

 postpaid. Forwarding charges at 1000 rate at customers' expense. 



L 'Innocence. 

 Grand Maitre 

 King of the Blues. 

 Queen of the Blues 



Snow white. 

 Purest white. 

 Deep porcelain-blue. 

 Rich, deep blue. 

 Silvery azure-blue. 



3.50 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. Prices of each, doz. and 100, 



Dreer's Collections of Named Hyacinths 



The following collections are made up of Selected Bulbs, of such varieties as are especially suited for growing in pots. Complete 

 cultural directions are given in "Dreer's nints on the Growing of Bulbs." Copies free to customers. 



PRIZE WINNING COLLECTION OF 

 EXHIBITION HYACINTHS 



While all the named Hyacinths offered are strictly first class in 

 every particular, the twelve single flowering sorts in this collection 

 are supplied in largest sized bulbs and always produce massive 

 well-filled spikes, and are invariably included in the winning sets 

 at the various exhibitions. Price, $3.00, postpaid. 



SPECIAL COLLECTION OF HYACINTHS 

 FOR POT CULTURE 



Twelve distinct sorts, 9 singles and 3 doubles. Our selection 



$2.50, postpaid. 



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