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DREER'S SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS 



Stately, majestic, haidy plants, from 6 to 8 feet high, which are 

 a necessary part of every old fashioned garden, and should also find 

 a place interspersed with shrubbery, as ciumps on the lawn or in the 

 mixed border, where their colossal spikes of bloom produce bold and showy 

 effects, which cannot be secured with any other flowering, plant. 



Tl;e Hollyhock requires a deeply dug, well-drained soil, enriched with 

 thoroughly decayed manure, and should be liberally supplied with water 

 during dry weather. A slight protection throughout the winter will be 

 beneficial. An occasional spraying with Bordeaux mixture, which should 

 be applied early in the growing se.nson, usually prevents the disease, which 

 is prevalent in some localities. We offer the best Double, Fringed and 

 Single sorts as under. 



Double White Double Yellow Double riaroon 



Double Rose Double Red Double Mixed 



Newport Pink. A chaiming variety, for which we were awarded a 

 certificate of meiit by the Royal Horticultuial Society of England. It is 

 of strong, vigorous habit, producing colossai spiked of very double pure 

 pink flowers, a shade that is eagerly sought for in all classes of plants. 



Allegheny. Mammoth flowers, wonderfully formed of loosely arranged 

 fringed petals. The colors vary from the palest shrimp-pink to deep 

 red. Mixed colors only. 



Single. Many prefer the single-flowering Hollyhocks. They are usually 

 of freer growth than the doubles, and present a very handsome appear- 

 ance when covered with their artistic blossoms. We can supply in 

 mixed colors only. 



Price. Any of the above, 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100. 



DREER'S inPERIAL 



JAPANESE IRIS (Ws Kaempferi) 



The improved forms of this beautiful flower have placed them in the 

 same rank popularly as the Hardy Phloxes and Peonies. Coming into 

 flower about the middle of June, and continuing for five or six weeks, they 

 fill in a period when flowers of this attractive type are particularly 

 welcome. 



They succeed in almost any soil and position, but like rich soil and 

 plenty of water when they are forming their buds and developing their 

 flowers. 



Valuable as cut flowers, for which purpose they should be cut in the bud 

 state, permitting tlie blooms to expand after being placed in water. 



Order by name or number. 

 Ko. 



3 Kosui-no-iro. Violet-blue veined white, 6 petals. 



4 Yonio=no=unii. A fine free-flowering early creamy-white, 6 petals. 



Newport Pink Hollyhock 

 No. 



15 Qekka-no=nanii. Very early pure white. 



16 Kummoma=no=SOra. Silvery- white suffused with 

 soft light blue. 



44 Yoshirao. Creamy-white delicately veined with 

 violet, 6 petals. 



55 Shuchiukwa. Crimson-purple, with large white 

 veins and centre. 



60 Kagariba. Silvery- white, traced and marbled ultra- 

 marine-blue, 6 petals. 



86 Sei=0=b0. Pure white, the minor petals marked 

 with purple. 



9i Komochi=guma. Rich, velvety pansy violet. 



97 Shiro=fungen. Light ground, suffused throughout 

 with bluish-violet, with darker veinings. 



105 Nagano. Rich violet-purple, shaded with blue, 6 

 petals. 



109 Hosokawa. Rich purple with white veinings. 



Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; 

 $25.00 per 100. Set of 12 sorts for $3.50. 



Japanese Iris in Mixture 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15- 00 per 100. 



Japanese Iris 



