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SPECIALTIES IN FLOWEt SEED! 



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Dreer's Eschscholtzias or California Poppies 



This beautiful and brilliant annual has been greatly improved in recent years as a result of the painstaking efforts of the hybridizers, 

 and we now have, in addition to the usual yellow sorts, many beautiful and unusual colors. 



Seed may be sown at any time during the spring, the earlier the better where they are to remain as they do not stand transplanting. 

 They will grow nicely and bloom profusely over a long season in any sunny position and in almost any kind of soil, although they prefer 

 a light sandy one. As a subject for beds of anj' size or as a border, their finely cut, blue-green foliage, and glossy flowers of satin-Uke 

 texture, make them one of the most desirable annuals. As cut flowers they are verj' artistic, and when used for this purpose, should be cut 

 when in bud. Plants grow about one foot high by as much across. We offer below and illustrate on the plate opposite sis of the very 

 best and most distinct sorts. For complete list of varieties, see page 87. 



OZ. PKT. 



2423 Aiirantiaca (No. 1). This is the richest 



golden-yellow variety; very effective SO 20 



2422 Chrome Queen (No. 2). Rich chrome yel- 

 low lightly suffused with apricot; a beautiful 

 color 25 



2425 Crimson King (No. 6). A very striking and 



effective rich carmine-crimson 30 



SO 05 



10 



10 



2424 Rosy Queen (No. 4). Outside of petals flesh- 

 pink, inside creamy-white; petals prettily flutedSO 25 SO 10 



2431 The Geisha (No. 5). Outside of petals bright 

 orangj' scarlet; inside rich golden orange; a 

 most brilliant oriental color combination ... . 40 IS 



2435 Vesuvius (No. 3). Glistening wallflower or 



coppery red; very rich ' 30 10 



2439 Collection containing a packet each of the above 6 beautiful sorts. 50 cts. 



2436 Collection of i oz. each of the 6 sorts for 81.50. 



2437 New Hybrids Mixed. This mixture has been saved from a number of new sorts of wonderful variety of coloring including 

 wallflower-red, old gold, fire-red, chestnut, cream, and also includes some each of the sorts offered above and illustrated on 

 the colored plate opposite. 10 cts. per pkt.; 30 cts. per j oz.; SI -00 per oz. 



THE CARDINAL CLIMBER 



(Ipomoea Quamoclit Hybrida) 



2158 We named and introduced this glorious and absolutely distinct annual chmber in 1912, and it is now generally considered the 

 most beautiful and brilliant annual climber ever sent out. It is a strong and rapid grower, attaining a height of 30 feet or more, 

 with beautififl fern-like foHage, and literally covered with a blaze of circular cardinal-red flowers from mid-summer till frost. 

 The flowers, about Ij inches in diameter, are borne in clusters of 5 to 7 each. Like other Ipomoeas, it delights in a warm, 

 sunny situation and good soil. The seed may be started indoors in March or April, in a temperature of not less than 70 

 degrees, but ic is just as well to wait until the weather gets warm and settled and then sow out of doors. Packets contain- 

 ing about 25 seeds each, 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts. 



NEW EARLY AND LATE I>OUBLE- FLOWERING COSMOS 



Some years since a few indi\'idual plants of late-flowering Cosmos showed 

 evidence of producing double flowers, but it has taken a great deal of care 

 and patience to perfect the strain now offered. The flowers vary consider- 

 ably in their degree of doubleness, as shown in our illustration, some 

 being absolutely double, while others have a frill or coUar surrounding the 

 double disc, and while we think this is the most artistic, they are beautiful 

 in either form and of high value for cutting and gar- 

 den decoration. 



A strain of the earlj' blooming Cosmos with double 

 flowers has also been developed and we offer both '~ ■ 

 types. The late-flowering variety may be expected 

 to produce the largest percentage of doubles and the 

 finest blooms, but for localities north of New York, 

 the early flowering type is recommended. The plants 

 have somewhat heavier, less cut foliage than the regu- ■ 

 lar single-flowering type, so that the fact that they 

 will produce double flowers can be determined by the 

 foliage when the seedlings are quite small. 



Early-flowering Double Sorts 



2076 Early Double Crimson. 



2077 Early Double Pink. 



2078 Early Double White. 

 25 cts. per packet or a packet each of the three colors for 60 cts. 



2080 Early Double Mixed. All colors 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts. 

 for 50 cts. 



Late-flowering Double Sorts 



2081 Late Double Crimson. 



2082 Late Double Pink. 

 2084 Late Double White. 



20 cts. Der pkt. or a pkt. each of the three colors for 50 cts. i-, - ^ 



^ ^ Double-flower; .N'G Cosmos 



