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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, 



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Dreer's Perfect Pansies 



Pansies are too well known to require any description, 

 as they are favorites with all. For best results you must 

 start with a good strain. The finest Pansies are, as a rule, 

 shy seeders, which accounts for the difference in the price 

 of the various mixtures offered. 



Pansy seed germinates and the plants grow 

 more freely in the cool, early days of spring, and 

 for summer-blooming should be sown by the 

 latter part of April, or early in May, in the 

 vicinity of Philadelphia. A soil containing a 

 proportion of leaf mould, well enriched with 

 well-decayed cow manure, will be the most 

 satisfactory for the growing of this flower, and 

 it should be well dug and made fine and level. 



Sow the seed in drills, covering them not more 

 than four times their diameter and firming the 

 soil well above them. The seeds germinate in from 

 eight to twelve days, and should not be allowed 

 to dry out during this period. Covering the seed bed 

 with newspapers will prevent this and hasten some- 

 what the period of germination. 



As soon as the plants are up and large enough to handle, they 

 should be thinned out or transplanted to stand nine inches apart 

 in the rows. Thorough cultivation should be given from the 

 start, as Pansies will not thrive when obliged to share the beds 

 with a mass of weeds. 



It is a mistake to plant Pansies in the shade of a tree or build- 

 ings. An open exposure, where the wind has a free sweep over the 

 bed is far better, and Pansies so planted are free from the long, 

 straggling branches which produce few and inferior flowers. 

 During dry weather the bed should be watered daily. 



PANSIES IN MIXTURE 



PER PKT. 



3512 Cassier's Giant. A grand mixture of the finest 

 blotched varieties; splendid in every way, being large 

 in size and rich in coloring. f oz., 75 cts $0 25 



3517 Mme. Perret. A beautiful strain, which originated 

 with a French specialist; flowers of large size, borne 

 very freely in great diversity of colors, especially rich in 

 red and wine shades. § oz., 75 cts 25 



3513 Giant Parisian. Of very large size and containing 

 a great many fancy colors. -| oz., 60 cts 15 



3515 English Finest Mixed. \ oz., 50 cts 10 



3520 Good Mixed. All colors. £ oz., 40 cts 10 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES 



!e have discarded the ordinary Pansies in separate colors in favor of this type, which produces very large flowers, plants of strong 



Royal Exhibition Pansy 



per PKT. 



3510 Dreer's Royal Exhibition. This is our finest 

 mixture, both as regards size, texture and colorings. 

 Special packets of 2000 seeds, $1.50; regular packet. .$0 50 



3514 Dreer's Premium. This mixture comprises a large 

 number of colorings, and is intended to supply the want 

 of a first-class mixture at a moderate price, i oz., $1 .00. 



3516 Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). Petals conspicuously 

 curled or waved. The range of color is very extensive, 

 the rich, dark, velvety shades predominating, f oz., 

 $1.00 



3500 Giant Trimardeau. All colors. Peri oz., 50 cts. 



25 



robust growth, and well adapted to the trying conditions of our climate 



PER PKT. 



3481 Giant Adonis. Lavender blue. . $0 10 



3482 Giant Cardinal. Rich red 10 



3488 Giant Golden Queen. Pure, rich yellow 10 



3493 Giant Royal Blue. Rich, royal blue ... 10 



PER PKT. 



3491 Giant Lord Beaconsfleld. Deep purple violet, 



shading to white $0 10 



3496 Giant Snow Queen. Pure snow white 10 



3497 Giant White. Pure white, with purple eye 10 



3498 Giant Yellow. Rich yellow, with dark centre 10 



3499 Collection containing a packet each of above 8 sorts, 60 cts. 



TUFTED PANSIES, OR VIOLAS 



While the flowers of the Tufted Pansies are not so large as the regular type, yet they bloom so freely that they are superior to 

 pansies where effect is wanted, the colors being particularly clear and distinct; they also bloom for a longer time. Seed sown in April 

 produce flowering plants by June, and from then on until frost they are a sheet of bloom; 8 inches. 



4405 White Perfection. A fine pure white $0 15 



PER PKT. 



4401 Papilio (Butterfly Violet). Lovely violet-lilac $0 15 



4402 Lutea Splendens. Rich golden yellow 15 



4403 Blue Perfection. Deep purplish blue 15 



4410 Mixed. A splendid mixture of the best varieties. 



£ oz., 75 cts 10 



The Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas offered with other Specialties on pages 52 to 62 are up to date in every way 



