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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, 



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Wild Garden Annual Flower Seeds 



Under this heading we offer a mixture of the easiest and surest growing 

 annual kinds that can be sown broadcast, and with little or no care will 

 produce a bright effect in places that would otherwise be nothing but a 

 collection of unsightly weeds, and furnishing an abundance of flowers for 

 cutting. In sowing this seed broadcast it is advisable to rake the surface 

 of the place intended to be sown with a sharp toothed rake, and to mix 

 the seed with 5 to 10 times its bulk of dry sand or what is better wheat 

 flour or corn meal, when thoroughly mixed it allows for an even distribu- 

 tion of the seed. per pkt. 

 4550 Dwarf Sorts. Growing from 12 to 18 inches high, 30 cts. 



per oz.; $1.00 per i lb.; $3.00 per lb $0 10 



4560 Tall Sorts. Growing from 18 to 36 inches high, 30 cts. per 



oz.; $1.00 per i lb.; $3.00 per lb , 10 



Xeranthemum 



(Everlasting, or Immortelle) 



4433 Annuum. One of the prettiest 

 and most satisfactory of the 

 Everlastings, bearing an abun- 

 dance of bright rose, purple and 

 white flowers, which are not 

 only showy in the garden, but 

 very useful as dried flowers in 

 winter bouquets. Grows about 

 3 feet high, and can be sown in 

 the open ground early 

 in May, growing read- 

 ily in any open, sunny \, 

 position, remaining in >f 

 bloom from early sum- .Jfl 

 mer till frost. Mixed 

 colors. \ oz., 30 cts $0 10 



Everlasting Flowers 



2469 To meet the growing demand 

 for these for use in winter bou- 

 quets we have made up a collec- 

 tion containing a packet each 

 of the best eight varieties. 

 Price, 50 cts. 



Xeranthemum 



Zinnia Curled and 



Zinnia Mexicana Perfection 



DREER'S 

 CHOICE ZINNIAS 



(Youth and Old Age) 



The Zinnia is one of the most brilliant, showy 

 and satisfactory of annuals, and has long been a 

 general favorite, and are now enjoying a wide 

 popularity not only for garden decoration but also 

 for cutting. The seed can be sown early in the 

 hotbed or light window and transplanted, or sown 

 later in the open ground. They come into flower 

 early in the summer, and keep on blooming until 

 frost. 



The Giant and Dahlia flowered sorts are es- 

 pecially fine although all of the varieties offered 

 on this and pages 117 and 118 are well worth 

 growing. per pkt. 



4440 Curled and Crested. The petals of this beautiful 

 strain are twisted, curled and crested into the most 

 fantastic and graceful forms. The colors comprise all 

 the brilliant shades characteristic of the Zinnia. (See 

 cut.) i oz., 40 cts $0 10 



4481 Mexicana Perfection. A very dwarf variety, bearing 

 small double flowers of unusual colorings; makes a beauti- 

 ful border. (See cut.) 



4485 Red Riding Hood. This little gem grows but a foot 

 high; of compact form and covered the entire season 

 with little button-like, intense scarlet, very double flowers 

 not over an inch across; as a border it is highly effective. 

 J oz., 30 cts 



4490 Single Mixed. For bedding these are very effective, 

 and are by many considered more artistic than the double- 

 flowering sorts. \ oz., 25 cts 



4500 Tall Double. The old-fashioned tall-growing double- 

 flowering variety; 3 feet; mixed colors. Per oz., 40 cts. . 



4510 Zebra. A very pretty strain with striped flowers. As 

 the colors vary on each plant, they present a curious as 

 well as a beautiful appearance. \ oz., 25 cts 



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The leading varieties of Zinnias are offered on pages 117 and 118 



