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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, 





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Wild Garden Flower Seeds 



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

 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 distribution 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 | 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 

 bloom from early sum- 

 mer till frost. Mixed 

 colors. I 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. 



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Xeranthemum 



Zinnia Curled and Crested 



Zinnia Mexicana Perfection 



DREER'S 



SUPERB ZINNIAS 



The most important varieties of this indispens- 

 able long-flowering annual is offered on page 118; 

 but the sorts offered below should not be over- 

 looked, all being worth while 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 com- 

 prise all the brilliant shades charac- 

 teristic of the Zinnia. (See cut.) 

 \ oz., 40 cts $0 10 



4481 Mexicana Perfection. A very 

 dwarf variety, bearing small double 

 flowers of unusual colorings; makes a 

 beautiful border. (See cut.) 2 pkts., 



25 cts ^ 15 



4484 Picotee. A very pretty mixture, pro- 

 ducing large double fringed flowers in a 

 good range of desirable colors, in the 

 lighter shades each petal is distinctly tipped with maroon 

 while the dark colored flowers are tipped with a light 

 contrasting color, of special value for cutting when the 

 unusual color arrangement can be seen to best advantage. 



T oz., 75 cts IS 



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. 



\ oz., 30 cts 10 



Single Mixed. For bedding these are very effective, 

 and are by many considered more artistic than the double- 

 flowering sorts. \ oz., 25 cts 10 



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

 flowering variety; 3 feet; mixed colors. Per oz., 40 cts.. . 10 

 Victory. A very distinct variety with large densely 

 double quilled flowers, the colors are mostly in russet, 

 orange, old rose and other autumn tints. \ oz., 75 cts. . . 15 

 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 10 



The leading varieties of Zinnias are offered on pages 57 and 118 



