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NENRYADREER-PHIlADEIiPHIAfAW/REllABLE-FLOWER SEEDS 



DREER'S MAMMOTH VERBENAS. 



We have been carefully selecting and improving this fine strain of 

 Verbenas for years, and can recommend it as the very best procurable. 

 The trusses and individual flowers are of the largest size, of brilliant 

 colors, free-blooming and of vigorous habit. For best and quickest 

 results seed should be sown early in the house or hot bed, and trans- 

 planted to flowering quarters in May. If sown outdoors in May, it 

 blooms from the end of July on. Verbenas are better grown from seed 

 than from cuttings, being more vigorous and not liable to disease. 



(See CUt. ) PER PKT. PER PKT. 



4351 Pink 10 



4352 Purple 10 



4353 Scarlet 10 



4354 Striped 10 



4355 White 10 



4356 Blue 10 



4365 



Dreer's Mammoth Verbenas 



TRIXOMA. 



(Red-hot Poker, Flame Flower, or 

 Torch Lily.) 



PER PKT. 



The introduc- 



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4330 Hybrida 



tion of new, continuous 



flowering Tritomas has given 



them a prominent place 



among hardy beddingplants. 



It is not generally known 



that they are readily grown 



from seed, many flowering 



the first year if sown early. The seed we offer has been 



saved from our own collection, which is undoubtedly the 



finest in this country. Of course, for immediate results 



it will be better to get plants, but raising them from seed 



is highly interesting. 2 pkts. , 25 cts 15 



TUNICA. 



4335 Saxif raga. A neat, tufted hardy perennial plant, grow- 

 ing but a few inches high and bearing throughout the 

 entire season numerous elegant pink flowers. Will thrive 

 anywhere, but is especially adapted for the rockery or the 

 margin of the hardy border; blooms the first season. ... 10 



VALERIANA (Valerian). 



4340 Rubra, Mixed. Showy, hardy border plants, produc- 

 ing large corymbs of red or white flowers; fine for bou- 

 quets; mixed; 2 feet. J- oz., 25 cts. 5 



VINC A (Madagascar Periwinkle, or Old Maid). 

 Ornamental free-blooming plants and one of the most satisfac- 

 tory flowering bedding plants we have. It is best to start the seed 

 early indoors or in a hot-bed, but they begin blooming in August 

 from seed sown out of doors in May, or as soon as the ground is 

 warm, continuing until frost; or they may be potted and kept in 

 bloom through the winter; a fine cut flower, every bud opening 

 when placed in water. 2 feet. (See cut.) 



4381 Rosea. Rose, dark eye 10 



4382 — Alba. White, crimson eye 10 



4383 — Alba Pura. Pure white 10 



4390 — Mixed. All the colors. \ oz., 30 cts ; 5 



4360 Dreer's Mammoth Mixed. \ oz., 50 cts 10 



4359 Collection of Mammoth Verbenas, 6 colors 50 



4361 Hybrida, Fine Mixed. All colors of the older sorts. \ oz., 

 25 cts 5 



VARIOUS VERBENAS. 



4366 Lemon Verbena (Aloysia Citriodora). Every garden 

 should have a few plants of this fragrant favorite. Its pale 

 green delightfully scented foliage goes well with any flower. . 10 

 Erinoides (Moss Verbena). This lovely variety produces 

 a mass of moss-like foliage, spreading over the ground like a 

 carpet, above which are borne heads of purplish-blue and 

 white blossoms in lavish profusion; comes into flower in June 



and continues until frost. 

 For beds, baskets or rock- 

 eries it is highly desirable 10 

 4367 Venosa (Hardy Gar- 

 den Verbena). This 

 variety is largely used for 

 bedding purposes. It is 

 a strong, thrifty grower, 

 about 1 foot high, and 

 covered from early sum- 

 mer until late fall with 

 its bright purplish-helio- 

 trope flowers. \ oz., 30 

 Tagetes (offered on page 115) c { s 5 



V INC AS 



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