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HENE7 A. DBEEE, PhUadelphia, Pa. 



dreer's royal exhibition pansy 



PANSIES. Dreer's Royal Exhibition. Our finest mixture. 

 Unexcelled for size, coloring and texture. Special packet of 

 about 2000 seeds, $i.oo; 5000 seeds, $2.00; regular packet . 



Dreer's Premium Mixture. Seed saved from first-class 

 flowers only. 5^oz.,75cts . 



Mme. Perret. A new French strain ; flowers of large size; 

 specially rich in red shades. ^oz.,75Cts. ........ 



Masterpiece. A remarkable type, each petal being conspicu- 

 ously curled or waved ; mixed colors. Ya oz., 75 cts. .... 



Catsler's Qiant. A mixture of the finest blotched varieties . 



Giant Parisian. Of large size and containing a great many 

 fancy colors and color combinations. Per }4 oz., 75 cts. . . 



English Finest Mixed. Per 5^ oz., 50 cts 



Good Mixed. All colors. Per J^ oz., 25 cts, 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES. The largest flowering of 

 all ; of strong, robust growth and well adapted to the trying 

 conditions of our climate. 



Black 10 I Yellow. With dark eye . 



Striped 10 Emperor William. Blue . 



White. With dark eye . . 10 | Fire King. Brown and gold 



Finest Mixed. A splendid range of colors. Per X oz., 5° cts. 

 A package each of the above six Giant Pansies 



PANSIES IN SEPARATE COLORS. 



Adonis. Soft lavender-blue 



Andromeda. Apple blossom pink, suffused rosy lilac . . . 



Cardinal. The nearest approach to a bright red 



Emperor Franz Joseph. Pure white, with five large violet- 

 blue blotches 



Emperor William. Brilliant ultramarine blue 



Paast (King 0/ the Blacks). Almost black 



Golden Yellow. With dark eye ....... 



Kaiser Frederick. Velvety brown, edged red and yellow . 



Lord Beaconsfield. Deep purple-violet, shading to white on 

 the upper petals 



Mahogany Colored. Rich and velvety 



Mauve Queen. A new, distinct, delicate mauve variety ; 

 three lower petals blotched carmine 



Peacock. Upper petals beautiful blue, lower petals a deep 

 claret, with white margins 



Psyche. Five velvety-violet blotches, relieved by a broad 

 margin of white ; exquisite 



Sno-w (^ueen {Candidissima). Satiny white 



White. With dark eye 



Yellow Gem. Pure yellow 



Collection. 6 varieties (our selection) 



Collection. 12 varieties (our selection) 



PENTSTE.WON (BeardTongue). Highly useful and attractive 

 hardy perennials, and much used in the hardy border. 



Barbatus Torreyi. Brilliant coral red 



Digitalis. White flowers, with purple throat 



Pubescens. Spikes of bright rosy-purple flowers 



Pulchellus hybridus. Varying from rosy-white and chamois 

 to purple and violet with pure white or veined throats . . . 



Sensation. A splendid strain of geniianoides hybrids ; fine 

 spikes of gloxinia-like flowers, in a fine range of colors . . 



Mixed. A great variety of kinds and colors 



40 



75 



Per Pkt. 

 PHLOX Hardy Perennial. Our collection of these is the 

 most extensive in the world. Seed should be sown as soon 

 as ripe in late September. Order now and we will send as 

 soon as ripe. Mixed colors, y^ oz., 50 cts 10 



PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA {False Dragon Head). One of 

 the prettiest hardy perennials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 

 feet high and bearing freely during the summer months 

 spikes of delicate tubular flowers, not unlike a gigantic 

 heather 10 



PLATYCODON (Chinese Bell Flower). One of the best hardy 

 perennials, prooucing flowers the whole season. 

 Grandiflorum. Large steel-blue flowers. Per 5^ oz., 25 cts. 5 



— Album. Pure white variety. Per J;:^ oz., 25 cts 5 



Mariesi. Rich violet blue ; plant dwarf and compact. Per % 



oz., 25 cts 5 



Japonicus Fl. PI. (Double Japanese Bell Floiver). Wonder- 

 fully free flowering, bearing large, double, glossy, deep-blue 

 flowers . 15 



POPPIES. Hardy Perennial Sorts. 

 Bracteatum. Ve-y large orange-scarlet flowers. PerJ^oz., 

 20 cts 5 



Iceland (P. Nudicaule) . Of graceful, neat habit, with bright 

 green fern-like foliage, formed in tufts, from which issue 

 slender stalks about 12 inches in height, bearing flowers in 

 endless profusion. 



—Bright Yellow 10 I Orange Scarlet 10 



— Pure White 10 | Double Scarlet 10 



— Finest Mixed. All colors. Per K o^-, 25 cts 10 



— New Hybrid. Thelatest development in this lovely species, 



varying in color from sulphur-yellow to salmony-rose ... 15 



Orientate ( The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming sum- 

 mer-flowering hardy plant, producing numerous leafy stems 

 about ■2V2 feet high, with large orange-scarlet flowers, having 

 a conspicuous black blotch on each petal ; exceedingly 



showy. Per 5^ oz., 25 cts 10 



— Hybrids. Beautiful new hybrids of the Oriental Poppy, 

 producing flowers of immense size, 6 inches and over in 

 diameter, and of many novel colors, such as salmon, pink, 



cherry, etc. Per ^ oz., 50 cts .... 15 



— Mammoth. A new variety, bearing immense glowing scar- 

 let flowers .... 20 



POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatlor). Showy, hardy, early 

 spring free-flowering plants. 



English. All colors mixed. Per J{ oz., 50 cts 



Gold Laced. Very showy and attractive 



POLYGONUM COMPACTUM (Knotweed). A fine hardy per- 

 ennial, 15 inches high, covered during the autumn with 

 foamy white flowers 



PRIMULA SINENSIS (Chinese Fringed Primrose!. 



Alba Magnifica. The finest pure white 



Covent Garden Red. Large rosy-red 



Rosy Morn. Beautiful delicate pink 



Holborn Blue. Unique shade 



Double Flowering. Finest varieties, mixed 



Fern-leaved, Finest Mixed 



Stellata. A very pretty form with large heads of star-shaped 



flowers of various colors; splendid for decorative purposes 

 Dreer's Choicest Mixed. This mixture contains nothing 



but the finest sorts, and cannot fail to give entire satisfaction 



5 

 15 



25 

 25 



50 

 50 

 25 



25 



ORIENTAL POPPY 



For complete list and cultural notes see our Garden Book for 1910 



