I HEHRTADREER -PHIIADELPH^ M- m FLOWER SEED ffOVEUIES 



THE CRIMSOIS FOUNTAIN GRASS. 



(Pennisetiiin JIacrophyllum Atxosanguineum.) 



This beautiful ornamental grass grows about 4 feet high, forming graceful 

 symmetrical plants, with foliage of a rich, deep coppery- bronze, and bearing 

 tawny-crimson plumes. For interspersing among other ornamental grasses, for 

 bordering a bed of Cannas or Caladiums, or as a specimen on the lawn or in the 

 mixed hardy border, this is sure to become a favorite at once. We control 

 the entire stock of it, both seeds and plants. Seed, 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts., 

 $1.00. See also illustration and offer of plants on page 103. 



THREE NEW VARIETIES 



OF PRIMUEA OBCONICA. 



Primula obconica and its varieties are among the most useful winter and 

 spring-blooming plants for the house or conservatory. They invariably give 

 complete satisfaction, and new varieties of merit are sure to meet with a cordial 

 reception. The varieties offered below have decided merit, and will no doubt be 

 given a permanent place in future lists. 

 Compacta. Identical in ali respects to the type, varying in color from soft 



lilac to pink, but of dwarf, compact growth, making it an exceedinrfly neat 



and attractive plant, and especially valuable for table decoration. Our illus- 

 tration, t.-xken from a photograph, gives a correc'- 



idea of its habit. 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts 

 Oculata. A new selection, having smo 



or fringed petals, but all with decided 



dark lilac or dark brown eyes. 



other high-colored varieties of 



primrose, these develop tht 



colors best when grown cool. 



20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts., 50 cts. 

 Fringed Carmine. A fine 



large-flowering fringed variety, 



with flowers of a brilliant car- 

 mine. This variety has been 



much improved the past two 



seasons, the rich color being now 



brighter and more constant. 20 



cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts., 50 cts. 

 A pkt. each of the above 3 variet 

 for 50 cts. 



Petunia Rosy Morn. 



Primula Obconica Compacta. 



New Dwarf Large-flowered Schizanthus. 



Petunia 



Rosy 3Iom* 



Petunias are one of our most 

 e fl e c t i V e summer-blnoming 

 plants, and this new variety is 

 probably the most striking yet 

 introduced. It belongs to the 

 small free-flowering section, and 

 forms nice bushy fairly dwarf plants, 

 I'hich are covered from early sum- 

 mer till hard frost with brilliant car- 

 mine-pink flowers, with w hite throat 

 and centre. For beds, baskets, vases 

 and the many other uses to which the 

 Petunia lends itself, this is sure to prove attrac- 

 tive. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts., §1 00. 



Dreer's Superb Fringed 

 Petunias. 



We have long been celebrated for our strain of Petunias. Each year the 

 selecting and hybridizing goes on, and the high standard which we set years 

 ago has been kept up, and samples of the finest grades from the European 

 specialists show that thev are years behind us in this important flower. 

 Dreer's Superb Double Fringed. 50 cts. per pkt. 

 Dreer's Superb Single Fringed. 25 cts. per pkt. 



SALVIA PITTIERI. 



A most beautiful and striking new variety from the mountains of Costa 

 Rica, readily grown from seed, forming in a short time bushy plants 2 to 2'i- 

 feet high, with clear green triangular foliage and bearing innumerable 

 spikes of flowers, each spike carrying from 120 to 150 blossoms of a daz- 

 zling scarlet, which expand in succession from July to October. The 

 individual flowers are over an inch long, set in a bronzy calyx. This nov- 

 elty is likely to prove invaluable for bedding in our climate. We control the 

 entire stock of seed, which is ver)' limited. 35 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts., $1.00. 



New Dwarf Earge-flowered Schizanthus. 



The Schizanthus has been called the " poor man's orchid " on account of 

 their easy culture and resemi^lance in form and variety of coloring to some 

 of the Floral Aristocrats. The novelty here offered forms compact pyra- 

 midal plants a foot high and literally covered with large, beautiful orchid- 

 like flowers in a bewildering range of color. May be sown out of doors in 

 spring where they are to remain, or started inside and transplanted when 

 the weather is suitable. A sowing made in the autumn, putting 3 to 5 

 plants in a 5 or 6-inch pot, will give an abundance of bloom through the 

 winter. 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts., 50 cts. 



