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Shirley Poppy. 



"Winter -flowering 



Stock 

 BEAUTY OF NICE. 



This belongs to the Biompton section, 

 and can be used for summer-flowering, but 

 it is for winter-flowering that it is most 

 valuable. Seed sown April to June will 

 produce flowering plants by September, and -. 

 from then on until late spring it forms one t 

 of the most striking plants in the green- 

 house or conservatory, producing large ' . _ . 

 spikes of immense individual flowers of ~^^^Sb-™"™* 



an exquisite shade of flesh-pink, which 

 are deliciously fragrant. 25 cts. per pkt. 



New Iceland Poppies. 



Cut and Come 



Again Stocks. 



The finest of all the 10-weeks Stocks 



for cutting purposes, the strong main stem 



«MT»--t-i.-»-»^^™^™i ^""^ numerousside branches providing a 



fSi^SP:'. .l^AsKM2^3^B^HI great amount of cutting material. We 



offer below, in addition to the well- 



- ■'!'frT^*tX"ir^^Jflt^H^W/ known white variety, Princess Alice, 



three new colors, grown for us by a 



specialist whose produce rarely fails to 



produce 90 per cent, of plants bearing 



•> •"'««," ^^^^^ P double flowers Per Pkt 



'3^ 'fesSii'K/ ^^^^^W 1 Princess Alice. Pure snow-white.. 10 



- ^''^^WrjA^T^^^^^^^m ^ ^^ France. .Silvery-rose 15 



^•'^C'^wIl wfetitf^^^^^^P Brilliant. Fiery blood-red ..1-5 



'y^.'^S^Lj^JT&.t wil^^^ ^P Sapphire. 1 >.irk blue .15 



^^■5Sc*fi*Olj»Kt^Ml^^p Finest flixed Colors 10 



'W>^ rVa A^i^^^^ ^ packet each of the 4 colors, 40 cts. 



'■&?S"J^3CS^^^ ' STOKESIA CYANEA. 



-■^-rtf **m. MTf- _^T*s^-^ (Stokes' or Cornflower Aster.) 



j^ ijygjjjjjrawMljB^^^ 5 While not new, this is a rare and beau- 



^Fjf^^^^ j tiful hardy perennial, and was shown in 



^jtamv , colors on our last year's catalogue cover. 



The plant grows about 24 inches high, 



"J'^^yiWg'H^^ttjiKjft bearing from 20 to 30 handsome laven- 



! j'-Tu'aSipfe^^^Bi^^^??^ der-blue cornflower-like blossoms ; in 



bloom from July till frost. 15 cts. per 

 CuTAND Come Again Stock. pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 Cls. 



Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies. 



Shown in colors on the front cover of this booI<. 



This is an extra select strain of these charming Poppies. They are single 

 and occasionally semi-double, and range in color from the purest glistening 

 white through the most delicate sliades and lints of pale pink, rose and carmine 

 to the deepest crimson and blood-red, while many are daintily edged and 

 striped. In fact, so varied are they that scarcely any two flowers are exactly 

 alike. 



They .should l)e sown in the open border where they are to remain ; very 

 thinly and barely covered, preferably after a shower or in cloudy weather ; 

 they come up in a few days and are soon a mass of bloom. It is well to make 

 several sowings at intervals in the same bed to keep up a succession of bloom. 

 The flowers, if picked just before expanding, will last for several days. 10 cts. 

 per pkt.; 3 pkts., 25 cts.; 50 cts. per dz. 



DWARF SHIRLEY POPPY. 



These are identical in every way to the above, except in height, growing only 

 18 inches high, and suitable for many places where the taller-growing variety 

 would be unsuited. 10 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts , 25 cts.; 60 cls. per oz. 



NEV/ HYBRID 



ICELAND POPPIES. 



beautiful new hybrids of this lovely hardy species. 

 The colors vary from sulphur-yellow through differ- 

 ent shades of orange to chamois and salmony-rose. 

 In most cases the coloring is most intense on the 

 outside of the petals, thus showing oft ihe new 

 colors to gre.itest advantage ; as desirable 

 for the hardy border as they are for cutting. 

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



THE GOLDEN POPPY. 



In this novelty we have a distinct break 

 from existing sorts. The golden foliage of 

 the plants in the young state look exactly 

 like the well-known Pyrelhrum aureum, or 

 Golden Feather, and are quite ornamental 

 from the start. After the flowers are pro- 

 duced, which are quite double and of various 

 red shades, the effect is very novel. The 

 plants grow about a foot high, and the flow- 

 ers are thrown well above the golden foliage. 

 As easy to grow as an ordinary Poppy. 15 

 CIS. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. 



Stokesia Cvanea. 



