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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



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PETUNIAS 



For outdoor decoration or house culture few plants equal the 

 Petunia in effectiveness. They commence flowering early and 

 continue a sheet of bloom throughout the whole season until 

 killed by frost; easily cultivated, only requiring a good soil and 

 sunny position. We have long been celebrated for our mag- 

 nificent strains of both the single and double varieties, which we 

 endeavor to improve each year by careful selection and hybridi- 

 zation. We have tested samples received from the leading 

 Petunia specialists of the world, and can safely say without fear 

 of contradiction that our strain is the best that can be 

 secured from any source at any price. 



Double Earge-flowering Petunias 



Note. — It is well known that seed saved from the most 

 carefully hybridized flowers produce but a small percent- 

 age of double flowers, the balance being single of unusu- 

 ally fine quality. The weaker seedlings should be care- 

 fully saved, as these invariably produce the finest double 

 flowers. The same is true of the single sorts, the large, 

 strong seedlings usually being weedy, while the, at first, 

 weaker seedlings produce the very finest flowers, of best 

 colorings. It is best to sow Petunias indoors and trans- 

 plant to the open in May. The Single Bedding kinds can 

 be sown right out of doors in May. 



PER PKT. 



3590 Dreer's Superb Double=fringed. Saved from 

 our own unrivalled collection; will produce a large 

 percentage of double flowers of the largest fringed 

 varieties in bright colors and tints. (See cut.) Per 

 500 seeds, $1.25 50 



3587 Double Large=fIowering. Beautiful varieties in 

 mixture. Not our own saving, but the best that money 

 can buy from other sources. Per 500 seeds, 75 cts. . . 25 



3577 



Dreer's Superb Double-fkinged Petunia 



Single Earge-flowering Petunias 



PER PKT. 



Dreer's Superb Single-fringed Petunias 



3580 Dreer's Superb Large=f lowering Fringed. 



Our own saving from the finest flowers; of very large 

 size and beautiful shape; deep-throated and of varied 

 and brilliant colors; and beautifully fringed. (See cut. ) 25 



3576 Qiant of California. Flowers very large, in great 

 variety of colors and markings, with deep yellow 



throats 2 r > 



Ruffled Giant. Flowers of extraordinary size and sub- 

 stance, and distinguished from the large flowering fringed 

 section by the deep fluting, giving the appearance as if arti- 

 ficially ruffled 25 



3578 Fringed Ruffled Giant. This differs from the preceding 

 in having, in addition to the rufflin g, a very fine fringed edging, 

 making a very handsome flower 35 



SINGLE-BEDDING PETUNIAS 



3564 Howard's Star. A beautiful free-flowering strain, color 

 crimson-maroon with a clearly-defined five-pointed star of 

 blush- white. For bedding, baskets, vases, etc., this is excep- 

 tionally fine. \ oz., 50 cts 15 



3566 Rosy Morn. Soft ca; mine-pink with white throat; makes . 

 a very dainty and at the same lime effective border. J oz., 



75 cts 15 



3565 Brilliant. Beautiful and effective compact variety; flowers 

 brilliant carmine-pink. - £ oz., 75 cts 15 



3561 Dwarf Inimitable. "Star Petunia," compact growing 

 variety; flowers cherry-red with a white centre. £ oz., 50 cts. 10 



3562 Snowball. A fine compact sort, producing its pure satiny- 

 white flowers throughout the entire season. \ oz., 50 cts. . . 10 



3563 Pure White. Desirable for cemetery beds or where large 

 masses of white are wanted, grows 12 to 15 inches high. Where 

 a more compact sort is wanted we recommend "Snowball." 



$ oz., 30 cts 10 



3567 Striped and Blotched. A good strain of the small-flow- 

 ering type; beautifully striped and blotched flowers; fine for 

 massing. \ oz. , 50 cts. 10 



3570 Fine Mixed. Good bright colors. \ oz., 30 cts 5 



Our " Incomparable " collection of Sweet Peas is extra choice. See Specialties, pages 50 to 59 



