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“HENRY A DREER- PHIIADELDHIA PA's 
cy RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS_ If] 
CINERARIA. 
Beautiful flowering plants for the house or conservatory during the 
spring months. 
Seed should be sown from May to September for succession. 
Where only one sowing is made, July should be preferred. Cinera- 
rias grow so freely that the seedlings may go straight from the seed- 
pans to thumb-pots. After transplanting, place in a cold frame facing 
north, if possible. When the pots become full of roots, shift into 
larger ones till the flowering size is reached. Our prize strainis justly 
celebrated for all good qualities, being especially noted for size, color- 
|ing and texture, 
PER PKT. 
1963 Dreer’s Prize Dwarf. Dwarf compact plants not over 
afoot high with immense heads of large individual flowers in 
a great range of beautiful colors................- Sisters 35 
1964 Dreer’s Prize Tall. Of taller growth than the above with 
flowers of extraordinary size.............-. Bie) syoleieie ei steheeerecn OO) 
|1961 Matador. The new large flowering scarlet, which adds 
considerable life and brilliancy to a collection... ........ 50 
1966 Stellata (Star Cineraria). A charming variety, with 
| large spreading panicles of starry flowers in the same variety 
of colors as the ordinary Cineraria; the extreme grace and 
elegance of the plant and flowers make them wonderfully 
effective for the decoration of the house and conservatory 
and especially so for church decoration; also useful for cut- 
EI see ratte panera lave take siolers cietoroley stort akeselatersiecs niieie wiels wus 25 
WHITE-LEAVED 
CINERARIA. 
(Dusty Miller.) 
1971 Maritima Candidissima. These, 
as well as the white-leaved Centau- 
reas offered on page 77, are called 
“¢Dusty Millers.’? Fine for bedding, 
ribbon beds and margins; prized for 
their beautiful downy, silvery foliage; 
half hardy perennials, but should be 
treated as annuals; 2feet. }40z.; 25 cts. 5 
CLaRKIA 
CLARKIA. 
This pretty and easily grown an- 
nual has been much improved in 
recent years, and the varieties of- 
fered below are now seen as cut 
flowers in most of the large cities 
of Europe; they do well either in 
sun or shade growing 2 to 23 feet 
high, with leafy racemes of double flowers, which all open 
in water when cut. . (See cut, ) 
CINERARIA MARITIMA 
PER PKT- 
1981 Alba Fl. Pl. Very double, pure white.......-.. 10 
1984 Brilliant. Rich crimson scarlet; very double..... 10 
1982 Salmon Queen. Extra double, salmon-pink..... 10 
1983 Scarlet Queen. A brilliant orange-scarlet, a rare 
A pkt. each of the 4 sorts, 30 cts. 
CLEOME (Giant Spider Flower). 
2002 Gigantea. In our trial grounds this proved to be 
the finest Cleome we had ever seen. The plants at- 
tain a height of 34 feet, well branched, each branch 
terminated by a large head of bright rosy-crimson 
flowers. It makes astriking subject for large beds or 
for interspersing in the shrubbery border, and is used 
extensively in many of the public parks. Seed should 
be sown in the open ground as soon as the weather is 
warm and settled, and the plants given sufficient room 
to develop their full beauty. $ oz., 25 cts........-. 10 
Crzome GIGANTEA 2003 Gigantea Alba. A splendid pure white variety... 10 
If you want the best Sweet Peas get our “Incomparable” Collection, offered with other Specialties on pages 53 to 62 
