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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



(Pimpernelle.) 



Dwarf, compact plants; adapted for baskets, rock-work, 

 edgings, and small beds; succeed best in a light, rich soil, in a 

 sunny situation ; covered with various shades of flowers the 

 whole summer; half-hardy annuals; 6 inches. 



PER PKT. 



5120 Anagallis, 3Iixetl 5 



a:nchusa. 



A splendid bouquet flower, of long duration, and producing 

 azure-blue forget-me-not-like flowers; hardy perennial; if sown 

 early, blooms the first season, growing freely in shaded situa- 

 tions ; 2 feet. 

 5123 Ancliusa Ang-ustifolia. Azure blue 10 



ANEMONE. 



(Windflower.) 



A very pleasing hardy perennial ; easily grown from seed, 

 producing large flowers, early in the spring, when few plants 

 can compare with them in beauty and brilliancy ; fine for 

 bouquets ; 1 foot. 



5130 Anemone Coronaria, Mixed Colors 10 



5125 — Fiilgrens. Scarlet 20 



5126 — Tlie Bride. Pure white 20 



ANGEEONIA. 



A beautiful greenhouse shrubbery plant ; spikes of dark 

 purplish-brown flowers, with a white eye. If sown early will 

 "flower the first season, and can be treated as a tender annual. 

 Famous for its fragrance. 

 5132 Aug-elouia Grandillora 15 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



(Snap-Dragon.) 



One of our most showy and useful border plants. The 



jnore recently improved varieties of this valuable genus are 



large, finely-shaped flowers of the most brilliant colors, with 



beautifully-marked throats ; they succeed in any good garden 



soil, and are very effec- 

 tive in beds. Hardy 

 perennials, bluoming the 

 first year if the seed is 

 sown early ; 1 to 2 feet. 



Amikkhinum, Tom 'iHrMi;. 



5136 Antirrhinum Fire Fly. Orange and scarlet, 

 with white throat 5 



5137 — Picturatum. Striped and blotched; all colors 

 mixed 10 



5138 — Tom Thumb, Yellow 10 



5140 — Tom Thumb, Mixed; Finest dwarf. Oz. 

 50cts 5 



5141 — Tall, Mixed. Oi 40 cts 5 



5129 — Imported Collections, 10 Dwarf varieties. .50 



5139 — " " 10 Tall " ..50 



ASPHODEI^US. 



Very pretty hardy perennials, bearing attractive flowers of 

 stately habit ; 2 feet. 

 5168 Asphodelus, Mixed. Yellow and white 10 



Aquilegi.\ Chkvsantha Alba. 



(Columbine.) 



This plant blooms freely early in the spring and summer 

 and produces beautiful, curiously-formed and variously-colored 

 flowers; hardy perennials. 



PER PKT. 



5143 Aquileg-ia Chrysantha {Golden- Spurred). 



Bright gulden-yellow flowers ; 3 feet 10 



5146 — Chrysantha Alba ( White-Spurred Columbine). 



A beautiful new pure white- variety 20 



5144 — Coerulea. Violet-blue, inner petals pure white ; 



2 feet 10 



5151 — GlandlUosa. Inner petals pure white, outer a 

 lovely shade of light blue ; 2 feet 15 



5145 — Olympiea. Flowers rich blue, with a white- 

 edged lip ; 2 feet 10 



5152 — Skinneri. Bright scarlet and yellow; 18 in.... .10 

 5160 — Single, all colors mixed ; 2 feet. Per oz., 30 cts. 5 

 5150 — Double, " " " 18 inches. Oz., 40 cts. 5 



ANTHEMIS. 



5133 Anthemis Arabica. A free flowering Chamo- 

 mile, in bloom the entire season. Golden yellow; 18 

 inches 5 



AR3IERIA. 



A very pretty edging plant, bearing large tufts of rosy-pink 

 flowers; hardy perennial. 

 5164 Armeria Elegans. ( Thrift) lO 



ARISTOEOCHIA. 



5163 Aristolochia Sipho {Dutilnnan's Pipe). A rapid- 

 growing climber; large heart-shaped foliage, and very 

 curious flowers, resembling a pipe ; hardy perennial ; 

 30 feet. Brownish purple 10 



5162 — Elegans. One of the best of this class of climb- 

 ing plants. Of a rich dark purple color, ornamented 

 throughout with irregular branched markings of a 

 creamy white, and having a golden yellow eye sur- 

 rounded by rich velvety pur|)Ie. Its blossoms are pro- 

 duced in the open ground in the greatest ]jrofusion, 

 even on small plants, and are entirely free from any 

 objectionable odor 20 



