DREEk'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Asparagus Verticillatus. 



ASPARAGUS VERTICII.I.ATUS. 



PER PKT. 



5169 A graceful hardy perennial climber with feathery foli- 

 age and scarlet berries 10 



ASPERXJI.A. 



A hardy dwarf annual, profuse bloo-.ner, with clusters of 

 small, sweet-scented flowers, lasting a long while in bloom, 

 fine for bouquets; 1 fool. 



51(5.5 Asperula Azurea SetOSa. Beautiful light blue. 5 

 5166 — Odorata. {Sweet Woodruff.) Chief ingredient 

 in the " Maitrank," or May wine of the Germans. 

 The dried flowers and leaves have a delicious perfume, 

 and impart an agreeable perfume to clothes, etc., when 

 kept among them 10 



AXJRICUI.A. 



A well-known favorite of great beauty ; seed saved from 

 splendid choice varieties; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches. 

 5240 Auricula, Mixed 25 



AZALEA. 



Beautiful shrubby plants, covered with a mass of bloom, 

 growing best in a mixture of rich, fibrous peat and sand ; saved 

 from a collection of showy, various-colored flowers ; 3 feet. 



52-50 Azalea Indica, Mixed 25 



5251 — Poutica. A beautiful hardy perennial shrub. 



Choice mixed varieties ; 4 feet 10 



BRYONOPSIS. 



,X*s> A. beautiful plant of 

 the gourd species, with 

 ivy-like pale green foliage 

 and showy scarlet fruit, 

 striped with white ; half- 

 hardy annual; 10 feet. 

 5318 Br you op sis 

 Laciniosa 5 



BRO^W ALICIA. 



One of our favorite 

 profuse-blooming bedding 

 ' tla.J'il "^^^^^^ plants, covered with rich, 

 ^^ be'T''a' winged flowers, 



du"-'"'; the summer and 

 H»- autumn montlis, growing 



freely in any rich soil ; 

 Brvonopsis blooms finely in the winter 



if sown in August ; half- 

 hardy annual; 18 inches. 



5323 Browallia Elata Coendea. Large sky-blue 



flowers with a white centre 5 



5324 — Elata Nana. Dwarf sky-blue 10 



5330 — Mixed. All the Elata varieties 5 



4 



Balsam. 



(Lady's Slipper.) 



An old and favorite garden flower, producing its gorgeous 

 masses of beautiful, brilliant-colored double flowers in the 

 greatest profusion ; of easy culture ; succeeds in a good, rich 

 soil ; tender annuals ; 2 feet. 



PER PKT. 



5254 Balsam, Double Scarlet (JCinjs:) 10 



5263 " " V\\\\t{jyni,/en's £h(s/i) 10 



5256 " " Solferiuo. Striped and 

 spotted 10 



5257 Balsam, Double White. Per oz. $1.00 10 



5258 " " Perfection. Very double, 

 immense, solid round flowers. Per oz. $1.50 15 



5260 Balsam, Double Camellia Flowered. 



Finest mixed. Per oz. $1.00 10 



5270 Balsam, Double Mixed. Occasionally semi- 

 double. Per oz. 50 cts 5 



5289 Balsam, Dovible. Collection of 6 colors 50 



5279 Balsam, Double. Collection of 12 colors, $1.00 



Double Camellia-Flowered Balsam. 



BAESAM APPEE. 



(See Momordica.) 



BAELOON VIISE. 



A rapid-growing plant ; succeeds best in light soil and 

 warm situation ; flowers white; half hardy annual ; 5 feet. 

 5272 Balloon Vine {C(n-diosper}?nim). Per oz. 20 cts.. -5 



BAPTISIA. 



A beautiful hardy perennial herbaceous plant, producing 

 pea-shaped flowers on spikes 6 inches long. 



5274 Bapti.sia, Australis. Bright blue ; 2J feet 10 



BARTOXIA. 



Producing showy flowers, above its gray and downy thistle- 

 like foliage, which are exceedingly brilliant in the sunshine. 

 Sow where it is to remain, as it does not bear transplanting 

 well ; hardy annual ; 2 feet. 



5275 Bartonia Aurea. Large golden yellow 5 



BEANS. 



Very rapid climbers ; flowering profusely and admirably 

 adapted for covering screens, etc. 



5292 Scarlet Rimner. Fiery scarlet 5 



5293 White " Pure white 5 



