DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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SGABIOSA. 



(Mourning Bride, or Sweet Scabious.) 



One of our handsomest summer border plants, producing 

 in great profusion very double flowers in a variety of shades 

 and colors ; a splendid flower for table bmiquets, etc. ; hardy 

 annual. pek pkt. 



6510 Scabiosa Tall Mixed. Double, all colors; 2 



feet. Oz. 40 cts 5 



6520 — Dwarf Mixed. Double, all colors; 1 foot. . . 5 



6505 — Double White, {Sno-wl,,,//). 2 feet 5 



6506 — Caucasia. One of the handsomest of hardy 

 perennials, especially valuable for cutting, the blooms 

 lasting a long time in water; lilac-blue ; 3 feet 15 



6507 Collection of six varieties 30 



SCHIZA]\THUS. 



(Butterfly Flower.) 



A splendid class of plants', 

 combining elegance of growth 

 with a profusion of rich and 

 various colored flowers, fine 

 for greenhouse decoration and 

 the flower garden ; of easy cul- 

 ture ; half-hardy annual. 



6525 Schizaiitlivis Pa- 

 pilionaceous. A 



charming variety, re- 

 sembling some species 

 of Orchids. Tlie flowers 

 are purple, spotted witli 

 yellow, orange, crimson 

 and black 10 



Stocks. 



The Stock is one of the most 

 popular plants, either f>r bed- 

 ding, massing, or pot-culture ; 

 for brilliancy and diversity of 

 color or profusion and duration 

 of bloom it is unsurpassed. 

 The Ten Wkeks Stocks [Ma- 

 thiola annua) are generally 

 cultivated, and bloom from ten 

 to twelve weeks after being 

 sown ; they grow from 6 to 18 

 inches high, and when grown 

 in light, rich soil, and occasion- 

 ally watered with weak guano 

 water, they bear an immense 

 quantity of bloom, so that each 

 plant forms a perfect bouquet 

 of delightful fragrance. For 

 early flowering, start the seeds in a greenhouse or hot-bed, and 

 transplant into the garden in May alter all danger of frost is 

 over ; half-hardy annual. 



Large Fioweriiig- Dwarf Ten Weeks Stock. 

 The following are the best double varieties and most desirable 

 colors for cultivation; 15 inches. 



6591 Blood Red 10 



6592 Crimson 10 



6593 Lig-ht Blue 10 



6594 Purple 10 



6595 Pure White 10 



6-598 Brig-ht Pink 15 



6600 Mixed. All choice double large flowering 10 



Improved Wallflower Leaved Ten Weeks 



Stock. This section possesses distinct and pleasing features, 

 owing to its bright green and glossy foliage, and the brilliant 

 colors of its flowers; half-hardv annual. 



6601 Wallflower-Leaved White 15 



6602 — Carmine 15 



6604 — Yellow 15 



6610 — Mixed 15 



Imported Collections of Stocks. 



SENSITIVE PEAIVT. 



(Mimosa.) 



Curious and interesting plants, with pinkish white flowers ; 

 the leaves close and droop when touched or shaken ; ihey 

 require a mixed soil of peat, loam and sand; tender annual. 



PER PKT 



6555 Mimosa Pudica. li feet 5 



SENECIO, or JACOB^EA. 



A showy half-hardy perennial from South Africa. It pro- 

 duces in great profusion branching spikes of bright flowers, 1.^ 

 inches in diameter, from spring until fall, and will bloom alt 

 winter in a cool greenliouse. 

 6550 Senecio Elegan.S, 1\. pi. (^Double Jaiobcen) 5 



SIEENE. 



(Catch-Fly.) 



A beautiful, early, free- 

 blooming plant, adapted for 

 beds, borders, or ribbon-garden- 

 ing ; of easy culture, growing 

 in any garden soil; hardy an- 

 nual ; 1 foot. 

 6557 Pendula. Double 



rose-colored 5 



STOCKS 



6596 



■ Continued. 



6609 Ten Weeks, Large Flowering Dwarf, 



ties 



6619 Perpetual, 6 varieties 



12 varie- 



75 

 50 



Dwarf Bouquet 

 Ten Week, 

 Mixed. Blooms in 

 the shape of a bouquet 

 with beautiful double 

 flowersof variouscolors; 

 10 inches l.> 



6597 Pei'petual Dw^arf 

 Ten Week Mixed. 

 A constant blooming 

 sort, vi'ith fine double 

 flowers of various 

 colors ; 15 inches 10' 



6607 Giant Perfec- 

 tion, Mixed. Very 

 showy flowers; habit of 

 plant strong and in- 

 clined to grow tall ... .10 



6614 Hardy's All the 

 Year Bound. Tliis 

 beautiful variety pro- ■ 

 duces fine large spikes 

 of double white flowers, 

 from January to De- 

 cember, in the greatest 



profusion. 75 per cent, come double ; 1 foot 1.5 



6612 Intermediate, oi- Autumnal Flowering 

 Stock. Very beautilul ; choice double flowers; 

 mixed ; 2 feet JO 



6611 Broniptou, or Winter Stock. Half-hardy 

 biennial, bushy plants ; producing a beautiful display 

 cf double flowers; mixed colors; 2 feet 10 



STOCK, PRINCESS ALICE. 



(Cut and Come Again.) 



A fine perpetual blooming Stock, growing about two feet 

 high. If sown early, it commences blooming in June and con- 

 tinues until destroyed by frost. Its most valuable feature ig 

 that it produces perfect flowers during September and October, 

 when other varieties sown at the same lime have faded. It 

 throws out numerous side branches bearing clusters of very 

 double pure while fragrant blossoms, and is excellent for cutting. 

 No.^6606. Per pkt., 15 cis. 



" SN01VFI.AKE " STOCK. 



6603 In habit this stock closely resembles the Dwarf Pyra- 

 midals; it produces a vigorous main spike of uncom- 

 monly large and very double snow-white flowers and, 

 when fully developed, numerous flowering side-shoots. 

 Its glossy dark green foliage renders the dazzling white- 

 ness of the flowers more conspicuous. It is one of tlie 

 earliest of the Dwarf Ten Weeks Stocks, and is admir- 

 ably adapted for forcing 15 



