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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Dreer's Mammoth Verbenas 



We have been carefully selecting and improving this fine strain of 

 Verbenas for years, and can recommend it as the very best procurable. 

 The trusses and individual flowers are of the largest 

 size; of brilliant colors, free-blooming and of vigorous 

 habit. For best and quickest results seed should be 

 sown early i.n the house or hotbed, and transplanted to 

 flowering quarters in May. If sown outdoors in May, 

 it blooms from the end of July on. We oflFer the follow- 

 ing colors: 



PEK PKT. 



4354 Striped SO 10 



10 

 10 



!,vM Pink SO 10 



4s5j Purple 10 4355 White. 



4^-^^ Scarlet 10 4356 Blue. 



4359 Collection of above 6 colors, 50 cts. 



4360 Dreer's Mammoth Mixed. Containing 

 all the colors. 1 oz., 50 cts.; oz., SI. SO 



10 



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Dreer's ^Lv^MO'rH Verbena 



Vinca 



(Madagascar Periwinkle, or Old Maid) 



Ornamental free-blooming plants with bright green shiny foliage and 

 one of the most satisfactory and long-flowering bedding plants we have. 

 It is best to start the seed early indoors or in the hotbed, but can be sown 

 out of doors in May, or as soon as the ground is warm, they may be potted 

 and kept in bloom through the winter; a fine cut flower, every bud opening 

 when placed in water. 2 feet. (See cut.) p^.^ p^..^^ 



4381 Rosea. Rose, dark eye SO 10 



4382 — Alba. \\Tiite, crimson eye 10 



4383 - Alba Pura. Pure white 10 



4390 — Mixed. All the colors, i oz., 40 cts 10 



Wallflower 



VVell-know-n deliciously fragrant half hardy perennials, blooming early 

 in the spring, with spikes of beautiful flowers. In the north they should be 

 protected in a cold frame in the winter and planted out in April. 

 4415 Paris Extra Early. A beautiful single variety, which may 

 be treated as an annual, flowering through the summer from 



seed sown in spring, j oz., 25 cts SO 10 



4414 Goliath. A splendid single variety; flowers of a rich, shining 



red, with a black velvety sheen 10 



4420 Single Mixed. All colors. J oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 cts 5 



4430 Double-flowering Finest Mixed. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



4419 Collection of Single Wallflower; 6 colors, 40 cts. 



Various Verbenas 



4361 Hybrida, Fine Mixed. A splendid mix- 

 ture, flowers not quite so large as our Mam- 

 moth Strain. J oz., 30 cts 5 



4357 Lucifer. A new deep cardinal-scarlet 



variety of Mammoth Verbenas 25 



4366 Lemon Verbena {Aloysia Cilrlodora). Every 



garden should have a few plants of this fragrant 



favorite. Its pale green delightfully scented 



foliage goes well with any flower. Start indoors. . IS 



4365 Erinoides (Moss Verbena). This lovely variety 



proiluccs a mass of moss-like foliage, spreading 



over the ground like a carpet, above which are borne heads of purplish-blue 



and white blossoms in lavish profusion; comes into flower in June and continues 



until frost. For beds, baskets or rockeries it is highly desirable 10 



4367 Venosa {Hardy Garden Verbena). This variety is largely used for bedding 

 purposes. It is a strong, thrifty grower about 1 foot high, and covered from 

 early summer until late fall with its bright purplish-heliotrope flowers, i oz., 

 30 cts 10 



Veronica (Speedweii) 



4374 Maritima. A very pretty Speedwell growing about 2 feet high and pro- 

 ducing long spikes of blue flowers 

 from July to September SO 10 



4376 Spicata. An elegant hardy 

 border plant, growing about IJ 

 feet high, producing long spikes 

 of bright blue flowers in June and f~~ 



July '" , 



ViNXA Rosea 



Try Helichrysum or Straw Flowers for Winter Bouquets. See page 91 



