RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



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CINERARIA. 



Seed should be sown from May to September for suc- 

 cession. Where only one sowing is made, July should be 

 preferred. Cinerarias 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 strain is justly 

 celebrated for all good qualities, being especially noted for 

 size, coloring and texture. (See cut. ) 



PER PKT. 



1963 Dreer's Prize Dwarf. Extra fine 35 



1964 Dreer's Prize Tall. Very large flowers 35 



1961 flatador. The new, large flowering scarlet, 



which adds considerable life and brilliancy to a 



collection 35 



1966 Stellata (Star Cineraria). A charming var- 

 iety, with large spreading panicles of starry flowers 

 in the same variety of colors as the ordinary Ciner- 

 aria; the extreme grace and elegance of the plant 

 and flowers make them wonderfully effective for the 

 decoration of the house and conservatory, and espe- 

 cially so for church decoration; also useful for 

 cutting 25 



Cineraria, White-leaved 



SOrtS (Dusty Millers). 



These as well as the white-leaved Centaureas of- 

 fered on page 83 are called "Dusty Millers." Fine 

 for bedding, ribbon-beds and margins; prized for 

 their beautiful downy, silvery foliage; half-hardy 

 perennials; 2 feet. 

 1971 Maritima Candidissima. Silver foli- 



age. 



oz. , 20 cts 5 



1972 Acanthifolia. Silver foliage, beautifully 

 cut. 4; oz., 30 cts 



COCCINEA INDICA. 



(Scarlet-fruited Ivy-leaved Climber. 

 2031 A handsome annual climber of the gourd 

 species, with beautiful, smooth, glossy, ivy- 

 like leaves, contrasting with the fine, snow- 

 white, bell-shaped flowers and brilliant car- 

 mine fruit; 10 feet 10 



Clarkia Elegans Fl. Pl. 



2040 



2041 



New Giant Spider Flower. 



Dkeer's Prize Cineraria. 



CLARKIA. 



This pretty and easily grown annual 

 has been much improved in recent years, 

 and the varieties offered 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 1\ feet high, with 

 leafy racemes of double flowers, which 

 all open in water when cut. (See cut.) 



PER PKT. 



1981 Elegans Alba Fl. PI. 



Very double, pure white. . . 10 



1982 Salmon Queen. Extra 

 double, salmon-pink 10 



CLEOME. 



(Giant Spider Flower. ) 



2002 Gigantea. We tested this in 

 our trial grounds two years ago, 

 where it proved to be the finest 

 Cleome which we had ever seen. The plant attained a 

 height of 3£ feet, well branched, each branch termin- 

 ated by a large head of bright rosy-crimson flowers, 

 and far superior in size and coloring to all others. It 

 makes a striking subject for large beds or for inter- 

 spersing in the mixed flower or 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 suf- 

 ficient room to develop their full beauty. \ oz., 25 cts. 10 



COLEUS (Hame Nettle). 

 Dreer's Hybrids. Our strain of hybrid varieties 

 produces the finest colored, most attractive and novel 

 foliage plants for house or garden culture. A most in- 

 teresting subject to grow from seed. Easily raised. 



Sow indoors in March, or April 25 



Ornatus. Splendid large-leaved variety, with strik- 

 ingly handsome foliage, which is irregularly spotted 

 and marbled with blackish purple, blood-red, carmine 

 and rose, and sprinkled with white, yellow, green and 

 brown; of great value for all decorative purposes 25 



The Aster* offered on pages 59 to 61 represent the highest development in this flower to date. 



