124 JltHENRrADREERWIIADfLPIIIAW^f RELIABLE f LOWER SEEDS 



Dkeer's Mammoth Verbenas. 



DREER'S 

 IttA JIJIOTM VERBENAS. 



We have been carefully selecting and im 

 proving this fine strain of Verbenas for years, 

 and can recommend it as the very best pro- 

 curable. 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 in 

 the house or hot- bed, and transplanted to flow- 

 ering quarters in May. If sown outdoors in 

 May, it blooms from the end of July on. Ver- 

 benas are better grown from seed than from cuttings, being more 

 vigorous and not liable to disease. (See cut.) 



VALERIANA (Valeria. 



PER PKT. 



4338 Officinalis (Garden Heliotrope). A fine old-fashioned 

 hardy plant with heads of old-rose flowers with a strong helio- 

 trope odor 15 



4340 Rubra Mixed. Showy, hardy border plants, producing large 

 corymbs of red or white flowers; fine for bouquets; mixed; 2 

 feet. J oz., 15 cts 5 



VINCA Madagascar Periwinkle, or Old Maid). 



Ornamental free-blooming plants and one of the most satisfactory 

 flowering bedding plants we have. It is best to start the seed early 

 indoors or in a hot-bed. but they begin blooming in August from seed 

 sown out of doors in May, or as soon as the ground is warm, continu- 

 ing until frost; or 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. ) 



43^1 Rosea. Rose, dark eye 10 



43S2 — Alba. White, crimson eye 10 



4383 — Alba Pura. Pure white 10 



4390 — Mixed. All the colors. J oz., 25 cts; 5 



VIOEAS, OR TUFTED PANSIES. 



While the flowers of the Tufted Pansies are not so large as the regu- 

 lar type, yet they bloom so freely that they are superior to Pansies 

 where effii-t is wanted, the colors being particularly clear and distinct; 

 they also bloom for a longer time. Seed sown in April produces 

 flowering plants by June, and from then on until frost they are a sheet 

 of bloom. 

 440G AdmirabiliS. New hybrids, which contain all the varied 



and brilliant colorings of the best grade of blotched Pansies. . 15 

 4401 Papilio ( Butterfly Viol, t). 

 Lovely violet - lilac, with 



small, dark eye 10 



4 102 Lutea splendens. Rich 



golden yellow 10 



I4o:5 Blue Perfection. Deep 



purplish blue In 



4405 White Perfection. A fine 



pure white 10 



4410 nixed. A splendid mixture 

 of the best varieties. \ oz. , 

 50 cts 10 



4351 Pink.... . 10 



4352 Purple 10 



4353 Scarlet 10 



4354 Striped 10 



4355 White 10 



4356 Blue 10 



4360 Dreer's Mammoth Mixed. \ oz., 40 cts lo 



4359 Collection of Mammoth Verbenas, 6 colors 50 



4361 Hybrida, Fine Mixed. All colors of the older 

 sorts. J oz. , 25 cts 5 



VARIOUS VERBENAS. 



4366 Lemon Verbena (Aloysia Citriodora). Every 

 garden should have a few plants of this fragrant favor- 

 ite. Its pale green delightfully scented foliage goes 

 well with any flower 10 



4365 Erlnoides (.Voss Verbena). This lovely variety 

 produces amass of moss-like foliage, spreading over 

 the ground like a carpet, above which are borne heads 

 of purplish-blue blossoms in lavish profusion; comes 

 into flower in June and continues until frost. For beds, 

 baskets or rockeries it is highly desirable 10 



4364 — Alba. The pure white form and a great favorite 



in many of the finest gardens 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. \ oz. , 20 cts 5 



VERONICA (SpeedweU). 

 4375 Spicata. An elegant hardy perennial border plant, 

 growing about 18 inches high, bearing all summer long 

 spikes of bright blue flowers, which lengthen with age. . 10 



Vincas. 



A complete index of the Botanical and Popular names of Flowers is given on pages 2 and 3. 



