Dreer's Reliable Flower Seeds 



On the following six pages we give a most complete list of Seeds of the Best Hardy Perennials which are now so deservedly 

 popular. Sown any time through the summer in a corner of the garden, you can have, with little trouble, an abundant supply of 

 Columbines, Canterbury Bells, Foxgloves, Gaillardias, Hollyhocks, Larkspurs, Forget-me-nots, Daisies, etc., etc., for flowering in 

 1906. The list also includes a choice selection of other Flower Seeds for summer sowing, including Cinerarias, Cyclamens, Pansies, 

 Primulas, etc. 



^^For complete list of Flower Seeds see pages 59 to 105 of our Garden Book for 1905 



ACANTHUS (Bear's Breech). HoUis Latifolius. Handsome and interesting hardy 

 plants with fine foliage and curious flowers in August and September. Grows from 2 

 to 4 feet high, according to soil and location. Valuable alike for planting as single 

 specimens, in groups or in the border .... 10 



ACHILLEA. Ptarmica Fl. PL "ThePearL" (Doiible IVtizte Yarroiv.) One of the 

 best hardy white perennials in the list. Grows about 2 feet high, and from spring 

 till frost is covered with heads of purest white double fiowers 10 



ACONITUM. (Honk's Hood, or Wolfsbanei. Napellus. A hardy perennial, produc- 

 ing long spikes of curiously-shaped blue and white fiowers. Well adapted for planting 

 among shrubbery or in shady corners of the garden ; 3 to 5 feet 5 



ADONIS. \eTiia\\s (Ox-eye). A hardy perennial, bearing large bright-yellow fiowers in 



early spring ; i foot --o 



AQROSTEMJVIA. Coronaria (Mullein Pink). An attractive free-flowering hardy per- 

 ennial of easy culture, producing bright crimson flowers on long, slender stems ; foliage 

 silvery gray ' • . 5 



ALYSSUn. Saxatile Compactum (Basket of Gold). Showy hardy perennial, golden- 

 yellow flowers ; excellent for rock work or border ; i foot 5 



ANEMONE. (Windflower). Coronaria, Mixed Colors (Poppy Anemone) 5 



St. Brigid. .A. beautiful selection of the above, comprising semi-double and double 

 flowers in a wonderful array of colors 15 



ANTHEMIS. (Hardy Marguerite). Tinctoria Kelwayi. A most satisfactor\- hardy 



perennial, bearing all summer daisy-like golden-yellow blossoms ; 2 feet 10 



ANTIRRHINUM. (Snapdragon). The Snapdragons are undoubtedly one of the best cut 

 flowers, and are now largely grown for spring flowers. Seed should be sown from mid-sum- 

 mer till early fall. Perpkt. 

 Giant. White, Scarlet, Garnet, Yellow, Pink, Striped and Mixed, each 10 



?ueen of the North. Large white flowers .... ... .... 5 



cm Thumb Mixed. Large variety of colors . 5 



Tall nixed. Extra fine selection. Oz.,40cts 5 



ASPARAGUS. Plumosus Nanus. This graceful climber has 

 foliage finer than that of the most delicate fern, and will 

 last for weeks after being cut. It is an excellent house plant, 



succeeding under almost any conditions 25 



Sprengeri (Emerald Peathei). One of the best plants to 

 grow in suspended baskets, for greenhouse or for outdoors 

 in the summer. The fronds frequently grow 4 feet long, and 

 are now considered indispensable in all fine decorations . . 10 

 ASPERULA. OioT2Lta iS-ujeet Woodruff ). An old-fashioned 

 favorite, grown for us fragrant leaves and stems, which have 

 an odor not unlike new-mown hay; best grown in semi-shaded 

 positions, where it can remain undisturbed; flowers white . 5 



ASTER. Perennial r\\xei{Star7i'oris ,or Michaelmas Daisies) 

 Single-flowering, hardy herbaceous plants, thriving in any 



good garden soil 10 



BAPTISIA (False Indigo^. Australis. A beautiful hardy 

 perennial herbaceous plant, producing pea-shaped flowers 



on spikes 6 inches long. Bright blue ; 2^ feet 5 



BOCCONIA (Plume Poppy, or Tree-Celandine). 

 Japonica. Effective, hardy perennial, for single specimens 

 or groups on lawns. Foliage glaucous green, bears freely 

 spikes 2 to 3 feet long of cream-colored flowers ; 5 feet . . 5 



BOLlONIA (False Chamomile). One of the showiest of our native 

 hardy perennials, growing 4 to 6 feet high, with daisy-like flowers 

 in countless thousands from July to September ; very effective. 



Asteroides. White . . 10 



Latisquama. Pink tinged with lilac 10 



Perpkt. 

 BROWALLEA (Amethyst). Speciosa najor. A beautiful, brilliant ultramarine blue, espe- 

 cially valuable as a pot plant for winter and early spring flowering 15 



BUDDLEYA. Variabilis. A beautiful hardy-flowering shrub-like plant, 4 to 5 feet high, with 

 gracefully arching branches, terminated by long racemes of rosy-lilac blossoms with an orange 



spot in the centre 10 



CALCEOLARIA. Our strains have been grown especially for us, and can be 



relied upon to produce nothing but flowers of the largest size and most brilliant 



coloring. Per pkt. 



Hybrida Grandiflora, flixed. Beautiful, rich, self-colored flowers .... 25 



Tigrina. Tigered and spotted flowers ; the very finest mixture of the 



most brilliant colors • 25 



Pumila Compacta. Of dwarf, compact growth, producing immense 



trusses of large and varied brilliant self-colored and spotted flowers ... 25 

 CALLIRHOE. Involucrata iPoppy Mallow^. A showy, trailing, hardy peren- 

 nial, bearing continuously from early summer till fall large, bright crimson 



saucer-shaped flowers 10 



CAMPANULA (Bellflower). Carpatica (Carpathian Hare-bell). Free- 

 flowering, blue and white mixed, continuing in bloom the whole season ; 



hardy perennial, 6 inches 5 



Grossekii. Deep blue ; flowers all summer ; 2 feet 10 



Persicifolia Grandiflora (Peach Bells). Undoubtedly one of the finest of the 

 hardy Bellflowers ; grows 2 to 3 feet high, with large blue or white flowers ; 



mixed colors 10 



Punctata. A showy sort, growing iH feet high, with pendant white flowers, 



Ireely spotted with purplish-rose; blossoms in May and June 15 



Pyramidalis (The Chimney Bellflowei). A beautiful, stately plant, either 



for garden or pot culture ; mixed blue and white flowers ; 3 feet 5 



Rapunculoides. Of graceful habit, 3 feet high, and bearing in June showy 



blue, bell-shaped blossoms lo 



Trachelium (Coventry Bells). A sturdy variety, 2 to 3 feet high, with large 



blue flowers in July and August . 5 



Media or Canterbury Bells. See next page. 



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Aquilegia (Columbine 



Per pkt 

 AQUILEGIA (Columbine). Californica hybrida. .A. splen- 

 did type, producing exquisite flowers, mostly in yellow and 

 orange shades, all with long spurs . . i< 



Canadensis. Scarlet and yellow, one of the brightest ic 



Chrysantha (Golden Spurred). Bright golden-yellow ; 3 feet ; 



— a\ba <. White Spurred). A beautiful pure white ... ic 



Coerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine). \'iolet-blue and 

 white; 2 feet • ic 



Ccerulea hybrida. Beautiful hybrids of the preceding, bear- 

 ing large, long spurred flowers in a very great variety of 

 charming colors ic 



Glandulosa. Lovely shade of light blue and pure white; 

 2 feet .... ic 



Helens. This new hybrid is of strong, robust growth, bear- 

 ing numerous flowers of a lovely shade of blue and pure white 2; 



Nivea grandiflora. A beautiful, large, free-flowering pure 

 white ■ • ; 



Single, all colors mixed , 2 feet. Per oz., 30 cts ; 



Double, all colors mi.xed. Per oz., 30 cts ; 



ARABIS (Rock Cress). Alpina. Unequalled for rockeries 

 or edgings; withstands the drought and is always neat. 

 The spreading tufts are covered with a sheet of pure white 



flowers in earlv spring ; 6 inches . ... = 



ARMERIA (Sea Pink, Cushion Pink, or Thrift.) 



Formosa. A very pretty edging plant, bearing large tufts of 

 rosy-pink fiowers ; hardy perennial ic 



Canterbury Bells 



Offered on page 13. 



