DRBBE'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 



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Per pkt 

 CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula Media). 



Calycanthema {Cup and Saticer Canterbury Bells). This is un- 

 questionably the finest type of this old-fashioned and much prized 

 garden plant. The increasing demand has induced us to offer it in 

 separate colors as well as in mixture, viz. : 



— Rose. Delicate Rosy-pink . lo I — Striped. White striped blue 



— Blue. A fine, clear shade .10 | — White. Pure white 



Finest Mixed. All colors of the Cup and Saucer type ....... 



A packet each of the 4 colors of Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bells . 



Single, Mixed. Beautiful large bell-shaped flowers; effective plants 

 for pot culture or the border 



Double, Mixed. All the double Media varieties ; 2j^ feet 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis). Qibraltarica Hybrida. White flowers, 

 shading to lilac ^ .... 



Sempervirens. A profuse white blooming hardy perennial, coming 



in Ifower early in the spring ; much used for rockeries, etc 



CARNATION. General favorites for their delicious fragrance and rich 

 of colors. They are indispensable, both for greenhouse culture in wi 

 and for the garden in summer. Per 



Fine Double Mixed. The best for garden culture 



Finest Double Mixed. Saved froin e.Ktra fine flowers 



Chabaud's Everblooming. Raised by a famous French specialist. 

 Blooms in five months after being sown, and continues to flower in 

 the greatest profusion indefinitely. Mi.xed colors 



Marguerite. A quick-flowering type, fine double flowers, mixed colors 



Qiant Marguerite. An improved form of the above 



CASSIA. Marilandica {American Senna). A most desirable hardy 

 pereimial of shrub-like growth, 3 to 4 feet high ; large panicles 



of pea-shaped yellow blossoms in July and August 10 



CENTROSEMA (Butterfly Pea). Orandiflora. A hardy per- 

 emiial vine of rare beauty ; bears in great profusion inverted 

 pea-shaped flowers, ranging in color from a rosy violet to a reddish 

 purple, with a broad, feathery white marking through the centre . . 

 CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer). Tomentosum. Avery pretty 

 hardy dwarf, white-leaved edging plant ; small white flowers . . . 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM. Frutescens lirandiflorum [Ban's Daisy, or 

 Marguerite^. White, yellow eye 



Comtesse de Chambord {Yellow Paris Daisy). Similar to the 

 above except in color, which is a beautiful clear yellow 



Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora 



Per pkt. 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM. Inodorum Plenissimum. Double snow-white, very free- 

 flowering and fine for cutting 5 



Maximum " Triumph" (Moonpenny Daisy). Blossorns of the purest white, with 

 yellow centres arid borne on long, strong stems, lasting a long time when cut ; 



perfectly hardy . 10 



" Shasta Daisy." The finest of all the Moonpenny Daisies ; flowers very large 

 and perfect. Our stock of this comes direct from the originator, Mr. Luther 



Burhaiik, the famous California hybridizer 20 



CINERARIA. Seed should be sown from May to September for succession. Where 

 only one sowing is made, July should be preferred. Our strains are justly celebrated 

 for all good qualities, our Prize Dwarf and Tall being especially noted for size, color- 

 ing andtexture. _^ . „. . „ . Per pkt. 



35 



50 



35 



Gold Medal Hybrid, Delphinium 



(Hardy Larkspur) 



Dreer's Prize Dwarf 35 I Dreer's Choice Dwarf . . 



Tall 35 I Tall 



Stellata {Star Cineraria). A charming variety, with large spreading panicles 

 of starry flowers in the same variety of colors as the ordinary Cineraria ; the 

 extreme grace and elegance of the plant and flowers make them wonderfully 

 effective for the decoration of the house or conservatory, and especially so for 



church decoration ; also useful for cutting 



COREOPSIS. Lanceolata Grandiflora. This is one of the finestof hardy plants, 

 with large, .showy, bright yellow flowers, produced in the greatest abundance 

 from June till frost. As a cut flower they stand near the head among hardy 

 plants, having long stems and lasting in good condition a week or more. Per 



oz.,6octs 



COWSLIP (Primula Veris). A beautiful hardy spring-flowering perennial ; 



flowers of different colors, such as yellow, brown edged yellow, etc 



CYCLAMEN. Persicum. Choicest mixed ; easier to grow than the Giants . . . 



Ciant Pure White 25 | Qiant White with carmine eye . . 



— Dark Blood=red 



— Delicate rose with deep crimson eye 



— Salmon. A new color 



— Finest Mixed. Saved from a superb collection. Per 100 seeds, $1.00 .... 

 Butterfly. In this new type the edges of the flowers are beautifully fringed or 



\\,i\ eil, giving them a grace not possessed by the old class; for house or con- 



s^r\alory decoration they are of surpassing beauty. Mixed colors ..... 



Double=flowering. A really double-flowering Cyclamen, coming quite true 



from seed ; the flowers are produced with the same freedom and in the same 



beautiful colors as in the single-flowering sorts 



ENGLISH DAISY (Bellis Perennis). A favorite nearly hardy perennial plant, 

 bluoni from early spring until well on in the summer. Per pkt. 



Longfellow. Large double pink flowers . . jq 



Snowball. A large and very double pure white Daisy 10 



Giant Red. Beautiful and densely double flowers; different fine red tints . ... 10 



Delicata. Very double rosy-white flowers, with bright purplish-red centres . . . 15 



Double Mixed. All colors ; of the finest quality 10 



DELPHINIUn (Hardy Perennial Larkspur). One of our most showy and useful 

 hardy pereTuiial plants, possessing almost every requisite for the adornment of the 

 garden, producing splendid spikes of flowers in profusion througfiout the sunmier. 



Per pkt. 



Gold Medal Hybrids.- This, we believe, is the finest strain of Delphiniums in 

 existence. The original stock came from England, many of the plants being 

 worth from S.s.oo to Sio.oo each. It has been grown for several years in this 

 country, and has been awarded highest honors wherever exhibited. The plants 

 are of strong, vigorous habit, with immense spikes from 2 to 3 feet long of large 

 flowers, mostly in fine shades of light blue. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts.,$i.co. 



Formosum. Beautiful spikes of rich blue flowers, with a white centre ; 2% feet 5 



— Ccelestinum. An exquisite celestial-blue variety of the above 15 



Elatum (Bee Larkspur). Rich blue of various shades, with black centres, 



grows 3 to 5 feet high, according to soil and location ' 10 



Chinense. A distinct and neat variety, growing about 18 inches high, with 

 fine feathery foliage, and producing freely spikes of large Ijlossoms, varying 



in color through all the delicate shades of blue 10 



— Album. The white-flowered form of the preceding 10 



Nudicaule. Dwarf, compact growth, with spikes of bright scarlet flowers ; 18 in. ro 



Cashmerianum. A beautiful dark blue, blossoms in corymbs of 6 or more; 15 in. ro 



Zalil. A lovely shade of sulphur-yellow 10 



Grandiflorum Fl. PI. Finest double, mixed in great variety of charming colors 15 



Fine Mixed. Single varieties. Oz.,4octs 5 



