DREER'S FLOWER SEEDS FOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN SOWING 



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Sweet Rocket 



Sweet William (Oianthus Barbatus) 



PER 

 PKT. 



A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, pro- 

 ducing a splendid effect in beds and borders with their rich and 

 varied flowers. It is much better to raise new, vigorous, young 

 plants from seed every season than to divide the old plants. 

 4282 Newport Pink. In color it is what florists call 



watermelon-pink or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant 



and beautiful; the flowers are borne in massive heads 



on stems 18 inches high. For midseason mass bedding 



it has no equal. It is also very effective for cutting. 



Special pkt., 30 cts.; i oz., SO cts $0 15 



4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective, rich, deep scarlet variety, a rare color 



in hardy plants. Special pkt., 25 cts.; J oz., 40 cts $0 IS 



4291 Holborn Glory. The individual flowers and trusses are of extraordinary 



size, while the range of color, all showing a clear, white eye, is truly superb. 



Mixed colors. } oz., 30 cts.; oz., $1.00 



4286 Single Velvety Dark Maroon. ^ oz., 30 cts 



4288 Single Pure White, i oz., 30 cts 



4289 Collection of a packet each of the above 4 colors, 40 cts. 



4290 Single, Mixed Colors, i oz., 25 cts.; oz., 60 cts 10 



4297 Double, Mixed Colors, i oz., 30 cts 10 



4293 Dwarf Compact Single Mixed. A very low 



growing compact form of this popular perennial, 

 making an excellent plant for edging or bedding. 

 3 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts 10 



Hybrid Sweet Williams 



2342 Latifolius Atrococcineus, PL PI. (Ever- 

 blooming Hybrid Sweet William). A brilliant 

 crimson-scarlet variety that is very effective in 

 any position, j oz., SO cts 



2343 Latifolius Double Mixed (Everblooming Hybrid 

 Sweet William). This is a cross between an annual 

 pink and Sweet William, combining the free and 

 continuous blooming qualities of the former with 

 the hardiness of the latter, i oz., 40 cts 



Stokesia (Cornflower Aster) p^.^ p^.j. 



4051 Cyanea. This is a beautiful native hardy perennial. The plant 

 grows about 24 inches high, each bearing from 20 to 30 handsome 

 lavender-blue cornflower-like blossoms; in bloom from July till 

 frost. \ oz., 60 cts $0 15 



4052 Cyanea Alba. A pure white-flowering form. \ oz., 75 cts 15 



4060 Cyanea Mixed. Containing a number of colors, j oz., 75 cts. . 15 



Sweet Rocket (Hesperis) 



4280 Old-fashioned garden plants; also known as Dame's Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet; grows from 2 to 3 feet high, and bears spikes of 

 showy white, lilac and purple fragrant flowers. Excellent for 

 naturalizing among shrubbery or for planting in a permanent 

 border; mixed colors. \ oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 cts 10 



ThalictrUItl (Meadow Rue) 



4305 Aquilegifolium Album. A beautiful hardy perennial; with 

 elegant Columbine-hke foliage and masses of feathery white flowers 



in June and July; 3 feet. Special pkt., 60 cts 15 



4304 Aquilegifolium Purpureum. Similar to the above excepting 



in color, which is rosy purple. Special pkt., 50 cts 15 



4306 Dipterocarpum. We consider it one of the real gems among 

 hardy plants, not only for the garden but its dainty, graceful sprays 

 of flowers, elegantly arranged on stems 4 feet high, are invaluable 

 for cutting; the flowers are a charming shade of violet-mauve, which 

 is brightened by a bunch of lemon-yellow stamens and anthers. 

 Special pkt., 60 cts 20 



Thermopsis 



4308 Caroliniana. A showy, tall growing hardy perennial, 

 producing in June and July, long spikes of lupin-hke 

 yellow flowers. 3 feet. Excellent for cutting. Special 

 pkt., 75 cts 25 



TrolliuS (Globe Flower) 



4332 Caucasicus, Orange Globe. A rare variety with 

 large orange flowers that are excellent for cutting. 

 Seeds are slow germinating. Hardy perennial. May- 

 June; 18 inches. Special pkt., 75 cts 25 



We issue a Special Catalog of Seed Rarities including 

 seeds of unusual Rockery Alpines and Border Perennials, 

 of Azaleas, Trees, Lily Species, Cacti and many varied 

 exotics. The catalog will be sent gladly to those who may 

 request it. 



Viov ELE AND Single Sweet William 



The special pkts. offered contain considerably more seeds than the regular pkts. , and of the same high quality 



