DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 



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

 relied upon to produce flowers of the largest size and most brilliant coloring. 



Hybrida Qrandiflora, Mixed. Beautiful, rich, self-colored flowers 



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

 most brilliant colors 



Pumila Compacta. Of dwarf, compact growth, producing immense 



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

 CALLIRHOE. Involucrata. {Poppy Mallorv). A showy, trailing, hardy per- 

 ennial, bearing continuously from early summer till fall large, bright crim- 

 son saucer-shaped flowers. Peroz.,6octs 



CAiVlPANULA. Carpatica {Carpathian Hare-bell). Free-flowering, blue 

 and white mixed, continuing in bloom the whole season ; hardy perennial, 

 6 inches. Peroz.,50 cts . - 



Grossekii. Deep blue ; flowers all summer ; 2 feet 



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. Per 54^ oz., 50 cts 



Persicifolia Qigantea Moerheimi. A beautiful double white variety of this 

 fine perennial 



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

 freely spotted with purplish-rose; blossoms in May and June 



Pyramidalis ( Tlie Chimney Belljlower). A beautiful, stately plant, either for 

 garden or pot culture ; mixed blue and white flowers ; 3 feet. Per oz., 75 cts. 



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

 blue, bell-shaped blossoms 



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



blue flowers in July and August 



CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula Media). Perpkt. 



Calycanthema {Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bells). This 

 is unquestionably the finest type of this old-fashioned and 

 much prized garden plant. The increasing demand has in- 

 duced us to offer it in separate colors as well as mixture, viz.: 



— Rose. Delicate rosy-pink 10 



— Blue. A fine, clear shade 10 



— Striped. White striped blue 10 



— White. Pure white 10 



— Finest Mixed. All colors of the Clip and Saucer type. 



Per 5< oz., 40cts ... 5 



Apkt. each of the 4 colors of Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bells 30 



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

 plants for pot culture or the border. Per oz., 30 cts. . 5 



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



Per oz., 75 cts 5 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis). Qibraltarica Hybrida. White 



flowers, shading to lilac 10 



Sempervirens. A profuse white blooming hardy perennial, 

 coming in flower early in the spring; much used for rock- 

 eries, etc. Per oz., 75 cts • . 10 



CARNATION. General favorites for their delicious fragrance 

 and richness of colors. They are indispensable, both for 

 greenhouse culture in winter and for the garden in summer. 



Fine Double Mixed. The best for garden culture 10 



Finest Double Mixed. Saved from extra 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. 

 Mixed colors 



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

 mixed colors. Per }^ oz., 40 ots . 



Giant Marguerite. An improved form of the above .... 



Per pkt. 

 25 



CANTERBURY BELLS 



25 



25 



(Par 



COREOPSIS LANCEOtATA GRANDIFLORA 



Per 



CASSIA. MarUaniica {American- Senna). A most desirable 

 hardy perennial of shrub-like growth, 3 to 4 feet high ; large 

 panicles of pea-shaped yellow blossoms in July and August. 

 Peroz.,50 cts 



CENTROSEMA. QTanAiilora (Butterfly Pea). Ahardy per- 

 ennial vine of rare beauty ; bears in great profusion inverteil 

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

 reddish purple, with a broad feathery white markingthrougli 

 the centre 



CERASTIUM. Tomentosum \Snow in Summer). A very 

 pretty hardy dwarf, white-leaved edging plant ; small white 

 flowers .' 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Frutescens Qrandifiorum 

 Daisv , or Marguerite). White, yellow eye .... 

 Comtesse de Chambord ( Yellow Paris Daisy). Similar to 

 the above except in color, which is a beautiful clear yellow, 

 Inodorum Plenissimum. Double snow white, very free- 

 flowering and fine for cutting 



Maximum " Triumph " {Moonpenny Daisy). Blossoms of 

 purest white, with yellow centres and borne on long, strong 

 stems, lasting a long time when cut ; perfectly hardy. Per 

 oz., 75 cts . . . . 



— King Edward VII. The finest of all the Moonpenny 

 Daisies yet introduced _ . . 



— Robinsoni. A new sort, with fine thread-like petals . . . 

 "Shasta" Daisy. Our stock of this comes direct from the 



originator, Mr. Luther Burbank, the famous California 

 hybridizer, and contains some each of his latest improved 

 types .- .- 



CINERARIA. Seed should be sown from May to September fbr suc- 

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

 Our strains are justly celebrated for all ^ood qualities, our Prize 

 Dwarf and Tall being especially noted for size, coloring and texture. 



Dreer's Prize Dwarf 



Tall 



— Choice Dwarf 



Tall , . ,t. : 



Stellata [Star Cineraria). A charming variety, with large spread- 

 ing panicles of starry flowers in the same variety of coloi-s aS.the 

 ordinary Cineraria; the extreme grace and elegance of the plant 

 and flowers make them wonderfully effective for the decorj^fipn of 

 the house or conservatory, and especially so for church dfecoration ; 



also useful for cutting ■/'■.,.. ■ 



COREOPSIS. Lanceolata Grandiflora. This is one of the, finek- of 

 hardy plants, with large, showy, bright yellow flowers, produced jn 

 the greatest abundance from June till frost. As a cut flower they 

 stand near the head among hardy plants, having long sterns, and 

 lasting in good condition a week or more. Per oz., 60 cts. . . ". . . 



Golden Fleece. A new, almost double flowering sort of this popular 



hardy perennial . ; . . 



COWSLIP (Primula Veris). Abeautiful hardy spring-flowering per- 

 ennial; flowers of different colors, such as yellow, brown-edged 



yellow, etc. 



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



Giant Pure White 



— White, with carmine eye 



— Dark BIood=red 



— Delicate Rose, with deep crimson eye 



— Salmon. A new color 



— Finest Mixed. Saved from a superb collection. Periooseeds,$i.oo 

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



fringed or waved, giving them a grace not possessed by the old 

 class ; for house or conservatory decoration they are of surpassing 



beauty. Mixed colors 



Double=fIowering. A really double-flowering Cyclamen, coming 

 quite true from seed ; the flowers are produced with the same free- 

 dom and in the same beautiful colors as in the single-flowering sorts 



pkt. 



15 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 50 

 25 



SO 

 35 



