HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— FLOWER SEEDS 



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4286 Single Velvety Maroon. 



4284 — Red, on white ground . 



4287 — Violet, on white ground 



DOXJBLE AND SINGLE SWEET WILLIAM 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthns Barbatas) 

 (London Tufts) 



A well-known attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing 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. 



Per pkt. Per pkt. 



4288 Single White 5 " 



4283 — Crimson 5 



4285 — Scarlet 5 



4289 Collection of a packet each of the above six colors 

 4292 Single Mixed. All colors. Peroz.,40cts 

 4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color which originated in one of 



the far famed gardens at Newport, R. I. 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 in. high. For mid-season mass 

 bedding it has no equal. It is also very 

 effective for cutting. 2 pkts., 25 cts, . 15 



4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective, 

 rich, deep scarlet variety. 2 pkts., 

 25 cts 15 



4291 Holborn Qlory. This strain is a large- 

 flowered selection of the auricula-eyed 

 section, the most beautiful and admired 

 of all Sweet Williams. The individual 

 flowers and trusses are of extraordinary 

 size, while the range of color, all show- 

 ing a clear, white eye, is truly superb. 

 i oz., 25 cts 10 



4297 Double Mixed. AH colors, i oz., 30 



cts 10 



4296 Giant Double. A decided improve- 

 ment. The plants are of robust, bushy 

 habit, producing numerous stems, sur- 

 mounted by immense umbels of full, 

 double flowers, many of the individual 

 flowers measuring over one inch in 

 diameter The colors are extremely 

 varied, i oz., 50 cts 15 



3941 

 3942 



SCABIOSA 



Per pkt. 

 Caucasica {Blue Bonnet). One of the handsomest of hardy 

 perennials, especially valuable for cutting, the blooms last- 

 ing a long time in water; lilac-blue; 3 feet . . 

 Japonica. A variety from Japan, forming bushy plants 

 2^ feet in height, and bearing on long, wiry stems beautiful, 

 artistic, lavender-blue flowers. A fine cut flower 



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15 



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SMILAX (Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides) 



3981 In many respects the Smilax is the most useful, and it is 

 certainly one of the most graceful climbers which adorns the 

 greenhouse or conservatory; for bouquets and floral decora- 

 tions it is indispensable. J oz., 25 cts 10 



STATICE (Sea Lavender) 



■4000 Splendid hardy perennials, either for the border or rockery, 

 producing all summer panicles of minute flowers, which can 

 be dried and used for winter bouquets. Mixed varieties. . 10 



MAiWMOTH-FLOWERINQ BEAUTY STOCKS 



A magnificent recently developed strain of early flowering Winter 

 •or Brompton Stocks, forming much-branched plants about 2 feet high 

 -and having numerous spikes of very large, double, delightfully fra- 

 grant flowers; they are of special value as pot plants for greenhouse 

 decoration and for cutting during the dull winter months, for this 

 purpose seed should be sown from July to September; if sown in Feb- 

 ruary or March will produce plants that will bloom out of doors from 

 midsummer till frost. 



4043 Beauty of Nice. Delicate flesh-pink 15 



4044 Crimson King. Rich blood crimson 15 



4045 Mont Blanc. Purest white 15 



4046 Monte Carlo Canary yellow 15 



4041 Queen Alexandra. Soft rosy-lilac 15 



-4047 Summer Night. Rich deep blue 15 



4049 Collection of the 6 colors 75 



•4050 Choicest Mixed. All colors . ; 10 



STOCKS 



For complete list and cultural notes see our Garden Book for 1914 



