DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



Amaryllis. 



AMARANTHUS. 



Showy blooming plants, with long racemes of curions- 

 lookiug flowers, and brilliant foliage; half-hardy annuals. 



PER PKT. 



5092 Cruentus [Prince's Feather). Erect-flowering, 

 bright scarlet 5 



5091 CSinAeitus (Love Lies Bleeding). Blood-red, droop- 

 ing; 3 feet 5 



5094 Gordoni, or Sunrise. Bronzy crimson foliage, 

 shading off to brilliant scarlet tufts of leaves on top 

 of the stalk, the lower leaves having a scarlet band 

 through the centre; 3 feet 10 



5095 Henderi. Of graceful pyramidal growth and 

 long drooping leaves, of brown, madder, and bronze ; 



4 feet 10 



5096 MelaiicholicHS Ruber. Dwarf, compact habit, 

 blood-red foliage; 2 feet 5 



5097 Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Of pyramidal, 

 droojiing habit, branching close to the ground. 

 The leaves' are at first of a bronzy green shade, 

 changing a bright orange-carmine and bronze color, 

 forming magnificent plumes : 4 feet. Per oz., $1.00... 5 



5098 Tricolor (.Toseph's Coal). Leaves red, yellow, 

 and green ; 3 feet. Per oz., 60 cts 5 



AMARYLLIS. 



Bulbous-rooted jjlants, producing from 2 to 4 of the 

 richest colored crimson, scarlet, and white-strii)ed, lily-like 

 flowers. 

 5110 Hybrida, Mixed, li feet : 25 



AMPELOPSIS. 



(Miniature Virginia Creeper, or Japanese Ivy.) 



A hardy perennial species of AVoodbine from Japan, 

 with olive-green leaves, which turn to scarlet in the 

 autumn. Will adhere to brick or stone walls. 

 5101 Veitchi. Per oz., 60 cts 10 



ANAGALLIS. 



(Pimpernelle.) 



Dwarf, compact plants ; adapted for baskets, rock- 

 work, edgings, and small beds; succeed best in a light, 

 rich soil, in a sunny situation; covered with various 

 shades of flowers the whole summer; half-hardy annuals; 

 6 inches. 

 5120 Grandiflora, Mixed 5 



ANCHUSA. 



(Capensis.) 



A splendid bouquet flower, of longduration, and pro- 

 ducing azure-blue forget-me-not-like flowers; hardy peren- 

 nial ; if sown early, blooms the first season, growing freely 

 in shaded situations ; 2 feet. 

 512S Angustifolia. Azure blue 10 



ANGELONIA. 



A beautiful greenhouse shrubbery plant ; spikes of 

 dark purplish-brown flowers, with a white eye. If sown 

 early will flower the first season, and can be treated as a 

 tender annual. Famous for its fragrance. 

 '5132 Grandiflora Atropnrpnrea 15 



ASPERULA. 



ANEMONE. 



\Windflower.) 



A very jileasing hardy perennial, bull ons-rooted 

 plant; ea-sily grown from seed, producing large flowers^ 

 early in the spring, when few plants can compare with 

 them in beauty and brilliancy; fine for bouquets; 1 foot. 



I PER PKT. 



1 5130 Coronaria, Mixed. Scarlet, purple, blue 



white and striped 10 



5125 Fulgens. Flowers large, dazzling vermilion 20 



ALSTRCEMERIA. 



Beautiful, free-flowering, tuberous-rooted plants; do- 

 best in a southern sheltered position, or in the greenhouse ; 

 half-hanlv perennials ; IV feet. 

 5080 Chiliensis, Mixed . 20 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



(Snap-Dragon.) 



One of our most showy and useful border plants. The 

 more recently improved varieties of this valuable genus are 

 large, finely-sliaped flowers of the most brilliant colors, 

 with beautifully-marked throats ; they succeed in any good 

 garden soil, and are verj- eft'ective in beds. Hardy peren- 

 nials, blooming the first year if the seed is sown early ; 1 ft. 



5136 Fire Fly. Orange and scarlet, with white throat. 5 



5137 Picturatum. A new and distinct variety, striped 

 and blotched; all colors mixed 10 



5140 Mixed. Finest dwarf Tom Thumb. Per oz., 75 



cts 5 



5129 Imported Collections, 10 Dwarf varieties 50 



■5139 " " 10 Tall " 50 



I AQUILEGIA. 



j (Columbine.) 



i This plant blooms freely early in the spring and sum- 



mer and produces beautiful, curiously-formed and vari- 

 ously-colored flowers ; hardy perennials. 



5143 Chrysantha. (Golden-Spurred.) A strong 

 grower, forming bushy plants 3 feet high, bearing 

 all through the season an abundance of bright 

 golden-yellow flowers 10 



5144 Coerulea. Flowers are very large, violet-blue, 



j and inner petals purewhite; 2 feet 10 



5151 Glandulosa. The best of the large-flowering 



I sorts; inner petals pure white; outer a lovely 



j shade of light blue; 2 feet 1.5 



5145 Oiympica. A beautiful, vigorous grower; flowers 



I rich blue, with a white-edged lip; 2 feet 10 



' 51.52 Skinneri. Bright scarlet and yellow ; blooms 

 earl v in spring ; an excellent plant for rockv places ; 



18 inches .". 10 



5160 Single, all colors mixed; 2 feet 5 



5150 Double," " " 18 inches 5 



ARMERIA. 



(Thrift.) 



A very pretty edging plant, bearicw large tufts of 

 rosy-pink flowers ; hardy. 

 5164 Elegans .' 10 



