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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



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 Centaurea Cyanus. Chrysanthemum. 



CENTAUREA. 



Fine for bedding, vases, hanging-baskets and pots; 

 also extensively used for margins. Sow the seed from 

 December to April in a temperature of 60 degrees; half- 

 hardy pereunials. 



PER PKT. 



5457 Gymnocarpa. Verv graceful, tine cut, silvery- 

 gray foliage; li feet. "Per 1,000 seeds, Sl.50 15 



5454 Candidissiina. Splendid silvery, broad, cut 

 leaves; 1 foot. Per 1,000 seeds, $1.50 15 



5456 Clementei. A robust, free-growing plant, with 

 crowns of silveiv leaves, deeply fringed and cut; 

 lifeet ." '. 15 



5462 Cyanus ( n7//7c Corn Floiver) 5 



5460 Cyanus, i*Iixed {Blue Bottle, or Corn Flower). 

 In bloom nil summer; mixed colors; U feet 5 



5461 Suaveolens. Fragrant, bright yellow 5 



CHAM/EPEUCE. 



(Ivory Thistle.) 



An elegant perennial Thistle, very ornamental for 

 garden decorations; the mid-rib and spines are ivory- 

 white and the leaves glossy green, shaded by a snowy 

 down ; 2 feet. 

 5475 Diacantha 10 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



(Paris Daisies, op Marguerites.) 



Showy and effective garden favorites, extensively 

 grown for cut flowers. The hardy annuals are summer- 

 flowering border plants; good for pot culture, and quite 

 distinct from the autumn-flowering varieties. 



5484 Burridgeanum. Attractive single flowers, crim- 

 son, with white edge and inner white circle, fine for 

 cut flowers; 1 foot 5 



5485 Dunneti Flore Pleno. Double white 5 



5487 Aureum. Double yellow; lifeet 5 



5491 Inodorum Flore Pleno. A new variety, pro- 

 ducing fine large double white flowers ; an excellent 

 bouquet flower ; 20 inches 10 



5500 Choice j>lixed. Double-flowering summer vari- 

 eties; 1 to 2 feet. Oz., 50 cts 5 



5488 Frutescens Grandiflorum. A ])erennial species, 

 extensively used in the parks and gardens of Paris. 

 It is literally covered all summer with a profusion 

 of white star-like Howers with a yellow disc; 2 ft. ..15 



5495 Segetuni Grandiflorum. Large blooms of a 

 bright sulphur-yellow color, measuring 2 to 24 

 inches in diameter 13^ 



5480 Indicum Majus. Choice mixed large-flowering 

 double varieties ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 feel 15 



5482 Indicum Nanum. Pompone or small flowering 

 varieties, half-hardy perennial; fine for florists' 

 flowers. Choice mixed ; very double ; 2 feet 15 



5493 Carinatum, " Eclipse." An exceedingly showy 

 variety, pure golden yellow, with a bright purplish- 

 scarlet ring or centre on the ray florets, the disc 

 being dark brown 10 



5486 W.E.Gladstone. Brilliant crimson. A showy 

 flowei 10 



5481 Golden Feather. White, banded crimson, inner 

 ring canary yellow, maroon eye 10 



5483 The Sultan. Crimson maroon, golden yellow 

 centre 10 



5490 Japanese. A mixture of fine sons, which should 

 produce manyshowy varieties 25 



Cinekakia. Clarkia. 



CINERARIA. 



(Cape Asters.) 



A favorite attractive free-flowering jilant, blooming- 

 during the winter and spring months; perennials, but do 

 best treated as tender annuals. 



PER PKT. 



5530 Hybrida, Tall, Mixed. Saved from extra choice 

 flowers and colors ; 2 feet 2-> 



5540 Dwarf, Mixed. Dwarf, compact, saved from 

 extra choice flowers and colors; I foot 2.5- 



5520 Grandiflora Prize, Tall Mixed. This strain 

 is unsurpassed for beautiful colors and size of 

 flowers; selected fiom prize varieties; 2 feet 50- 



5510 Grandiflora Prize, Dwarf Mixed. Same as 

 the above, except being of dwarf varieties ; 1 foot.. .50' 



5550 Double Mixed. This is quite an acquisition to 

 our list of florists' flowers, which for cutting can 

 hafdly be surpassed. All the rich and beautiful 

 colors of the single exist in this variety ; 2 ft 50' 



CINERARIA. 



(Dusty Miller.) 



Fine for bedding, ribbon-beds, and margins; prized; 

 for their beautiful downy silvery foliage; half-hardy 

 perennials ; 2 feet. 



5555 Maritinia Candidissima. With large silver 

 foliage ; clusters of yellow flowers. Per oz., $2.00.. 10 



5556 Acanthifolia. Silvery foliage, beautifully cut 

 like the Acanthus '. 10 



CLARKIA. 



An old favorite hardy annual plant, grooving in any 

 garden soil, and producing freely its cheerf^ul flowers early 

 in the season. Sow the seed early in the spring or in the 

 autumn ; li feet. 



5560 Single. Mixed colors .> 



5570 Double. Mixed colors o- 



CLEOME. 



(Spider Plant.) 



Singular-looking rose-colored flowers; the stamens 

 look like spider's legs, and present a very attractive ap- 

 pearance ; half-hardy annual ; 3 feet. 

 5581 Grandiflora 5 



CLEMATIS. 



Rapid-growing climbers, fine for arbors and verandas; 



the small varieties flower in clusters, and are very frairrant ; 



the large-flowering varieties are very handsome, and are- 



continually in bloom. Soak the seed in warm water for 



24 hours before sowing; hardy perennials; 15 feet. 



5575 Flammula ( Virgin's Bower). Producing beau- 

 tiful clusters of small white fragrant flowers 10 



5590 Vitalba {Trareller's Joy). Clusters of fragrant 

 small white flowers 10 



5577 Hybrida Grandiflora. Large-flowering, mixed 

 colors 20' 



COB/EA. 



A climber of rapid growth, flowering the first season 

 if sown early in tlie house or hot-bed. In sowing, place 

 seeds edgewise and merely cover with light soil; half- 

 hardy perennial ; 20 feet. 

 5586 Scandens. Large, bell-sh^ped purple flowers 10 



