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DREER'S, RELIABLE SEEDS 



Daisy. 



Datura. 



Delphinium. 



DiANTHUS LaCINIATUS FL. PL. 



DAISY. 



(Bellis Perennis. 



A favorite plant for beds or pot culture, or for edging j 

 in shady situations ; in bloom from April to June. The 1 

 seed weoffer is saved from the finest double varieties ; half- | 

 hardy perennials. Daisies may be easily raised from seed 

 sown in tlie spring and bad in flower in short space of 

 time. 



PER PKT. 



o690 MLved. All colors; 4 inches 20 



5682 Double White 20 



5684 Longfellow. 'Phis variety comes true from seed; 

 it is of unusual size and has very double dark rose 

 flowers 25 



DAHLIA. 



One of our best autumnal flowering plants; blooms 

 until killed by frost; tuberous-rooted half-hardy peren- 

 nials; blooming the first year from seed, if «>owii early; 

 protect the roots during winter in a dry cellar in sand; 2 

 to 8 feet. 



5692 Large Flowering. Saved from the finest double 

 flowers. Mixed 20 



5693 Small Flowering (Bouquet or Liliputiari). 

 Saved from choice double flowers; mixed colors.. ..20 



5694 Single Mixed. Large showy single flowers. 

 Seed saved from a splendid collection 20 



5699 Choicest Single. 12 sorts, .$1.00. 



DATURA. 



(Trumpet Flower.) 

 In large clumps and borders of shrubbery they pro- 

 duce an excellent eftect, continuing in bloom until frost; 

 flowering the first year from seed, if sown early. They 

 can be preserved in sand during the winter in a dry cellar 

 free from frost ; half-hardy perennials ; 3 feet. 



5697 Humulis Flava Flore Pleno. Large double 

 flowers, of a deep golden yelluw; delightfully 

 fragrant 5 



5700 Fastuosa Huberiana, Mixed. From large 

 double flowers of various colors 10 



5698 Wrighti {Meleloides). Large single trumpet- 

 shaped flowers, white, with a lilac border 5 



5606 Arborea Simplex (Brugmansia\. Large single 

 trumpet-shaped, white, fragrant flowers, about 12 

 Indies long. Plant out in May 20 



Double Dahlia.. 



II 



Single Dahlia. 



DELPHINIUM. 



(Larkspur.) 



One of our most showy and useful plants, possessing 

 almost every requisite for the adornment of the garden; 

 the hardy perennials produciug splendid spikes of flowers 

 in profusion throughout the summer. If sown early they 

 bloom the first year from seed. The hardy annuals are 

 profuse bloomer^, and succeed best if sown in the autumn, 

 or very early in the spring. 



PER PKT. 



5705 Formosum. Beautiful spikes of brilliant rich 

 blue flowers, with a white centre; 2i feet 10 



5706 Nndicaule. Dwarf, of compact growth, with 

 spikes of bright scarlet flowers; 18 inches 10 



5708 Cashmerianum. A beautiful dark blue, blooms 



in corymbs of si.>L or more; 15 inches 20 



The above are hardy perennials, and the following 



are hardy annuals : 



5710 Donble Dwarf Rocket (Hyocinth-fiowered 

 Larkspur). Finest mixed ; 1 foot. Per oz., 60 cts. 5 



5713 Double Dwarf Candelabra Flowered. 

 Shaped like a candelabra; flowering until quite 

 late; mixed colors; 1 foot 5 



5711 Double Stock Flowered. A tiill-branching 

 variety, with beautiful long si)ikes of flowers of 

 various colors ; fine for cut-flowers ; 2 feet 5 



5715 Imperiale Flore Pleno (Emperor Larkspur). 

 Of .symmetrical bushy habit, with a profusion of 

 brilliant dark blue, red-striped and tricolor flow- 

 ers; li feet 5 



5709 Collection of Dwarf Rocket Larkspur; 10 

 varieties 50 



5719 Collection of Stock Flowered Larkspur; 8 

 varieties 50 



DIANTHUS. 



(Pinks.) 



A maiinificent genus, embracing some of the most 

 popular flowers in cultivation, producing a great variety 

 of brilliant colors and ]>rofusion of bloom. The hardy 

 biennials, or Chinese and Japanese varieties, bloom the 

 first season, the same as hardy annuals; height, 1 foot. 

 The hardy perennial varieties are very fragrant, and of 

 easy culture for the garden or greenhouse. 



5720 Chinensis (China, or Indian Pink.) Extra 

 double, all colors nii.xed. Per oz., 75 cts 5 



5721 Chinensis Flore Albo Pleno. Extra double 

 pure while 5 



5722 Imperialis {Doublf Imperial Pink). Double. 

 Variegated, mixed colors 5 



5730 Heddewigi Flore P\eno (Double Japan Pink). 

 Seed saved from extra double flowers, cidors vary- 

 ing from the richest velvety crimson to the most 

 delicate rose, all colors mixed 10 



5740 Heddewigi Diadematus Flore Pleno (Dou- 

 ble Diadem Japan Pink). Beautiful double flow- 

 ers from 2 to 3 inches in diamf^ter ; mixed of varied 

 tints of lilac, crimson, purple, to very dark purple; 

 with the outer edges friiia;ed and nearly white; 

 dwarf compact-growing plants 10 



5728 Laciniatus P'lore Pleno [Double Fringed 

 Japan Pink). Large double showy flowers with 

 fringed edges, mixed, various colors and heautilnlly 

 striped 10 



