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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



Thunbergia 



TAGETES. 



A dwarf, globular, compact, bushy plant, with beau- 

 tiful delicate fern-like leaves, densely covered with dow- 

 ers; valuable for borders as well as beds; half-hardy 

 annual. 



PER PKT. 



6654 Signata Pnmila. Bright vellow, striped brown ; 



1 foot ." 5 



6655 Pnmila Goldeu King. An attractive rich 

 orange color, short and compact habit, very free- 

 flowering ; 10 inches 10 



THUNBERGIA. 



(Black-Eyed Susan.) 



Beautiful rapid-growing climbers, thi-iving in a light, 

 rich, loamy soil, in warm situations in the garden ; the 

 iJowers are very pretty, and are borne profusely during the 

 season ; fine for vases, rustic-work, or greenhouse culture; 

 half-hardy annuals ; 4 feet. 



6661 Alba Oculata. White, dark eye 5 



6662 Alata. Buft', dark eye 5 



6663 Aurantiaca. Orange, dark eye 5 



6664 Bakeri. Pure white 5 



€670 Mixed. All colors. Per oz., 60 ct.s 5 



TOBACCO. 



(Nicotiana.) 



A beautiful new sort, with showy white and green 

 foliage; half-hardy annual ; 4 feet. 



6675 Variegated Foliage. 



TORENIA. 



A very fine annual, forming a splendid plant for 

 vases, hanging-baskets, the greenhouse, or for growing out 

 of doors ; they are covered until late in the season with 

 one mass of bloom. 

 6681 Fonrnieri. Large sky-blue flowers, with three 



spots of dark blue, and a bright yellow centre 20 



6683 Bailloni. A valuahle species, distinguished for 

 the size and charming color of its flowers, which 

 are bright .golden yellow with a brownish-red 

 throat. An admirable contrast with T. Fournieri ; 

 15 inches. 20 



TROP>EOLUM (See Nasturtium). 



VALERIANA. 



(Hardy Heliotrope.) 



Very showy border plants, or for mixing with shrub- 

 bery ; growing In any garden soil, doing well in the shade ; 

 producing large corvmhs of flowers ; hardv perennial. 

 6690 Mixed. Bright red and white: 2 feet 5 



VERONICA 



(Speedwell.) 



Very ornamental plants for garden or pot culture ; it 

 makes an extremely pretty edging for small beds, etc. ; 

 half-hardy annual ; 6 inches. 

 ■6693 Syriaca, Mixed. Blue, white, etc 10 



VERBENA HYBRIDA. 



An indispensable bedding plant. Though thev are 

 half-hardy perennials, they can be treated as hardy an- 

 nuals ; they bloom the first season from seed, and bear 

 bright flowers of many ditferent shades. ^ per pkt. 



6705 Auriculaeflora'. Beautiful colors of auricula- 

 eved varieties 25 



6706 Blue 20 



6701 Candidissima. A decided improvement, pro- 

 ducing large trusses of the purest white flowers, 

 invaluable for florists 25 



6702 Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet 25 



6703 Dreer's Striped. Beautiful striped varieties of 

 brilliant shades 25 



6700 Dreer's Choicest Mixed. Selected from our 

 large collection of the newest and finest-named 

 varieties and richest colors. Per oz.. -So.OO 20 



6707 Dreer's Jlamnioth. This strain presents a 

 marked advance in the Verbena. The flowers are 

 very large, of brilliant colors and charming ap- 

 pearance 25 



6704 Golden-Leaved Scarlet. Goldeu yellow foli- 

 age, which strikingly contrasts with the bright 

 scarlet flowers. A valuable acquisition for bed- 

 ding, as it remains unimpaired until frost; repro- 

 duced true fi-om seed 25 



6711 Snowball. This variety grows into a compact 

 bush instead of being of straggling habit. The 

 umbels are large and bear medium-sized pure white 

 flowers. As. it can be kei)t down to a height of 5 

 or 6 inches, it will doubtless prove of value as an 

 edging plant 25 



6710 Mixed. All colors of the older sorts. Per oz., 

 $2.00 10 



6709 Collection of Verbena, 6 varieties 60 



10, 



Dreer's Mammoth Verbeka. 



MAMMOTH VERBENA. 



The flowers are very large, of brilliant colors and 

 have large, distinct eyes. We consider the Mammoth 

 Verbena one of the very best new things offered for many 

 years. In colorin.g thev e.xcel the old varieties, are of 

 vigorous habit and free-blooming, and are the most attrac- 

 tive of the cla.«s. 



The seed we offer is the True Mammoth, and is not 

 the Large Flowering German variety which we find 

 worthless here. 

 6707 Mixed 25 



