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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; half-hardy perennials. 
PER PKT 
5457 Gymnocarpa. Very graceful, fine cut, silvery- 
gray foliage; 14 feet. Per 1,000 seeds, 50 ets........ 10 
Candidissima. Splendid silvery, broad cut 
leaves; 1 foot. Per 1,000 seeds, 75 ets........ miesteeecss 1 
Clementei. A robust, free-growing plant, with 
crowus of silvery leaves, deeply fringed and cut; 
12 feet) ueereLOOU Scedsamolctsenmnee eee eee nO) 
Gyanus (White Conn) Hlower))...... ccoss..sssccccccceees 
Emperor William. Dwarf bright blue 5 
Cyanus, Mixed (Blue Bottle, or Corn Flower). 
In bloom all summer; mixed colors; 14 feet 
Suaveolens. Fragrant, bright yellow 
CHAMAPEUCE. 
(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 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
(Paris Daisies, or 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 
5454 
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5462 
5463 
5460 

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5485 Dunneti Flore Pleno. Double white............. 5 
5487 Aureum. Double yellow; 14 feet...............0000 5 5) 
5491 Inodorum Flore Pleno. A new variety, pro- 
ducing fine large double white flowers; an excellent 
| 5550 Double Mixed. 
DREER’S RELIABLE SEEDS 


CINERARIA. 
(Cape Asters.) 
A favorite attractive free-flowering plant, 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............ co5 HN sheets acc tere 2 
5540 Dwarf, Mixed. Dwarf, compact, saved from 
extra choice flowers and colors; 1 fo0t......-.sc0. eee 
5520 Grandiflora Prize, Tall Mixed. This strain 
is unsurpassed for beautiful colors and size of 
flowers; selected from prize varieties; 2 feet.........50 
5510 Grandiflora Prize, Dwarf Mixed. Same as 
the above, except being of dwarf varieties; 1 foot...50 

bouquet flowers) 20 huchessace-c.ce eeceeseehe see eeeoeeeees 10; 
Choice Mixed. Double-flowering summer vyari- 
eties's: 1 to)2) feethy Oz b0CiS tse. .consses-sseseeneeesoe Asso 
Frutescens Grandiflorum. A perennial species, 
extensively used in the parks and gardens of Paris. 
It is literally covered all summer with a profusion 
of white star-like flowers with a yellow disc; 2 ft...10 
Segetum Grandiflorum. Large blooms of a 
bright sulphur-yellow color, measuring 2 to 24 
inches in diameter --10 
Indicum Majus. Choice mixed large-flowering 
double varieties; half-hardy perennial; 3 feet 
Indicum Nanum. Pompone or small-flowering 
varieties, half-hardy perennial; fine for florists’ 
flowers. Choice mixed; very double; 2 feet 
Carinatum, ** Eclipse.’? An exceedingly showy 
variety, pure golden yellow, with a bright purplish- 
scarlet ring or centre on the ray florets, the disc 
beinoidarks brow MNese-ccosseccssaeesceeeteeeeeacesaceer eee 10 
W.E. Gladstone. Brilliantcrimson. A showy 
flower -10 
Golden Feather. White, banded crimson, inner 
ring canary yellow, maroon eye 
The Sultan. Crimson maroon, golden yellow 
centre....... . ee -ecere wccscensene 
Collection of summer-flowering Chrysanthe- 
MUMS, 8 VArietiCs........ see Sp-bap.tosy <cososou sesesens- 00 
5500 
5488 
15 
10 
This is quite an acquisition to 
our list of florists’ flowers, which for cutting can 
hardly be surpassed. All the rich and beautiful 
colors of the single exist in this variety; 2 ft.......... 
CINERARIA. 
(Dusty Miller.) 
Fine for bedding, ribbon-beds, and margins; prized 
for their beautiful downy silvery foliage; half-hardy 
perennials; 2 feet. 
©6555 Maritima Candidissima. With large silver 
foliage; clusters of yellow flowers. Per oz., $1.50..10 
5596 Acanthifolia. Silvery foliage, beautifully cut 
‘like the Acanthus........... -.10 
CLARKIA. 
An old favorite hardy annual plant, growing in any 
garden soil, and produeing freely its cheerful flowers early 
in the season. Sow the seed early in the spring or in the 
autumn; 13 feet. 
5o6OSimeles PMixedicolorsecccccesseseeeesea reer eee 
5570 Double. Mixed colors......... coanosnting & 
CERASTIUM. 
(Snow in Summer.) 
A very pretty dwarf white-leaved edging plant bear- 
ing small white flowers. 
5472 ‘Tomentosum..........00....0...05 
CLEOME. 
Singular-looking rose-colored flowers; the stamens 
look like spiders’ legs, and present a very attractive ap- 
| pearance; half-hardy annual; 3 feet. 
5581 Grandiflora 
CLEMATIS. 
Rapid-growing climbers, fine for arbors and verandas, 
the small varieties flower in clusters, and are very fragrant ; 
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 
6577 Hybrida Grandiflora. Large-flowering, mixed.20 
COBZA. 
A climber of rapid growth, flowering the first season 
if sown early in the house or hot-bed. In sowing, place 
seeds edgewise and merely cover with light soil. 
5586 Scandens. Large, bell-shaped purple flowers....10 
5587 Scandens Alba. Pure white.......0. ssssssseeseeereeee 20 

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