DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Ageratum, Cope's Pet. 



ACONITUM. 



(Monk's Hood, or Wolfsbane.) 



A hardy perennial, growing in any good garden soil, produc- 

 ing curiously shaped flowers in abundance. 



PER PKT. 



5017 Aconitum Napellus. Blue and white ; 3 feet 5 



ADLUMIA CIRRHOSA. 



(Mountain Fringe, or Allegheny Vine.) 



5033 An attractive and beautiful hardy biennial, flowering 

 the first season, clusters of small rosy-lilac flowers and 

 pale green feathery foliage ; 15 feet 10 



ADONIS. 



5031 Flos Adonis. Also known as Pheasant's Eye. 

 Showy hardy annuals of easy culture, with pretty fine- 

 cut foliage, and lasting a long time in bloom ; dark 

 crimson flowers, with a lighter centre ; 1 foot 5 



AGERATUM. 



Valuable plants for large beds or borders, and very useful 

 where cut-flowers are in demand ; in bloom the whole summer ; 

 also good for winter blooming ; half-hardy annuals. 



5045 Ageratum Conspicuum. White; 2 feet 5 



5041 — Mexicanum. Blue; 2 feet 5 



5042 — Imperialis. Dwarf, blue; 8 inches 5 



5043 — Imperialis. Dwarf, white ; 8 inches 5 



5044 — Lasseauxi. Rose ; 15 inches 5 



5046 — Cope's Pet. Lovely azure-blue; 8 inches. .. 10 



AGROSTEMMA. 



(Rose of Heaven.) 



An attractive free-flowering hardy perennial of easy culture, 

 producing flowers on long slender stems like a single pink ; 

 blooms the first season. Fine for cutting; 1 to 2 feet. 



5050 Agrostemma, Mixed Varieties 5 



ALLAMANDA. 



Stove evergreen climbers, bearing profusely splendid large 

 flowers in clusters ; winter and spring blooming. 

 5063 Allamanda ScllOtti. Golden yellow 25 



Adonis. 



Amakanthus Caudatus. 



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Alyssum, Little Gem. 



ALYSSUn. 



Free-flowering, pretty little plants for beds, edgings or rock- 

 work, or winter blooming; the annual variety blooms all 

 summer. 



PER PKT. 



5082 Alyssum, Sweet (A. Benthami Maritimum). 



Flowers in white clusters; 6 inches. Per oz. 30 cts.. . 5 



5086 — Benthami Compactum ( Tom Thumb). Of 

 true dwarf compact growth ; excellent for borders ; 

 white. Per oz. 40 cts , 5 



5087 — Little Gem. Of dwarf, compact habit, 3 to 5 

 inches in height, each plant covering a circle 15 to 30 

 inches in diameter. It begins to bloom when quite 

 small, and the plants are a solid mass of white from 

 spring till late in autumn. Per oz. 60 cts 5 



5084 — Saxatile Compactum. Showy golden-yel- 

 low flowers ; hardy perennial, blooms the first season ; 

 1 foot 5 



AMARYLLIS. 



Bulbous-rooted plants, producing from 2 to 4 of the richest- 

 colored crimson scarlet, and white-striped, lily-like flowers. 



5110 Amaryllis Hybrida, Mixed. U feet 25 



AMARANTHUS. 



Showy blooming plants, with long racemes of curious-look- 

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



5092 AmarantllUS CrUentUS (Prince's Feather). 

 Erect flowering, bright scarlet 5 



5091 — Caildatus (Love Lies Bleeding). Blood-red, 



drooping ; 3 feet 5 



5094 — Gordoili, or Sunrise. Bronzy crimson foli- 

 age, 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 5 



5095 — Henderi. Of graceful pyramidal growth and 

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



4 feet 5 



5096 — Melancholicus Ruber. Dwarf, compact 

 habit, blood-red foliage ; 2 feet 5 



5097 — SalicifoliuS (Fountain Plant). Of pyramidal, 

 drooping habit, branching close to the ground 5 



5098 — Tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves red, yellow 

 and green ; 3 feet. Per oz. 30 cts .... 5 



5093 — Tricolor splendens. An improvement on the 

 old Joseph's Coat, of more brilliant coloring, a very 

 beautiful ornamental plant 5 



AMPELOPSIS. 



(Miniature Virginia Creeper, or Japanese Ivy.) 



A hardy perennial species of Woodbine from Japan, with 

 olive-green leaves, which turn to scarlet in the autumn. Will 

 adhere to brick or stone walls. 

 5101 Ampelopsis Veitchi. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



