DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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' Cockscomb — Glasgow Prize. 



Celosia, or Cockscomb. 



Free blooming graceful plants, growing best in rather light 

 soil not too rich, producing spikes of beautiful, feathery and 

 comb-shaped flowers ; grown in pots, they are fine for the 

 greenhouse or conservatory. The plumed varieties are fine for 

 cutting and drying for winter bouquets, which should be done 

 when in full bloom and before they fade. Half-hardy annuals. 



PER PKT. 



5440 Celosia Variegata. Variegated with crimson, 

 orange, green, shaded and striped ; of the most brilliant 

 hues; 3 feet 5 



5442 — GlaSg'OW Prize. Dark foliage, immense showy 

 dark crimson combs ; 1 foot 10 



5443 — Empress. Produces combs of colossal propor- 

 tions, flowers have been grown measuring 45 inches 

 from tip to tip ; rich velvety crimson 10 



5447 — Golden Plume. Pyramidal habit. Flowers 

 bright golden yellow ; 3 feet 10 



5445 — PlUlTlOSa Superba. A beautiful feathered 

 variety ; mixed colors ; 3 feet 10 



5450 — Dwarf, Mixed. Fine dwarf varieties of Cocks- 

 comb. Per oz., 75 cts 5 



5449 Collection of 6 varieties Dwarf Cockscomb 30 



5441 Queen of the Dwarfs. This we consider the 

 finest of the dwarf-growing Cockscombs. The plants 

 grow only about eight inches high, with beautiful 

 dark rose-colored combs of immense size, measuring 

 under good cultivation two feet across and one foot 

 in breadth. It is an interesting plant for growing in 

 pots 10 



Chrysanthemum. 



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 

 5493 

 5495 



5486 

 5481 

 5483 

 5500 



5489 



Single Annual Varieties. 



PER PKT. 



Burridgeanum. White centre, crimson band, 



beautiful ; 1 foot 5 



Cariliatum Eclipse. Pure golden with a bright 

 purplish scarlet ring and dark brown disc, very striking 5 



Segetum Grandiflorum. Large blooms of a \ 



bright sulphur-yellow color, measuring 2 to 2£ inches 



in diamel er 5 



W. E. Gladstone, Brilliant crimson. A showy 



flower 5 



Golden Feather. White, banded crimson, inner 



ring canary yellow, maroon eye 5 



The Sultan. Crimson maroon, golden yellow 



centre 5 



Single Mixed. Summer flowering varieties ; 1 to 



2 feet. Oz. 30 cts 5 



Collection of summer-flowering Chrysanthemums, 

 8 varieties 30 



Chrysanthemum Inodorum Plenissimum. 



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Single Annual Chrysanthemum. 



Semi-Double Annual Varieties. 



5485 Semi-Double White 5 



5487 Semi-Double Yellow 5 



5488 Chrysanthemum Frutescens Grandi- 

 florum. ("The Marguerite" or "Paris Daisy.") 

 Immense quantities are grown by French florists, and 

 find a ready sale. It produces freely its white star-like 

 flowers under the most unfavorable conditions 10 



5480 Chrysanthemum Inodorum Plenissi- 

 mum. Double snow-white, very free flowering and 

 fine for cutting. A perennial, flowering the first year , 

 from seed 10 



5491 Chrysanthemum, New Double Annual. 

 These beautiful varieties have been obtained by care- 

 fully hybridizing and selecting for several years the 

 semi-double varieties of this useful annual until a high 

 degree of doubleness has been attained. They are 

 extremely variable in color, including innumerable 

 shades of red and rose, purple, yellow, white, etc . . . . 10 



5490 Chrysanthemum Japanese Hybrids. The 

 seed here offered has been saved from a magnificent 

 collection, from blooms that have been carefully crossed, 

 and may be expected to produce some rare novelties in 

 this popular flower. Chrysanthemum seed sown in 

 spring will produce vigorous flowering plants by fall, 

 and do better than old plants 25 



