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DREER S RELIABLE SEEDS 



Daisy. 



Datura. 



Delphinium. 



DiAXTHVS L.\C1.NIATUS FL. PL. 



DAISY. 



(Bellis Perennis.) 



A favorite plant in bloom from April to June. The 

 •seed we offer is saved from the finest double varieties. 

 Daisies can be easily raised from seed sown in the spring. 



PER PKT. 



5690 Mixed. All colors ; 4 inches 20 



5682 Double White 20 



5684 Longfellow. This variety comes true from seed ; 



it is of unusual size and has very double dark rose 

 flowers 25 



5683 Snowball. A large and very double pure white 

 Daisy of the '" Longfellow " type. The flowers are 

 borne on long stems and are excellent for cutting. ..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 sowu 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 15 



5693 Small Flowering [Bouquet or Liliputian). 

 Saved from choice double flowers; mixed colors.. ..15 



5694 Single Mixed. Largo showy single flowers. 

 Seed saved from a splendid collection 15 



5699 Choicest Single. 12 sorts, $1.00. 



DATURA. 



(Trumpet Flower.) 

 In large clumps and borders of shrubbery they pro- 

 duce an excelleut effect, 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 Fleno. Large double 

 flowers, of a deep golden yellow; delightfully 

 fragrant 5 



5700 Fastuosa Hubefiana, Mixed. From large 

 double flowers of various colors 10 



5698 Wrighti {Mete/oides). Large single trumpet- 

 shaped flowers, white, with a lilac border 5 



5606 Arborea Simplex (Brugman^ia). Large single 

 trumpet-shaped, white, fragrant flowers, about 12 

 inches long. i?lant out in May 20 



Double Dahlia.. 



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 producing splendid spikes of flowers 

 in profusion throughout the summer. If sowu early they 

 bloom the first year from seed. The hardy annuals are 

 profuse bloomers, and succeed best if sowu in the autumn, 

 or very early in the spring. 



PER PKT. 



5705 Formosnin. Beautiful spikes of brilliant rich 

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



5706 Nudicanle. Dwarf, of compact growth, with 

 spikes of bright scarlet flowers; 18 inches 10 



5708 Cashmerianum. A beautiful dark blue, blooms 

 in corymbs of six ormore; !5 inches 20 



5715 Elatum. Bee Larkspur. Rich deep blue; very 

 free blooming 10 



5710 Double Dwarf Rocket (Hyacinth-flowered 

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



5713 Double Dwarf Candelabra Floweied. 

 Shaped like a candelabra; flowering until quite 

 late; mixed colors; 1 foot 5 



5711 Double Stock Flowered. A tall-branching 

 variety, with beautiful long spikes 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 tri-color flow- 

 ers; li feet 5 



5709 Collection of Dwarf Eocket Larkspur; 10 

 varieties 50 



5719 Collection of Stock Flowered Larkspur; 8 

 varieties 50 



DIANTHUS. 



(Pinks.) 

 A magnificent genus, embracing some of the most 

 popular flowers in cultivation, producing a great variety 

 of brilliant colors and profusion 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 mixed. Per oz., 75 cts 5 



5721 Chinensis Flore Albo Pleno. Extra double 

 pure white 5 



5722 Imperialis [Double Imperial Pink). Double. 

 Variegated, mixed colors 5 



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

 Seed saved from extra double flowers, colors 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 diameter ; mixed of varied 

 tints of lilac, crimson, )>urple, to very dark purple ; 

 with the outer edges fringed and nearly white; 

 dwarf compact-growing plants 10 



5728 Laciniatus Flore Pleno (Double Fringed 

 Japan Pink). Large double showy flowers with 

 fringed edges, mixed, various colors and beautifnlly 

 striped 10 



For Novelties please see Supplement. 



