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DREER S RELIABLE SEEDS 



Helichrysum. 



Statice. 



Fenzlia. 



t UCHSIAS. 



EVE R LASTI ^Q,S—Conti7iued. 

 ACROCLINIUM. Charming border plants with 

 beautiful flowers, growing freely in any good garden soil; 

 half-hardy annuals; 1 foot. 



PER PKT. 



5021 Roseum. Bright rose 5 



5030 Mixed. Per oz., 60 cts 5 



5025 Roseum Flore Pleno. This new double rose- 

 colored variety is the best yet introduced. The 

 flowers are larger than the single, plant taller and 



more branching; 15 inches 10 



AMMOBIUM. A pretty, useful border plant 

 much used as an everlasting flower for winter bouquets; 

 hardy annual ; 2 feet. 



5112 Alatum. Showy small white flowers 5 



511-1 Alatum Grandiflorum. Flowers pure white 



and double the size of above 10 



GOMPHRENA (Glohe Amaranth, Bachelor's But- 

 ton). Handsome flowers of various colors. It does best 

 if sown in a hot bed ; half-hardv annuals; 2 feet. 



5892 Alba. Pure white ." 5 



5s95 Purpurea. Rich crimson 5 



5893 Aurea. Orange-colored 5 



5900 3Iixed. All colors. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



HELICHRYSUM. E.xceedingly efi'ective double 

 flowers, making a fine display in beds or borders; they 

 succeed in any rich garden soil ; hardy annuals; li ft. 



5925 Album. Pure white 5 



5928 Atro-Sanguineum Nanum. A new dwarf 



variety, with deep crimson flowers; 1 foot 5 



5930 Fiuest Mixed. All varieties and colors. Per 



oz., -Sl.OO 5 



HELIPTERUM. A very pretty border plant of 

 dwarf habit, bearing large globular clusters of bright 

 golden-vellow flowers; 1 foot. 



5942 Sanfordi .....10 



RHODANTHE. A charming plant ; succeeds in 

 a light, rich soil, and a warm, sheltered situation ; valuable 

 for pot or border culture ; half-hardy annuals ; 1 foot. 

 6462 Atro-Sanguinea. Disk of ihe flowers of a dark 



crimson shade, with ray scales of bright purple 10 



6460 Fine Mixed 10 



STATICE. An interesting plant with showy blos- 

 soms, which remain a long time in bloom ; free flowering 

 and of easy culture; half-hardy annuals ; 1 foot. 

 6580 Incaiia Hybrida, Mixed. Small flowering 

 varieties ; fine for grass bouquets ; half-hardy 



perennial 5 



XERANTHEMUM. Showy double free flowering 

 border plants. 



6760 Superbissimum Flore Pleno, Mixed. Tliis 

 new strain has double globe-shaped flowers, entirely 



free from projecting marginal rav florets 15 



6770 Mixed '. 5 



5799 Collection of Immortelles and Everlasting Flow- 

 ers, 12 varieties, each separate 75 



EXACUM. 



Forming small, dense bushes about 6 inches high, 

 and having dark green leaves and terminal clusters of 

 violet purple, beautifully scented flowers with yellow 

 anthers. When sown in the fall, it will produce flowers 

 freely from February until November, and when sown iu 

 the spring will flower during the summer and continue in 

 full bloom throughout the winter. 

 5811 Affine 25 



FENZLIA. 



A small dwarf profuse flowering plant, adapted for 

 small beds, rustic work, vases, or pot culture, blooming 

 all summer, and requires to be well supplied with moist- 

 ure ; hardy annual ; rosy lilac, with crimson centre ; 3 in. 



PER PKT. 



5815 Dianthiflora 15 



FERNS. 



These ornamental plants are very desirable for War- 

 dian cases or ferneries; thriving in a peaty, sandy soil, 

 and moist, shady positions in the garden during the sum- 

 mer. The seed is, however, slow of germination, and re- 

 quires care and considerable patience before it makes its 

 appearance. Sow in the spring in shallow boxes, barely 

 covering the seed with soil ; keep moist with a covering of 

 fine moss, and in a temperature of 60 degrees. 



5816 Adiantum, Mixed. Of all the handsome Maiden- 

 hair varieties 25 



5820 Pteris, Mixed 25 



.5830 Choice, Mixed. From a fine collection 20 



5819 Collection of Ferns, 12 varieties $1.50 



FEVERFEW. 



(Matricaria Eximia.) 

 Free flowering herbaceous plants, succeeding in any 



garden soil; a fine bedding plant or for pot-culture: 



blooms until frost; hardy annual ; 18 inches. 



5832 Double White (M. Eximia Alba Plena). Seed 

 saved from finedoul>le flowers 10 



6833 New Curled Double Uhite (M. Eximia Flore 

 Plena Crispa). This charming new variety sur- 

 passe; the old in beauty, for its handsome double 

 white flowers and densely curled foliage, fine for 

 ribbou beds 15 



FREESIA. 



Very easily grown bulbs which can be readily pro- 

 duced from seed. The flowers are pure white with yellow 

 throat, and are exquisitely fragrant. 

 5831 Refracta Alba 20 



FLAX (See Linum). 



FOUR O'CLOCK'S 



(See Marvel of Peru, Mirabilis Jalapa). 



FOXGLOVE (See Digitalis). 

 FORGET-ME-NOT (See Myosotis). 



FUCHSIA. 



(Lady's Ear-Drop.) 



A well-known plant of easy culture, for the house or 

 shady situations in the garden ; the seed we offer is saved 

 from the finest single and double named varieties. 



.5836 Procumbens. Trailing 20 



5835 Mixed 25 



GAZANIA. 



Excellent plants for vases, edgings or beds. They 

 are constantly in bloom and are very showy. 

 5843 Splendens. Rich oransre, lilack centre .. .....10 



