D REEK'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



PHYSIANTHUS. 



(Cruel Plant.) 



A rapid growing climber, bearing bell-shaped flowers 

 whicli are covered with a gummy substance. Butterflies 

 and other insects which alight thereon are unable to free 

 themselves. 



PER PKT. 



10 



6358 Albeus Pure White 



PINKS ^See Dianthus and Carnation). 



PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM. 



(Wahlenbergia.) 



A hardy perennial, producing very showy flowers 

 during the whole season. They form large clumps, and 

 are excellent for planting among shrubbery. 



6356 Alba. Pure white 5 



6360 Mixed. Blue and white 5 



POLYANTHUS. 



(Primula Elatior.) 

 Showy, early spring free fl owe: ing plants, fine for 

 either pot or out-door culture ; hardy perennials; 9 inches. 



6362 English. The best single, all colors mixed 20 



6363 Duplex. Double hose-in-hose, beautiful colors 

 mixed 25 



6364 Gold Laced. Very showy and attractive 20 



Shirley Poppy. 



POPPY. 



(Papaver.) 



A showy and easily cultivated hardy annual, with 

 large brilliant colored flowers, growing freely in any gar- 

 den soil, and producing a fine eff'ect in large clumps or 

 mixed beds. Sow early in the sjiring where they are to 

 remain, as they will not bear transplanting; 2 feet. 

 6384 Shirley Poppies. These charming Poppies are 

 generally single or semi-double. The range of 

 color, extending from pure white through the most 

 delicate shades of pale pink, rose and carmine to 

 deepest crimson, is so varied that scarcely two are 

 alike, while many are delicately edged and striped. 

 The blooms, if cut when young, will stand for 



several days without dropping 20 



%%1\ Carnation Flowered. Splendid double fringed 



flowers, mixed colors 5 



6376 Chinese. Distinct varieties of this favorite 

 flower. Plants not exceeding 2 feet in height. 



Mixed, all colors and shades 10 



6383 Croceum. A lovely perennial Poppy bearing a 



profusion of rich yellow blooms 10 



6378 Crimson King. Brilliant crimson flowers, per- 

 fectly double and round as a ball. A chai-ming 

 effect can be made by sowing this variety and 

 Snowdrift together 10 



6372 Danebrog. A very desirable and showy novelty, 

 producing large single flowers of a brilliant scarlet, 

 with a large silvery-white spot on each petal, thus 

 forming a white cross 10 



6386 Fairy Blush. Very double flowers of a pure 

 white color, elegantly fringed and tipped with rose.lO 



6373 Paeony Flowered. Large and very double 

 flowers; mixed colors 5 



Poppy' — Danebkog. Polyanthus. 



POPPY— ^''"''""^'^- PER PKT. 



6377 Snowdrift. Flowers pure snow-white, very 

 double, of large size and ))erfect]y round. This is 



the very best double white variety yet oflfered 10 



6374 Umbrosum. A new variety, producing flowers 

 of the richest vermilion, with a deep shining black 



spot on each petal 10 



6381 Victoria Cross. Crimson, broad white cross 15 



6380 Mixed. All varieties and colors. Per oz., 50 cts. 5 



6385 Bracteatum. Large fiery scarlet, perennial 10 



6390 Perennial Mixed, Oriental. A hardy peren- 

 nial variety of beautiful colors ; from 2 to 3 feet. ..10 

 For Opium Poppy, see Herbs. 

 6389 Collection of Poppies in imported packets, 12 



varieties, each color separate 50 



6379 Collection of 8 varieties Perennial Poppies, each 

 color separate 50 



Fairy- Blush Poppy. 



PORTULACA. 



One of our finest hardy annual plants, of easy culture, 

 thriving best in a rather rich, light loam, or sand}' soil, 

 and luxuriating in an exposed sunny situation ; the single 

 flowering varieties are large and brilliant, of the richest 

 shades of color, and produced throughout the summer in 

 great profusion ; fine for massing in beds, edgings, or rock- 

 work ; 6 inches. 

 6401 Alba Pura. Pure white 5 



6403 Brilliant Scarlet 5 



6404 Gold Striped 5 



6405 New Pink 5 



6406 Orange Perfection 5 



6400 Mixed. All colors. Per oz., 75 cts 5 



6410 Grandiflora Flore Pleno (Double Floivering 



Portul(ica). The flowers are perfectly double, of 

 the most brilliant scarlet, crimson, white, yellow, 

 etc. Seed selected from the finest double fiowers...l5 

 6409 Collection of Double Portulaca in imported 

 packets, 8 varieties, each color separate 60 



