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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



TOREXIA. 



ViNCA. 



VINCA. 



(Madagascar Periwinkle.) 



Ornamental free-blooming plants; they flower from 

 seed, if sown early, the first season, continuing until frost 



WHITLAVIA. 



Charming hanly annual, with Jelieate foliage aud 

 clusters of beautiful bell-shai)ed ilowers, fine for ribboning, 

 mixed borders, or shady spots; growing freely in anj' gar- 

 den soil, also good for baskets, vases, etc. ;^1 foot. 



PER PKT 



674.5 Grandiflora. Large, violet-blue 5 



6746 Glo-viiiiodes. Beautiful large Gloxinia-like flow- 

 ers, pure white corolla, and delicate blue lip ? 



WIGANDIA. 



A grand and stately ornamental plant, with beautiful 

 large leaves 3 feet long and li feet wide, imparting a sub- 

 tropical effect to the garden; half-hardy perennial ; 6 feet. 

 6751 Caracasana .". 15 



YUCCA. 



(Adam's Needle.) 



A splendid plant with large clusters of creamv-white 

 or they may be potted and kept in bloom through the tulip-like flowers on tall stems; hardy perennial ;"3 feet, 

 winter: 2 feet. 



PER PKT. 



6713 Rosea. Rose, with dark eye 10 



6714 Alba. Wliite, with crimson eye 10 



6715 Alba Pura. Beautiful pure white 10 



6720 Mixed. Per oz., $1.50 10 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



(Cheiranthus Maritimus.) 

 Beautiful free-flowering little plants, very effective 

 in small beds, edgings, or baskets, growing in any soil ; 

 hardy annuals. 

 6620 Mixed. All colors; 3 inches 5 



VIOLET. 



(Viola Odorata.) 

 Well-known fragrant early spring blooming plants 

 for edgings, groups, or borders; thriving best in the sum- 

 mer in a shady situation, in a rich, deep soil ; extensively 

 used by florists for forcing for cut flowers during the fall 

 and winter months; hardy perennials; 6 inches. 



6725 Single Blue (Odorata Semperflorcns). Very 

 sweet-scented blue flowers 10 



6726 Siugle White, The Czar. Very fragraut and 

 free-flowering 10 



WALLFLOWER. 



(Cheiranthus Cheiri.) 

 Well-known deliciously fragrant garden plants, 

 blooming early in the spring, with large conspicuous 

 spikes of beautiful flowers; they should be protected in a 

 cold frame in the winter, and planted out in May; are 

 much prized for bouquet flowers; half-hardy ])ereunials. 



6741 Siugle. Old gold color 10 



6740 Single Mixed. All colors; 2* feet 5 



6731 Double. Fine bronze color... 15 



6730 Finest Double Mixed. All colors; 2 feet 10 



6739 CoUectiou of Double WaDflower in original im- 

 ported packets, 12 varieties Sl.OO 



6749 Collection of Single Wallflower, 6 varieties 50 



6775 Filaineutosa. 



Zedra Zinkia. 



PoMPONE Zinnia. 



6781 

 6782 



Whitlavia. 



Wallflower. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS, FL. PL. 



^ Youth and Old Age.) 



Double Zinnias are an acquisition to our list of gar- 

 den favorites; of branching habit and splendid brilliant 

 colored double flowers, rivalling the Dahlia in beauty and 

 form. The seed can be sown early in the hot-bed and 

 transplanted, or sown later in the open ground; half-hardy 

 annuals ; 2 feet. 



6786 Tom Thumb. A miniature Zinnia forming com- 

 pact, round bushes 6 to 12 inches in height and 8 

 to 15 inches in diameter. The colors are bright 



and various 20- 



White. Pure white flowers, fine for florists 10- 



Ilaageana. A splendid double variety ; flowers 

 deep orange, margined with yellow, keeping its 



color when dried as a winter flower 10 



6783 Pompone. Excellent Zinnias, difl'ering from tlie 

 older ones in habit of growth and the immense size 

 of their perfectly formed very doul)le flowers of 

 various striking colors. The plants are dwarf and 



bloom freely during a long period 10 



ii784 Robusta Plenissima. The flowers are 5 to 6 

 inches across, perfectly formed, very double and of 

 striking colors. The plants grow to a height of 3 



feet and remain in bloom a long time 



';7*5 Scarlet Redder. A Pompone variety, bearing 



fiery scarlet blooms of large size 10 



•i^ijii Pumila Flore Pleno. A new strain of dwarf 

 extra-double varieies, quite distinct from the 



above, of splendid rich colors, mixed ; 1 foot 10 



Zebra. A very pretty strain of striped flowers. 

 As the colors vary on each plant, they present a 



curious as well as pretty appearance 15 



6790 Extra Choice Mixed. Saved from selected 



double flowers. Per oz., 75 cts 5 



6789 Collection of new Dwarf Double Zinnia in im- 

 ported packets, 6 separate colors ?0 



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Zebra Zinnia will produce about 25 per cent, of striped flowers. 



