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Dreer's Autumn Catalogue, 18^5. 



SWEET PEAS. 



For Fall Planting. 



The best time to plant Sweet Peas is late in October. 



New Large Flowering Sorts. 



Per pkt. Oz. 



Adonis. Carmine rose $o 05 So 10 



Apple Blossom. Rosy pink 05 10 



Blanche Burpee. A new giant white-flowered 



variety, of exquisite form 10 25 



Boreatton. Fine, deep maroon 05 10 



Butterfly. White, edge blue 05 10 



Cardinal. Bright, shining crimson scarlet - ... 05 10 



Captain of the Blues. Dark blue 05 10 



Countess of Radnor. Delicate lavender ... 05 10 



Delight. White wings, crested crimson 05 10 



Duchess of Edinburgh. Orange scarlet .... 05 10 

 Dorothy Tennant (New). The color of the 



blue Wistaria; very fine 05 10 



Her Majesty (New). Beautiful, soft rosy pink 05 10 



Emily Henderson (New). Large, pure white . 05 10 



Ignea (New). Finest red 05 10 



Isa Eckford. Creamy white, suffused with pink 05 10 

 Lady Beaconsfleld (New). Tinted with rose, 



wings pale yellow ; very distinct and beautiful . 10 25 

 Lady Penzance (New). Bright rose, very strik- 

 ing and distinct 10 25 



Liottie Eckford. White and blue 05 10 



Miss Blanche Perry. Pink and white dwarf . 05 10 



Mrs. Gladstone. Delicate pink 05 10 



Mrs. Sankey (5/arf torf). Pure white; fine . 05 10 



Mrs. Eckford (New). Delicate primrose, fine . 05 10 



Monarch (New). Bronzy crimson, blue wings . 05 10 

 Ovid (New). Bright rose-pink, margined with 



rose 10 25 



Orange Prince. Bright orange pink 05 10 



Princess Beatrice. Carmine rose 05 10 



Princess of Wales. Striped mauve, white ground 05 10 



Princess Victoria (New). Bright cherry ... 05 10 



Painted Lady. Pink and white 05 10 



Primrose. Pale primrose pink 05 10 



Purple Prince. Dark purple 05 10 



Queen of England. Pure white, large and fine 05 10 



Queen of the Isles. Red striped 05 10 



Senator. Chocolate striped 05 10 



Splendor. Rich, bright pinkish rose 05 10 



Venus. Salmon buff, shaded pink 05 10 



Vesuvius. Purple-spotted 05 10 



Dreer's Large Flowering, Mixed . per lb., $1 . 05 10 



Our mixtures of Sweet Peas are made from the best 

 named i>arieties, insuring a large percentage of light 

 colors, and should not be compared with field grown mix- 

 tures, in ivhich common colors predominate. 



Beautiful New Double Varieties of Sweet Peas. 



Double Apple Blossom, Double Duke of Clarence, 

 " Boreatton, " Senator, 



" Buttterfly, " Splendor, 



Double "White. 



15 cts. each per pkt; The set of 7 new Double Varieties for $1. 



SALVIA. 



Per pkt. 



Splendens (Scarlet Sage). Large-flowering §010 



grandiflora 10 



Clara Bedman. Compact; brilliant scarlet 10 

 Burning Bush. New scarlet ; fine .... 15 



SMTLAX. (Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides). 

 Useful and popular climber. 10 cts. per pkt., oz., 75 cts. 



STOCKS. 



Per pkt. 

 Large Flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks Stock. Finest 



mixed $o 10 



Improved Wallflower-Leaved Ten Weeks. Finest 10 



Wallflower-Leaved White 10 



Improved Snowflake. A beautiful dwarf growing 

 stock with very large double snow-white flowers. Our 

 seed of this variety is grown by a specialist, and will 



produce a large percentage of double flowers 15 



Cul-and-Come-Again (Princess Alice). White Per- 

 petual 10 



Intermediate, or Autumnal Flowering Stock ... 10 



THUNBERGIA. 



Beautiful rapid-growing climbers. Mixed. All colors. 

 5 cts. per pkt., 40 cts. per oz. 



TORENIA. 



Charming annuals, splendid for vases, hanging baskets, or 

 for greenhouses. 



Per pkt. 

 Bailloni. Bright golden yellow, with a brownish red 



throat $0 10 



Fournieri. Sky-blue flowers, bright yellow center ... 10 

 Alba ( Wliite Wings). Blush white 15 



TYDAEA. 

 Hybrida Grandiflora. Handsome greenhouse plants, 

 very free-flowering, and producing a great variety of mag- 

 niocent large flowers. Tender perennial. % ft., 25 cts. 



Verbena. 



VERBENA. 



Per pkt. 

 Dreer's Mammoth. We have been carefully selecting 

 and improving our strain of Mammoth Verbena for 

 several years past, and can recommend it as the very 

 best in the market. The flowers are of the largest size, 

 of brilliant colors, with large, distinct eyes. Choice 



Mixed Oz., $2.50. So 10 



Dreer's Choice Mixed 10 



Candidissima. White 10 



Coccinea. Scarlet 10 



Snowball. Pure white 15 



VTNCA. 

 Handsome free-blooming bushy plants, suitable for pot- 

 culture and excellent for market. 



Per pkt. 



Rosea. Rose, with dark eye ?o 10 



Alba. White, with crimson eye 10 



Alba pura. Beautiful pure white 10 



Mixed varieties 10 



Wallflower. Double mixed 10 



Single mixed 05 



1 had excellent success with Chinese Primrose, Cineraria, Calceolaria, etc., purchased from you. 



George W. Van Gaasbeck, Kingston. -V, 1"., June 27, 1895. 



