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Dreer's Perfect Pansies 



PANSIES are too well known to require any description as 

 they are favorites with all. For best results you must start 

 with a good strain. The finest Pansies are, as a rule, shy 

 seeders, which accounts for the difference in the price of the vari- 

 ous mixtures offered. 



Miss Ida D. Bennett, the well-known horticultural author and 

 enthusiastic admirer of Pansies, writes the following notes on their 

 culture expressly for this book: 



"Pansy seed germinates and the plants grow more freely in the 

 cool, early days of spring, and for summer-blooming should be sown 

 by the latter part of April, or early in May, in the vicinity of Phila- 

 delphia. A soil containing a proportion of leaf mould, well enriched 

 with well-decayed cow manure, will be the most satisfactory for the 

 growing of this flower, and it should be well dug and made fine 

 and level. 



"Sow the seeds in drills, covering them not more than four times 

 their diameter and firming the soil well above them. The seeds 

 germinate in from e ght to twelve days, and should not be allowed 

 to dry out during this period. Covering the seed bed with news- 

 papers will prevent this and hasten somewhat the priod of germi- 

 nation. 



"As soon as the plants are up and large enough to handle, they 

 should be thinned out or transplanted to stand nine inches apart in 

 the rows. Thoroui^h cultivation should be given from the start, 

 as Pansies will not thrive when obliged to share the beds with a 

 mass of weeds. 



"It is a mistake to plant Pansies in the shade of a tree or build- 

 ings. An open exposure, where the wind has a free sweep over 

 the bed is far better, and Pansies so planted are free from the long, 

 straggling branches which produce few and inferior flowers. During 

 dry weather the bed should be watered daily, and in extreme cases 

 twice a day for the best results. 



"Seed sown in April or May will produce blooming plants by the last of June, which will give an abundance of flowers through- 

 out the remainder of the season. About the middle of August is the best time for starting Pansy seeds for early spring blooming, 

 as this allows the plants to go into winter in vigorous condition. 



PANSIES IN MIXTURE 



Typical Flower of Dreer's Royal Exhibition Pansy 



PER PKT. 



3510 Dreer's Royal Exhibition. This strain comprises 

 a beautiful collection of colors and markings and is 

 our finest mixture, both as regards size, texture and 

 colorings. Special packets of 2000 seeds, $1.50; 

 regular packet 50 



3514 Dreer's Premium. This mixture comprises a large 

 number of colorings and is intended to supply the want 

 of a first-class mixture at a moderate price. ^ oz., $1.00 25 



3516 Masterpiece {Frilled Pansy). A remarkable type, 

 each petal being conspicuously curled or waved. The 

 range of color is very extensive; the rich, dark, vel- 

 vety shades predominating. J oz., $1.00 25 



3500 Giant Trimardeau. All colors. Per ^ oz., $1.00. 10 



PER PKT. 



3512 Cassier's Giant. A grand mixture of the finest 

 blotched varieties; splendid in every way, being large 

 in size and rich in coloring. J oz., $1.00 25 



3517 Mme. Perret. A new and beautiful strain; origin- 

 ated with a French specialist; flowers of large size, 

 borne very freely in great diversity of colors, especially 

 rich in red and wine shades. The stock we offer comes 

 direct from the introducer. ^ oz., 75 cts 25 



3513 Giant Parisian. Of very large size and containing 

 a great many fancy colors. ^ oz., 75 cts 15 



3515 English Finest Mixed. Joz.,$1.00 10 



3520 Good nixed. All colors. J oz., 75 cts 5 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES 



We have discarded the ordinary Pansies in separate colors in favor of this type which produces very large flowers, plants of 

 strong, robust growth and well adapted to the trying conditions of our climate. 



3488 Giant Golden Queen. Pure, rich yellow 15 



3493 Giant Royal Purple. Rich, royal blue 15 



3491 Giant Lord Beaconsfield. Deep purple violet, 



shading to white 15 



PER PKT. 



3496 Giant Snow Queen. Pure white, small yellow eye. 15 



3497 Giant White. Pure white, with purple eye 15 



3498 Giant Yellow. Rich yellow, with dark centre 15 



3499 Collection containing a packet each of above 6 sorts, 75 cts. 



TUFTED PANSIES, OR TIOI.AS 



While the flowers of the Tufted Pansies are not so large as the regular type, yet they bloom so freely that they are superior 

 to pansies where effect is wanted, the colors bemg particularly clear and distinct; they also bloom for a longer time. Seed sown 

 in April produces flowering plants by June, and from then on until frost they are a sheet of bloom. 



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PER PKT. 



4401 Papilio (Butterfly Violet). Lovely violet-lilac, 

 with small, dark eye 15 



4402 Lutea Splendens. Rich golden yellow 15 



4403 Blue Perfection. Deep purplish blue. 15 



PER PKT. 



4405 White Perfection. A fine pure white 15 



4410 Mixed. A splendid mixture of the best varieties. 



J oz., 75 cts 10 



The Tufted Pansies or Bedding Violas offered on this page are very satisfactory 



