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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— FLOWER SEEDS 



CYCI^AMEN 



Charming house-plants, with beautiful foliage and rich-colored, fragrant, 

 flowers; universal favorites for winter and spring blooming. The Giant 

 varieties have large leaves and stout flower stalks, throwing tlie flowers 

 well above the foliage. Seeds may be sown any time during the summer 

 or autumn. 



PER PKT. 



2120 Persicum. A very fine strain, not so large but easier to grow 



than the Giants; mixed colors. Per 100 seeds, $1.00 15 



2122 Qiant Salmon. Very bright. 



2125 — Pure White 



2126 — White with carmine eye. . . 



50 

 25 

 25 



2127 — Dark Blood=red 25 



2128 — Delicate rose with deep crimson eve .... 25 



2130 — Finest Mixed. Saved from a superb collection. Per 100 



seeds, $2.00 25 



2123 Butterfly. In this type tlia edges of the flowers are beautifully 

 fringed or waved; for house or conservatory decoration they are 

 of surpassing beauty. Mixed colors 50 



Giant Cyclamen 



DELPHINIUMS or HAROY LARKSPURS 



Sow the seeds in early spring indoors or in hot beds in shallow boxeS. When the seedlings are about three-quarters 

 high, transplant to flats three or four inches apart each way, transferring them to the open ground when the weather is 



Spring-sown plants bloom in July and August. They take 

 up very little room, for they may be planted 6 or 8 inches apart 

 the first season. The following spring the choicer ones may be 

 planted in permanent quarters in groups of three or more, or in 

 large groups in the shrubbery border, or to the rear of hardy 

 perennials, two or three feet apart. In two or three years they 

 should be taken out, the beds heavily manured, the plants reset 

 and more room given each plant. 



They can also be sown in the open ground in spring, but 

 would not likely flower until the second year. pek pkt. 



2240 Qold Medal Hybrids. This is one of our most 

 important specialties, ami is unquestionably the finest 

 strain of mixed hybrids ever offered. The original stock 

 came from England, and consisted of the best named 

 varieties. The plants are of strong, vigorous habit, 

 with large flowers on spikes two feet and over long, 

 the majority running in the lighter shades of blue 

 J oz., 50 cts 15 



2218 Belladonna (Everbloomhig Hardy Larkspur). 

 This is the freest and most continuous blooming Hardy 

 Larkspur. The clear turquoise blue of its flowers is 

 not equalled for delicacy and beauty. A really ex- 

 quisite variety. 5 pkts., $1.00 25 



2221 Bellamosum. This is a rich, deep blue form of 



the popular light blue Belladonna, having the same 



free-blooming and other good qualities. 25 



2242 Chinense {Blue Butterfly). A distinct and neat 



variety growing about 18 inches high, with fine feathery 



foliage, and producing freely spikes of large blossoms 



of intense gentian-blue. |- cz., 30 cts 10 



2241 — Album. The white flowered form. |oz.,30cts. 10 

 2246 Formosum. Beautiful spikes of rich blue flowers, 



with a white centre, 2J feet. \ oz., 75 cts . . 10 



2238 Double Hybrids. Finest double flowering mixed 



in great variety of charming colors. \ oz., 75 cts. . . 15 Dreek's Gold Medal Hybrid Delphinium 



of an inch 

 suitable. 



For complete list and Cultural Notes see our Garden Book for 1921 



