HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— FLOWER SEEDS 



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PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 



Highly useful and attractive perennials in the hardy border. 



PER PKT. 



3532 Qloxinioides "Sensation." As a bedding plant this takes 

 rank with the Petunia, Phlox, etc., etc. It grows about 2 feet 

 high, every branch being a spike of large. Gloxinia-like flowers in 

 a very wide range of bright colors, including rose, red, carmine, 

 cherry, pink, lilac, purple, etc. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



3533 Barbatus Torreyii. Spikes of brilliant coral red, very effec- 

 tive; June to August; 3 to 4 feet 10 



3540 Mixed. A great variety of kinds and colors 10 



3646 



PHYSALIS 



(Chinese Lantern Plant) 

 Francheti. An orna- 

 mental plant, forming 

 dense bushes about 2 feet 

 high, producing freely its 

 bright-orange-scarlet lan- 

 tern-like fruits; highly in- 

 teresting 10 



Physostegia 



(Fabe Dragon Head) 



3651 Virglnlca. One of the 



prettiest hardy perennials, 

 and gaining in popularity 

 as it becomes better 

 known. It forms dense 

 bushes, 3 to 4 feet high, 

 bearing freely during the 

 summer months spikes of 

 delicate pink tubular flow- 

 ers not unlike a gigantic 

 heather 10 



Iceland Poppies 



Okikntal Poppy 



Phntstemon Gloxinioides "Sensation" 



"^ Hardy Perennial 



Oriental Poppies 



Oriental Poppies can be sown any time 

 during the summer and early autumn. The 

 plants disappear during July and August, 

 appearing again as soon as the weather gets 

 cool. When this fall growth starts is the time 

 they should be transplanted to their permanent 

 flowering quarters. It is well to mark the 

 places they are planted with a stake to insure 

 the roots against disturbance during their an- 

 nual resting period. 



PER PKT. 



3747 Orientate {The Large Oriental 

 Poppy). A charming summer-flow- 

 ering hardy plant, producing numer- 

 ous leafy stems about 2^ feet high, 

 with large deep crimson flowers; 

 having a conspicuous black blotch on each petal, ex- 

 ceedingly showy. \ oz., 30 cts 10 



3741 — Oriflamme. A gorgeous orange- scarlet; very 



large 15 



3744 — Princess Victoria. A beautiful salmony-pink. 15 

 3750 Oriental Mixed Hybrids. Saved from a large 

 number of named sorts, embracing all of the colors. 

 J oz., 50 cts 15 



ICELAND POPPIES (Papaver Nudicaule) 



While these are hardy perennials, thsy flower the first year 

 from seed, blooming almost as quickly as the annual sorts. They 

 are of graceful neat habit, with bright green fernlike foliage, 

 formed in tufts, from which issue slender stalks about 12 inches 

 high, bearing their brilliant flowers in endless profusion; most 

 useful for cutting, for which purpose pick when in bud, arid, 

 if the seed pods are picked off, continue in flower the entire 

 season. They remain evergreen throughout the winter, coming 

 into bloom early the following spring. 



3733 Bright Yellow 10 



3734 Pure White 10 



3736 Orange Scarlet 10 



3740 Finest flixed. All colors. \ oz. , 40 cts 10 



3738 New Hybrid Iceland. The latest development in 



this lovely species, varying in color from sulphur yellow 

 through different shades of orange to chamois and sal- 

 mony-rose, some of which are very striking 15 



For complete list and cultural notes see our Garden Book for 1921 



