DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 



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Per Pkt 

 CALCEOLARIA. Our strains have been grown especially for 

 us, and can be relied upon to produce flowers of the largest 

 size and most brilliant coloring. 



Hybrida Qrandiflora, Mixed. Beautiful, rich, self-colored 

 flowers 



Tigrina. Tigered and spotted flowers ; the very finest 



mixture of the most brilliant colors 



Pumila Compacta. Of dwarf, compact growth .... 



CALIMERIS. Incisa {Star IVort). An attractive hardy 

 perennial 12 to 18 inches high bearing daisy-like pale lav- 

 ender flowers with yellow centres, from July to September . 



CALLIRHOE. Involucrata {Poppv Mallow). A showy, 

 trailing, hardy perennial, bearing continuously from early 

 summer till fall, large bright crimson saucer-shaped flowers. 

 Per !4oz., 25 cts 



CAMPANULA. Carpatica {Carpathian Hare-bell). Free 

 flowering, blue and white mixed, continuing in bloom the 

 whole season ; hardy perennial, 6 inches. Per J{ oz., 25 cts. 



Latifolia Macrantha. A handsome variety bearing in May 

 and June large purplish-blue flowers. 3 feet 



Persicifolia Qrandiflora (Peach Bells). Undoubtedly one 

 of the finest of the hardy Bellflowers ; grows 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with large blue or white flowers ; mixed colors. Per K o^-^ 

 50 cts 



Persicifolia Qigantea Moerheiitii. A beautiful double white 

 variety of this fine peremiial. 3 pkts. for 50 cts 



Pyramidalis (The Chimney Bellflower). A beautiful stately 

 plant, either for garden or pot culture; mixed blue and white. 

 Per y^ oz., 25 cts 



Rapunculoides. Of graceful habit, 3 feet high, and bearing 

 in June showy blue, bell-shaped blossoms 



Trachelium (Coventry Bells). A sturdy variety, 2 to 3 feet 

 high with large blue flowers in July and August 



CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula Medium). 



Calycanthema (Cup aytd Saucer Canterbury Bells). This is 

 unquestionably the finest type of this old-fashioned and much 

 prized garden plant. We offer it in separate colors as well 

 as mixture, viz.: 



— Rose. Delicate rosy-pink . . 

 — Blue. A fine, clear shade . 

 — Striped. White striped blue. 

 — White. Pure white 



— Finest Mixed. All colors of the Cup and Saucer type. 



Per Yi oz., 40 cts 



A pkt. each of the four colors of Cup and Saucer Canterbury 

 Bells 



Single, Mixed. The old-fashioned sort with beautiful large 

 bell-shaped flowers. Per % oz., 15 cts. . . 



Double, 



PerX 



Qibraltarica Hybrida. White flow- 



Mixed. All the double medium varietjes ; 2^ feet. 

 25 cts ' 



Imperialis (Imperial Canterbury Bells). A new type of fine 

 habit and containing a number of new and unusual colors. 

 3 pkts. for 50 cts 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis) 



ers shading to lilac 



Sempervirens. A profuse white blooming hardy perennial, 

 coming in flower early in the spring ; much used for rocker- 

 ies, etc. Per y^ oz., 25 cts. 



CARNATION. General favorites for their delicious fragrance 

 and richness of colors. They are indispensable, both for 

 greenhouse culture in winter and for the garden in summer. 



pine Double Mixed. The best for garden culture 



Finest Double Mixed. Saved from extra fine flowers. . . . 



Chabaud's Everblooming. Raised by a famous French 

 specialist. Blooms in five months after being sown, and 

 continues to flower in the greatest profusion indefinitely. 

 Mixed colors . . 



Marguerite. A quick-flowering type, fine double flowers, 

 mixed colors. Per % oz., 40 cts 



Qiant Marguerite. An improved form of the above with 

 very large flowers. Mixed colors. Per i< oz., 50 cts . . . . 

 CASSIA, marilandica (American Senna). A most desirable 

 hardy perennial of shrub-like growth, 3 to 4 feet high ; large 

 panicles of pea-shaped yellow blossoms in July and August. 

 Per oz., 50 cts 



CENTROSEMA. Grandiflora (Butter/ty Pea). A hardy per- 

 ennial vine of rare beauty ; bears in great profusion inverted 

 pea-shaped flowers, of a rosy violet with a broad feathery 

 white marking through the centre 



CERASTIUM. Tomentosum (Snow in Summer). A very 

 pretty hardy dwarf, white leaved edging plant ; small white 

 flowers .... 



CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA (Peach Bells) 



Per Pkt. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Frutescens Grandiflorum (Paris 



Daisy or Marguerite). White, yellow eye 10 



Comtesse de Chambord (Yellow Paris Daisy). Similar to 

 the above except in color, which is a beautiful clear yellow 10 



Inodorum Plenissimum. Double snow white, very free- 

 flowering and fine for cutting 5 



Maximum, King Edward VII. The finest Moonpenny Daisy 

 yet introduced, very large pure white flowers and excep- 

 tionally free-flowering. . . . . 15 



Maximum "Triumph" (Moonpenny Daisy). Blossoms of 

 purest white, with yellow centers and borne on long, strong 

 stems, lasting a long time when cut ; perfectly hardy. Per 

 % oz., 25 cts 10 



" Shasta" Daisy. Our stock of this comes direct from the 

 originator, Mr. Luther Burbank, the famous California hy- 

 bridizer, and contains some each of his latest improved types. 

 3 pkts. for 50 cts 20 



Shasta Daisy " Alaska." This is the finest of all the Shasta 

 Daisies, flowers of immense size 25 



CINERARIA. Seed should be sown from May to September for 

 succession. Where only one sowing is made, July should be 

 preferred. Our Prize strains are justly celebrated for all 

 .good qualities, being especially noted for size, coloring and 

 texture. 



Dreer's Prize Dwarf 35 



Drear's Prize Tall 35 



Stellata (Star Cineraria). A charming variety, with large 

 spreading panicles of starry flowers in the same variety of 

 colors as the ordinary Cineraria ; the extreme grace and 

 elegance of the plant and flowers make them wonderfully 

 effective for the decoration of the house or conservatory , and 

 especially so for church decoration ; also useful for cutting. 25 



COREOPSIS. Lanceolata Qrandiflora. This is one of the 

 finest of hardy plants, with large showy, bright yellow flow- 

 ers, produced in the greatest abundance from June till frost. 

 .\s a cut flower they stand near the head among hardy plants, 

 having long stems and lasting in good condition a week or 

 more. Per 54^ oz., 20 cts 10 



COWSLIP. (Primula Veris). A beautiful hardy spring-flow- 

 ering perennial ; flowers of different colors, such as yellow, 

 brown-edged yellow, etc 'o 



