DREBE'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE 



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Per Pkt. 

 BOCCONIA. Cordata (Plume Poppy, or Tree Celandine). 

 Effective, hardy perennial, for single specimens or groups 

 on lawns. Foliage glaucous green, bears freely spikes 2 to 

 3 feet long of cream-colored flowers; 5 feet. Per^oz., 15 cts. 5 



BOLTONIA. (False Cha?nomile). One of the showiest of our 

 native hardy perennials, growing 4 to 6 feet high, with daisy- 

 like flowers in countless thousands from July to September . 



Asteroides. White 10 



Latisquama. Pink tinged with lilac 10 



BROWALLIA. Speciosa Major (Jmethyst). A beautiful, 

 brilliant ultramarine blue, especially valuable as a pot plant 



for winter and early spring flowering 15 



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. Rich, self-cokired flowers . 25 



Tigrina. Tigered and spotted flowers; the very finest 



mixture of the most brilliant colors 35 



Pumila Compacta. Of dwarf, compact growth . ... 35 



CALIMERIS. lacisa (Star Wort). An attractive hardy per- 

 ennial 12 to 18 niches high bearing daisy-like pale lavender 

 flowers with yellow centres, from July to September .... 15 

 CALLIRHOE. Involucrata (Poppy Mallow). A showy, 

 trailing, hady perennial, bearing large bright crimson sau- 

 cer-shaped flowers. Per U oz., 25 cts 5 



CAMPANULA, or BELLFLOWERS. 



Carpatica. (Carpathian Hare-bell). In bloom the whole 

 season; hardy perennial ; blue; 6 inches. Per )4 02., 25 cts. 5 



— Alba. White flowered form . . 5 



Latifolia Macrantha. A handsome variety bearing in May 

 and June large purplish-blue flowers. 3 feet . ... 15 



Persicifolia Qrandiflora (Peach Bells). One of the finest; 

 grows 2 to 3 feet high, with large flowers; blue. Per ^ oz., 

 sects ...."■■ 10 



Alba. White flowering 10 



— Qigantea Moerheimi. A beautiful double white variety of 

 this fine perennial. 3pkts. for 50 cts 20 



Pyramidalis ( The Chimney Bellflower). A beautiful, stately 

 plant, either for garden or pot culture; blue. Per }^ oz., 25c. 5 



—Alba. White 5 



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

 in June showy blue, bell-shaped blossoms 10 



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



high, with large blue flowers in July and August 5 



CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula Medium). 



Calycanthema ( Cup and Saucer Cantet buiy Bells). This is 

 the finest type of this old-fashioned and much prized garden 

 plant. We offer it in separate colors as wellasmixture, viz.: 



— Rose=Pink 10 



— Striped 10 



—White 10 



—Blue 10 



A packet each of the above four colors . - 3° 



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

 Per i4 o'^M 40 cts . . . 5 



Single, Mixed. The old fashioned sort with beautiful large 



bell-shaped flowers. Per ]/i oz., 15 cts 5 



Double, Mixed. All the double medium varieties; -2% feet. 

 Per % oz., 25 cts 5 



Imperialis (Imperial Canterbu) y Bells). A new type of fine 

 habit and containing a number of new and unusual colors . 20 

 CANDYTUFT (Iberis). Gibraltarica Hybrida. White flow- 

 ers shading to lilac .... 10 



Sempervirens. A profuse white blooming hardy perennial, 

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

 ies, etc. Per J4 oz., 25 cts 10 



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. 



Fine Double Mixed. The best for garden culture 10 



Finest Double Mixed. Saved from extra fine flowers ... 25 



Chabaud's Everblooming. Blooms in five months after 

 being sown, and continues to flower in the greatest profu- 

 sion indefinitely. Mixed colors 25 



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



Mi.xed colors. Per J^ oz., 40 cts .... . . 5 



Giant Marguerite. An improved form of the above with 

 very large flowers. Mixed colors. Per ^ oz., 50 cts. ... 10 



CASSIA. MarWaniica (American Senna). A most desirable 

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

 paniclesof pea-shaped yellow blossoms in July and August. 10 



CERASTIUM. Tomentosum (Snow in Summer.) Avery 

 pretty hardy dwarf, white leaved edging plant; white 



flowers ... 15 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Frutescens Grandiflorum (Paris 



Daisy or Mari^uerite). White, yellow eye 10 



Comtesse de Chambord ( Yellow Paris Daisy). Similar to 

 the above except in color, which is clear yellow 10 



Inodorum Plenissimum. Double snow white, very free- 

 flowering and fine for cutting. Per 5{ cz., 4octs 10 



Maximum, King Edward VII. The finest Moonpenny Daisy 

 yet introduced, very large pure white flowers ... . 15 



Maximum "Triumph" (Moonpenny Daisy). Blossoms of 

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

 stems, lasting a long time when cut. Per J^ oz., 25 cts. ■ 10 



Shasta Daisy, Mixed. Stock direct from the originator, 

 Mr. Luther Burbank, the famous hybridizer, 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 



CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA (Peach Bells) 



Per Pkt. 

 CINERARIA. Seed can be sown from May to September. Our 

 Prize Strains aie justly celebrated for all good qualities, 

 being especially noted for size, coloring and texture. 



Dreer's Prize Dwarf 35 



Dreer's Prize Tall 35 



Matador. New, large flowering scarlet 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. 

 As a cut flower they stand near the head among hardy plants. 



Per \{ oz.. 20 cts to 



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

 ering perennial. 

 Invincible Giant. A new, very large flowering strain, in 



various colors 25 



Mixed. All colors, from yellow to brown-red 10 



CYCLAMEN. Persicum. Choicest mixed; easier to grow 



than the Giants, but not so large. Per 100 seeds, 60 cts. . . 15 



Giant Pure White. Per 100 seeds, $1.00 25 



— White. With carmine eye. Per 100 seeds, Si.oo 25 



— Dark Blood«red. Per 100 seeds, $1.00 25 



— Delicate Rose. With deep crimson eye. Per ico seeds, $1.00 25 

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



seeds. $i.co 25 



Wonder of Wandsbe(<. A new giant flowering variety, with 

 flowers of vai iuus shades of rose suffused with salmon, which 

 adds a brightness heretofore unknown in this splendid 



winter blooming plant. 3 pkts. for $1.00 35 



Butterfly. In this new type the edges of the flowers are 

 beauiifuUy fringed, or waved. For house or conservatory 

 decoration they are of surpassing beauty. Mi.xed colors 50 

 Double=flowering. The flowers are produced with the same 

 freedom and in the same beautiful colors as in the single- 

 flowering sorts 35 



For complete list and cultural notes see our Garden Book for 1 909 



