DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER 



CocKscuMB Glasgow Pkize. 



Celosia, or Cockscomb. 



Free blooming graceful plants, growing best in rather light 

 soil, not loo rich, producing spikes of beautiful, feathery and 

 comb-shnped flowers; grown in pots, they are fine for the 

 greenhouse or conservatory. The plumed varieties are fine for 

 cutting and drying for winter bouquets, which should be done 

 when in full bloom and before they fade. Half-hardy annuals. 



PER PKT. 



5440 Celosia Varieg'ata. Variegated with crimson, 

 orange, green, shaded and striped ; of the most brilliant 

 hues ; 3 feet 5 



5442 — Glasg'OW Prize. Dark foliage, immense showy 



dark crimson combs ; 1 foot 10 



5443' — Empress. Produces Combs of colossal propor- 

 tions, flowers have been grown measuring 45 inches 

 from tip to tip ; rich velvety crimson 10 



5447 • — Goldeu Plume. Pyramidal habit. Flowers 

 bright golden yellow ; 3 feet 10 



5445 — Plumosa Superba. A beautiful feathered 



variety ; mixed colors ; 3 feet .... 10 



5450 — Dwarf, Mixed. Fine dwarf varieties of Cocks- 

 comb. Per oz., 75 els 5 



5449 Collection of 6 varieties Dwarf Cockscomb 30 



5441 Queen of the Dwarfs. This we consider the 

 finest of the dwarf-growing Cockscombs. The plants 

 grow only about eight inches high, with beautiful 

 dark rose-colored combs of immense size, measuring 

 under good cultivation two feet across and one foot 

 in breadth. Interesting plants for growing in pots. . . .10 



Chrysanthemum Inodorum Plenissimum. 



Chrysanthemum, Single Mixed. 



Showy and effective garden favorites, extensively grown for 

 cut flowers. The hardy annuals are summer-flowering border 

 plants; good for pot culture, and quite distinct from the autumn- 

 flowering varieties, 



Sing^le Annual Varieties. 



PER PKT. 



5484 Burridg'eanum. White centre, crimson band, 

 beautiful ; 1 foot 5 



5493 Carinatum Eclipse. Pure golden with a bright 



purplish scarlet ring and dark brown disc, very striking 5' 



5495 Segretiini Grandifloriim. Large blooms of a 

 bright sulphur-yellow 5 



5486 W. E. Gladstone. Brilliant crimson 5 



5481 Golden Feather. White, banded crimson, inner 



ring canary yellow, maroon eye 5 



5483 The Sultan. Maroon, golden yellow centre 5 



5500 Sing'le Mixed. Summer flowering varieties ; 1 to 



2 feet. Oz. 30 cts 5 



5489 Collection of summer-flowering Chrysanthemums, 



8 varieties 30' 



Semi-Double Annual Varieties. 



5485 Semi-Double White 5 



5487 Semi-Double Tellow 5. 



5488 Chrysanthemum Frutescens Grandi- 



florum. ("The Marguerite" or "Paris Daisy.") 

 Immense quantities are grown by French florists, and 

 find a ready sale. It produces freely its white star-like 

 flowers under the most unfavorable conditions 10 



5480 Chrysanthemum Inodorum Plenissi- 

 mum. Double, snow-white, very free flowering and 

 fine for cutting. A perennial, flowering the first year 

 from seed 10 



5491 Chrysanthemum, New^ Double Annual. 

 These beautiful varieties have been obtained by care- 

 fully hybridizing and selecting for several years the 

 semi-double varieties of this useful annual until a high 

 degree of doubleness has been attained. They are 

 extremely variable in color, including innumerable 

 shades of red and rose, purple, yellow, white, etc.. . . .10 



5490 Chrysanthemum Japanese Hybrids. The 

 seed here offered has been saved from a magnificent 

 collection, from blooms that have been carefully crossed, 

 and may be expected to produce some rare novelties ir» 

 this popular flower. Chrysanthemum seed sown in 

 spring will produce vigorous flowering plants by fall, 

 and do better than old plants 25 



