DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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ANTIRRHINUM. 



n-STlKKHUiUM- TOM THUMB. 



(Snapdragon.) 



One of our most showy and useful border plants. The more recently improved varieties of this 



valuable genus have large, finely shaped flowers of the most brilliant colors, with beautifully marked 



they succeed in any good garden soil, and are very effective in beds. Hardy perennials, 



blooming the first year from seed ; 1 to 2 feet. pFR pKT 



5135 Niobe. A beautiful variety belonging to the half-dwarf class. The tips 



of the flowers are of velvety crimson maroon, while the tubes are pure 



white. 'I he contrast is most striking and unique 10 



Firefly. Scarlet 5 



Picturatum. Striped and blotched 5 



Queen of the North. Grows one foot in height, and densely 

 covered with large white flowers. A gem for beds and borders and 



valuable for pot culture 10 



Tom Thumb, Yellow. A fine bedding sort . 5 



Tom Thumb, Mixed. Large variety of colors. (See cut) ... 5 



Tall Mixed. Extra fine selection, oz. 40 cts 5 



Imported Collection. 10 Dwarf varieties 50 



Imported Collection. 10 Tall varieties 50 



5136 

 5137 



5142 



5161 



ARALIA SIEBOLDI. 



A beautiful decorative greenhouse plant, with large 

 ornamental leaves ;' very useful as a house plant. New 

 seed ready in April 10 



AURICULA (Primula Auricula.) 



5240 A well-known favorite of great beauty ; seed saved 

 from splendid choice mixed varieties ; half-hardy peren- 

 nial ; 6 inches. (See cut.) 10 



AQUIBEGIA (Columbine.) 



This plant blooms freely early in the 

 Spring and Summer, and produces beautiful, 

 curiously formed and variously colored flowers ; 

 one of the best hardy perennials, and should 

 be in every herbaceous border. 



5143 Chrysantha. ( Golden spurred. ) 

 Bright golden-yellow ; 3 feet 



5146 Chrysantha Alba. 

 ( White Spurred. ) A beau- 

 tiful new pure white variety 10 



5144 Coerulea. Violet blue 

 and white ; 2 feet .... 10 



5151 Glandulosa. Lovely 



shade of light blue and pure 



white; 2 feet. (See cut) . 15 

 5160 Single, all colors mixed ; 



2 feet. Per oz. 30 cts. . . 5 

 5150 Double, all colors mixed. 



Per oz. 40 cts 5 



Aquilegia Glandulosa. 



ARABIS ALPINA. 



5157 



5164 



5168 



5169 



The earliest, prettiest Spring flower. The spreading tufts are densely clothed 

 with neat, bright leaves and covered with pure white flowers as soon as the snow 

 disappears. Conspicuous on rockeries or broad edgings for park roads ; with- 

 stands the drought of Summer and is always neat. 6 inches. (See cut' 



ARMBRIA. (Sea Pink or Thrift.) 



Formosa. A very pretty edging plant, bearing large tufts of rosy- 

 pink flowers ; hardy perennial 10 



ASPARAGUS. 



Sprengeri. One of the best plants to grow in suspended baskets, 

 for greenhouse or for outdoors in the Summer. The fronds frequently 

 grow 4 feet long and are now considered indispensable in all fine 



decorations ; grows readily from seed 25 



Verticillatus. A graceful, hardy perennial climber with feathery 

 foliage and scarlet berries JO 



ASPBRUBA ODORATA. (Sweet Woodruff.) 



5166 Chief ingredient in the " Maitrank," or May Wine of the Germans. 

 The dried flowers and leaves have a delicious perfume, and impart an 

 agreeable odor when kept among clothes, etc 5 



BAPTISIA AUSTRABIS. (False Indigo.) 



5274 A beautilul hardy perennial herbaceous plant, producing pea-shaped 

 flowers on spikes 6 inches long. Bright blue, 21 feet 5 



BARTONIA AUREA. (Golden Bartonia.) 



5275 Producing showy golden-yellow flowers above its gray and downy 

 thistle-like foliage, which are exceedingly brilliant in the sunshine. 

 Sow where it is to remain, as it does not bear transplanting ; annual ; 

 2 ft 5 



ARABIS ALPINA. 



