DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



65 



mm 



CLEHATIS. 



COB/EA SCANDENS. 



COB^A. 



A climber of rapid growth, 

 valuable for covering trel- 

 lises, arbors, trunks of trees, 

 etc. ; will cling to any rough 

 surface. In sowing, place 

 seeds edgewise and merely 

 cover with light soil. (See 

 cut.) 



5586 Scandens. Large, 

 bell-shaped purple 

 flowers 10 



5587 Scandens Alba. 



Pure white 10 



COCCINEA 



INDICA. 



COCCINEA INDICA. 



Scarlet Fmitea" Ivy-Leaved Climber. 



PER PKT. 

 5588 A handsome climber of the gourd species, 

 flowering the first season if started early in heat, 

 with beautiful, smooth, glossy ivy-like leaves, con- 

 trasting with the fine snow-white, bell-shaped flowers 

 and brilliant carmine fruit ; 10 feet. (See cut ) . . 10 



COLEIIS. 



Our new strain of hybrid varieties produces the finest 

 colored, most attractive and novel foliage plants for house 

 or garden culture. Sow in March. 

 5640 Coleus, Dreer's Hybrids. Our own saving 



from upwards of 50 of the finest varieties . . . .25 



COREOPSIS. 



5356 Lanceolata. This is one of the finest of hardy plants, with 

 large, showy, bright golden-yellow flowers, freely produced on long 

 stalks from June till frost, excellent for cutting, will thrive in almost 

 any situation. (See cut.) 5 



5371 Lanceolata Qrandiflora, " California Sunbeams." These 

 lovely improved varieties are much larger and more beautiful than any 

 heretofore offered ; the flowers are exquisitely formed, some saucer- 

 shaped, others cupped, delicately incurved, while some are quite flat, 

 others like great Buttercups. The petals are broad, with plain round 

 edges in some flowers ; in others they are pinked, toothed or irregularly 

 fringed ; some are semi-double ; in many the petals are daintily curled. 

 They vary in color from pale light yellow to orange-yellow, some of 

 them being darker in shade around the eye. ' The stems are long and 



the flowers keep fresh in water for a week or ten days 10 



(For Annual Calliopsis, see page 61.) 



Plants of the above will be found offered in our 

 Plant Department. 



Rapid-growing climbers, fine for arbors and verandas ; the small 

 varieties flower in clusters, and are very fragrant ; the large flowering 

 varieties are very handsome. Soak the seeds in warm water for 24 hours 

 before sowing ; hardy perennials. 



PER PKT. 



5576 Paniculata {Japanese Virgin's Bower). This is one of the 

 few really good, hardy climbers. Unlike other sorts, it grows easily 

 from seed. The leaves are" of a bright, glossy-green, it is never 

 troubled with insect pests, and when in bloom astonishes with the 

 quantity of flowers, the plant being completely hidden beneath a 

 blanket of white hawthorne-scented blossoms ; a grand plant for 

 piazzas, fences, in fact, any position where a climber is wanted ; it 

 is just the thing for covering terraces or embankments, does equally 

 well in sunshine or shade, and stands unrivaled as a plant for the 

 cemetery 10 



5575 Flammula (Virgin's Bower). Producing beautiful clusters 

 of small white fragrant flowers 5 



5577 Hybrida Grandiflora. Saved from a magnificent collection 

 of the finest large flowering sorts by an expert hybridizer . , ." . 10 



CONVOLVULUS 



(flajor, or Climbing Horning Glory). 



One of the most free-flowering and rapid-growing plants in cultivation, 

 thriving in almost any situation ; the beauty and delicacy of their 

 brilliant flowers are unsurpassed ; hardy annuals ; 15 feet. 



5630 Mixed. All colors. Per oz. 15 cts 5 



5631 Double Flowering. About eighty per cent, of the seed- 

 lings will produce double flowers, the remainder semi-double or 

 single 10 



5629 Imported Collection of 10 varieties 30 



Imperial Japanese or Emperor Morning Glory will be found 

 offered on page 75. 



Minor, or Dwarf Morning Glory. 



Rich colored, handsome, 

 dwarf, trailing plants, pro- 

 ducing in beds and mixed 

 borders an unusually brilliant 

 effect. 

 5606 flinor Tricolor, 



flixed. Annual ; 



1 foot 5 



5611 Hauritanicus. A 



beautiful trailing 

 plant for hanging - 

 baskets, vases, etc. ; 

 blue flowers; 

 perennial . . . .10 



Coreopsis Lanceolata. 



