DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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POPPIES. 



A great advance has been made in recent years in the development of the 

 Poppy, which has brought it into deserved popularity, and it may be safely 

 said that no other flower produces a more brilliant display of color during the 

 blooming period. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL POPPIES, per pkt. 



American Flag. Beautiful variety ; flowers very large and 



double, snow-white, bordered with scarlet 5 



Fairy Blush. Very double flowers of pure white, ekgmtly 



fringed and tipped with rose 5 



White Swan. Immense double flowers, beautifully fringed and 



of purest white 5 



riikado " {The Striped Japanese Poppy). This beautiful 

 Poppy is very distinct in character and color. The flowers are 

 brilliant, scarlet and white with elegantly curved petals, like a 

 Japanese Chrysanthemum 5 



6371 Carnation Flowered. Splendid double fringed flowers, mixed 

 colors. (See cut.) Per oz. 25 cts 5 



6370 P£eony Flowered. Large, showy, double, globular flowers. 



Mixed colors. Per oz. 20 cts 5 



8393 Golden Gate. Comprising an infinite variety of semi-double and 

 double flowers in the greatest variety of colors 5 



6369 Imported Collection of 8 varieties. Double Carnation flowered, 30 



6368 Imported Collection of 8 varieties. Double Pceony flowered . 30 



6378 

 6386 

 6387 

 6382 



HARDY PERENNIAL 



6385 Bracteatum. Very large orange-scarlet 



6379 Nudicaule {Iceland Poppy). 

 This is one of the most effective 

 and beautiful. They are per- 

 fectly hardy and produce an 

 endless profusion of flowers 

 which are most useful for cut- 

 ting. They are of a very grace- 

 ful, neat habit, with bright 

 green, fern-like foliage, formed 

 in tufts, from which issue slender 

 stalks about 12 inches in height, 

 surmounted by yellow, white or 

 orange-scarlet flowers .... 10 



6381 Double Scarlet Iceland 

 {Nitdicau'e Coccinea Fl. PI) 

 A double-flowering form of the 

 beautiful Iceland Poppy, pro- 

 ducing double bright orange- 

 scarlet flowers 10 



6390 Orientale ( The Large Orien- 

 tal Poppy). A charming Sum- 

 mer flowering plant, producing 

 • numerous leafy stems about 1\ 

 feet high, which are covered 

 with deep crimson flowers, hav- 

 ing a conspicuous black blotch 

 on each petal. This is one of 

 the most showy and useful of 

 this interesting and popular 

 family 10 



POPPIES. 



flowers 



Oribntale Hybrid Poppies. 



Double Carnation 



Flowered Poppies. ■ 



PER PKT. 



6395 Orientale Hybrids. Beau- 

 tiful new hybrids of the Oriental 

 Puppy, producing flowers of im- 

 mense size, 6 inches and over 

 in diameter and of many novel 

 colors, such as salmon, pink, 

 cherry, etc. (See cut. ) ... 15 



SINGLE ANNUAL 

 POPPIES. 



6372 Danebrog. Very showy vari- 

 ety, producing large single flow- 

 ers of brilliant scarlet, with a 

 silvery- white spot on each petal, 

 thus forming a white cross . . 5 



6384 Shirley. These charming Pop- 

 pies are single or semi-double. 

 The range of color, extending 

 from pure white through the 

 most delicate shades of pale 

 pink, rose and carmine to deep- 

 est crimson, is so varied that 

 scarcely two are alike, while many are delicately edged and 

 striped. The blooms, if cut when young, will stand for several 

 days without drooping. (See cut.) 5 



6374 Umbrosum. Richest vermilion, with a deep shining black spot 

 on each petal 5 



6373 English Scarlet. The common field Poppy of Great Britain ; 



dazzling scarlet 5 



6394 Flag of Truce. Satiny white flowers, 3 to 4 inches across . . 5 



6391 Tulip Poppy {Papaver glaucum). A magnificent species from 

 Armenia. The plants grow about 14 inches high and produce from 

 50 to 60 large flowers of dazzling scarlet 10 



6376 Fire Dragon. Very showy and free-flowering, producing 

 flowers of brilliant deep scarlet, with black spots margined white ; 

 2 to 2 \ feet 5 



6388 The Bride. A beautiful variety with very large, pure white, per- 

 fectly formed flowers. If cut when barely expanded and put in 

 water they will last a long time 10 



6380 Single nixed. Annual sort?. Oz. 20 cts 5 



6389 Imported Collection of 6 single varieties 25 



Shjrxey Poppies. 



