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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



PLATYCODON. (Wahlenbergia) 



PER PKT. 



Hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers during the whole season. 

 They form large clumps, and are excellent for planting among shrubbery. 

 6330 Platycodon, Mixed. Blue and white 



6361 Mariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers oi~ a rich violet blue, 

 beautiful, plant dwarf and compact 



6357 Japonicus (Double Japanese Bell Flower). This new variety is a 

 valuable addition to the list of hardy plants, of stronger and bushier 

 growth than the well-known Grandiflorum, wonderfully free-flower- 

 ing, every branch being covered with large glossv deep-blue flowers, 

 which average 2k inches across. The inner petals alternate with the 

 outer ones, giving the flower the appearance of a ten-pointed 

 blue star. This should find a place in every collection of hardy 

 herbaceous plants. (See cut. ) 



POLYANTHUS. (Primula Elatior.) 



Showy, early Spring, free-flowering plants, fine for either pot or out-door 

 culture ; hardy perennials ; 9 inches. 



6362 Polyanthus, English, The best single, all colors mixed 



6363 Duplex. Double hose-in-hose, beautiful colors mixed . . 



6364 Qold Laced. Very showy and attractive 



PYRETHRUM. 



Handsome herbaceous plants of easy 

 culture. P. Aureum is the well-known 

 Golden Feather so much used for 

 carpet bedding, edging, etc. From the 

 flowers of P. Roseum is obtained 

 Persian insect powder or Buhach of 

 California. P. Hybridum and varieties 

 are amongst the handsomest of hardy 

 flowering herbaceous plants. 



PER PKT. 



Aureum [Golden F.atner). 



Bright yellow foliage. Oz. 



75 cts 5 



Laciniatum. An improved 



Golden Feather. Foliage finely 



fringed 10 



Roseum {Persian Insect _^ 



Powder Plant) . Bright rose, 



1J feet 10 



6455 Hybridum. Large flowering 

 single mixed. Hardy peren- 

 nial, bearing large Aster-shaped 

 flowers, ranging in color from 

 light pink to deep red, with 

 bright yellow centres ; 2 feet . 10 



6456 Hybridum Fl. PI. Large 

 Flowering Double Mixed. ■ 

 Beautiful colors, mixed ; 1 !, 

 feet "25 



6453 



6454 



6457 



Double Portulaca. 



Platycodon Japonicus. 



PORTULACA. 



One of our finest hardy annual plants, 

 of easy culture, thriving best in a rather 

 rich, light loam, or shindy soil, and 

 luxuriating in an exposed, sunny situa- 

 tion ; the flowers are of the richest 

 colors, and produced throughout the 

 Summer in great profusion ; fine for 

 massing in beds, edgings or rock-work ; 

 6 inches. 



PER TKT. 



6400 Single Mixed Colors. Per 

 oz. 40 cts 5 



6410 Double flixed. Flowers 

 perfectly double, of the most 

 brilliant scarlet, crimson, white, 

 yellow, etc. Per % oz. , 75 cts. . 10 



6409 Imported Collection of 8 



double varieties 60 



iSSlit 



PYRETHRUM AUREUM. 



HARDY PRIMROSES. 



These are among the best of the earlv Spring blooming plants. With 

 a slight protection'they will stand the Winter, but do better if protected by 

 a cold frame. 



PER PKT. 

 6433 Cortusoides Amcena. Charming variety, bearing dark crimson 



flowers with distinct white eye. (See cut.) 10 



6432 Japonica. (Japanese Primrose). Bright and showy flowers, 



borne in whorls on stems 6 to 9 in. long ; mixed colors. The seed we 



offer has been procured 



direct from [apan .10 \^ 



6415 Veris {English Co* 



slip). Flowers of differe 



colors, yellow, brown 



y e 1 1 o w-edged, 



etc. ; very frag 



rant ; 6 inches . 5 



6431 Vulgaris. 

 The common yel- 

 lowFnglish Prim- 

 rose ; flowers frag- 

 rant and of a light 

 canary - y e 1 1 w 



color 10 



Sri- also Auricula 



and Polyanthus. 



For Greenhouse 



sort> see page 87. 



and 



Primula Cortusoides Amcf.va. 



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