ROYAI. 

 d^MiWfh SWEET SrLTAIVS, 



I '1^/1 (.Centaurea luiperialis.) 



'1^^/^ /If/ '/!// ^^'^ oflered these last year for 



'tV' // 1'''* / -i /W ''^^ ^"^^^ time, and have received 



■ u/i X ' / '^ so many favorable re)iorts regard- 



'^&i O- //r''-'^ /^>V- ing them thai we offer this year 



kyk-Jiiy'' '0'^^^-~y ^^^^ six beautiful named varielies as 



^^\(/2^^^S=2^-^ ''^ "'^" ^5 mixed sorts, and call 



■^ V! ' I [r^^l^^^^ .< special atlenlion to the same. 



^^^m .^^^^^^''i^^^^ They are undoubtedly the finest 



^"^^if :^^^^/y,^^^^ °^ ^'^ Sweet Sultans for cut flower 



,^ -jM. ^""'^fe^^^^ST'^X purposes, and should soon super- 



V.,l\'*'A~~^S*^-\^\ "\ cede all other varieties. They 



are the result of a cross belweeri 



C. Moschala an<l C. Margarita, 



and inherit frcm the latter the 



M "'.Vii*3^^C MH beautiful sweet-scented, artistic- 



■Mih Kii^\'wkVVA shaped flowers, but much im- 



r4/?iy AlViWrl 'itttV^ proved in size and borne on long, 



'J^/ //^ilr ('l\ry^ strong stems, and when cut will 



aX'" ^ ' _, ' ^V|*\J\i''' stand for ]0 days in good condi- 



V\^^ X/^ tion. The plant itself is much 



' A^/ ' ^ stronger than any other Sweet Sultan, of 



■^ the easiest possible culture, flowering con- 



i^ tinuously from early summer till autumn. Com- 



/ menting on the Novelties for 1899, a leading 



i/ horticultural paper says of them : " The premier place 



/J must be assigned to Centaurea Impeiialis, which is one 



of the most important introductions of the present decade. 



The plant is vigorous, growing nearly 4 feet high, easy to 



grow, and literally covered with enormous flowers nearly 



double the size of C. Margarita, with the same odor and same 



form ; the stems are long enough to satisfy the most exacting." 



(See cut.) We oft'er the following distinct varieties : 



PER PKT. 



1875 Alba. Purest white ; very large 15 



1876 Arniida. Delicate lilac ; a fine shade 15 



1877 Favorita. Brilliant rose ; exquisite 15 



1878 Graziosa. Intense lavender l)lue 15 



1879 Iphij»eiiia Rosea. Pale rose, fading to pure 

 while at the centre 25 



1880 Splenclens. Brilliant dark purple 15 



1899 Collection of a pkt. each of the above 6 varieties .75 

 1893 Finest Mixed Colors. 10 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts. 



for 25 cts. 



DREER'S NOVELTY MIXTURE OF 

 CANNA SEED. 



1800 This is seed saved gn our own grounds the past season from the finest new varie- 

 ties only, including all the high-class novelties, and may confidently -be expected 

 to produce plants of high merit. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts. 



YEEEOW GIANT MARGUERITE 

 CARNATION. 



1829 The Marguerite Carnations are deservedly the most popular of 

 all with the amateur, flowering as they do within a few weeks 

 from time of sowing, and producing good-sized, finely fringed 

 double flowers of exquisite fragrance and of great variety of 

 color, excfpt yellow. The seed here offered may confidently 

 be expected to produce a large percentage of pure sulphur 

 yellow. 25 cts. per pkt. of 25 seeds. 



NE'W FRINGEO CYCLAMEN 

 " BUTTERFLY." 



2123 This new type owe their origin to one of Europe's cleverest hybridizers. 

 They possess all the qualities of fine habit of plant, beautiful markings 

 of foliage, size and freedom of bloom of the finest type of C. persiciim, 

 but difltr in having flowers with much wider petals, the e<iges of which 

 are beautifully fringed or waved, giving them a grace not possessed by 

 the old type, and, whether for cutting or grown for house or conserva- 

 tory decoration, they are of surpassing beauty. Awarded first 

 premiums and certificates wherever exhibited. (See cut.) Mixed 

 colors, 50 cts. per jikt. 



BUTTEKFLV CvCLAMEN. 



