DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 



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Jif 

 PANSIES. Dreer's Superb Strains. 



Fer pkt. 

 This attractive plant is too well known to require 

 any description, as it is a favorite with all. We have 

 made careful tests of all the leading strains, and offer 

 the following as the best in their several classes. 

 6238 Dreer's Royal Exhibition. This strain com- 

 prises a beautiful collection of colors and mark- 

 ings, and we are confident it will prove satisfac- 

 tory for perfection of form, firmness of texture, 

 freedom of bloom and elegance of coloring. It 

 is the result of many years' careful selection and 

 hybridization, and embraces all the attractive 

 features that tend to make the Pansy the peo- 

 ple's flower. T V oz. $1.00 50 



6219 Giant Trimardeau. Large flowering'varieties 



in finest mixture 15 



6220 Dreer's Premium. Seed saved from first-class 

 flowers only ; beautiful colors mixed 25 



6222 Odier [Five-blotched). A beautiful strain of 



various colored large, perfectly formed flowers 25 



6217 French Large Stained. Very beautifully 



marked varieties in finest mixture 25 



6216 Bugnot's Superb Blotched. A beautiful class 



with extra large flowers, mixed colors .... 50 



6230 English Finest Mixed. Per oz. $3.00 .... 10 



6240 Good Mixed. All colors. Per oz. SI. 50 ... 5 



HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES. 



6385 Bracteatum. Very large orange scarlet flowers 10 



6379 Nudicaule {Iceland Poppy). This is one of the 

 most effective and beautiful. The}- are per- 

 fectly hard} - and produce an endless profusion 

 of flowers, useful for cutting. Mixed colors . 10 



6390 Orientale [The Large Oriental Poppy). A 

 charming summer-flowering plant, producing 

 numerous deep crimson flowers, having a con- 

 spicuous black blotch on each petal 10 



6395 Orientale Hybrids. Beautiful new hybrids of 

 the Oriental Poppy, producing flowers of im- 

 mense size, six inches.and over in diameter and 

 of many novel colors, salmon, pink, cherry, etc. 15 



HARDY PRIMROSES. 



These are among the best of the early spring bloom- 

 ing plants. With a slight protection they will stand 

 the winter, but do better if protected bva cold frame. 

 6432 Primula Japonica. Bright and showy flowers; 



mixed colors 10 



6415 Primula Veris. (English Cowslips). Flowers 



of different colors, very fragrant 5 



6431 Primula Vulgaris (Yellow English Primrose). 



The common hardy English variety; flowers 



fragrant and of light canary color 10 



CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



PRIflULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. 



FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



Per pkt. 

 These charming and beautiful plants are indispen- 

 sable for winter and spring decoration in the green- 

 house or conservatory. Our seed is, as usual, from 

 the finest collections. 



6417 Single White Fringed 25 



6428 Double White Fringed 50 



6418 Single Red Fringed . 25 



6421 Punctata Elegantissima. Crimson, spotted . 50 



6422 Kermesina Splendens. Crimson, yellow eye 50 

 6425 Alba Magnifica. The finest pure white, with 



bright yellow eye, beautifully fringed .... 50 



6424 Holborn Blue! A unique color 50 



6440 Fern=Leaved, Finest Mixed 50 



6450 Double flixed, all colors 50 



6430 Dreer's Choicest Mixed. A grand strain con- 

 taining only the finest varieties 25 



The following varieties are of the easiest culture 

 in green-house or light window of dwelliug house, 

 flowering abundantly and continuously. 



6423 Primula Obconica. Profuse blooming, bear- 

 ing on long stems heads containing 10 to 15 

 flowers ; pure white shading to lilac, and have 

 the true Primrose fragrance 15 



6434 Primula Floribunda. This is of the same gen- 

 eral character as the above, differing only in 

 color of the flower, which is a lovely shade of 



primrose yellow 25 



POLYANTHUS, Primula Elatior. 

 Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine for 

 either pot or outdoor culture ; hardy perennials. 



6362 Polyanthus, English. All colors mixed . . 10 



6363 — Duplex. Double hose-in-hose, beautiful . 25 



6364 — Gold Laced. Very showy and attractive . 20 



SWEET WILLIAn. 

 A well-known free flowering plant, producing a 

 splendid effect in beds and shrubbery with their rich 

 and varied flowers. 



6625 Auricula Flowered. Beautiful single varie- 

 ties, all colors. Oz. 50 cents 10 



6640 Single flixed. Per oz. 40 cents 5 



6630 Double nixed. Per oz. 81.00 10 



VIOLET, Viola Odorata. 



Well-known fragrant early spring blooming plants 

 for edgings, groups or borders ; thriving best in the 

 summer in a shady situation, in a rich, deep soil. 



6725 Blue. Sweet scented 10 



6726 White. Very fragrant ; free flowering . . • 10 



6727 Mixed. Blue and white 10 



WALL=FLOWER. 



Well-known, deliciously fragrant plants, blooming 

 early in the spring, with large, conspicuous spikes of 

 beautiful flowers ; should be protected in a cold frame. 



6740 Wall Flower, Single flixed 5 



6730 " Finest Double flixed .... 10 



