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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



Agrostemma. 



Alyssum. 



Pretty little plants for beds, vases, 

 baskets, edgings or rock work ; blooming 

 profusely all summer ; useful 

 also for winter flowering. Very 

 sweetly scented. 



PER PKT. 



5082 Alyssum, Sweet (A. 



Maritimum) . Flowers 

 white ; 9 inches. Per oz. 



30 cts 5 



5086 — Tom Thumb (Ben- 

 thami Compactum). Of 

 dwarf, compact, erect 

 growth ; excellent for 

 edgings; white. Per oz. 



40 cts 5 



— Little Qem. Of dwarf, 

 compact habit, 4 to 6 

 inches in height, each 

 plant covering a circle 15 

 to 30 inches in diameter. 

 It begins to bloom when 

 quite small, and the 

 plants are a solid mass of 

 white from spring till late 

 in autumn. (See cut.) 



Per oz. 60 cts 5 



Saxatile Compactum 



AGERATUM. 



One of the leading plants for beds or 

 borders, and very useful where cut-flowers 

 are in demand ; in bloom the whole sum- 

 mer ; also good for winter blooming ; 

 annuals. per pkt. 



5045 Ageratum Conspicuum. White; 



2 feet 5 



5041 — Mexicanum. Lavender blue; 



2 feet 5 



5042 — Imperial Dwarf Blue: 8 inches 5 



5043 — Imperial Dwarf White; 8 

 inches 5 



5044 — Lasseauxi. Rose ; 15 inches . 5 



5046 — Cope's Pet. Lovely azure- 

 blue ; 6 inches ; this is considered 

 the best variety for edging. (See 

 cut) 10 



AGROSTEMMA. 



(Rose of Heaven.) 



An attractive free-flowering hardy per- 

 ennial of easy culture, producing bright 

 colored flowers on long slender stems like 

 a single pink ; blooms the first season ; fine 

 for cutting ; 1 to 2 feet. (See cut. ) 

 5050 Agrostemma. Mixed Varieties 5 



ML 



5087 



5084 



Showy 

 golden yellow flowers ; hardy perennial, 

 blooms the first season ; extelent for 

 rockwork ; 1 foot , 5 



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Amaranthus Tricolor Splendens* 



ANEHONE. 



(Windflower.) 



A very pleasing, hardy per- 

 ennial ; easily grown from seed, 

 producing large flowers ; few 

 plants can compare with them 

 in beauty and brilliancy ; fine 

 for bouquets. 



PER PKT. 



5130 Coronaria, nixed Col- 

 ors. Double ..... lf> 



5125 Fulgens. Single Scarlet 10 



5126 Japonica, "The Bride." 

 Pure white ; flowering in 

 late summer and autumn 10* 



AMARANTHUS, 



Showy annuals, with long 

 racemes of curious-looking flow- 

 ers, and brilliant foliage, very 

 -: g effective in large beds. 



5092 Amaranthus Cruentus 

 (Prince's Feather). Erect 

 ; flowering, bright scarlet . . 5- 

 5091 — Caudatus (Love Lies 

 Ag-eratum, Cope's Pet. Bleeding). Blood-red, droop- 

 ing ; 3 feet & 



5094 — Qordoni, or Sunrise. Bronzy crimson foliage, shading 

 off to brilliant scarlet tufts of leaves on top of the stalk, the 

 lower leaves having a scarlet band through the centre ; 3 feet 15 



5095 — Henderi. Of graceful pyramidal growth, long-drooping 

 leaves of brown madder and bronze ; 4 feet 5> 



5096 — Melancholicus Ruber. Dwarf, compact habit, blood- 

 red foliage ; 2 feet 5 



5097 — Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Of pyramidal, drooping 

 habit, branching close to the ground 5> 



5098 — Tricolor (Joseph's Coat.) Leaves red, yellow and green ; 



3 feet. Per oz. 30 cts 5> 



5093 — Tricolor Splendens: An improvement on the old sort, 

 of more brilliant coloring, a very beautiful ornamental plant. 

 (See cut.) 5> 



AMPELOPSIS. 



(Miniature Virginia Creeper, or Japanese Ivy.) 



A hardy perennial climber from Japan, with olive-green leaves, 

 which turn to scarlet in the autumn. The best and most popular 

 climber for covering brick or stone walls. 

 5101 Ampelopsis Veitchi. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



Alyssum, Little Gora. 





5133 Anthemis Arabica 



constantly in bloom 



ANTHEMIS. 



A free-flowering golden yellow annual ; 



