DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Antirrhinum. 



Antirrhinum 



(Snapdragon.) 

 One of our most showy and useful border plants. The 

 more recently improved varieties of this valuable genus 

 have large, finely-shaped flowers of the most brilliant 

 colors, with beautifully marked throats ; they succeed in 

 any good garden soil, and are very effective in beds. Hardy 

 perennials, blooming the first year from seed ; 1 to 2 feet. 



PER PKT. 



5135 Niobe. A beautiful new va- 

 riety belonging to the half- 

 dwarf class. The tips of the 

 flowers are of velvety crim- 

 son maroon, while the tubes 

 are pure white. The contrast 

 is most striking and unique 10 



5136 Firefly. Scarlet 5 



5137 Picturatum. Striped and 

 blotched 5 



5142 Queen of the North. Grows 

 one foot in h eight, and 

 densely covered with large 

 white flowers. A gem for 

 beds and borders and valu- 

 able for pot culture .... 10 



5129 Imported Collection 



Tom Thumb. 



5138 Tom Thumb, Yellow 5 



5140 Tom Thumb, Mixed. Colors. (See cut.) ... 5 



5141 Tall, Mixed, oz. 40 cts 5 



Aquilegia. 



(Columbine.) 



This plant blooms freely early in the spring 

 and summer, and produces beautiful, curi- 

 ously-formed and variously colored 

 flowers ; one of the best hardy pe- 

 rennials, and should be in every 

 herbaceous border. per pkt. 



5143 Chrysantha {Golden-Spur- 

 red). Bright golden yellow; 

 3 feet 5 



5146 — Chrysantha Alba 



(White-Spurred). A beauti- 

 ful new pure white varietylO 



5144 — C ce r u 1 e a. Violet blue 

 and white ; 2 feet 10 



5151 — Glandulosa. Lovely 



shade of fight blue and pure 



white ; 2 feet. (See cut.) . . 15 

 5160 — Single,.all colors mixed; 



2 feet. Per oz. 30 cts. . . . 5 

 5150 — Double, all colors mixed. 



Per oz. 40 cts 5 



5139 Imported Collection. 



Aquilegia Glandulosa. 



10 Dwarf varieties 59 



10 Tall varieties 50 



Arabia Alpina. 



ARISTOLOCHIA. 



5163 Sipho (Dutchman's Pipe). A rapid-growing climber ; large heart-shaped foli- 

 age, and very curious brownish purple flowers, resembling a pipe ; hardy 

 perennial 10 



5162 Elegans. One of the best of this class of climbing plants. Its blossoms are 

 produced in the greatest profusion, even on small plants. Of a rich dark 

 purple color, ornamented throughout with irregular markings of a creamy 

 white, and having a golden-yellow eye surrounded by rich velvety purple . . 10 



ASPARAGUS VERTICILLATUS. 



5169 A graceful, hardy perennial climber with feathery foliage and scarlet f\\^ 

 berries 10' ^ - 



ASPERULA ODORATA. 



5166 Sweet Woodruff. Chief ingredient in the "Maitrank," or May 

 Wine of the Germans. The dried flowers and leaves have a delicious 

 perfume, and impart an agreeable odor when kept among clothes, etc. 5 



AZALEA INDICA. 



5250 Beautiful shrubby plants, covered with a mass of bloom, growing best in a mixture 

 of rich, fibrous peat and sand ; saved from a collection of showy various colored 

 flowers ; 3 feet 25 



AURICULA (Primula Auricula). 



5240 A well-known favorite of great 

 beauty ; seed saved from splendid 

 choice mixed varieties ; half-hardy 

 perennial; 6 inches. (See cut.) . 15 



ARABIS ALPINA. 



5157 The earliest, prettiest spring 

 flower. The spreading tufts are 

 densely clothed with neat, bright 

 leaves and covered with pure white 

 flowers as soon as the snow disap- 

 pears. Conspicuous on rockeries 

 or broad edgings for park roads ; 

 withstands the drought of summer 

 and is always neat. 6 inches. (See 

 cut.) 5- 



ARHERIA (Thrift). 



5164 Armeria Formosa. A very 

 pretty edging plant, bearing large 

 tufts of rosy-pink flowers ; hardy 

 perennial 10' 



ARALIA SIEBOLDI. 



5161 A beautiful decorative green- 

 house plant, with large ornamental 

 leaves ; very useful as a house plant. 

 New seed ready in April 15- 



