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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



Campanula. 



Well-known beautiful hardy herbaceous perennial, bearing a great profusion of 

 attractive bell-flowers ; thriving best in light rich soil ; some of the varieties flower 

 the first season if planted early. Carpatica and Speculum are fine for beds, edgings, 

 and ribbon gardening. PEK PK t. 



5368 Campanula Pyramidalis (Tlie Chimney Campanula). A beautiful and 

 stately plant, either for garden or pot culture ; mixed blue and white flowers; 



hardy perennial ; 3 feet 5 



— Carpatica. Free-flowering, blue and white mixed, continuing in bloom 



the whole season ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches 5 



Speculum, F1.P1. A double blue variety of Venus' Looking-Glass, fine 

 for cutting and bouquets ; 6 inches 5 



Canterbury Bells. 



(Campanula Media.) 

 5420 Single, Mixed. Beautiful large bell-shaped flowers ; effective plants for 



pot culture ; hardy biennials. 2h feet 5 



5410 Double, flixed. All the double" Media varieties ; 2\ feet 5 



5363 Calycanthema ( Cup and Saucer). This is the finest variety, producing plants 



with white and blue flowers resembling cup and saucer ; mixed. (See cut. ) 10 



5367 

 5365 



Candytuft. 



Universally known and cultivated, and considered indispensable for cutting. All 

 the varieties look best in beds or masses. Seed sown in autumn produces flowers 

 early in spring ; when sown in April flowers from July till frost comes. Hardy and 

 easy to cultivate. Single plants transplanted look well and bloom profusely. Hardy 



|$|§te>^ annuals; 1 foot. per PKT 



Empress Candytuft. 



HARDY PERENNIAL 

 CANDYTUFTS. 



(Iberis.) 



PER PKT. 



5388 Sempervirens. 



A profuse white 

 blooming hardy 

 perennial, adapt- 

 ed for rockeries, 

 baskets, etc., com- 

 ing in flower 

 earlv in the spring ; 

 1 foot 10 



5379 Gibraltarica Hy= 

 brida. Very fine 

 species with white 

 flowers, shading 

 off to lilac ; 1 foot 10 



5380 Empress, 

 ^v plete mass 



Canna 



Cup and Saucer 

 Canterbury Bells. 



Highly ornamental plants, producing a rich effect 

 by their large, broad and massive foliage, and spikes 

 of brilliant flowers. Soak the seeds 12 hours in hot 



water before planting ; sow in sandy loam or peat, and place in a hot- 

 bed ; when up to the second leaf, pot off singly and keep under glass 

 until the proper season for planting out. (See cut, ) 



PER PKT. 



5406 Madame Crozy. Flowers of the largest size, of a dazzling scarlet 

 bordered with golden-yellow ; very free-flowering 10 



5407 Paul Marquant. Flowers of the largest size, of a bright salmon- 

 scarlet 10 



5408 Progression. Large, yellow, spotted, with crimson 10 



5404 Charles Henderson. Deep rich crimson, one of the best 10 



5405 Florence Vaughan. One of the finest yellow-spotted red varieties . . 10 



5409 Queen Charlotte. Distinct and beautiful, brilliant orange-scarlet, wide 

 margin of bright yellow 15 



5399 Collection of the above b' varieties ; 50 cts. 

 5402 Crozy's Large=flowering Dwarf French, Finest flixed. This is a 



mixture of seed saved on our own grounds from the finest sorts only, 

 including the Crozy introductions of last year, and may be expected to 

 produce some new and distinct varieties. Some of our customers who 

 procured seed from us last year had very satisfactory results, securing 

 some very fine flowers. Per oz. 30 cts 5 



5400 Choice Mixed. Old varieties ; while the flowers are small, the foliage is 

 grand. Per oz., 25 cts ' . . 5 



Special attention is directed to our list of Canna? on pages 111 to 113 ; also to 

 the new varieties offered on the colored pages in front of catalogue. 



A 



of pure 

 white flowers, 

 in a pyramid of 

 bloom. (See 

 cut.) Per oz. 

 50 cts 10 



Carmine . . 5 



Crimson . . 5 



White Fra- 

 grant. Per 



oz. 25 cts. . . 5 



5382 White Rock- 

 et. Per oz. 

 25 cts 5 



5390 Hixed Col- 

 ors. Per oz. 



25 cts 5 



53S3 Tom Thumb, 

 White. 6 in- 

 ches 5 



Dwarf Hy- 

 brids, nixed. 



6 inches . . .10 



Large Flowerlog French Carinas 



