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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



flarigold. 



The African and French Marigolds are old favorite, free-flowering 

 annuals of easy culture ; both are extremely effective. The former 

 have uniformly large yellow or orange-colored flowers, and are well 

 adapted for large beds or mixed borders ; the latter are dwarfer in 

 growth, with beautifully striped flowers, and better suited for bedding 

 purposes or for pot culture ; they succeed best in a light soil with full 

 exposure to the sun ; half-hardy annuals. See also Calendula and 

 Tagetes. 



AFRICAN VARIETIES. 



PER PKT. 



Pride of the Garden. Immense flowers, densely double. Color, 

 golden yellow. A feature of this variety is the compact, dwarf 

 habit of the plant, which forms dense bushes 15 to 18 inches 



high 10 



El Dorado. Flowers very 

 large, imbricated and ex- 

 tremely double. Colors in all 

 shades of vellow. (See cut.) 10 



6062 Gold Nugget. Dwarf dense 

 growth and immense double 

 flowers, of a peculiar shade 

 of golden vellow 10 



6060 Large African. Tall, double, 

 orange, brown and yellow, 

 mixed ; 2 feet. 

 Per oz. 40 cts 5 



6069 Imported Collection of 

 double African, 6 varieties . 25 



6061 



6058 



Marigold, French, Gold Striped. 



Marigold El Dorado. 



FRENCH VARIETIES. 



PER PKT. 



6057 Gold Striped. Very double 

 dwarf, deep brownish red, 

 striped golden yellow ... 10 



6070 Dwarf French. Fine colors, 

 mixed ; very double ; 1 foot. 

 Per oz. 50 cts 5 



6056 Legion d'honneur ("Little 

 Brownie"). A single- flower- 

 ing Marigold, forming com- 

 pact bushes 6 inches high. 

 Begins flowering extremely 

 early, commencing in June. 

 The flowers are golden yel- 

 low, marked with a large 

 spot of crimson velvet. (See 

 cut.) io 



6059 Imported Collection of 

 Double French Marigolds, 6 

 varieties 25 



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blooming the whole summer, 

 requiring a warm, sunny situa- 



Marigold Legion d'Honneur. 



Dwarf trailing plants of great beauty, 

 thriving best in a dry, loamy or sandy soil, 

 tion ; half-hardy annuals ; 6 inches. 



6092 Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum (Ice Plant). Flowers white ■ 

 prized for its singular icy foliage Per oz. 50 cts ' 5 



6093 — Tricolor (Wax Plant).. Various 

 colors 5 



6094 — Cordifolium Variegatum. A 

 half-hardy perennial trailing va- 

 riety, with handsome variegtaed 

 foliage and bright rosy-colored 

 flowers 10 



ninULUS. (Honkey Flower. 



Showy, profuse flowering plants, comprising numerous varieties, with 

 white, sulphur and yellow grounds, spotted with crimson, scarlet and 

 pink, fine for greenhouse or moist, shady situations ; half-hardy peren- 

 nials ; blooming the first year from seed if sown early ; 1 foot. 



(Jill Mimulus Tigrinus. Fine mixed spotted varieties 5 



6113 — Moschatus (Musk Plant). Fine for hanging-baskets, etc.; 

 small yellow flowers, fragrant foliage 5 



niNA. 



6115 



Lobata. Half-hardy Mexican climbing annual. The buds are, 

 at first, of a vivid red, but turn to orange-yellow immediately 

 before they open, and when fully expanded the flowers are of a 

 creamy white shade. They are freely produced from the base 

 to the summit of the plant, which attains a height of from 18 to 

 20 feet, and constitutes a strikingly beautiful object. Seed 



should be sown in January or February 10 



5968 Sanguinea A beautiful and rapid-growing climber ; much 

 finer than the Mina Lobata and as certain to flower, producing 

 innumerable brilliant blood red flowers ; decidedly one of the 

 best climbers recently introduced 5 



Mina Sanguinea. 



