DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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•6182 Strumosa Suttoni. This charming plant is-undoubtedly one 

 of the most beautiful annuals that has been introduced into 

 cultivation for some years past. It is remarkable for its free- 

 flowering character, long duration in bloom and astonishing 

 diversity in the color of its flowers. If raised under glass in 

 March and transferred to the open ground in May, the plants 

 begin to show their beauty in June and continue in flower till 

 the end of September 25 



NELUMBIUM. 



See Seeds of Water Lillies, page 92. 



NEMOPHILA. 



Of neat, compact habit; blooming freely all summer if planted in 

 a rather cool, shady place, and in not too rich a soil ; hardy annuals. 

 ■6180 Nemophila Snsignis Mixed. Beautiful mixed varieties. Per 

 oz. 25 cts . 5 



NICOTIANA. 



'6192 Nicotiana Affinis. Delightfully sweet-scented, pure white tubu- 

 lar flowers, blooming continually; annuals; 2 to 3 feet. (See cut.) . 10 

 ■6193 Colossea. New gigantic foliage plant . 15 



NIEREHBERGIA. 



A half-hardy perennial, slender 

 rgrowing plant, perpetually in 

 bloom, flowering the first year if 

 sown early ; desirable for the 

 greenhouse, baskets, vases or 

 bedding out ; 1 foot. 

 6195 Nierembergia Frutes- 



cens. White, tinted with 



lilac 10 



NIGELLA. 



<Love in the Mist, or Devil in the 

 Bush.) 



A compact, free-flowering 

 plant, -with finely-cut foliage, 

 curious-looking flowers and seed 

 pods ; of easy culture, growing 

 In any garden soil ; hardy 

 annuals ; 1 foot. 

 6200 N i g e 1 1 a Damascena. 



Blue and white mixed. 



(See cut) 5 



Nigella Damascena. 



NYMPH^EA. 



PASSIFLORA. 



(Passion Flower.) 



Indispensable climbing plants, for the garden or green- 

 house, bearing a profusion of attractive flowers. 



6250 Passiflora flixed. Choice varieties 20 



6248 — Insignis (Tacsonia.) Remarkable for its mag- 

 nificent flowers, which measure from 6 to 8 inches 

 across ; color crimson purple ; filaments blue mottled 

 with white 25 



Nicotiana Afflnis. 



Pentstemon. 



See Seeds of Water Lillies,page 92 



OXALIS. 



Beautiful small plants, suitable 

 for the greenhouse, rock-work, 

 or out-door culture ; flowering 

 the first year if sown early ; 

 blooms in clusters; half-hardy 

 perennial ; 9 inches. per pkt. 



6206 Oxalts Alba. White . .10 



6207 — Rosea. Rose-colored 10 



6208 — Tropaeoloides. Very 

 desirable border plant ; 

 flowers deep yellow ; 

 foliage dark brown ... 10 



6209 — V a 1 d i v iana. Pure 

 yellow 10 



PARDANTHUS. 



(Blackberry Lily.) 



A hardy perennial, bearing 

 showy lily-like flowers. 

 6254 Sinensis. Yellow, red 

 and orange spotted; . . 10 



PENTSTEMON. 



One of our most beautiful and attractive herbaceous 

 plants ; bearing long, graceful spikes of rich-colored 

 flowers ; will bloom the first season if sown early in 

 March, and planted out in May ; half-hard v perennials ; 

 2 feet. (See cut ) 



6260 Pentstemon, nixed. Crimson, purple, etc. 10 



6261 Gloxinioides. (Annual Pentstemon.) A new variety 

 of unusual merit. Not only are they distinct as an 



annual, but, in point of size of flowers, individual flowers measuring 2 

 inches across, variety and brilliancy of color and profusion of bloom, 

 it altogether eclipses the perennial "form It has been named because 

 of the resemblance of the individual flowers to Gloxinias in their sub- 

 stance, form and variety of coloring. Sown early they come into 

 flower in July and continue a blaze until frost 10 



PERILLA. 



The foliage of this plant is exceedingly elegant, of a very dark purple 

 color, and produces a charming contrast with silvery-leaved plants ; 

 growing freely in any soil ; half-hardy annual, 1|- feet. 

 6265 Perilla Nankinensis 5 



PHYSIANTHUS (Cruel Plant 



A rapid-groAving 

 climber, bearing bell- 

 shaped flowers which 

 are covered with a gum- 

 my substance. Butter- 

 flies and other insects 

 which alight thereon are 

 unable to free them- 

 selves. 



6358 Phy sianthus 

 Albens. Pure 



white 10 Oxalis Tropeeolod 



