DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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A great advance has been made in recent years in the develop- 

 ment of the foppy, which has brought it into deserved popu- 

 larity, and it may be safely said that no other flower produces a 

 more brilliant display of color during the blooming period. 



SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES. PEBPKT 



6372 Danebrog. Very showy variety, producing large single 

 flowers of brilliant scarlet, with a silvery-white spot on 

 each petal, thus forming a white cross 5 



6384 Shirley. These charming Poppies are single or semi- 

 double. The range of color, extending from pure white 

 through the most delicate shades of pale pink, rose and 

 carmine to deepest crimson, is so varied that scarcely two 

 are alike, while many are delicately edged and striped. 

 The blooms, if cut when young, will stand for several days 

 without drooping. (See cut.) 5 



6374 Umbrosum. Richest vermilion, with a deep shining black 

 spot on each petal 



6373 English Scarlet. The common field Poppy of Great 

 Britain ; dazzling scarlet 



6375 Peacock. Very large vivid scarlet and cherry crimson 

 flowers, with a conspicuous glossy black zone near the 

 centre 10 



6394 Flag of Truce. Satiny, white flowers, 3 to 4 inches across 5 

 6391 Tulip Poppy (Papaver glaucum). A magnificent species 

 from Armenia. The plants grow about 14 inches high and 

 produce from 50 to 60 large flow- 

 ers of dazzling scarlet 10 



6376 Fire Dragon. Very showy and 

 free flowering, producing flowers 

 of brilliant deep scarlet, with 

 black spots margined white ; 2 to 

 2.V ft 10 



6388 The Bride. A beautiful variety 

 with very large, pure white, per- 

 fectly formed flowers. If cut 

 when barely expanded and put in 

 water, thev will last along time . 10 



6380 Single nixed. Annual sorts. 

 Oz. 20 cts 5 



6389 Imported Collection of 6 single 

 varieties 25 



Poppy Orientals Hybrids. 



American Flagr Poppy. 



DOUBLE 

 ANNUAL POPPIES 



PER PKT. 



American Flag. 



Beautiful variety ; 

 flowers very large and 

 double, snow - white, 

 bordered with scarlet. 



(See cut) 10 



swriey poppy. (3386 Fairy Blush. Very 



double flowers of pure white, elegantly fringed and tipped with rose . . 5 

 6387 White Swan. Immense double flowers, beautifully fringed and of 



purest white 5 



6382 " nikado " ( The Striped Japanese Poppy). This beautiful Poppy is 

 very distinct in character aud color. The flowers are brilliant 

 scarlet and white, with elegantly curved petals, like a Japanese 



Chrysanthemum 5 



6371 Carnation Flowered. Splendid double fringed flowers, mixed 



colors. Peroz. 25 cts 5 



6370 Paeony Flowered. Large, showy, double globular flowers. 



Mixed colors. Per oz. 20 cts . . . " 5 



6393 Golden Gate. Comprising an infinite variety of semi-double 



and double flowers in the greatest variety of colors 5 



6369 Imported Collection of 8 varieties, double carnation flowered 30 



HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES. 



6385 Bracteatum. Very large orange scarlet flowers 10 



6379 Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy). This is one of the most effective 

 and beautiful. They are perfectly hardy and produce an endless 

 profusion of flowers which are most useful for cutting. They are of 

 a very graceful, neat habit, with bright-green, fern-like foliage, 

 formed hi tufts, from which issue slender stalks about 12 inches 

 in height, surmounted bv yellow, white or orange-scarlet flowers. 10 



6381 Double Scarlet Iceland (Nudicaule coccinea Fl. PL) A double- 

 flowering form of the beautiful Iceland Poppy, producing double 

 bright orange-scarlet flowers 10 



6390 Orientale (The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming summer- 

 flowering plant, producing numerous leafy stems about 1\ feet 

 high, which are covered with deep crimson flowers, having a 

 conspicuous black blotch on each petal. This is one of the most 

 showy and useful of this interesting and popular farnilv .... 10 



6395 Orientale Hybrids. Beautiful new hybrids of the Orien- 

 tal Poppy, producing flowers of immense size, 6 inches and over 

 in diameter and of many novel colors, such as salmon, pink, 

 cherry, etc. (See cut.) 15 



