DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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AGERATUM. 



Valuable plants for large beds or borders, and very useful 

 where cut-flowers are in demand ; in bloom the whole summer ; 

 also good for winter blooming; annuals. 



PER PKT. 



5045 Ageratum Conspicuum. White ; 2 feet 5 



5041 — Mexicanum. Blue ; 2 feet. 5 



5042 — Imperial Dwarf Blue ; 8 inches 5 



5043 — Imperial Dwarf White ; 8 inches 5 



5044 — Lasseauxi. Rose ; 15 inches 5 



5046 — Cope's Pet. Lovely azure-blue ; 8 inches. (See 



cut) 10 



AGROSTEMMA. 



(Rose of Heaven.) 



An attractive free-flowering hardy perennial of easy culture, 

 producing flowers on long slender stems like a single pink; 

 blooms the first season ; fine for cutting ; 1 to 2 feet. 

 5050 Agrostemma. Mixed Varieties 5 



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Alyssum, Little Gem. 



AMARANTHUS. 



Showy annuals, with long racemes of curious-looking flow- 

 ers, and brilliant foliage, very effective in large beds. 



PER PKT. 



'5092 Amarailthus CruentuS {Prince's Feather). 



Erect flowering, bright scarlet 5 



5091 — CaudatUS {Love Lies Bleeding). Blood red, 



drooping ; 3 feet 5 



5094 — GrOrdoili, Or Sunrise. Bronzy crimson foli- 

 age, shading off to brilliant scarlet tufts of leaves on 

 top of the stalk, the lower leaves having a scarlet band 

 through the centre ; 3 feet 5 



5095 — Henderi. Of graceful pyramidal growth, 

 long-drooping leaves of brown madder and bronze ; 4 

 feet « 5 



5096 — Melancholicus Ruber. Dwarf, compact 

 habit, blood-red foliage ; 2 feet 5 



5097 — Salicifolius {Fountain Plant). Of pyramidal, 

 drooping habit, branching close to the ground 5 



5098 — Tricolor {Joseph's Coat). Leaves red, yellow and 

 green ; 3 feet. Per oz. 30 cts 5 



5093 — ■ Tricolor SplendeilS. An improvement on 

 the old sort, of more brilliant coloring, a very beautiful 

 ornamental plant 5 



AMPELOPSIS. 



(Miniature Virginia Creeper, or Japanese Ivy.) 



A hardy perennial species of Woodbine from Japan, with 

 olive-green leaves, which turn to scarlet in the autumn. The 

 best and most popular climber for covering brick or stone walls. 

 5101 Ampelopsis Veitclii. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



ANTHEMIS. 



5133 Anthemis Arabica. A free-flowering golden 



yellow annual ; constantly in bloom 5 



Ageratum, Cope's Pet. 



ALYSSUn. 



Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, edgings or rock- 

 work; blooming profusely all summer; useful also for winter 

 flowering. 



PER PKT. 



5082 Alyssum, Sweet {A. Maritimuni). Flowers in 



white clusters ; 6 inches. Per oz. 30 cts 5 



5086 — Tom Thumb [Benthami Compactum). Of 



dwarf, compact, erect growth; excellent for edgings; 

 white. Per oz. 40 cts 5 



5087 — Little Gem. Of dwarf, compact habit, 3 to 5 

 •inches in height, each plant covering a circle 15 to 30 



inches in diameter. It begins to bloom when quite 

 small, and the plants are a solid mass of white from 

 spring till late in autumn. (See cut.) Per oz. 60 cts. . 5 

 5084 — Saxatile Compactum. Showy golden yellow 

 flowers ; hardy perennial, blooms the first season ; ex- 

 cellent for rockwork ; 1 foot 5 



Anemone Japonica, "The Bride." 



ANEMONE. 



(Windflower.) 



A very pleasing, hardy perennial ; easily grown from seed, 

 producing large flowers, few plants can compare with them in 

 beauty and brilliancy; fine for bouquets. 



PER PKT. 



5130 Coronaria, Mixed Colors. Double 10 



5125 Fulgens. Scarlet 10 



5126 JapOllica, " The Bride." Pure white; flower- 

 ing in late summer and autumn. (See cut) 10 



