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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



ANTIRRHINUM, 



(Snapdragon.) 



One of our most showy and useful border plants. The more recently improved varieties of this 

 valuable genus have large, finely-shaped flowers of the most brilliant colors, with beautifully marked 

 throats ; they succeed in any good garden soil and are very effective in beds. Hardy perennials, 

 blooming the first year if the seed is sown early ; 1 to 2 feet. 



PER PKT. 



5136 Fire Fly. Scarlet 5 



5137 Picturatlim. Striped and blotched 5 



5142 Queen Of the Xortll. The finest of all the Snapdragons. It 



forms an excellent plant, growing one foot in height ; each plant occu- 

 pying a space of 1 to 11 feet, and densely covered with large white 

 flowers. A gem for beds and borders and valuable for pot culture.. .10 



5138 Tom Thumb, Yellow , 5 



5140 Tom Thumb, Mixed. Finest dwarf. 5 



5141 Tall, Mixed, oz. 40 cts 5 



5129 Imported Collection. 10 Dwarf varieties 50 



5139 Imported Collection. 10 Tall varieties 50 



ARABIS ALPINA. 



5157 The earliest, prettiest spring flower. The 

 spreading tufts are densely ch thed with 

 neat, bright green leaves and covered 

 with pure white flowers as soon as the 

 snow disappears. Conspicuous on rook- 

 eries or broad edgings for park roads, 

 withstands the drought of summer, and 

 is always neat. 6 inches 5 



ARMERIA (Thrift.) 



5164 Armeria Formosa. A very pretty 

 edging plant, bearing large tufts of rosy- 

 pink flowers; hardy perennial 10 



ARALIA SIEBOLDI. 



5161 A beautiful decorative greenhouse plant, 

 with large ornamental leaves ; very useful 

 as a house plant. New seed ready in 

 April 15 



Aqtiilegia Glandulosa. 



(Columbine. 



This plant blooms freely 

 early in the spring and sum- 

 mer and produces beautiful, 

 curiously-formed and vari- 

 ously colored flowers ; hardy 

 perennials. 



PER PKT. 



5143 Chrysantha 

 ( Go/den - Spurred ) . 

 Bright golden yel- 

 low ; 3 feet 5 



5146 — Chrysantha 

 Alba {White- 

 Spurred ) . A beau- 

 tiful new pure white 

 variety 10 



5144 — Coerulea. 

 Violet-blue and 

 white ; 2 feet 10 



5151 — Glandulosa. 



Lovely shade of 



light blue and pure 



white; 2 feet. (See 



cut. ) 15 



5160 — Single, all colors mixed ; 2 feet. Per oz. 30 cts.. . 5 

 5150 — Double, all colors mixed. Per oz. 40 cts 5 



ARISTOLOCHIA. 



PER PKT. 



5163 SipllO (Dutchman's Pipe). A rapid-growing climber; large 

 heart-shaped foliage, and very curious brownish, purple flowers, 

 resembling a pipe ; hardy perennial 10 



5162 ElegailS. One of the best of this class of climbing plants. ■ 

 Its blossoms are produced in the greatest profusion, even on small 

 plants. Of a rich dark purple color, ornamented throughout with 

 irregular markings of a creamy white, and having a golden yellow 

 eye surrounded by rich velvety purple. (See cut.) 10 



ASPARAGUS VERTICILLATUS. 



5169 A graceful hardy perennial climber with feathery foliage and scarlet 



berries 10 



ASPERULA ODORATA. 



5166 Sweet Woodruff. Chief ingredient in the " Maitrank," or 

 May wine of the Germans. The dried flowers and leaves have a 

 delicious perfume, and impart an agreeable odor when kept among 

 clothes, etc 5 



AURICULA. 



5240 A well-known favorite of great beauty; seed saved from splendid 



choice mixed varieties; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches 15 



AZALEA INDICA. 



5250 Beautiful shrubby plants, covered with a mass of bloom, growing 

 best in a mixture of rich, fibrous peat and sand ; saved from a 

 collection of showy various-colored flowers ; 3 feet 25 



Aristolochia Elegans. 



