DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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BALSAM. 



(Lady's Slipper.) 



An old and favorite garden flower, producing its gorgeous masses of 

 beautiful, brilliant-colored double flowers in the greatest profusion ; of easy 

 culture ; succeeds in a good, rich soil ; tender annuals ; 2 feet. 



PER PKT. 



10 



5254 Double Scarlet {King) 



5263 " Pink {Maiden's Blush) 10 



5256 " SolferhlO. Striped and spotted 10 



5257 " White. Per oz. $1.00 5 



5258 White Perfection. Very double, immense, solid round . 

 flowers. Per oz. $1.50 10 



5260 Double Camellia Flowered. Finest mixed. ( See cut.) 



Per oz. §1.00 10 



5270 Double Mixed. Per oz. 50 cts 5 



5289 Imported Collection of 6 colors 50 



BALLOON VINE. 



A rapid-growing annual climber ; succeeds best in light soil and warm 

 situation ; flowers white ; seed vessels look like miniature balloons. 

 5272 Balloon Vine {Cardiospermum ). Per oz. 20 cts 5 



A beautiful hardy perennia 

 flowers on spikes 6 inches long. 



5274 Baptisia Australis 



Double Camellia Flowered Balsam. 



BEGONIA. 



Plants of great value for summer 

 decoration or window gardening. To 

 secure the best results they should be 

 planted as soon as the ground becomes 

 warm. They are covered the whole 

 summer with bright and elegant flowers ; 

 blooming the first season from seed, if 

 sown in February or March, in a tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees ; for winter and 

 spring blooming sow in August. 



per pkt. 



5290 Single Tuberous-Root- 

 ed. Finest mixed. (See cut.) 15 



5280 Double Tuberous-Rooted. Finest 



mixed 25 



5300 Rex Hybrida. Beautiful varieties, 

 with handsome variegated foliage ; choice 

 mixed 25 



5284 Vernon. This variety is distinguished by 

 the splendid coloring of its foliage and flow- 

 ers. When young, the leaves are green, but they change after being 

 exposed to the sun into a very deep, red with metallic hue. The 

 bright orange-carmine flowers contrast beautifully with the foliage. It 

 is very effective for bedding in masses, being covered with bloom 

 from May until late in the autumn, and, if potted, will continue to 



flower throughout the winter 10 



For Bulbs of Tuberous Begonias, see Plant Department. 



BIDENS ATROSANGHNEA. 



5303 A free-flowering tender annual having beautiful foliage and bearing 

 fine and attractive flowers, crimson and yellow. The roots can be pre- 

 served like Dahlias ; 1 foot 5 



BOCCONIA JAPONICA. 



5305 Effective hardy perennial, for single specimens or groups on lawn. 

 Foliage glaucous green, bears freely spikes 2 to 3 feet long, of cream- 

 colored flowers ; 5 feet , 5 



BRACHYCOME. 



5307 Free-flowering, dwarf-growing annuals, covered during the greater part 

 of the summer with a profusion of pretty blue or white flowers; suita- 

 ble for edgings, small beds, or pot culture. (See cut.) 5 



BAPTISIA. 



herbaceous plant, producing pea-shaped 

 Bright blue ; 1\ feet 5 



Bart o ilia Aurea. 



5275 Producing showy gold- 

 en yellow flowers above 

 its gray and downy 

 th is tie- like foliage, 

 which are exceedingly 

 brilliant in the sunshine. 

 Sow where it is to re- 

 main, as it does not 

 bear transplanting; 

 annual ; 2ft 5 



BEET. 



The ornamental-leaved Beets 

 are among the most useful of 

 decorative foliage plants. 

 5286 Dracaena-leaved. 



Brilliant dark red foli- 



age 



5288 Red Chilian. Scar- 

 let ribbed. Oz. 15 cts.. 

 5287 Yellow Chilian. 



Golden yellow. Per 

 oz. 15 cts 



Single Tuberous Begonia. 



Brachycome. 



