DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



55 



Helichrysum. 



Globe Amaranth, Nana Cpmpacta. 



Rhodanthe. 



5167 



5313 



Everlasting Flowers and Ornamental Grasses. 



The Ornamental Grasses serve the double purpose of rendering the mixed flower-bed or border attractive during the 

 summer, and for the use of the spikes or panicles in a dried state in winter bouquets. 



For large beds or groups on lawns nothing gives a finer effect, and they are now largely used in prominent positions in 

 many of the finest public parks, etc. The following are the most popular varieties : — 



All of the varieties offered below are popularly known as 

 Everlastings or Straw Flowers. Not only do they make hand- 

 some plants for beds or borders, but are desirable as pot-plants, 

 their neat growth and pretty flowers making them well adapted 

 for this use. When the flowers are desired for drying for winter 

 bouquets they should be cut before fully expanded and hung 

 up in the shade to dry. 



ACROCLINTUM. Charming border annuals with beau- 

 tiful flowers, growing freely in any good garden soil ; 1 ft. 



PER PKT. 



5030 Acroclinium, Single Mixed. Per oz. 40 cts. . . 5 



5025 — Double Mixed 10 



5114 AMMOBIUM ALATUM GRANDIFLO- 

 RUM. A pretty border annual much used as an ever- 

 lasting flower for winter bouquets ; pure white 5 



GLOBE AMARANTH {Gomphrena). Commonly 



known as Bachelor's Buttons. 2 feet. 



5896 Globe Amaranth, Nana coinpacta. Red.. 10 



5900 Mixed. Per oz. 40 cts. 5 



HELICHRYSUM. Exceedingly effective double 



flowers, making a fine display in beds or borders ; they suc- 

 ceed in any rich garden soil ; hardy annuals ; \\ ft. 



5930 Helichrysum, Mixed. All colors. Per oz. 60 cts. 5 



5942 HELIPTERUM SANFORDI. A very 

 pretty border annual of dwarf habit, bearing large glob- 

 ular clusters of bright golden yellow flowers ; 1 foot . . 5 



6460 RHODANTHE. Fine Mixed. A charming 

 annual ; succeeds in a light, rich soil and a warm, 

 sheltered situation ; valuable for pot or border culture ; 

 1 foot 10 



6760 XERANTHEMUM. Superbissimum, 

 Mixed. Showy double free-flowering border an- 

 nuals 10 



5799 Imported Collection of everlasting flowers; 12 



varieties 60 



PER PKT. 



ARUNDO DONAX VARIEGATA. Long, 

 graceful, drooping leaves, variegated creamy white and 

 green; stems 10 feet high ; fine for specimens on lawns 



or for massing ; hardy perennial 10 



BRIZA MAXIMA {Quaking Grass). A beau- 

 tiful variety, in great demand for ornamental work and 

 grass bouquets ; annual ; 1 foot 5 



5316 BROMUS BRIZ^EFORMIS. A graceful 

 variety, with drooping panicles resembling the Briza 

 Maxima; hardy perennial, flowering the first season. . 5 



5591 COIX LACHRYMJE {Job's Tears). With 

 broad, corn-like leaves and hard, shining, pearly seeds ; 

 annual ; 2 feet. Per oz. 30 cts 5 



5782 ERIANTHUS RAVENNA . Hardy peren- 

 nial, exquisite plumes resembling the Pampas. Fine 

 for lawns ; flowers the first season if sown very early. 5 

 EULAL/IA. Hardy perennial, long, narrow leaves, 



elegantly recurved flower-spikes, not unlike an ostrich feather. 



5802 Elllalia Jap. Variegata. Striped white and green.10 



5803 — Zebrina. Light green barred with creamy white. 

 This is one of the few plants in which the variegation 

 runs across the foliage, and not lengthwise 10 



5913 GYNERnTMARGENTEUM(/W/^ Grass). 

 White silvery plumes, half-hardy perennial, blooms the 

 second season from seed; will stand out, if protected. 5 



LAGITRUS OVATUS {/fare's Tail Grass). 

 Beautiful small white heads or spikes of bloom, excel- 

 lent for bouquets ; annual ; 1 foot 5 



STIPA PENNATA {Feather Grass). Hardy 

 perennial, beautiful, delicate, white, feathery bloom ; 



flowering the second season from seed ; 2 feet 5 



5919 Collection of Grasses, containing one package of 

 each of the above 10 varieties 50 



5988 



6586 



Coix Lachryh^. 



Briza Maxima. 



otisimII 



Gynerium Argenteum. 



Eulalia Zebrina. 



