DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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CROSS FERTILIZING PETUNIAS AT OUR NURSERIES AT RIVERTON. (From a Photograph.) 



We have long been celebrated for our magnificent strains of double and single Petunias, which we endeavor to improve 



from year to year by careful hybridization and selection. 



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PETUNIA. 



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For out-door' decorations or house culture few plants are equal to this class. They commence flowering early, and continue 

 a mass of bloom throughout the whole season, until killed by frost ; easily cultivated, requiring a rich soil and a sunny situation. 

 Of late years the single-striped, mottled and double varieties have been greatly improved. The strains we offer of our own 

 growing, we can safely say without contradiction, are the best that can be procured either in this country or Europe. 



SINGLE VARIETIES. 



PER PKT. 



6290 Dreer's Single Large Flowering Fringed. 



A choice selection ; the flowers are of very large size and 

 beautiful shape, deep throated, and of varied and bril- 

 liant colors, and beautifully fringed 25 



6285 Giants of California. Flowers very large, in 

 great variety of colors and markings, with broad deep 

 yellow throats, veined 25 



6286 Clematis-Flowered. A distinct form of this 

 popular flower, the rich purple-blue of one of the vari- 

 eties bearing a striking resemblance to the Clematis 

 Jackmanii. Dark and light blue mixed 25 



6275 Dwarf Inimitable. Star Petunia, compact grow- 

 ing variety, flowers cherry-red with a white centre .... 10 



6274 Pure White. Desirable for cemetery beds, or 



where large masses of white are wanted 10 



6300 Striped and Blotched, Mixed. All colors. 



Per oz. §1.00 10 



6310 Fine Mixed. Oz. 75 cts 5 



6299 Imported Collection of Petunia, Large- 

 Flowering Single, 12 varieties $1.00 



PENTSTEMON. 



One of our most beautiful and attractive herbaceous plants ; 

 bearing long, graceful spikes of rich-colored flowers ; will bloom 

 the first season if sown early in March, and planted out in 

 May; half-hardy perennials ; 2 feet. (See cut.) 

 6260 Pentstemon, Mixed. Crimson, purple, etc.. . .10 



PERILLA. 



The foliage of this plant is exceedingly elegant, of a very 

 dark purple color, and produces a charming contrast with 

 silvery-leaved plants ; growing freely in any soil ; half-hardy 

 annual, 1J- feet. 



6265 Pei'illa Xankinensis 5 



DOIBLE VARIETIES. 



PER PKT. 



6284 Dreer's Double Large Flowering. Beauti 



ful varieties in finest mixture. 25 



6280 Dreer's Double Large Flowering 

 Fring'ed. Saved from our own unrivaled collection; 

 will produce a large percentage of double flowers of 

 the largest fringed varieties in bright colors and tints. .50 



6309 Imported Collection of Double Fringed, 



12 varieties $1.25 



It is well known that the double Petunia grown from seed 



produces but a small percentage of double flowers. The balance 



in single flowers of the same rich shade. The ?vea£er seedlings 



should be carefully selected, as these always produce double 



flowers. 



Pentstemon. 



