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Dreer's Perfect Pansies 



Pansies are too well known to require any description, as 

 they are favorites with all. For best results you must start 

 with a good strain. The finest Pansies are, as a rule, shy 

 seeders, which accounts for the difference in the price of 

 the various mixtures offered. 



Pansy seed germinates and the plants grow 

 more freely in the cool, early days of spring, and 

 for summer-blooming should be sown by the 

 latter part of April, or early in May, in the 

 vicinity of Philadelphia. A soil containing a 

 proportion of leaf mould, well enriched with 

 well-decayed cow manyre, will be the most 

 satisfactory for the growing of this flower, and 

 it should be well dug and made fine and level. 



Sow the seed in drills, covering them not more 

 than four times their diameter and firming the 

 soil well above them. The seeds germinate in 

 from eight to twelve days, and should not be allowed 

 to dry out during this period. Covering the seed bed with 

 newspapers will prevent this and hasten somewhat the 

 period of germination. 



As soon as the plants are up and large enough to handle, they should 

 be thinned out or transplanted to stand nine inches apart in the 

 rows. Thorough cultivation should be given from the start, as 

 Pansies will not thrive when obliged to share the beds with a mass 

 of weeds. 



It is a mistake to plant Pansies in the shade of a tree or buildings. 

 An open exposure, where the wind has a free sweep over the bed is 

 far better, and Pansies so planted are free from the long, straggling 

 branches which produce few and inferior flowers. During dry weather 

 the bed should be watered daily. 



Royal Exhibition Pansy 



PANSIES 



PER PKT. 



3510 Dreer's Royal Exhibition. This is our finest 

 mixture, both as regards size, texture and colorings. 

 Special packets of 2000 seeds, $1.50; regular packet. . .$0 50 



3514 Dreer's Premium. This mixture comprises a large 

 number of colorings, and is intended to supply the want 

 of a first-class mixture at a moderate price. 5 oz., $1.00 



3516 Masterpiece {Frilled Pansy). Petals conspicuously 

 curled or waved. The range of color is very extensive, 

 the rich, dark, velvety shades predominating. \ oz., 

 $1.00 



3500 Giant Trimardeau. All colors. Per i oz., 50 cts 



IN MIXTURE 



PER PKT. 



3512 Cassier's Giant. A grand mixture of the finest 

 blotched varieties; splendid in every way, being large 

 in size and rich in coloring. ■§ oz., 75 cts ! 



3517 Mme. Perret. A beautiful strain, which originated 

 with a French specialist; flowers of large size, borne 

 very freely in great diversity of colors, expecially rich in 

 red and wine shades, i oz -> 75 cts • 



3513 Giant Parisian. Of very large size and containing 

 a great many fancy colors, -g oz., 60 cts 15 



3515 English Finest Mixed. I oz., 50 cts 10 



3520 Good Mixed. All Colors. 5 oz., 40 cts 10 



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GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES 



We have discarded the ordinary Pansies in separate colors in favor of this type, which produces very large flowers, plants of strong 

 robust growth, and well adapted to the trying conditions of our climate 



PER PKT. 



PER PKT. 



3491 Giant Lord Beaconsfield. Deep purple violet, 



shading to white $0 10 



3496 Giant Snow Queen. Pure snow white 10 



3497 Giant White. Pure white, with purple eye 10 



3498 Giant Yellow. Rich yellow, with dark centre 10 



3481 Giant Adonis. Lavender blue. $0 10 



3482 Giant Cardinal. Rich red 10 



3488 Giant Golden Queen. Pure, rich yellow 10 



3493 Giant Royal Blue. Rich, royal blue 10 



3499 Collection containing a packet each of above 8 sorts, 60 cts. 



TUFTED PANSIES, OR VIOLAS 



While the flowers of the Tufted Pansies are not so large as the regular type, yet they bloom so freely that they are superior to pansies 

 where effect is wanted, the colors being particularly clear and distinct; they also bloom for a longer time. Seed sown in April produces 

 flowering plants by June, and from then on until frost they are a sheet of bloom: 8 inches 



PER PKT. 



4401 Papilio (Butterfly Violet). Lovely violet-lilac $0 15 



4402 Lutea Splendens. Rich golden yellow 15 



4403 Blue Perfection. Deep purplish blue 15 



PER PKT. 



4405 White Perfection. A fine pure white $0 15 



4410 Mixed. A splendid mixture of the best varieties. 



i oz., 75 cts ■ • • • • 10 



The Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas offered with other Specialties on pages 52 to 62 are up to date in every way 



