HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 
For Polyanthus see Primula polyantha, page 54 
Portulaca—Sun Plant © A 
One of our showiest annual plants, of easy culture, thriving best in light 
loam or sandy soil and in an exposed sunny situation. The flowers are of the 
richest colors. Fine for massing in beds, edgings, or rockwork, and frequently 
used to sow broadcast over sunny banks, etc. Seed should not be sown until 
the weather is fairly warm and it is well to mix the seed with three or four 
times its bulk of dry sand or soil, which permits an even and easy distribution 
of the seed; 6 inches. 
3770 Single Mixed. A fine mixture of all colors. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 
3760 Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers will come double 
but even the few single ones which usually bloom first are desirable for their 
rich colors. They may be pulled up to let the bed show double ones only. 
Pkt. 10c; special pkt. 60c; } oz. $1.00. 
Potentilla—Cinquefoil A 
These are attractive hardy plants 
for the border or rock garden where 
they produce from June to August 
showy, large, single or double 
flowers in many brilliant colors such 
as orange, red, crimson, and inter- 
mediate shades. 18 inches high. 
3775 Double Hybrids Mixed. 
Contains a wide range of colors. 
Pkt. 25c; special pkt. 75c. 
3776 Single Hybrids Mixed. 
: = j q ° Bears a great profusion of showy 
i ¢ She large flowers in many colors. 
: —————— - - Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. 50c. 
Potentilla Single Hybrids 
Double Portulacas . : 
Pyrethrum—Persian Daisy © & H2] © 
y The Pyrethrums are splendid hardy perennials which enjoy the greatest popu- 
FD larity because they are so easy to grow and give an abundance of showy flowers. 
y They succeed in any good garden soil and do best where they receive a fair amount 
“ of sunshine. They may be grown singly or in groups. Where they have been 
planted in well-drained, porous soil they will withstand severe winter cold. 
3841 Aureum (Golden Feather).@) Thisis the well-known annual variety 
suited to dwarf borders or as an edging to beds. Has attractive light 
yellow foliage and small ball-shaped white blooms. Very free flowering. 
1 foot. Pkt. 10c; } oz. 25c. 
3843 Hybridum roseum, James Kelway. HP] Imposing large 
daisy-like flowers of a rich deep scarlet color. Very showy and long 
stemmed. Blooms in May and Juneandagainintheautumn. 2 feet 
high. Pkt. 20c; special pkt. 75c. 
3844 — — Rose. HP] The large blooms are a beautiful shade of bright 
rose. Long stemmed and free blooming. Pkt. 15c; special pkt. 50c. 
3846 — — Single Mixed. HP] Has showy daisy-like blooms ranging 
from white through shades of pink and rose to deep red. 2 feet. Pkt. 
10c; special pkt. 40c; { oz. 60c. 
3847 — grandiflorum, Mixed. A large-flowering strain of the 
above represented by fully as wide a range of beautiful colors. 2 feet. 
Pkt. 15c; special pkt. 60c; $ oz. $1.00 
3845 — fl. pl., Mixed. Seeds saved from the finest double flowers. 
Only a small percentage can be expected to come double the first year 
after sowing. 2 feet. Pkt. 25c; special pkt. 75c. 
3890 Twelve Choice Annuals 
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Pyrethrum hybridum, Single Mixed for the Rock Garden 
*Pueraria—Japanese Kudzu Vine [AP] § These annual varieties will bring to the rock garden a showy display 
3835 Thunbergiana. A very quick-growing hardy | °f Colors all during the summer and fall. 
perennial vine reaching a height of 8 to 10 feet during Anagallis grandiflora Mesembryanthemum tricolor 
the first year. After that there seems to be no limit to Cheiranthus Allioni Linaria maroccana, Excelsior Hybrids 
its growth. In cool climates the vines die down to the Ice Plant Portulaca, Single Mixed 
ground but new shoots come up vigorously every spring. Gypsophila muralis Tagetes signata pumila 
In warm sections it keeps on growing almost without Ionopsidium acaule Verbena erinoides 
limit. Its main value lies in its ability to thoroughly Leptosiphon, French Hybrids Sanvitalia procumbens oo 
cover verandas, dead trees, etc., but there also are rosy One packet each of the above, value $1.25, for $ 1 e 
purple flowers in August. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c. 
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