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 manure, 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 some- 
what 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 
tar 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. 
GaAs DEON Pansy PANS IES IN MIXTURE 
PER PKT. PER PKT. 
3510 Dreer’s Royal Exhibition. This is our finest 3512 Cassier’s Giant. A grand mixture of the finest 
mixture, both as regards size, texture and colorings blotched varieties; splendid in every way, being large 
Special packets of 2000 seeds, $1.50; regular packet. . $0 50 in size and rich in coloring. } 0z., 75 cts............. $0 25 
3514 Dreer’s Premium. This mixture comprises a large 3517 Mme. Perret. A beautiful strain, which originated 
number of colorings, and is intended to supply the want with a French specialist; flowers of large size, borne 
of a first-class mixture at a moderate price. 4 0z., $1.00 25 very freely in great diversity of colors, especially rich in 
3516 Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). Petals conspicuously rediandiwine|shad eSimes1OZ-e/ DiC LS Seen ree 25 
curled or waved. The range of color is very extensive, 3513 Giant Parisian. Of very large size and containing 
the rich, dark, velvety shades predominating. } oz., a great many fancy colors. } oz., 60 cts........ eine 15 
G1 OO RRR Gest ears eh yD Se eV ME Ean pe Rm ea ar 25 | 3515 English Finest Mixed. i z., 50 cts............ 10 
3500 Giant Trimardeau. All colors. Per} oz., 50 cts... 10 | 3520 Good Mixed. All colors. 4 z., 40 cts........... 10 
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. 
3481 Giant Adonis. Lavender blue................... $0 10 | $491 Giant Lord Beaconsfield. Deep purple violet, 
: : : : shading toswhitetv... cananoe eet eee ee $0 10 
SEY ENS (ET Lele wealeceeteccooscouagcolees: 10 | 3496 Giant Snow Queen. Pure snow white........... 10 
3488 Giant Golden Queen. Pure, rich yellow......... 10 | 3497 Giant White. Pure white, with purple eye........ 10 
3493 Giant Royal Blue. Rich, royal blue............. 10 | 3498 Giant Yellow. Rich yellow, with dark centre.. 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. PER PK 
4401 Papilio (Butterfly Violet). Lovely violet-lilac........$0 15 | 4405 White Perfection. A fine pure white............. $9 15 
4402 Lutea Splendens. Rich golden yellow........... 15 | 4410 Mixed. A splendid mixture of the best varieties. 
4403 Blue Perfection. Deep purplish blue............ 15 PaCy ABT ISU o BONS IRS ACARD GI Bevo 0's 6 Gas ODN 10 
The Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas offered with other Specialties on pages 52 to 62 are up-to-date in every way 
