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DREER’S MID-SUMMER LIST. 
CHINESE PRIMULA. 
Primula Sinensis Fimbriata. 
(FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSE.) 
These charming and beautiful plants are indispen- 
sable for winter and spring decoration in the green- 
house or conservatory. Our seed is as usual from the 
finest collections in Europe. Per pkt. 
6417 Single White Fringed............. 25 
6418 Single Red Fringed................ 25 
6430 Finest Mixed. Fringed............. 25 
6421 Punctata Elegantissima. Crimson, 
spobtedawhite:c seem ere erecta 50 
6422 Kermesina Splendens. Crimson, yel- 
Wo AdENATSi5 Sd _ dosoodeectoo wassoosse 50 
6425 Alba Magnifica. The finest pure 
white, with bright, yellow eye, beautifully 
ipebeel | ooccoo boeee eae ee 5 HY) 
6427 Williams’ Superb, Mixed. This 
strain of English Primula contains the 
finest varieties and colors .... 
Carter’s Holborn Blue. 
variety requires more heat for its success- 
ful culture than the other varieties. Any 
check to its growth should be carefully 
AVOIMEA 5s Seerncretta tote erat neers ie elon 50 
6440 Fern-Leaved, Finest Mixed...... 50 
Double Chinese Primrose. 
6428 Alba. Double whiter sys a ek leit 50 
6450 Double Mixed. All colors. ......... 50 
6449 Collection of Primula, 6 d’ble flowering, 1 25 
Primula Obconica. 
6423—A profuse ever-blooming Primrose, bear- 
ing on long stems heads containing 10 to 15 
flowers. White, shading to lilac. Itisa 
valuable flower, as it is in bloom nearly 
the entire season..... 15 
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6612 
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Hardy Primroses. 
These are among the best of the early spring 
blooming plants. Witha slight protection they will 
stand the winter, but do betterif protected by a cold 
frame. 
Per pkt. 
6432 Primula Japonica. Bright and showy 
flowers, borne in whorls on stems 6 or 9 
inches long ; mixed colors............... 
Primula Veris (Znglish Cowslip.) Flow- 
ers of different colors, very fragrant...... 
Primula Vulgaris (Yellow English 
Primrose). The common hardy English 
variety ; flowers fragrant and of a light 
Canaky) COlOLes eee eee renee eerie 
Primula Floribunda. A_ beautiful 
hardy primrose, bearing lovely yellow 
flowers of a charming appearance and 
delicately perfumed........... adoassoose 
Primrose, Dean’s New Hardy 
Hybrids. These very beautiful hardy 
plants are similar in growth to the common 
yellow primrose, but produce myriads of 
flowers in the richest shades of color....... 
STOCKS. 
Large Flowering Dwarf Ten 
Weeks Stock. Finest mixed. ...... 
Large Flowering Ten Weeks 
Snowflake. Pure white.............. 
Improved Wallflower Leaved Ten 
Weeks. Finest mixed ............... 
Intermediate, or Autumnal Flow- 
ering Stock. Very beautiful mixed... 
Brompton, or Winter Stock. Half- 
hardy biennial ; beautiful double flowers. . 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
A well-known attractive free-flowering plant, pro- 
ducing a splendid effect in beds and shrubbery with 
their rich and varied flowers ; hardy perennial. 
6625 Sweet William Auricula Flow- 
ered. A beautiful class of single varieties, 
10 
5415 
10 
6431 
10 
6434 
25 
6435 
25 
6600 
10 
6603 
15 
6610 
15 
10 
6611 
10 
all colors. Oz. 50 cts........ Lyohobogon 10 
6640 — Single Mixed. Per oz. 40cts. ..... 5 
6630 — Double Mixed. Per oz. $1.00..... 10 
Valeriana. 
6690 Very showy border plants, growing in any 
garden soil, doing well in the shade ; pro- 
ducing large corymbs of flowers fine for 
bouquets ; hardy perennials, red and white 
mixed! 2 feetac ec ve eeieeiec heen 5 
Violet. 
(VIOLA ODORATA.,) 
Well-known fragrant early spring blooming plants 
for edgings, groups, or borders; thriving best in the 
summer in a shady situation, in a rich, deep soil ; 
extensively used by florists for forcing for cut flowers 
during the fall and winter months ; hardy perennial. 
6725 Single Blue. Sweet-scented.......... 
6728 —— The Czar. Large flowering...... 10 
6726 Single White. Very fragrant; free- 
HON Rae Seen esbSdscbpoc aod S500000004 10 
6727 Single Mixed. Blue and white....... 10 
WALLFLOWER. 
Well-known deliciously fragrant garden plants, 
blooming early in the spring, with large conspicuous 
spikes of beautiful flowers ; they should be protected 
in a cold frame in the winter, and planted out in 
May ; are much prized for bouquet flowers ; half- 
| hardy perennials. 
| 6740 Wallflower Single Mixed.......... 5 
6730 — Finest Double Mixed. ..... ... 10 
6739 Collection of Double Wallfiower ; 12 
VATIOLIESij<: sce: sre: sisie suscecs [oi cpeloye sisi sisiey ofl eae sien $1.00 
I have been growing plants, both for private and commercial use, for the past thirty-five years, and Ihave never 
seen a better strain of Primulas and Petunias, either in this country or in Europe, than yours. 
JAMES KIRBY, Manchester, N. H., Jan. 29,’94. 
They are superb.— 
