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HENRY A. DREEB, PMladelpMa, Pa. 



Per pkt. 

 MYOSOTIS (Forget=Me.Not). Neat and beautiful little plants, 

 succeeding best in a semi-shady, moist situation. 



Alpestris Ccerulea. Bright blue. Per J{ oz., 25 cts 5 



— Eliza Fonrobert (Robusta grandiflora). Large flowering ; 

 bright blue 5 



— Victoria. Of bushy habit, bearing large umbels of bright 

 azure-blue flowers . 10 



— Royal Blue. This beautiful variety belongs to the upright 

 pillar-shaped section; grand addition, the flowers being of 

 larger size and a deeper blue than any other ; as a variety 

 for pot culture unexcelled 15 



Dissitiflora. Compact habit, profuse bloomer; exquisite blue; 

 an attractive spring bedding plant 10 



Palustris. The true Forget-Me- Not ; beautiful blue flowers . 10 



— Semperf lorens. A charming dwarf Forget-Me-Not, contin- 

 uing in bloom from early spring until autumn ; blue .... 10 

 MUSA. Ensete (Abyssinian Banana). A splendid plant for 

 the open air in summer, producing a most striking effect when 

 planted singly or in groups. The seeds germinate easily if 

 started in summer, and the plants can be then carried over in 



the house till the following summer 25 



NICOTIANA. Affinis ( Tuberose-flowered Tobacco). Delight- 

 fully sweet scented, pure white tubular flowers, blooming 

 continually; annuals; 2 to 3 feet. Per oz., 40 cts 5 



Sanderie Hybrids. This beautiful Nicotiana forms bushy, 

 much-branched plants 2 feet high, literally ablaze with hand- 

 some blossoms 15 



'ENOTHERA, Mixed (Evening Primrose). Charming. mostly 

 low-growing hardy perennial plants, with largeand showy 



flowers of yellow, white, etc 10 



PANSIES. Dreer's Royal Exhibition. Our finest mixture, 

 tiuexcelled for size, coloring and texture. Special packet of 

 about 2000 seeds, Si. 00; regular packet 50 



Dreer's Premium Mixture. Seed saved from first-class 

 flowers only. Vs oz., 75 cts . . 25 



Mme. Perret. A new French strain ; flowers of large size ; 

 specially rich in red shades. Vs oz.. 75 cts 



Masterpiece. A remarkable type, each petal being conspic- 

 uously curled or waved; mixed colors. %oz.,75cts. . . . 



Cassier's Giant. A mixture of the finest blotched varieties. 



Giant Parisian. Of large size and containing a great many 

 fancy colors and color combinations 



English Finest Mixed. J^ oz., 50 cts 10 



Good Mixed All colors. Oz., 75 cts 5 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES. The largest flowering of 

 all ; of strong, robust growth and well adapted to the trying 

 conditions of our climate. 



Black 10 I Yellow, with dark eye . . 10 



Striped 10 Emperor William. Blue 10 



White, with dark eye. 10 | Fire King. Brown and gold 10 



Finest Mixed. A splendid range of colors. Per K oz., 50 cts. 10 

 A packet each of the above six Giant Pansies 50 



PANSIES IN SEPARATE COLORS. 



Adonis. Soft lavender blue 10 



Andromeda. Ajiple blossom pink suffused rosy-lilac .... 20 



Cardinal. The nearest approach to a bright red 10 



Emperor Franz Joseph. Pure white, with five large violet- 

 blue blotches 20 



Emperor William. Brilliant ultramarine blue 10 



Faust (King oj the Blacks). Almost black 10 



Golden Yellow, With dark eye 10 



Kaiser Frederick. Velvety brown, edged red and yellow . . 10 

 Lord Braconsfield. Deep purple-violet, shading to white on 



the upper petals 10 



Mahogany Colored. Rich and velvety 10 



Mauve Queen. A new, distinct, delicate mauve variety ; 



three lower petals blotched carmine 20 



Peacock. Upper petals beautiful blue, lower petals a deep 



claret, with white margins 10 



25 



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DREER'S ROYAL EXHIBITION PANSY 



PANSIES— Continued. Per pkt 



Psyche. Five velvety violet blotches, relieved by a broad 

 margin of white; exquisite 



Snow Queen (Candidissima). Satiny white 



White. With dark eye 



Yellow Gem. Pure yellow 



Collection. 6 varieties, 40 cts. Collection 12 varieties . . . 

 PENTSTEMON (Beard-tongue). Highly useful and attrac- 

 tive hard\ perennials, and much used in the hardy border. 



Barbatus Torryii. Brilliant coral red 



Digitalis {Fox,s:love Pentstemon). Spikes of white flowers, 

 with purple throat 



Pubescens. Spikes of bright rosy-purple flowers 



Pulchellus hybridus. Varying in all shades from rosy-white 

 and chamois to purple and violet, with pure white or veined 

 throats '. 



Mixed. A great variety of kinds and colors 



PHYSOSTEGIA Virginica (False Dragon Head). One of the 

 prettiest hardy perennials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet 

 high, and bearing freely during the summer months spikes 

 of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather . . 

 PLATYCODON (Chinese Bell Flower). One of the best 

 hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers during the 

 whole season. 



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POPPY ORIENTALE HYBRIDS 



Qrandiflorum. Large steel-blue flowers. 25 cts. per J^' oz. . 5 



—Album. Pure white variety. 25 cts. per J^ oz 5 



iMariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers of a rich violet blue ; plant 



dwarf and compact. 25 cts. per ]i oz 5 



Japonicus Fl. PI. (Double Japanese Bell-Flower). This variety is 

 wonderfully free-flowering, every branch bearing large, glossy deep- 

 hlue flowers. The inner petals alternate with the outer ones, giving 

 the flower the appearance of a ten-pointed blue star 10 



HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES. 



Bracteatum. Very large orange-scarlet flowers. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



Iceland (P. Nudicaule). Of graceful, neat habit, with bright green fern- 

 like foliage, formed in tufts, from which issue slender stalks about I2 

 inches inlieight, bearing yellow, white or orange-scarlet flowers in end- 

 less profusion. Mixed colors. 25Cts.perXoz 10 



—New Hybrid. The latest development in this lovely species, varying 

 in color from sulphur-yellow through different shades of orange to 

 chamois and salmony-rose 15 



—Double Scarlet (P. Nudicnule Coccinea Fl. PI.) A double-flowering 

 form of the above ; flow-ers double bright orange-scarlet 10 



Orientale. ( The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming summer-flowering 

 hardy plant, producing numerous leafy stems about 2^ feet high, with 

 large, deep crimson flowers, having a conspicuous black blotch on each 

 petal ; exceedingly showy. 25 cts. per J< oz 10 



Orientale Hybrids. Beautiful new hybrids of the Oriental Poppy, pro- 

 ducing flowers of immense size, 6 inches and over in diameter, and of 

 many novel colors, such as salmon, pink, cherry, etc. 40 cts. per Ji oz. 15 



POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatior). Showy hardy, early spring, free- 

 flowering plants, fine for eitner pot or outdoor culture. 



English. All colors mixed. Per y^oz.,y>c\.% 5 



Gold Laced. Very showy and attractive 15 



POLYGONUM Compactum (Knotweed). A fine h^rdy perennial, 15 inches 



high, covered during the autumn with foamy white flowers 15 



