DREER'S FLOWER SEEDS FOR SUMMER SOWING 



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Royal Exhibition Pansy 



Dreer's Perfect Pansies 



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. 

 About the middle of August is the best time 

 for starting Pansy seeds for early spring bloom- 

 ing, as this allows the plants to go into winter 

 in vigorous condition. A soil containing a 

 proportion of leaf mold, 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 seeds 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 enougli 

 to handle, they should be thinned out or trans- 

 planted to stand nine inches apart. 

 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. 



SWISS GIANT PANSIES 



3521 Swiss Giant Mixed {Roggli Hybrids). A very select strain 

 from a specialist in Switzerland. The plants are of unusually 

 robust habit. The very large flowers of heavy texture are 

 held well above the foliage on long strong stems. The range 

 of color is wonderfully varied, the rich dark colors predomi- 

 nating, altogether a very choice selection. 50 cts. per pkt. 



3522 Lake of Thun. The bluest of all blue Pansies, the color 

 being an exquisite tone of rich ultramarine blue relieved by 

 a darker blue blotch on each petal. Size of flowers, vigor of 

 plants all of the highest grade. Splendid for cutting or 

 bedding. 35 cts. per pkt. 



PANSIES IN MIXTURE 



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, g 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, f oz., 



$1.00 



3500 Giant Trimardeau. All colors. Per ioz., 50 cts. . . 



25 



25 

 10 



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 $0 25 



3517 Mme. Perret. A beautiful strain, which originated 

 with a French specialist; flowers of large size, borne 

 very freely in great diversity of colors, especially rich in 

 red and wine shades, f oz., 75 cts 



3513 Giant Parisian. Of very large size and containing 

 a great many fancy colors. § oz., 60 cts 15 



3515 English Finest Mixed. \ oz., 50 cts 



3520 Good Mixed. All colors. \ oz., 40 cts 



25 



10 

 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 



3482 Giant Cardinal. Rich red 10 



3488 Giant Golden Queen. Pure, rich yellow 10 



3493 Giant Royal Blue. Rich, royal blue 10 



3491 Giant Lord Beaconsfleld. Deep purple violet, 

 shading to white f 



3496 Giant Snow Queen. Pure snow white 



3497 Giant White. Pure white, with purple eye 



3498 Giant Yellow. Rich yellow, with dark centre 



10 

 10 

 10 

 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. 



PER PKT. 



$0 15 



4401 Papilio {Butterfly Violet). Lovely violet-lilac 



4402 Lutea Splendens. Rich golden yellow . . . 



4403 Blue Perfection. Deep purplish blue 



PER PKT. 

 . ..$0 15 



. .. 15 

 15 



4405 White Perfection. A fine pure white 



4410 Mixed. A splendid mixture of the best varieties, 

 i oz., 75 cts 



10 



For Complete List and. Cultural Notes see our Garden Book for 1930 



