DREER'S RELIABLE BULBS 



We offer on this and the following pages a list of the more important bulbs for blooming during the late winter and early spring 

 months. Most of these bulbs are grown in Holland, and we usually receive our supplies by the middle of September. 



ISP 33 Send in your order now and the bulbs will be forwarded as soon as they reach us. 



Our complete Catalogue of Spring-flowering Bulbs will be sent out as usual during the first days of September. 



DUTCH HYACINTHS 



The Hyacinth is so well known and esteemed that any description of its many good qualities is needless. We give below short cul- 

 tural directions. For complete cultural notes see our book, Dreer's Hints on the Growing of Bulbs. Price, 25 cts., or free to customers if 

 asked for at the time of ordering. 



Outdoor Culture. —The bulbs may be planted from October to December. They succeed in any good, well-drained garden soil. 

 Set the bulbs so that the tops will be 3 or 4 inches below the 

 surface and 6 to 10 inches apart. Before very severe weather 

 comes on cover the beds with straw, leaves or manure, to protect 

 them from the frost; this should be removed when danger from 

 hard frost is past in the spring. 



Pot Culture. —Plantings may be made at any time from 

 September to December. A light, rich soil, or Prepared Bulb 

 Fibre, is most suitable. Use a 4 or 5-inch pot (or several 

 bulbs may be planted together in larger pots or bulb pans) and 

 have the tops of the bidbs just above the surface. After pot- 

 ting give a good watering, and set away in a cool cellar or outhouse 

 and cover with coal ashes or some litter, until thoroughly rooted. 

 They may then be brought as wanted for a succession of flowers 

 into the house, keeping them in a very cool light room until the 

 flower spikes are developed, when they may be placed wherever 

 wanted. 



Culture in Glasses.— To grow Hyacinths in water, they 

 should be placed so that the base of the bulb merely touches the 

 water. The glasses should then be set in a cool, dark closet, or in 

 the cellar, until filled with roots, when they may be brought into 

 the light. Give as much fresh air as possible, and at a temperature 

 of not over sixty degrees, until the spikes are developed. To put 

 them at once into a room with a temperature of, say seventy 

 degrees, would cause them to flower prematurely. 



Dreer's Prize Winning Collection 

 of Exhibition Hyacinths 



While all the named Hyacinths offered on the following pages 

 are strictly first class in every particular, the twelve single flower- 

 ing sorts offered below are supplied in largest sized bulbs or "top 

 roots," and always produce massive well-filled spikes, and are in- 

 variably included in the winning sets at the various exhibitions. 



Enchantress. Beautiful sky-blue, shading lighter towards the 



centre, one of the finest light blue varieties. 

 Gertrude. One of the very best; color, bright rosy pink. 

 Grande Blanche. Very large bells; color, blush white. 

 Grand Maitre. Rich deep lavender-blue, shaded darker. 

 King of the Blues. This is considered the finest of the rich 



deep blue varieties. 

 L' Innocence. Pure white, bells and truss of largest size. 

 Lady Derby. Lovely rose pink; splendid in every way. 

 La Victoire or Victory. Magnificent spikes of brilliant rosy 



crimson. 

 Queen of the Blues. Charming silvery azure blue; extra fine. 

 Queen of the Pinks. Extra large bells and massive spikes; a 



lively tone of rosy pink; extra fine. 

 Queen of the Whites. A superb pure white with very large 



bells and spikes. 

 Yellow Hammer. Rich yellow, color very pronounced. 

 Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 



100, postpaid. 

 One each of the 12 Prize Winning sorts for $3.50, postpaid. 



Spike of Prize Winning Single Hyacinth 



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