HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— FLOWER SEEDS 



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Platycodon 



(Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bellfiower) 



One of the best hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers 

 during the whole season. They form large clumps and are excellent 

 for planting in permanent borders or among shrubbery; easily 

 raised from seed. 



PER PKT. 



3663 Grandiflorum. Large steel blue flowers. | oz., 



40 cts $0 10 



3664 — Album. Pure white variety. J oz., 40 cts. 



10 



3662 Mariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers of a rich 



violet-blue; plant dwarf and compact. J oz., 60 cts. . . 10 



3661 Japonicus Fl. PI. (Double Japanese Bcllflower). 

 Large glossy, deep blue flowers. The inner petals alter- 

 nate with the outer ones, giving the flower the appear- 

 ance of a ten-pointed blue star 15 



PolemOnium (Jacob's Ladder) 



3671 Coeruleum. Popular hardy perennial border plant, 

 with bell-shaped bluish-purple flowers nearly 1 inch 

 across; 2 feet; May to July 10 



PolyanthUS (Primula Elation 



Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine for either pot or 

 outdoor culture; hardy perennials; 9 inches. 



3677 Invincible Giant. A magnificent strain of this per 

 fectly hardy and easily grown spring-flowering Prim- 

 rose, representing the work of years of painstaking 

 cross-breeding and selection by a Scotch specialist. 

 Of strong, sturdy habit, and bearing immense 

 trusses of large flowers on self-supporting stems 10 to 

 16 inches in length. Unquestionably the finest 

 strain in cultivation, containing all colors from purest 

 white to the richest crimson. 5 pkts., $1.00 25 



3680 English Mixed. A fine grade, all colors 15 



New Hybrid Iceland Poppy 



Oriental Poppy 



Oriental Poppies 



(Papaver Orientale) 



Oriental Poppies can be sown any time during the summer and 

 early autumn. The plants disappear during- July and August 

 appearing again as soon as the weather gets cool. When this fall 

 growth starts is the time they" should be transplanted to their 

 permanent flowering quarters. It is well to mark the places they 

 are planted with a stake to insure the roots against disturbance 

 during their annual resting period. pER pKT 



3741 Orientale {The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming 

 summer-flowering hardy plant, producing numerous 

 leafy stems about 2\ feet high, with large orange 

 scarlet flowers; having a conspicuous black blotch on 

 each petal, exceedingly showy. J oz., 40 cts $0 10 



3743 — Oriflamme. A gorgeous orange-scarlet; very 

 large 15 



3744 — Princess Victoria. A beautiful salmony pink . . 15 

 3750 Oriental Mixed Hybrids. Saved from a large 



number of named sorts, embracing all of the colors. 



| oz., 50 cts 15 



Iceland Poppies (Papaver Nudicaule) 



Hardy perennials of graceful neat habit, with bright green fern- 

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

 12 inches high, bearing their brilliant flowers in endless profusion; 

 most useful for cutting, for which purpose pick when in bud, and, 

 if the seed pods are picked off, continue in flower the entire season. 1 

 They remain evergreen throughout the winter, coming into 

 bloom early the following spring. 



3733 Bright Yellow v. .... .$0 10 



3734 Pure White |o 



3736 Orange Scarlet 10 



3740 Finest Mixed. All colors. \ oz., 50 cts 10 



3738 New Hybrid Iceland. The latest development in 



this lovely species, varying in color from sulphur yellow 

 through different shades of orange to chamois and 

 salmony-rose, some of which are very striking 



Potent ilia (Cinquifoii) \ 



Charming hardy perennial plants for the border, with brilliant) 

 single or double flowers, mostly in orange, red and crimson tones, 

 that are produced in profusion from June to August; succeeds in 

 any soil; 18 inches. 



3775 Double Hybrids. All colors $0 25 



3776 Single Hybrids. Many colors 15 



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For Complete List and Cultural Notes see our Garden Book for 1927 



