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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— FLOWER SEEDS 



Giant Hibiscus 



Grevillea (suk oak) PER PKT . 



2681 Robusta. A very beautiful and graceful decorative 

 plant with fern-like foliage; excellent for table 

 decoration; easily raised from seed; producing 

 good sized plants in a short time; hardy in Florida 

 and California, where it is popular as an ornamental 

 tree SO 10 



GypSOphila (Baby's Breath) 



Pretty free-flowering elegant plants, succeeding in any garden soil. 

 Their misty white panicles of bloom are largely used for mixing with 

 other cut flowers. 



2687 Elegans alba grandiflora. This is an improved large 

 flowering pure white form of the annual Baby's Breath, of free 

 easy growth, and grown by the acre in the suburbs of Paris and 

 London for use with other cut flowers. Several sowings should 

 be made during the season to keep up a supply. Per oz., 

 25 cts SO 10 



2690 Elegans Delicate Pink. A pretty blush pink form of the 



above, and equally as valuable for cutting. Per oz., 30 cts.. . 10 



2694 Paniculata. White flowers, fine for bouquets; one of the 

 favorite hardy perennials, 2 feet. ; oz., 25 cts 10 



2695 Paniculata Double Snow White. One of the most im- 

 portant hardy perennials of recent introduction. The plant 

 grows from 3 to 3§ feet high, bearing its pretty little double 

 white flowers in much-branched panicles which, when cut, can 

 be used to great advantage with other flowers or by themselves 

 as they retain their beauty for months. It is also a most desir- 

 able addition to the hardy border 25 



Heidi ium (Sneeze Wort) 

 Strong-growing hardy perennials, succeeding in any soil, and useful 

 in the hardy border, giving an enormous crop of flowers in late summer. 



2711 Autumnale Superbum. Golden-yellow flowers; 5 to 6 



feet SO 1 



HeliantllUS (Hardy Perennial Sunflowers) pER pKT 



2710 Mixed. Contains the finest single-flowering hardy perennial 

 sorts. As subjects for the hardy border as well as for cutting 

 they are of great value SO 15 



Helianthemiim (Rock, or Sun Rose) 



2717 Mutabile. Exceedingly pretty low growing, 

 evergreen plants, forming broad clumps, and which 

 during their flowering season, July to September, 

 are quite hidden by a mass of bloom; well adapted 

 for the front of the border, the rockery, or a dry, 

 ■4 sunny bank. Choice mixed varieties 10 



HeliopSlS (Orange Sunflower) 



2731 Pitcheriana. A desirable hardy 

 herbaceous plant, growing from 3 to 4 

 feet high, beginning to flower early in 

 the season, and continuing the entire 

 summer. The flowers are of a beautiful 

 deep golden-yellow color about 2 inches 

 in diameter, of very thick texture and 

 very graceful for cutting. J oz., 25 cts. 10 



Giant -flowering Hibiscus 



(Marshmallow or Rosemallow) 



A wonderfully improved form of our native Marshmallow or 

 Rosemallow, in which flowers of enormous size, frequently 

 10 to 12 inches in diameter, have been developed. The color- 

 ings comprise rich dark red, soft mallow-pink and pure white; 

 the plants grow from 5 to 8 feet high and are very floriferous, 

 blooming from early in July until late in autumn; and are 

 perfectly hardy. The seed we offer has been saved from our 

 own plants. 



2776 Dark-red $0 10 



2777 Mallow Pink 10 



2778 Pure White 10 



2779 Collection of a packet each of the 3 colors, 25 cts. 



2780 Mixed. All colors. J oz., 25 cts 10 



2714 Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with 

 purplish-black cone. 2 pkts., 25 cts 



large 



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Heliopsis Pitcherian\ 



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



