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HENRY A. DREER 



Flower Seeds 



WHOLESALE LIST 



Oreer's Select Larj^e-floiveringr Phlox Drumiuondi 



Phacelia (California Blue Bell) 

 Campanalaria. A beautiful annual and one of the 



earliest to blooni; intense gentian blue flowers with 

 white anthers. Very effective for edging's, etc., 

 also as a pot plant. 9 inches. Tr. pkt., 15 cts.; 

 oz., 50 ots. 



Phlox Drummondi 



These are fine summer flowering annuals, and 

 excellent pot plants for spring sales. 



Tr. pkt. 

 Grandiflora. Snow White $0 25 



" Shell-pink 



" Deep Rose 



** Primrose 



" Soft Lilac 



" Rich Crimson 



" Brisrht Scarlet 



" Finest Mixed. M lb., !?: 



Nana Compacta Mixed. Very dwarf. 

 Star of Qnedlinbnrg;. Mixed colors.. 



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Single Annual Poppies 



American Legion. The improved English 

 Scarlet or Flanders Poppy. Color bril- 

 liant orange scarlet 



Charles Darwin. Dark purple 



Danebrog. Scarlet with white spots 



King Bdward. Deep scarlet, with black 

 blotch 



Shirley Apricot.. Rich deep apricot 



Shirley Bine Shades. Various shades of 

 blue 



Shirley Wild Rose Fink. An exquisite 

 rich pink 



Shirley 3Iixed. Finest mixed colors. % 

 lb., 7a cts 



Single Mixed Colors. % lb., RO cts 



Double Annual Poppies 



American Flag. White and scarlet 



Cardinal, Double cardinal scarlet 



Donble Shirley Sweet Briar (New). A de- 

 lightful shade of deep rose-pink, re- 

 sembling a very large double Begonia. 



Double Shirley Mixed. A very pretty 

 strain with double flowers in the same 

 range of colors as the single Shirley. 



Fairy Binsh. White, tipped with rose... 



Mikado. White and scarlet striped 



Shell Pink. Very double sea-shell pink 



AVhIte Swan. Pure white 



Carnation-flowered. Mixed. ^. lb., SO cts. 



Peony-flowered. Mixed. '4 lb. 50 cts.... 



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Portulaca 



Tr. pkt. Ob. 

 Single liarge-flovrering. Utxed. 



Vi, lb., 51.50 50 15 »0 60 



Double Large-flowering. Mixed 30 2 00 



Primula 



The most important member of tliis family to the 

 florist is the Fringed Chinese Primrose, our supply 

 of which we procure from a leading English spe- 

 cialist, and sure to give the same satisfaction in 

 the future as it has in the past. 



Dreer's "Peerless" Fringed Chinese Varieties 



Tr. Pkt. 

 Peerless Blue. (True Blue.) The best blue $0 75 

 Peerless Crimson. (Crimson King.) Rich, 



luminous crimson 75 



Peerless Pink. (Delicata.) A lovely tone of 



rosy-pink 75 



Peerless Scarlet. (Chiswick Red Improved.) 



A brilliant scarlet variety 75 



Peerless White. (Covent Garden White Im- 

 proved.) Flowers of the largest size and 



beautifully fringed 75 



Peerless 3Iixed. First-class in every way. 



^ Vaa OZ., .$1.50 73 



Dreer's Giant Flowering. A very large 

 flowering, robust-growing strain. Mix- 

 ture contains a number of unusual colors. 

 V.4 oz., 51.50 1 00 



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Primula Obconica 



Tr. Pkt. 



Grandiflora Fasbender Red. Flowers of the 

 largest size, of a deep glow- 

 ing red color. Plants of com- 

 pact growth. Vb* oz., $2.00. . 51 00 

 " Rhine Pearl. A very striking 



free blooming variety, flow- 

 ers very large, of a dark sal- 

 mon-carmine. •Vs4 oz., $2.00. 1 00 

 " Mueller and Mohnstein. Shades 

 of pink and red. Vei oz., 



$2.00 1 00 



" Finest 3Iixed. $1.25 per Vie oz. 50 



Gigantea Appleblossom. Soft pink. Vci oz., 



$1.50 75 



" Kermesina. Rich crimson. Vei oz., 



$1.50 75 



" Rosea. Fine rose, Vei oz., $1.50.... 75 



" Salmon Q,ueen. Beautiful salmon. 



Ve^ oz., $2.50 1 00 



" Choicest 3IIxed. Vs2 OZ., $1.50 50 



Various Primroses 



Ke>vensis. A fine free-flowering yellow 50 



Malacoldes. (Improved Baby Primrose.) Free- 

 flowering delicate lilac, % oz., 



.$1.00 50 



" Rosea Superba. Bright rose, % 



oz., $1.00 60 



" Princess Mary (New). Plants of 

 exceptional vigor, flowers often 

 measure one inch across, and are 

 of a deep rose-pink color -with 

 light yellow eye. Ve, oz., .$2.00. 1 00 



" Snow Q,ueen (New). A vast im- 

 provement on Malacoides Alba, 

 the flowers being much larger 

 and of the purest white. V64 

 oz., $1.00 75 



Pyrethrum 



The well-known "Golden Feather," so much used In 

 ribbon borders, bedding, etc. Seed should be sown 

 early In order to get nice plants to set out In May. 

 Aureum (Golden Feather). Yellow foliage. Tr. pkt., 



10 cts.; oz., .SO cts. 



RicinUS (Castor Oil Bean) 



Magnificent tropical looking plants. Make splendid 

 ornaments for the lawn or in large beds. Always a 

 good demand for them in pots or out of flats. 



Oz. 

 Cambodglensis. Almost black. 5 feet.. SO 15 



GIbsoni. Deep red foliage. 5 feet 15 



Panormitanus. Rich dark brown foliage. 20 



Red Spire. An effective variety for mass- 

 ing, leaves bronzy green with bright 

 rosy-crimson seed spikes. 6 ft 15 



Sanguineus. Red stems, green foliage. 



8 feet 10 



Zanxibariensls. The most tropical look- 

 ing of all. Gigantic leaves of various 

 colors. 12 feet. I^b., 51.50 15 



Mixed Sorts. Lb., $1.00 10 



Rhodanthe (Swan River ETcrlasting) 



Tr. pkt. 



Mixed. Pink and white 50 15 



Rudbeckia 



Bicolor Superba. Tellow and brown 15 



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The Book of Perennials (Hottes). Revised and enlarged. $1.50 per copy postpaid. 



