DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



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CROWX IMPERIAL. 



A very showy plant: is quite hardy, and 

 when the bulb is once planted in any common 

 garden soil, it needs no other culture. Autumn 

 is the proper season for planting, as the bulbs 

 will not keep long out of the ground. 



EACH 



Double Red $1.25 



" Yellow 1.50 



Single Orange 60 



Red 30 



" Variegated foliage, red 75 



" Yellow 1.00 



** Mixed $3.00 per dozen 30 



HERBACEOUS PJEONIES. 



This interesting genus contains many mng- 

 nifL-ent flowering plants. They are tuberous- 

 rooted and quite hardy. To insure a bloom 

 the first season, it is necessary to plant in the 

 autumn. The following are among the most 

 desirable, embracing all shades of color, from 

 a pure white to a deep crimson. 



EACH I 



Alba Plena, double white S 30 



Anemone flora, flavescens, white, yel- 

 low centre 30 



Baron* J. p'Rothschilp, large pale rose.. 50 



Blanc rosea, white, red centre 50 



Comte de Paris, rose, buff centre 50 



Duohesse p'Orleans, dark rose, tinged 



with buff. 50 



Edui.ts Superb a, dark rose; fine 30 



Fragrans, dark rose: fragrant 25 



Humeii, large, pink 25 



Lingulata, pure white 50 



CROWN" IMPERIAL. 



EACH 



Maipen* Blush, pink; fine and large 5'> 



Officinalis rubra, dark crimson 30 



Oporata, white, yellow centre 50 



Pottsii. dark crimson 5') 



Queen Victoria, rose 50 



Rosea pelecta pclchra, rose, shaded 



with buff 50 



Tenuifolia, dark crimson : very double 



and showy, with peculiar leaves 1.00 



Virginalis, pure white 50 



\Vhitleyii, pure white ; large 50 



12 new French varieties, per doz. $4.00. 



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EACH 



Amaryllis Longiflora Alba $0.60 



Amaryllis Longiflora Rosea 50 



Amaryllis Lutea, yellow: blooms in 



the autumn. $2.50 per dozen 25 



Apios Tuberosa (Glycine Apios,', a hardy 

 climber, with fragrant reddish purple 

 flowers 25 



Arum Dracunculus 'Dragon Plantj .... 25 



Broplea Congesta, showy blue flowers; 



bloom in the summer 10 



Brooi.ea Granpiflora, large flowered, 

 blue 10 



Colchicum Altl mxalis, a pretty species 

 flowering in November, with purple 

 flowers, resembling the Crocus 15 



Corypalis Bulbosum, red; dwarf, pretty 

 early flowering plants 10 



Dielytra Spectabilts (Bleeding Heart;, 

 a hardy tuberous-rooted plant, blooms 

 in the Spring, $2.00 per dozen 25 



Dielytra Spectabilis Alba, a white 

 variety 75 



Fritillaria Meleagris, mixed chec- 



quered lily, $1.00 per dozen 10 



Fritillaria Persicum, large clusters of 

 purplish flowers, with glaucous blue 

 foliage 30 



Fcnkia Japoxica (Day Lily), white lily- 

 like flowers 50 



10 



10 



EACH 



Funkia Ccerulea, blue flowers $0.25 



Geranium Tuberosum, rosy lilac flowers, 



and handsome pinnated foliage 20 



Glapiolus Byzantines, reddish purple, 

 yellow stripes, planted in November, 

 $3.00 per 100; 50 cents per dozen 



Glapiolus Colvilli, scarlet and purple, 

 fragrant, planted in November. $3.00 

 per 100; 50 cents per dozen 



Glapiolus Ramosus, rose and crimson 

 flowers, very showy winter-blooming 

 bouquet flower: by planting at inter- 

 vals in pots, you can have a succession 

 of bloom from December to April, $2.50 

 per dozen 



Hemerocallis Kwanso, Flore Pleno, 

 new from Japan, orange colored flowers 



Lucojum xEstivum (Snow Flake), flowers 

 white, with bright green spots, resem- 

 bling the Snow Drop, but much larger.. 



Ornithogalum Umbellatum, silvery 

 white, green outside, opens only in 

 sunshine 



Ornithogalum Pyramipale, a spike of 

 white flowers, foliage handsome, blooms 

 in June 



P.eonia ARBOREA,Tree Paeonia, 75 cts. to 



Scilla Siberica, brilliant intense blue 

 flowers, produced on a short spike 



50 



20 



20 



50 

 1.00 



10 



