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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



PRR PKT. 



CELOSIA. 



Free blooming graceful plants, growing best in rather 

 light soil not too rich, producing spikes of beautiful, 

 feathery and comb-shaped flowers; grown in pots they' 

 are fine for the greenhouse or conservatory. The spiked 

 varieties are fine for cutting and drying for winter bou- 

 quets, which should be done when in full bloom and before 

 thev fade. The Cristata varieties are the well-known 

 Cockscomb. All the Celosias are half-hardy annuals. 

 5447 C. Golden Plume. Pyramidal habit. The flow- 

 ers are a. bright golden yellow, and are borne in pro- ' 

 fusion over the -whole plant, giving it a rich golden 



appearance ; 3 feet 15 



5446 — Huttoni. Of bushy pyramidal habit, each 

 branch being tipped with a spike ot bright crimson 

 flowers; the upper surface of the leaf is a deep claret, 



■while the under side is a rich crimson ; 3 feet 10 



5445 — Plumosa Superba. A beautiful feathered 



variety; mixed colors: 3 feet 10 



5444 — Japonica (Japanese Cockscomb). A distinct, 

 handsome variety. Combs of the most brilliant 

 scarlet or crimson, often in pyramidal masses, cut 



and ruffled like lace ; 2 feet 10 



5440 — Cristata Variegata. Magnificent; large 

 heads variegated with crimson, orange, green, 

 shaded and striped ; of the most brilliant hues ; 3 ft. 10 



5442 — Cristata, Glasgow Prize. Producing dark 

 foliage, immense showy dark crimson combs; 1 ft. .10 



5443 — Cristata, Dwarf Crimson. Large, showy, 

 velvet-like combs ; 1 foot 5 



5450 — Cristata, Mixed. Fine dwarf varieties of 



Cockscomb. Per oz., 75 cts 5 



5449 — Collections of 6 varieties Dwarf Cockscomb. ..50 



CENTAUREA. 



Fine for bedding, vases, hanging baskets and pots; 

 also extensively used for margins. Sow the seed from 

 December to April in a temperature of 60 degrees; half- 

 hardy perennials. 



5457 C. Gymnocarpa. Very graceful, fine cut, sil- 

 very-gray foliage ; li feet. Per 1,000 seeds, $2. 00... 15 

 5454 — Candidissima. Splendid silvery, broad, cut 



leaves; 1 foot. Per 1,000 seeds, $2.00 15 



5456 — Clementei. A robust, free growing plant, 

 with crowns of silvery leaves, deeply fringed and 

 cut; IV feet 15 



5460 — Cyanus, Mixed [Blue Bottle, or Corn Flower). 

 In bloom all summer; mixed colors; 1J feet 5 



5461 — Suaveolens. Fragrant, bright vellow 5 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Showy and effective garden favorites, extensively 

 grown for cut flowers. The hardy annuals are summer- 

 flowering border plants; good for pot culture, and quite 

 distinct from the autumn flowering varieties. 



5484 C. Burridgeanum. Attractive single flowers, 

 crimson, with white edge and inner white circle, 

 fine for cut flowers ; 1 foot 5 



5485 — Dunnetti Flore Pleno. Double white 5 



54n — Aureum. Double yellow; 1 A feet 5 



5491 — Inodorum Flore Pleno. A new variety, pi j- 



ducing fine large double white flowers ; an excellent 

 bouquet flower ; 20 inches ..10 



5500 — Choice Mixed. Double flowering summer 

 varieties; 1 to 2 feet. These and the above are all 

 hardy annuals 5 



5488 — Frutescens Grandiflornm [Paris Daisy, or 

 Marguerite). A new perennial greenhouse species, 

 extensively used in the parks and gardens of Paris. 

 It is literally covered all summer with a profusion 

 of white star-like flowers with a yellow disc ; 2 feet.. 15 



5495 -.- Segetum Grandiflornm. " Large blooms of a 

 bright sulphur-yellow color, measuring 2 to 2% 

 inches in diameter 15 



5480 — Indicum Majus. Choice mixed large flower- 

 ing double varieties ; half-hardy perennial; 3 feet.. 15 



5482 — Ind.cum Nanum. Pompone or Liliputian 

 small flowering varieties ; a beautiful half-hardy 

 perennial; fine for florists' flowers. Choice mixed; 

 very double ; 2 feet 15 



5493 — Carinatum, "Eclipse." An exceedingly 

 showy new variety, resembling in form of flower the 

 well-known Chrys. Burridgeanum, but surpassing it 

 greatly by us striking colors, which are pure golden 

 yellow, with a bright purplish-scarlet ring or centre 

 on the ray florets, the disc being dark brown 10 



CHAM/EPEUCE. 



(Ivory Thistle.) 



An elegant perennial Thistle, very ornamental for 

 garden decorations; the mid-rib and spines are ivory- 

 white and the leaves glossy green, shaded by a snowy- 

 down ; 2 feet. 



5475 C. Diacantha 10 



CINERARIA. 

 (Cape Asters.) 



A favorite attractive free flowering plant, blooming; 

 during the winter and spring months ; perennials, but do 

 best treated as tender annuals. 

 5530 C. Hybrida Tall, Mixed. Saved from extra 



choice flowers and colors ; 2 feet 25 



5540 — Dwarf, Mixed. Dwarf compact, saved from 



extra choice flowers and colors; 1 foot 25- 



5520— Grandiflora Prize, Tall Mixed. This 



strain is unsurpassed, for beautiful colors and size 



of flowers, selected from prize varieties ; 2 feet 50 



5510 — Grandiflora Prize, Dwarf Mixed. Same 



as the above, except being of dwarf varieties ; 1 ft..50 

 5550 — Double Mixed. This is quite an acquisition 



to our list of florists' flowers, which for cutting can 



hardly be surpassed. All the rich and beautiful 



colors of the single exist in this new variety ; 2 feet.50> 



CINERARIA. 



(Dusty Miller.) 

 Fine for bedding, ribbon beds, and margins ; prized 

 for their beautiful downy silvery foliage ; half-hardy- 

 perennials; 2 feet. 



5555 C. Maritima Candidissima. With large sil- 

 ver foliage ; clusters of yellow flowers. Per oz., $2. .10 



5556 — Acanthifolia. Silvery foliage, beautifully cut 

 like the Acanthus 10 



Chrysanthemum. 



CLEOME. 



(Spider Plant.) 



Singular-looking rose-colored flowers ; the stamens 

 look like spiders' legs, and present a very attractive ap- 

 pearance ; half-hardy annual ; 3 feet. 

 5581 C. Grandiflora 5> 



CLEMATIS. 



Rapid-growing climbers, fine for arbors and veran- 

 das; the small varieties flower in clusters, and are very- 

 fragrant ; the large flowering varieties are very handsome,, 

 and are continually in bloom. Soak the seed in warn* 

 water for 24 hours before sowing ; hardy perennials ; 15 ft. 

 5575 C. Flammula ( Virgin' 's Bower). Producing beau- 

 tiful clusters of small white fragrant flowers 1G> 



5590 — Vitalba ( Traveller's Joy). Clusters of fragrant 



.imall white flowers 10" 



5577 — Hybrida Grandiflora. Large flowering, 

 mixed colors ~. 20> 



COLEUS. 



Our new strain of hybrid varieties produces the finest 

 colored, most attractive and novel foliage plants for house- 

 or garden culture. Sow in March or April. Mixed colons 

 and varieties. 

 5640 C. Dreer's Hybrids. 25- 



COLLINSIA. 



Very pretty free flowering plants, blooming in whorls 

 and several whorls around each flower stem, mixed of all 

 varieties and colors ; hardy annual ; li feet. 

 5650 C. Mixed 5 



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