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Per packet 

 NEMOPHILA Grcrve Loz<e\. Of neat, compact, uniform habit of growth, comprising varied and beautiful 

 colors ; blooming freely all summer if planted in a ratner cool, shaded place, and in not too rich a soil ; 

 hardy annuals ; height i foot. 



Insignis. Bright blue flowers with a white centre $o 5 



Maculata. White flowers, blotched with purplish violet 5 



Fine Mixed. Ail the varieties and colors mixed. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



NIGELLA Loz'C in a Mist, or Dez'il in the Busk). A compact, free-flowering plant, with finely cut foliage, 

 curious-looking flowers and seed-pods ; of easy culture, growing in ar y garden soil ; hardy annual ; i foot. 



Damascena Coerulea Plena. Pretty double light blue flowers 5 



Damascena Alba Plena. A pure white double variety of the above 5 



NIEREMBERGIA FRUTESCENS. A half-hardy perennial, slender gro-ving plant, with an abundance 

 of a.mo~: p.rpetu .1 L'.oom, flowering the first year if sown early : for the green-house, baskets, vases or 



bedding out; flowers white, tinted with lilac; i foot • »o 



CENOTHERA GRANDIFLORA ODORATA Evening Primrose, or Sun Drops). A hardy, perennial 



o-arden plant, with large, fragrant, showy yellow flowers ; blooms the first season from seed ; 3 feet 5 



OXALIS ROSEA. Beautiful small plants, suitable for the green-house, rock-work, baskets, or out-door 

 culture ; flowering the first year if sown early, with clusters of rose-colored blossoms ; half-hardy 



perenn'al ; 9 inches ^* 



OXYURA CHRYSANTHEMOIDES. A pretty little branching neat plant, producing daisy-hke yellow, 



wMte-edged flowers; hardy annual; ij^ feet 5 



PANSY ( Viola tricolor tiiaxitna). This attractive plant is too well known to require any description, as it 

 is a favorite with all ; the seed can be sown from Septembe.- to March ; if grown in beds, ribbons, or 

 massing, they are ver>- effective. The best blooms are obtained from seed sown in the autumn, and pro- 

 tected during the winter; these flower eariy in the spring. The plants from spring sowing should be 

 planted in a shady border ; they produce fine large flowers in the autumn. They require fresh soU, well 

 enriched with decomposed manure; hardy perennials ; 6 inches. Special directions how to cultivate 

 Pansies sent with the seed when desired. For assortments, see page 44. 

 Dreer's Premium Varieties. Seeds saved from first-class flowers only ; of beautiful shades and the best 



fancN- colors mi.xed •— 25 



Odier 'Five-blotched,. A beautiful strain of various colored large handsome perfect formed flowers, with 



dark spots on each petal, like the Pelargonium 25 



Emperor William. Large handsome flowers in great profiision, borne well above the foliage, brilliant 



ultra-marine blue, with a purple violet eye ^5 



Faust ' King 0/ the Blanks). The flowers are almost black, the darkest Pansy known 15 



Purple Splendid purple white-edged flowers ^5 



Light Blue Pure Yellow. Pure White Each 15 



Snow Queen. The flowers of this new variety differ from the ordinary IVhite. They are very large and 



of a satiny white, tinged with yellow in the centre - 25 



Best Imported Varieties. Mixed of all beautiful colors. Per oz, $4.00 20 



Good Varieties. Of all colors mixed. Per oz, $2.00 10 



PENTSTEMON, MIXED. One of our most beautifal and attractive herbaceous plants for the borders, 

 with an abundance of long, graceful spikes of rich-colored flowers, from May until frost ; will bloom the 

 first season if sown early in March in a hot-bed, and planted out in May ; half-hardy perennials. Choice 



varieties and colors mixed; 2 feet 10 



PETUNIA. For out-door decoration or house-culture few plants are equal to this class. They commence 

 flowering early, and continue a mass of bloom throughout the whole season, until killed by frost ; easily 

 cultivated, requiring rich soil and a sunny situation ; and are of a trailing habit. Of late years, the 

 Single-striped, mottled, and spotted as well as the Double varieties have been greatly improved : half- 

 hardy perennials, blooming the first year, even if sown in the open ground, but not before July unless 

 started Ih the hot-bed or house, and are treated as hardy annuals ; 2 to 3 feet. For separate colors, see 

 assortments of Petunias, page 44. 

 Hybrida Flora 77?^ Star). Beautiful flov/ers of various shades of red and purple, with five white bars, 



resembling a star 10 



Grandifiora Venosa. Large-flowering veined varieties, the finest shades of colors beautifully veined 10 



Orandiflora Kermesina. Ver\' large rich crimson showy flowers 10 



Orandiflora Kermesina Intus Alba. Splendid extra large crimson flowers, with a white throat 2c 



Orandiflora Superbissima. This new variety has ver>- large attractive flowers, of rose, crimson, and 



purple, with a beautifu'iy tiger-spotted throat 20 



Ureer's Hybrid Extra Mottled Varieties. The finest strain of mottled, spotted, and striped large- 

 flowering varieties, of beautiful shades and the best colors mixed 20 



Splendid Hybrid Varieties. Mixed of all colors. Per oz., $3.00 ic 



Fine Mixed. Of good old varieties. Per oz., $150 5 



Hybrida Nana Compacta Multifiora. This new variety is a really divarf, and profuse bloomer. 

 Plants 5 to 8 inches high, by the same in diameter. Of a cherry-red color, with a regularly formed 



white star; effective for massing, etc., and for pot culture 20 



Hybrida Brillantrosa. A distinct new variety, producing handsome brilliant rosy carmine flowers, with 



a light-colored throat . i foot ic 



Dreer's Double Hybridized. Fecundated with the greatest care, saved from our very choice collection ; 



a fair percentage will prove handsome double flowers 25 



Grandiflora Fimbriata "Flor&'PX&riO (Double-Fringed Varieties). This new and beaHtifiil strain of large, 

 double-fringed Petunias, are of the richest and most delicate tints of the finest colors and shades of car- 

 nations, and perfect double flowers ; the result of most careful fecundation with the largest blooms of the 

 single-fringed varieties, and cannot fail of giving satisfaction in at least one-fourth of fine double flowers. 25 

 PHACELIA CONGESTA. A curious and interesting hardy annual plant of easy culture, good for bee 



food. The flowers are produced on one-sided racemes, of a beautifr.l azure blue color; 2 ft. Per oz., 20 cts 5 



