DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



UNNAMED OR MIXED HYACINTHS. 



The following varieties are for out-door culture, in beds, groups, borders, or for florists' 

 cut flowers, grown in pots. Each color embraces many shades, from the lightest to the 

 darkest ; purchasers can have them either in double or single varieties, put up in separate 

 colors, or all mixed together, as may be desired. 



15 cents each. $1.50 per dozen. $10 per hundred. 

 Red and pink, of various shades, double. Red and pink, of various shades, single. 



Blue and porcelain, 

 White and rosy white, 



Blue and porcelain, 

 White and rosy white, 

 Yellow, 



Double Yellow, 25 cents. $2.50 per dozen. $16 per hundred. 



EARLY ROMAN HYACINTHS. 



The earliest for forciug, for florists' cut flowers, with small spikes 

 of single white bells, bulbs usually producing several spikes. 

 15 cents. $1.50 per dozen. $10.00 per hundred. 



MIXED MINIATURE HYACINTHS. 



This variety is of interest to those who desire to cultivate them ; 

 the bulbs, being small, still produce fine spikes of flowers of various 

 shades and colors, and can be grown in all the ways we recommend 

 for other Hyacinths. 15 cents. $1.25 per dozen. 



MUSK AND OTHER HYACINTHS. 



This class is for garden culture, and fine for edging; also adapted 

 for pot culture. 



ROMAN HYACINTH. 



EACH 



Belgicns alba. White 08 



Belgicus ccerulea. Blue. 08 

 Botryoides alba (Grape). 



White 10 



Botryoides ccerulea 



(Grape). Blue 08 



EACH 



Muscaria minor (Musk). 



Blue and yelloW; sweet- 

 scented 25 



Plumosus (Feathered). 

 Purplish blue. Fine for 

 bouquets 10 



HYACINTHS IN PACKAGES. 



The following are put up in packages, with names and colors marked, and are lower in 

 price than the same quality of roots when selected from the catalogue. They are all choice 

 free- blooming varieties, for growing in glasses, pots, or garden culture. 



Packages Nos. 6, 7, and 8 are fine unnamed varieties, with colors marked. 



No. 1.— $1.25. Contains 6 double. 

 Bouquet tendre. Dark crimson. 

 Czar Nicholas. Delicate rose. 

 Anna Maria. White, violet centre. 

 La virginite. White, rose centre. 

 General Antink. Blue, shaded violet. 

 Lord Wellington. Deep blue, lilac stripe. 



No. 2. — $1.50. Contains 6 double. 

 Bouquet royale. Bose, dark centre. 

 Noble par merite. Dark rose, pink stripe. 

 Jenny Lind. White, with purple eye. 

 Prince of Waterloo. Pure white. 

 Blocksberg. Porcelain blue. 

 Mignon van Drijfhout. Dark blue. 



No. 3. — $1.25. Contains 6 single. 

 Amy. Dazzling carmine. 

 Emmeline. Pink. 

 Mrs. Beecher Stowe. Pure white. 

 Vesta. Kosy white. 

 Charles Dickens. Lilac, violet stripe. 

 Regulus. Light blue, azure stripe. 



No. 4. — $1.50. Contains 6 single. 



Norma. Pink. 



Robert Steiger. Brilliant carmine. 



Grandeur a merveille. Rosy white. 

 Grand vainqueur. Snow white. 

 Leonidas. Pearl, shaded sky-blue. 

 Orondates. Light blue, with dark stripe. 



No. 5. — $1.50. Contains 3 dble. and 3 sing. 



Bouquet orange. Orange. 

 Garrick. Deep blue, shaded violet. 

 Lord Wellington. Light rose. 

 Alba superbissima. Pure white. 

 Alida Jacoba. Clear yellow. 

 Mimosa. Deep violet, to black. 



No. 6.— $1.00. Contains 6 double. 



Red and pink, blue and porcelain, white 

 and rosy white. 



No. 7. — $1.00. Contains 6 single. 



Red and pink, blue and porcelain, white 

 and rosy white. 



No. 



.00. Contains 3 dble. and 3 sing. 



Red and pink, blue and porcelain, white 

 and rosy white. 



