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Dreer's Gold Medal Hybrid Delphinium 



DELPHINIUMS or HARDY 

 LARKSPURS 



Seed may be sO'wti any time during the summer or early autumn 



when weather conditions are favorable. 



per pkt. 



2240 Gold Medal Hybrids. This is one of our most 

 important specialties, and is unquestionably the finest 

 strain of mi.^ed hybrids ever offered. The original 

 stock came from England, and consisted of the best 

 named varieties. The plants are of strong, \'igorous 

 habit, with large flowers on spikes two feet and over 

 long, the majority running in the lighter shades of 

 blue. Per i oz., 60 cts.; per oz., S2.00 SO 15 



2218 Belladonna {Evcrblooming Hardy Larkspur). This 

 is the freest and most continuous blooming Hard}- 

 Larkspur- The clear turquoise blue of its flowers is 

 not equalled for delicacy and beauty. A really 

 exquisite variety. 3 pkts. for 50 cts 20 



2221 Bellamosum. This is a rich, deep blue form of the 

 popular light blue Belladonna, having the same free- 

 blooming and other good qualities; 5 pkts., Sl-OO 25 



2242 Chinense {Blue Butterfly). A distinct and neat 

 variety grooving about 18 inches high, with fine feathery 

 foliage, and producing freely spikes of large blossoms of 

 intense gentian-blue, i oz., 40 cts 10 



2241 - Album. The white flowered form. } oz., 40 cts. 10 



2246 Formosum. Beautiful spikes of rich blue flowers, 



with a white centre, 21 feet IS 



CYCLAMEN 



Charming house plants, with beautiful foliage, and rich-colored 

 fragrant flowers; universal favorites for winter and spring bloom- 

 ing. Seed may be sown any time during the spring or autumn. 



PER PKT. 



2120 Persicum. A very fine strain, not so large but easier 

 to grow than the Giants; mixed colors. Per 100 seeds, 

 Sl.OO SO 15 



2122 Giant Salmon. Very bright 25 



2124 — Daybreak. Soft shell-pink with deep rose eye 25 



2125 - Pure White 25 



2126 — White with carmine eye . . . .^ 25 



2127 — Dark Blood-red 25 



2128 — Delicate Rose with deep crimson eye 25 



2139 Collection of a pkt. each of the above 6'sorts, SI. 25. 

 2130 — Finest Mixed. Saved from a superb collection. 



Per 100 seeds, S2.00. 25 



2! 23 Butterfly. In this type the edges of the flowers are 

 beautifully fringed or waved; for house or conservatory 

 decoration they are of surpassing beauty, ilixed colors 50 



DIANTHUS (Hardy Carden Pinks) 



These varieties are well adapted for beds and borders; delightful 

 refreshing, spicy odor; should be in everj- garden where cut flowers 

 are wanted; and make a fine edging to a hardy border. 



PER PKT. 



2335 Caesius (Cheddar Pink). A splendid rock plant, 

 forming dense tufts 3 inches high anc" bright, rosy -pink 

 flowers in May and June _ . . $0 IS 



2340 Plumarius (Grass Pinks, Scotch Pink, or Pheasant-eye 

 Pink). A beautiful single hardy Pink, with friiged 

 edged flowers of various colors, j oz., 40 ct? 10 



2336 Plumarius Semperflorens (Everblooming Hardy 

 Garden Pinks). Very beautiful, sweet-scented, double, 

 semi-double and single flcwers in great diversity of 

 color 25 



2337 Plumarius Fl. PI. (Double Hardy Garden Pinks). 

 Double and semi-double varieties in beautiful colors. 



J oz., 75 cts 15 



2342 Latifolius Atrococcineus Fl. PI. {Everblooming 

 Hybrid Sweet William). This is a cross between an 

 annual pink and Sweet William, combining the free 

 and continuous blooming qualities of the former vdih 

 the hardiness of the latter; in color an intense velvety 

 crimson scarlet. 2 pkts., 25 cls 15 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 



Handsome and MgUv ornamental hardy plants of stately 

 growth, succeeding under almost all conditions, and with but 

 little attention wiL give a wealth of flowers during June and July. 

 They are now used extensivelj- with good effect for naturalizing 

 in shrubberies, the edge of woods and other half shady places; 

 3 to 5 feet. 



Gloxiniaeflora. This is a fine strain of the ordinarj' Foxglove 

 D. purpurea, with handsome spotted Gloxinia-like flowers on 

 long spikes. 



per PKT. 



2356 - Purple, i oz., 40 cts SO 10 



2357 - Rose, i oz., 40 cts..- 10 



2358 - White. • i oz., 40 cts.... 10 



2360 - Mixed. All colors. J oz., 30 cts 10 



2361 Giant Shirley. The finest strain of Foxgloves yet in- 

 troduced 15 



2366 Grandiflora. Spikes of light yellow flowers, i oz., 



40 cts 10 



2367 Maculata Superba. An extra choice strain of 

 beautifully spotted sorts. J oz., 30 cts 10 



2370 Monstrosa (Mammoth Foxglove). Long spikes sur- 

 mounted by one enormous flower; all. colors mixed. 



i oz., 40 cts .: 10 



2371 Lanata. A distinct species, producing dense spikes, 

 2 to 3 feet high, of odd looking flowers, the corolla being 

 gray, the lip creamy white, i oz., 30 cts 10 



