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DREER-S RELIABLE SEEDS 



PER PKT. 



GAILLARDIA. 



PER PKT- 



Splendid bedding plants, remarkable for the profu- 

 sion, size, and brilliancy of their flowers, continuing in 

 beauty during the summer and autumn ; half hardy an- 

 nuals ; IV feet. 

 5837 G. Picta (Painted Lady). Crimson, bordered with 



orange, very showy 5 



5840 — Mixed.' Fine colors , 5 



583S — Picta Lorenziana. A charming profuse 

 flowering "so-called" double variety, entirely dis- 

 tinct from the single flowering. Selected from six 

 different shades of color; fine for massing, and use- 

 ful as a bouquet flower, continuing in bloom until 

 frost 10 



GESNERIA. 



A beautiful hot house, bulbous-rooted plant, pro- 

 ducing brilliant colored flowers; requires a light, rich, 

 peaty soil ; choice varieties ; 2 feet. 

 5S53 G. Mixed 25 



GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL. 



These form a beautiful and attractive addition to the 

 Flower Garden ; their graceful forms give a pleasing relief to 

 the brilliancy of their showy companions. When carefully 

 dried, they are useful in making up winter bouquets, etc. 



Cut when in full bloom, tie in small bunches and 

 hang up in a dry, dark place, with heads down. They are 

 nearly all annuals ; those which are perennials should be 

 marked, so they will not be destroyed as weeds. Sow in 

 May, and transplant or thin them out so as to give suffi- 

 cient space for each to grow. 



AGROSTIS. Exceedingly beautiful, feathery and 

 graceful; of dwarf growth ; hardy annuals; 1 foot. 

 5060 A. Mixed '. 5 



ARUJTDO (New Zealand Pampas Grass). A vari- 

 ety similar to the Pampas, with long, graceful, drooping 

 leaves, and silvery plumes, on stems 10 feet high : fine for 

 specimens on lawns or for massing in clumps; hardy 

 perennial. 

 5167 A. Donax Variegata 15 



AVENA (Animated Oats). Pretty, large, drooping 

 spikes, on slender stems ; hardy annual ; 2J feet. 

 5245 A. Sterilis. Per oz., 60 cts 5 



BRIZA (Rattlesnake, or Quakinn Grass). A beau- 

 tiful variety, in great demand for ornamental work and 

 grass bouquets; hardy annual ; 1 foot. 

 5311 B. Compacta. Erect, compact, with elegant 



rattles 5 



5313 — Maxima. Large racemes of beautiful rattles. 



Per oz., 60 cts 5 



GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL— Continued. 



ERIANTHUS. Hardy perennial, exquisite white- 

 plur-es resembling the Pampas Grass. Fine for lawns if 

 planted iu clumps. Flowers the first season if sown very 

 early in the greenhouse or hot bed ; 10 feet. 

 5782E. Ravenna; 10 



EULiALIA. Hardy perennial, long narrow leaves, 

 striped white and green; elegantly recurved flower-spikes 

 of a light violet color, not unlike a curled ostrich feather. 

 5S02 E. Japonica 10 



GYNERIUM (Pampas Grass). .Half-hardy peren- 

 nial, blooms the second season from seed ; will stand out 

 over winter, if protected with straw, or lay down and cover 

 with earth ; the most noble grass in cultivation : producing 

 beautiful plumes on stems from 6 to 10 feet high. 



5913 G. Argenteum. Splendid white silvery plumes.. 10' 



5914 — Argenteum Foliis Variegatis. Variegated 

 foliage; beautiful large silvery plumes 15 



Joe's Tears. 



Briza. 



BROMUS. A graceful variety, with drooping pani- 

 cles resembling the Briza Maxima, and in great demand 

 for florists' use; hardy perennial, flowering the first sea- 

 son ; 1 foot. 

 5316 B. Brizaformis. Per oz., 60 cts 5 



CHLORIS. Fine silvery plumes ; elegant for bed- 

 ding in groups; hardv annual ; 2 feet. 

 5477 C. Truncata..! 5 



COIX (Job's Tears). With broad, corn-like leaves, 

 and hard, shining, pearly seeds, resembling tears; half- 

 hardy annual ; 2 feet. 

 5591 C. Lachrvmae. Per oz., 30 cts 5 



ERAGROSTIS (Love Grass). Exceedingly pretty 

 and ornamental; hardy annual ; 2 feet. 

 5780 E. Mixed 5 



Pampas. G^detia. 



HORDEUM (Squirrel Tail). Very handsome light 

 purple plumes ; hardy annual ; 3 feet. 

 5955 H. Jubatnm..! 5 



LAGURUS (Marc's Tail). Beautiful small white 

 heads or spikes of bloom, excellent for bouquets; hardy 

 annual ; 1 foot. 

 5988 JL. Ovatus 5 



E ASIAGROSTIS. A very beautiful silvery-white 

 grass ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet. 

 5992 L. Argentea 5 



STIPA (Feather Grass). Hardy perennial, beauti- 

 ful, delicate, white, feathery bloom; in great demand for 

 ornamental work and florists' use, flowering the second 

 season from seed. The seed is slow to vegetate ; 2 feet. 

 6586 S. Pinnata. Per oz., $1.00 10 



TRICHOL.ENA. A very beautiful rose-tinted 

 grass ; hardy perennial, flowering the first season from 

 seed ; 2 feet. 



6686 T. Rosea 10 



65S9 Collection of Grasses, containing one package of 



each of the above varieties $1.15 



GLADIOLUS. 



Seed saved from choice named varieties ; half-hardy 

 perennial bulbs. 

 5855 G. Fine Hybrid Mixed 10 



GLAUCIUM. 



(Horn Poppy.) 

 An ornamental foliage plant, for margins, etc., with 

 long, recurved, silvery leaves, deeply cut to the rib, form- 

 ing two rows of leaflets; of vigorous growth, contrasting 

 finely with colored foliage plants. Flowers are orange- 

 yellow, bell-shaped and drooping; hardy biennial ; 2 feet. 

 5858 G. Corniculatum. Per oz., 81.00 10 



GLOXINIA HYBRIDACRASSIFOLIA. 



A bulbous-rooted plant, producing in great profusion, 

 during the summer months, its large bell-shaped flowers, 

 of the richest and most beautiful variety of brilliant col- 

 ors; the bulbs must be kept warm and dry during the 

 winter; 1 foot. 



5861 G. Grandiflora Erecta, Mixed. Rich colored, 

 erect flowers 25 



5862 — Grandiflora Horizontalis, Mixed. Rich 

 colored, horizontal flowers 25 



5863 — Grandiflora Pendula, Mixed. Rich col- 

 ored, drooping flowers 25 



5870 — Grandiflora, Mixed 25 



It is only necessary in ordering seeds to state number of packets wanted, corresponding number in catalogue and price. 



