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EREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



PER PKT. 



SALVIA. 



(Flowering Sage.) 



A favorite greenhouse and bedding plant, bearing 

 long spikes of flowers in great profusion from July to Octo- 

 ber; half-hardy perennials, blooming the first year from 

 seed ; 3 feet. 

 6493 S. Splendens (Scarlet Sage). Beautiful, bright 



scarlet. Per oz., $4.00 10 



6495 — Farinacea. Spikes from 9 to 18 inches long, 

 light blue flowers and beautiful dark blue woolly- 

 haired bracts 20 



6494— Patens. Superb deep blue 20 



6498 — Involucrata. A showy species, bearing long 

 spikes with rose-colored bracts and splendid rosy- 

 crimson flowers, li inches in length, in dense 

 whorls of six flowers '. 25 



6496 — Argentea. Beautiful ornamental silvery foli- 

 age plant, with spikes of white flowers 10 



6497 — Carduacea. A novelty from California, hav- 

 ing no resemblance to any othei Salvia. White, 

 woolly, Thistle-like leaves ; large, light blue, fimbri- 

 ated flowers, with wide vermilion anthers, borne iu 

 "whorls, 4 to 6 on each stem. Thrives best in a sunny, 

 dry situation ; if sown early it blooms in May 15 



ScHIZ ANTHIS. 



Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum.) 



SCHI2ANTHUS. 



(Butterfly Flower.) 

 A splendid class of plants, combining elegance of 

 growth -with a profusion of rich and various colored flow- 

 ers, fine for greenhouse decoration and the flower garden ; 

 of easy culture; half-hardy annual. 

 6525 S. Papilionaceous. A charming variety, resem- 

 bling some species of Orchids. The flowers are pur- 

 ple, spotted with yellow, orange, crimson and black. 10 

 •6530 — Mixed. All colors of the tall varieties ; 2 feet. 5 



Senecio. Sedum. 



SEDUM. 



(Stonecrop.) 



A pretty and useful little plant, growing freely on 

 rock or rustic-work, hanging baskets, etc. ; during the 

 summer they expand their brilliant star-shaped flowers 

 in profusion ; mixed colors and varieties ; hardy peren- 

 nial ; 3 inches. 

 6540 S. Mixed 10 



PER PKT. 



SENECIO, or JACOB/EA. 



A showy half-hardy perennial from South Africa. 

 It produces in great profusion branching spikes of bright 

 flowers, li inches in diameter, from spring until fall, and 

 will bloom all winter in a cool greenhouse. 

 6550 S. Speciosus. Bright magenta 20 



SILENE. 



(Catch-Fly.) 



A beautiful, early, free-blooming plant, adapted for 

 beds, borders, or ribbon-gardening; of easy culture, grow- 

 ing in any garden soil ; hardy annual ; 1 foot. 

 6560 S. Armeria, Mixed. Bed, white, and rose. 



Per oz., 60 cts 5 



6557 — Pendula Flore Pleno. Producing charm- 

 ing double rose-colored flowers in profusion 10 



SMILAX. 



(See Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides). 



STOCKS. 



(Mathiola annua.) 



The Stock Gilly-flower is one of the most popular 

 plants, either for bedding, massing, or pot-culture; for 

 brilliancy and diversity of color or profusion and duration 

 of bloom it is unsurpassed. The Ten Week Stocks 

 {Mathiola annua) are generally cultivated, and bloom 

 from ten to twelve weeks after being sown ; they grow from 

 6 to 18 inches high, and when grown in light, rich soil, 

 and occasionally watered with weak guano water, they 

 bear an immense quantify of bloom, so that each plant 

 forms a perfect bouquet of delightful fragrance. For early 

 flowering, start the seeds in a greenhouse or hot-bed, and 

 transplant into the garden in May after all danger of frost 

 is over; half-hardv annual. 

 6610 S. Dwarf Wallflower Leaved German Ten 



Week. Double flowers. Mixed; 15 in 15 



6601 — Dwarf Wallflower Leaved Ten Week. 

 Double. Pure White 15 



6602 — Dwarf Wallflower Leaved Ten Week. 

 Double. Carmine 15 



6596 — Dwarf Bouquet Ten Week, 3Iixed. 

 Blooms in the shape of a bouquet, with beautiful 

 double flowers of various colors; 10 inches 15 



6597 — Perpetual Dwarf Ten W r eek, Mixed 

 (Semperflorens). A double constant blooming sort, 

 with fine double flowers of various colors; 15 in 10 



Large Flowering Dwarf Ten Week. The fol- 

 lowing are the best double varieties and most desirable 

 colors for cultivation ; 15 inches. 



6591 S. Blood Red 10 



6592 — Crimson • 10 



6593 — Light Blue 10 



6594— Purple 10 



6595— Pure White 10 



6600 — Mixed. All choice double Large Flowering 



Dwarf Ten Week 10 



6512 — Intermediate, or Autumnal Flowering, 



Mixed. Very beautiful ; choice double flowers ; 2 ft. 10 

 6511 — Bromptbn, or Winter, Mixed. HaJf-hardy 

 biennial, bushy plants; producing a beautiful dis- 

 play of double flowers ; 2 feet 10 



6613 — Perpetual, or Emperor White. A pure 

 white Brompton Stock 20 



S. Canterbury, Ct. — "I have had the best success with your seeds, both flower and vegetable. ' — Mrs. L. B. Hadley. 



