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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



PER PKT. 



TORENIA. 



A very fine annual, forming a splendid plant for 

 vases, hanging baskets, the greenhouse, or for growing out 

 of doors ; they are covered until late in the season with one 

 mass of bloom. 

 6681 T. Fournieri. Large sky-blue flowers, with 



three spots of dark blue, and a bright yellow centre. 20 

 6683 — ■ Bailloni. A valuable species, distinguished 

 for the size and charming color of its flowers, 

 which are bright golden yellow with a brownish- 

 red throat. An admirable contrast with T. Four- 

 nieri; 15 inches 20 



VALERIANA. 



Very showy border plants, or for mixing with shrub- 

 bery ; growing in any garden soil, doing well in the shade ; 

 producing large corymbs of flowers; hardy perennial. 

 6690 V. Mixed. Bright red and white; 2 feet 5 



VERBENA HYBRIDA. 



An indispensable bedding plant; half-hardy peren- 

 nials, or treated as hardy annuals, they bloom freely the 

 first season from seed, with beautiful dazzling self-colored, 

 striped, and variegated flowers. They are readily pro- 

 duced from seed ; 1 foot. 



6701 V. Candidissima. A decided improvement, 

 producing large trusses of the purest white flowers, 



invaluable for florists 25 



6702 — Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet 25 



6703 — Dreer's Striped. Beautiful striped varieties 

 of brilliant shades 25 



6704 — New Golden-Leaved Scarlet. An effect- 

 ive Verbena, with golden-yellow foliage, which 

 strikingly contrasts with the bright scarlet flowers. 



A valuable acquisition for bedding, as it remains 

 unimpaired until frost; reproduced true from seed. 25 



6706 — Blue 20 



6705 — Auriculaeflora. Beautiful colors of auricula- 

 eyed varieties 25 



6700 — Dreer's Choicest Mixed. Selected from 

 our large collection of the newest and finest named 

 varieties and richest colors. Per oz., $5.00 20 



6710 — Mixed. All colors of the older sorts. Per 

 oz., $3.00 10 



6709 Collection of Verbena, 6 varieties 60 



VERONICA. 



Very ornamental plants for garden or pot culture ; 

 it makes an extremely pretty edging for small beds, etc.; 

 half-hardy annual; 6 inches. 

 6693 V. Syriaca, Mixed. Blue, white, etc 10 



VIOLET. 



(Viola Odorata.) 



Well-known fragrant early spring blooming plants 

 for edgings, groups, or borders; thriving best in the sum- 

 mer, in a shady situation, in a rich, deep soil ; extensively 

 used by florists for forcing for cut flowers during the fall 

 and winter months ; hardy perennials : 6 inches. 



6725 V. Single Blue (Odorata Scmperjiorens). Very 

 sweet-seented blue flowers 10- 



6726 — Single White, The Czar. Very fragrant 

 and free flowering 10' 



Verbena. 



Wallflower. 



VINCA. 



(Madagascar Periwinkle.) 

 Ornamental free blooming plants; thev flower from 

 seed, if sown early, the first season, continuing until frost; 

 or they may be potted and kept in bloom "through the 

 winter; 2 feet. 



6713 V. Rosea. Eose, with dark eye 10 



67U— RoseaAlba. White, with" crimson eye 10 



6/ 15 — Rosea Alba Pura. Beautiful pure white 10 



6*20 — Rosea, Mixed. Per oz., $2.00 10 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



(Cheiranthus Maritimus.) 

 Beautiful free flowering little plants, very effective 

 in small beds, edgings, or baskets, growing in" any soil; 

 hardy annuals. 

 6620 V. Mixed. All colors; 3 inches 5 



Whitlavia. Zinnia. 



WALLFLOWER. 



(Cheiranthus Cheiri.) 



Well-known deliriously fragrant garden plants,, 

 blooming early in the spring, with large conspicuous 

 spikes of beautiful flowers; they should be protected in a 

 cold frame in the winter, and planted out in Hay ; are 

 much prized for bouquet flowers ; half-hardv perennials. 

 6730 W. Finest Double Mixed. All colors; 2 feet,. .10' 

 6740— " Single Mixed. All colors ; 24 feet.... 5 

 6739 Collection of Double Wallflower in original im- 

 ported packets, 12 varieties $1.00 



6749 Collection of Single Wallflower, 6 varieties 50 



WHITLAVIA. 



Charming hardy annuals, with delicate foliage and 

 clusters of beautiful bell-shaped flowers, fine for ribboning, 

 mixed borders, or shady spots; growing freely in any gar- 

 den soil, also good for baskets, vases, etc.; 1 foot. 



6745 W. Grandiflora. Large, violet-blue 5 



6746 — Gloxinioides. Beautiful large Gloxinia-like 



flowers, pure white corolla, and delicate blue lip.... 5- 



WIGANDIA. 



A grand and stately ornamenral plant, with beautiful 

 ' large leaves 3 feet long and li feet wide, imparting a sub- 

 tropical effect to the garden ; half-hardv perennial ; 6 feet. 

 6751 W. Caracasana '. 25- 



YUCCA. 



(Adam's Needle.) 

 A splendid plant with large clusters of creamy-white- 

 tulip-like flowers on tall steins; it requires several years to' 

 grow to perfection from seed ; hardy perennial ; 3 "feet. 

 6775 Y. Filamentosa ! 5 



ZINNIA ELEGANS, FL. PL. 



(Youth and Old Age.) 

 Double Zinnias are quite an acquisition to our list of 

 garden favorites ; of branching habit and splendid brilliant 

 colored double flowers, rivalling the Dahlia in beauty and 

 form. The seed can be sown early in the hot-bed and 

 transplanted, or sown later in the open ground ; half-hardy 

 annuals; 2 feet. 

 67S1 Z. White. Pure white flowers, fine for florists. ..10" 



6783 — New Pompone. Extra fine colors mixed 10- 



6790 — Extra Choice Mixed. Saved from selected 



double flowers. Per oz., $1.00 5- 



6800 — Pumila Flore Pleno. A new strain of dwarf 

 extra-double varieties, quite distinct from the above, 



of splendid rich colors, mixed ; 1 foot 10 



6782 — Haageana. A splendid double variety ; flow- 

 ers deep orange, margined with yellow, keeping its 



color when dried as a winter flower 10 



6789 Collection of new dwarf Double Zinnia in im- 

 ported packets, 6 separate colors 50» 



Denison, Texas. — " Seeds were received in fine condition ; many thanks for your promptness." — Mrs. A. H. Coffin. 



