DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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ANTIRRHINUM. 



(Snapdragon.) 



One of our most showy and useful border plants. The more 

 recently improved varieties of this valuable genus have large, 

 finely shaped flowers of the most brilliant colors, with beau- 

 tifully marked throats; they succeed in any good garden soil, and 

 are very effective in beds. Hardy perennials, blooming the first 

 year from seed ; 1 to 2 feet. J :{ ;, ,? 



PER PKT. 



5135 Niobe. A beautiful new variety belonging to the half- 

 dwarf class. The tips of the flowers are of velvety crim- 

 son maroon, while the tubes are pure white. The contrast 

 is most striking and unique. (See cut.) 10 ffl^ f\ 



5136 Firefly. Scarlet 5 W ^ ^ 



5137 Pictliratlini. Striped and blotched 5 



5142 Queen of the North. Grows one foot in height, 

 and densely covered with large white flowers. A gem for ^-, 

 beds and borders and valuable for pot culture 10 ' 



5138 Tom Thumb, Yellow 5 



5140 Tom Thumb, Mixed. Colors .5 



5141 Tall, Mixed, oz. 40 cts 5 



5129 Imported Collection. 10 Dwarf varieties 50 



5139 Imported Collection. 10 Tall varieties 50 



AQUII.EGIA. 



(Columbine.) 



This plant blooms freely early in the spring and summer, and produces 

 beautiful, curiously formed and variously colored flowers; one of the best 

 hardy perennials, and should be in every herbaceous border. 



PER PKT. 



5143 Cj\\V^^Sk.:nt\^?k. {Golden -Spurred). Bright golden-yellow ; 3 feet 5 



5J46 Chrysantha Alba ( White- 

 Spurred). A beautiful nevi^ pure 

 white variety 10 



5144 Coerulea. Violet blue and 

 white; 2 feet 10 



5151 GlandulOSa. Lovely shade 



of light blue and pure white ; 2 



feet. (See cut.) 15 



5160 Sing'le, all colors mixed; 2 feet. 



Per oz. 30 cts 5 



5150 Double, all colors mixed. Per 



oz. 40 cts 5 



AURICUI.A. 



(Primula Auricula.) 



5240 A well-known favorite of great 

 beauty ; seed saved from splendid 

 choice mixed varieties ; half-hardy 

 perennial ; 6 inches 15 



AnTIRRHINU-M " NiOBE.' 



ARABIS ALPINA. 



PER PKT. 



5157 The earliest, prettiest spring flower. 

 The spreading tufts are densely clothed 

 with neat, bright leaves and covered 

 with pure white flowers as soon as the 

 snow disappears. Conspicuous on 

 rockeries or broad edgings for park 

 roads; withstands the drought of 

 summer and is always neat. 6 inches. 

 (See cut.) 5 



ARMERIA (Thrift). 



5164 Formosa. A very pretty edging 

 plant, bearing large tufts of rosy-pink 

 flowers ; hardy perennial 10 



ARAEIA SIEBOI^DI. 



5161 



A beautiful decorative greenhouse 

 plant, with large ornamental leaves; 

 very useful as a house plant. New 

 seed ready in April 10 



Arabis Alpina. 



AvUIr.EGIA Gl.ANDULOSA. 



ARISTOLOCHIA. 



5163 Sipho (Dutchman'' s Pipe). A rapid-growing climber; large heart- 

 shaped foliage, and very curious brownish-puiple flowers, resembling a 

 pipe ; hardy perennial 10 



5162 Eleg'ans. One of the best of this class of climbing plants. Its 

 blossoms are produced in the greatest profusion, even on small plants. 

 Of a rich dark purple color, ornamented throughout with irregular 

 markings of a creamy white, and having a golden-yellow eye sur- 

 rounded by rich velvety purple 10 



ASPARAGUS. 



5169 Verticillatus. A graceful, hardy perennial climber with feathery 



foliage and scarlet berries 10 



ASPERULA ODORATA (Sweet \% oodruff). 



5166 Chief ingredient in the " Maitrank," or May Wine of the Germans. 

 The dried flowers and leaves have a delicious perfume, and impart an 

 agreeable odor when kept among clothes, etc 5 



AZAEEA INDICA. 



5250 Beautiful shrubby plants, covered with a mass of bloom, growing best 

 in a mixture of rich, fibrous peat and sand; saved from a collection of 

 showy various colored flowers ; 3 feet 25 



