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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



CAMPANUI.A. 



Well-known beautiful hardy herbaceous perennial, bearing a great profusion of 

 attractive bell-flowers; thriving best in light rich soil; some of the varieties flower 

 the first season if planted early. Carpatica and Speculum are fine for beds, edgings, 

 and ribbon gardening. per p^^. 



5368 Campanula Pyraiuidalis {The Chimney Catnpanuld). A beautiful 

 and stately plant, either lor garden or pot culture; mixed blue and white 



flowers ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet 5 



5367 — Carpatica. Free-flowering, blue and white mixed, continuing in 



bloom ihe whole season ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches 5 



5365 — Speculum Fl. PI. A double blue variety of Venus' Looking- 

 glass, fine for culting and bouquets ; 6 inches 5 



CANTERBURY BKI.I.S. 



(Campanula fledia.; 



5420 Single, Mixed. Beautiful large bell-shaped flowers; effective plants 



for pot culture ; hardy biennials. 1\ feet -5 



5410 Double, Mixed. All the double Media varieties; 2^- feet 5 



5363 Calycauthema {Cup and Saiuet-). This is the finest variety, pro- 

 ducing plants with white and blue flowers resembling cup and saucer; 

 mixed. (See cut.) 5 



CANDYTUFT. 



Universally known and cultivated, and considered indispensable for cutting. All 

 the varieties look best in beds or masses. Seed sown in autumn produces flowers 

 early in spring; when sown in April flowers from July till frost comes. Hardy and 

 easy to cultivate. Single plants transplanted look well and bloom profusely. Hardy 

 annuals ; 1 foot. 



5380 Empress. A complete mass of pure white flowers, in a pyramid of 

 bloom. (See cut.) Per oz. 50 cts 10 



5386 Carmiue 5 



5385 Crimsou 5 



5381 Wliite Fraj-rant. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



5382 Wliite Rocket. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



5390 Mixed Colors. Per oz. 25 cis 5 



Tom Thumb, 



Empress Cani>vtuft. 



5383 

 5387 



Wliite. 6 inches '. 5 



D warf Hybrids, 

 Mixed. 6 inches 10 



HARDY PERENNIAL 

 CANDYTUFTS. 



(Iberis.) per pkt. 



5388 Sempervireiis. A 



profuse white blooming hardy 

 perennial, adapted for rock- 

 eries, baskets, etc., coming in 

 flower early in the soring ; 1 



foot ." 10 



5379 Gibraltarica Hy- 

 brida. Very fine species 

 with white flowers, shading off 



to lilac; 1 foot. . . .10 



CANNA. 



Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bell 



Unquestionably one of the finest 

 of bedding plants for the Ameri- 

 can climate, the list offered below 

 is all of our own saving. Soak 

 the seeds 12 hours in hot water 

 before planting ; sow in sandy 

 loam, and place in a hot-bed; 

 when up to the second leaf, pot 

 oft' singly and keep under glass 

 until the proper season for plant- 

 ing out. (See cut.) 



per pkt. 

 5389 Alplionse Bou- 

 vier. Rich brilliant 



crimson 10 



5396 BaroiiuedePoil- 

 ly. Orange salmon, green 



foliage 10 



5404 Charles Hender- 

 son. Deep rich crim- 

 son, one of the best 



5408 Es'andale. Soft cur 



rant-red, bronze foliage. . 

 One of the finest yellow-spotted red vari 



10 

 10 



5405 Florence Yang'han. 



eties. 10 



5395 Franz Buchnei". Deep orange suff'used with scarlet, distinct 10 



5393 Fui'st Bismarck. Rich crimson, dwarf giowth 10 



5406 Madame Crozy. Dazzling scarlet, gilt edge 10 



5394 Md'lle Berat. Soft rosy carmine, nearest approach to pink 10 



5409 Queen Charlotte. Brilliant orange-scarlet, wide margin of bright 



yellow .• 10 



5407 Eoi de Kousjes. The " King of Reds," extra fine 10 



5397 Souv de Aiitoine Crozy. Scarlet and gold, finest of gilt-edged 



varieties 10 



5399 Collection of the above 12 varieties 75 cts. 



5402 Crozy's Larse-flowering Dwarf French. Finest 

 Mixed. This is a mi.xiure of seed saved on our own grounds from 

 the finest standard sorts. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



Larch Flowering French Cannas. 



Otir collection of Cannas of both new and old varieties is tine most 

 extensive and complete in tiiis country. Our exliibit of New Varieties 

 at Boston, August 21, 1897, was awarded a SILVER MEDAL by the 

 Massachusetts" Horticultural Society- The " cream " of the standard 

 sorts will be found offered in the Plant Department, and the latest 

 novelties on pages 10 to 16. 



