DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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CLARKIA. 



COCCINEA InDICA. 



An old favorite annual, glowing in any garden soil, and pro- 

 ducing freely its cheerful flowers in the season. Sow the seed 

 early in the spring. per pkt. 



5560 Single. Mixed colors 5 



5570 Double. Mi.xed colors 5 



CI.EMATIS. 



Rapid-growing climbers, fine fur arbors and verandas ; the 

 small varieties flower in clusters, and are very fragrant ; the 

 large flowering varieties are very handsome. Soak the seeds in 

 warm water fur 24 hours before sowing; hardy perennials. 

 5576 Paniculata {Japanese Virgin's Bo'wer). This is 

 one of the lew really good, hardy climbers. Unlike 

 other sorts, it grows easily from seed, and, sown 

 early, will flower the first year. The leaves are of a 

 it is never troubled with insect 



Clematis, Lakge Flowering. 



bright, glossy-green 



pests, and when in bloom astonishes v/iih the quan- 

 tity of flowers, the plant being completely hidden 

 beneath a blanket of white hawthorne-scented blos- 

 soms ; a grand plant for piazzas, fences, in fact, any 

 position where a climber is wanted ; it is just the 

 thing for covering terraces 

 or embankments, does equal- 

 ly well in sunshine or shade, 

 and stands unrivaled as a 



plant for the cemetery 



5575 F 1 a in III II 1 a ( Virgin' s 

 Bower). Producing beauti- 

 ful clusters of small white 

 fragrant flowers 



5577 Hybrida Graudi- 



flora. Saved from a 

 magnificent collection of 

 the finest large flowering 

 sorts by an expert hy- 

 bridizer 10 



COCCIIVEA IIVDICA 



(Scarlet Fruited Ivy-leared Climber.) 

 5588 A handsome climber of 

 the gourd species, flow- 

 ering the first season if 

 started early in heat, 

 with beautiful, smooth, 

 glossy ivy-like leaves, 

 contrasting with the fine 

 snow-white, bell-shaped 

 flowers and brilliant car- 

 mine fruit; 10 feet. 

 (See cut.) 10 



COI.EUS. 



Ournew strain of hybrid varieties produces the finest colored, 

 most attractive and novel foliage plants for house or garden 

 culture. Sow in March. per pkt. 



5640 Coleiis, Dreer's Hybrids. Our own saving 



from upwards of 50 of the finest varieties 25 



COB.I^A SCANDENS. 



CI.EOME. 



(Ciant Spider Plant.) per pkt. 

 5581 Cleonie Pling'ens. Singular-looking rose-col- 

 ored flowers ; the stamens look like spiders' legs, 

 and present a very attractive appearance ; annual ; 3 

 feet. This plant has been used 

 extensively in many of the public 

 parks the past season, planted 

 among shrubbery, and was much 

 admired 5 



CEIANTHUS. 



(Australian Glory Pea.) 



A beautilul tender perennial 

 shrub, bearing clusters of drooping, 

 brilliant, rich-scarlet, pea-shaped 

 flowers, 3 inches in length, each 

 flower picturesquely marked with 

 a large black blotch in the centre. 

 Plant out, when the weather has 

 become warm, in a rather dry, 

 sheltered, sunny position ; 4 feet. 



5584 Dainpieri 15 



5585 Dainpieri Ger- 

 inanicus 25 



COItlMEEINA. 



A tuberous-rooted free-blooming, very 

 pretty plant. Half-hardy perennial, 

 blooming the first season from seed ; suc- 

 ceeds in a light, rich soil. 

 5602 CoeleStiS. Rich sky-blue; \\ 



feet 5 



Convolvulus Minor, Tricolor. 



5 



COB^EA. 



A climber of rapid growth, valuable for covering trellises, 

 arbors, trunks of trees, etc.; will cling to any rough surface. In 

 sowing, place seeds edgewise and merely cover with light soil. 

 (See cut.) 



5586 Scandeil.S. Large, bell-shaped purple flowers.. 10 



5587 Scaudens Alba. Pure white 10 



COEEIXSIA. 



Very pretty free-flowering annuals, blooming in whorls and several whorls around 

 each flower stem ; W feet. 

 5650 Collinsia, Mixed. Of all varieties and colors 5 



CONYOEVUEUS (Major, or Climbing Morning Glory). 



One of the most free-flowering and rapid-growing plants in cultivation, thriving in 

 almost any situation ; the beauty and delicacy of their brilliant flowers are unsur- 

 passed ; hardy annuals ; 15 feet. 



5630 Mixed. All colors. Per oz. 15 cts 5 



5631 Double Flowering-. About eighty per cent, of the seedlings will 

 produce double flowers, the remninder semi-double or single 10 



5629 Imported Collection of 10 varieties. ... 30 



Imperial Japanese or Etiiperor Aforning Glory will be foziud offered on page 75. 



(flinor, or Dwarf Morning Glory.) 



Rich colored, handsome, dwarf, trailing plants, producing in beds and mixed 

 borders an unusually brilliant effect. 



5606 Minor Tricolor, Mixed. Annual ; 1 foot 5 



5611 Mauritanicus. A beautiful trailing plant for hanging-baskets, 



vases, etc.; blue flowers ; perennial Ift 



