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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



HOLLYHOCK. 



Few hardy plants combine as many 

 good qualities, or lend themselves as 

 readily to varied uses, as the Holly- 

 hock. For planting in rows or groups 

 on tlie lawn, or for interspersing among 

 the shrubbery, they are nivaluable. 

 The flowers form perfect rosettes of 

 the most lovely shades of yellow, 

 crimson, rose, pink, orange, white, 

 etc. It is not surprising that this old 

 favorite should again become popu- 

 lar ; for, by careful selection, the 

 flowers have been so much improved 

 that they are marvels of beauty and 

 elegance. The Hollyhock requires 

 a rich, deep soil, well drained, 

 and will repay in quantity and 

 elegance of bloom any extra 

 care. A slight protection dur- 

 ing winter will be beneficial. 

 Seeds sown during the summer 

 make strong blooming plants 

 for the following year. 

 5954 Mammoth Frinyed 



HuMULTS Jafonicus 

 Variegatus. 



5946 



departure which has much to com- 

 mend it. The mammoth flowers are 

 wonderfully formed of loosely arranged fringed petals, which look as if 

 made from the finest China silk, and when cut are hardly recognizable as a 

 Hollyhock, having none of the formality of the ordinary type. The color 

 varies from the palest shrimp-pink to deep red. The plants are of majestic 

 growth, sending up spikes 6 to 7 feet high, and are of a strong constitution, not 

 being troubled with the disease so prevalent among Hollyhocks. (See cut.) 



950 Extra Choice Double 



Double White. Extra fine 



strain. Per oz. $1.00 10 



5948 Double Yellow 10 



5951 Double Bright Red. ... 10 



5952 Double Bright Pink. . . 10 



5956 Double Maroon 10 



5955 Double Sulphur 10 



"Allegheny" 



Hollyhock 



that of the common Hop, 

 is very dense, and in 

 color a lively green . . . . 



5960 Japonicus Vari- 

 egatus. .A. variegated 

 variety of the Japanese 

 Hop. The leaves are 

 beautifully and distinct- 

 ly marbled and splashed 

 with silvery-white, yel- 

 lowish-white and light 

 and dark green ; very 

 effective for screens, 

 arbors, trellises, etc. As 

 with the green-leaved 

 variety, it is never injured by insects nor affected by the heat, 

 but retains its fresh and bright variegated foliage until 

 late in the autumn. (See cut.) 10 



GIANT YEI.I.01V TULIP POPPV. 



(Hunnemannia Fumarisfolia.) 

 5935 In our trial grounds the past season this was one of 

 the showiest and mo'-t satisfactory plants in over four 

 hundred trials. The seed was sown early in May, 

 and by the middle of July the plants were covered 

 with their large buttercup-yellow poppy-lil;e blos- 

 soms, and they were never out of flower until hard 

 frost. The plants grow about 2 feet high, are quite 

 bushy, with beautiful feathery glaucous foliage. (See 

 cut.) 



ICE PLANT. 



(.See Mesembryanthemum, page 78.) 



IRIS, FEEUR-DE-EIS. 



5982 Hardy jierennial, tuberous-rooted, early spring bloom- 

 ing garden plant, growing about 2 feet high, with 

 large ornamental flowers of the richest colors. 

 Mixed varieties 10 



Mixed. Per oz. §1.00 10 



5949 Imported Collection of 



12 varieties 75 



5959 Imported Collection of 



6 varieties 40 



HUMUEITS (Japanese Hop). 



5958 Japonicus. A very ornamental and fast-growing climbing plant. The 

 foliage resembles in shape 



Giant Yellow Tulip Poppv. 



