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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



IMPATIENS. 



Charming plants for the decoration of tlie greenhouse or dinner table, 

 producing their bright waxy-looking flowers profusely and almost continu 

 ously. The young seedlings should be repotted when about an inch high and 

 very carefully handled, as they are exceedingly brittle at the outset, per pkt 

 5984 Inipatiens Sultaili. Flowers of a brilliant rosy-scarlet color 15 

 6985 Hybrida. Remarkably beautiful hybrids of this much- 

 admired plant in varying shades of color, from delicate pink to the 

 deepest red. (See cut) 



JACOB^^EA (Senecio). 

 6550 Elegans Fl. PI. A showy free-flowering hardy annual. It 

 produces in great profusion branching spikes of bright Cineraria- 

 like double flowers, Ik inches in diameter, from spring until fall, and 

 will bloom all winter in cool greenhouse. Excellent for bouquets. 

 (See cut.) iNIixed colors 



KEIVILI^ ORTH IVY (Unana). 



trailing plant, suitable for 

 10 



A charming small, neat, hardy pereiiaia 

 baskets, vases, pots and rock- work. 

 6015 Liinaria Cynibalaria. Lavender and purple 



6016 Alba. Very pretty new variety of the trailing " Kenil- 



worth Ivy," differing from the original species by its light-green, 

 glossy foliage and its pure white flowers. It is of vigorous growth, 

 and may either be cultivated as an annual or as a perennial 15 



L,A VENDER. (Lavendula Spica). 



6013 Well-known sweet-scented hardy perennial ; should be extensively 

 grown in the mixed border ; 3 feet 5 



I.AYIA EEEGAXS. 



5992 A pretty and attractive little hardy 

 annual that ought to be more generally 

 grown, if only for cut-flower purposes. 

 The rays of the flower-heads are 

 bright yellow with white tips. 

 The head is as broad as that of a 

 Marguerite, but it is more bulky, 

 while the rays are much wider 

 and touch one another closely all 

 around. A bed or mass of this 

 annual produces a fine effect, 

 owing to the quantity of bloom . . 5 



Impatiens Sultani Hybrida. 



I^ANTANA. 



One of the most desirable half- 

 hardy perennial greenhouse or bed- 

 ding plants, con■^tantly in bloom ; 

 Verbena-like heads of orange, white, 

 rose and other colored flowers; 2 to 

 5 feet. (See cut ) 



5990 Lantana, Mixed. ... 10 



Jacob^a Elegan3. 



EARKSPUR. 



This is one of the best knowri 

 of garden flowers. A vast improve- 

 ment has been effected, by careful 

 seleetion and attentive cultivation, in 

 size and color of the blossoms and 

 the general habit of the plant. For large 

 gardens, shrubberies, etc., the branching 

 varieties will be found peculiarly well 

 fitted. Hardy annuals. 



jFor Perennial Larkspurs, see Delphi- 

 niiivi. pasre 69. 



PER PKT. 



5710 li a r k s p u r. Dwarf 

 Rocket. Finest double mixed ; 1 foot. 



Per oz. 30 cts 5 



5713 — Double Dwarf Candelabra 

 Flowered. Shaped like a candelabra; 



mixed colors ; 1 foot 10 



5711 — Double Stock Flowered. A tall- 

 branching variety, with beautiful long spikes 



of flowers; 2 feet. (See cut.) 5 



5716 — Emperor [Ijuperiak FL PL). Of symmetrical bushy habit, 

 with a profusion of brilliant dark-blue, red-striped and tri-colored 



flowers 5 



5709 Imported Collection of Dwarf Rocket Larkspur ; 10 varieties 40 

 5719 Imported Collection of Stock Flowered Larkspur ; 8 varieties 40 



LATHYRUS. 



(Everlasting, or Hardy Sweet Pea.) 



Showy, free-flowering hardy perennial 

 climbers for covering old stumps, fences, 

 etc.; continually in bloom ; fine for cut- 

 ting. 



6010 Latifolius, Mixed. 

 Flowers purple and white. 

 Per oz. 60 cts 5 



6008 Latifolius Albns. Pure 

 white, verv desirable 10 



6009 Splendens. " The Pride 

 of California." This gorgeous 

 climber is one of the hand- 

 somest that can be imagined, 

 well worthy its popular name; 

 produces throughout the sea- 

 son large bunches of brilliant 

 rosy-red blossoms ; not entire- 

 ly hardy, and should be pro- 

 tected through the winter with 

 a liberal covering of straw or 

 litter ; or, better still, wintered 

 over in a cold frame or cellar. 



Stock Flowerf.d Larkspur. 



