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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



MARIGOLD. 



Makigold El Dorado. 



MARVEI. OF PERU. 



The well-known " Four O'clocks." 

 A handsome, free-flowering garden 

 favorite ; hall-hardy perennial ; bloom- 

 ing the first season from seed. (See 



cut ) PER PKT. 



6080 Marvel of Peru 



Mixed. Beautiful colors ; 



2 feet. Per oz. 15 cts 5 



MATRICARIA. 



Free-flowering hardy plants, suc- 

 ceeding in any garden-soil ; a fine 

 bedding plant or for pot culture ; 

 blooms until frost ; hardy annual ; 

 18 inches. 



5833 Matricaria Ca pen- 

 sis Alba Plena {Double 

 While Feverfew). Hand- 

 some double white flowers.. 



10 



10 



10 



MESEMBRYAN- 

 THEMUM. 



Dwarf trailing plants of great 

 beauty, blooming the whole summer, 

 thriving best in a dry, loamy or sandy 

 soil, requiring a warm, sunny situa- 

 tion ; half-hardv annuals ; 6 inches. 



6092 Meseniibryantlieniuni Crystalliniim [Ice 



Fiant). Flowers white; prized for its singular icy 

 foliage. Per oz. 50 cts 



6093 — Tricolor. ( IVax Flant). Various colors 



6094 — Corditbliiini Variegratuni. A half hardy 



perennial trailing variety, with handsome variegated 

 foliage and bright rosy-colored flowers 10 



The African and French Marigolds are old favorites, free-flowering annuals 

 of easy culture; both are extremely eff'ective. The former have uniformly 

 large yellow or orange-colored flowers, and are well adapted for large beds or 

 mixed borders ; the latter are dwarfer in growth, with beautifully striped 

 flowers, and better suited for bedding purposes or for pot culture ; they succeed 

 best in a light soil with full exposure to the sun ; half-hardy annuals. See also 

 Calendula and Tagetes. 



AFRICAN VARIETIES. 



PER PKT. 



6061 Pride of the Garden. Immense flowers, densely double. 

 Color, golden-yellow. A feature of this variety is the compact, dwarf 

 habit of the plant, which forms dense bushes 15 to 18 inches high.. . 



6058 El Dorado. Flowers very large, imbricated and extremely 

 double. Colors in all shades of yellow. (See cut.) 



6062 Gold Nugg-et. Dwarf dense growth and immense double 

 flowers, of a peculiar shade of golden-yellow 



6U60 Larg-e African. Tall, double, 

 orange, brown and yellow, mixed ; 2 feet. 

 Per oz. 40 cts • 5 



6069 Imported Collection of double 



African, 6 varieties 25 



FRENCH VARIETIES. 



6057 Gold Striped. Very double 

 dwarf, deep brownish-red, striped 

 golden-yellow 10 



6070 Dwarf French. Fine colors, 

 mixed ; very double ; 1 foot. Per 

 oz. 50 cts 5 



6056 Legion d'Honneur 



{'•Little Brc'cvnie"). A 

 single-flowering Marigold, 

 forming compact bushes 6 

 inches high. Begins flower- 

 ing extremely early, com- 

 mencing in June. The 

 flowers are goldtn-yel- 

 low, marked with a large 

 spot of crimson velvet. 

 ( See cul.) 10 



6059 Imported Collec- 

 tion of Double French 

 Marigolds, 6 varieties 25 



Mapigold, Legion d'Honneur. 



MINA. 



Marvel of Peru. 



6115 Lobata. Half-hardy Mexican 

 climbing annual. The buds 

 are, at first, of a vivid red, 

 but turn to orange-yellow 

 immediately before they 

 open, and when fully expanded the flowers are of 

 a creamy white shade. They are freely pro 

 duced from the base to the summit of the 

 plant, which attains a height of from 18 

 to 20 feet, and constitutes a strikingly 

 beautiful object. Seed should be sown 



in January or February 10 



5968 Sangllinea. A beautiful and rapid- 

 growing climber; much finer than the 

 Mina Lobata, producing innumerable bi 

 liant blood-red flowers; decidedly one of 

 the best climbers recently introduced. 



(See cut ) 5 



See also Ipomoeas, page 75. 



MIMOSA. ^jt^\ 



(Sensitive Plant.) '0i%, 



Curious and interesting annuals, with jiinkisli- 

 white flowers; the leaves close and droop when 

 touched or shaken. 



6555 Mimosa Pudica. \\ feet. Oz. 

 50 cts 5 



Mina Sanguinba. 



