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HENRY A. DREER 



Flower Seeds 



WHOLESALE LIST 



Physalis (Chinese Lantern Plant) 



Franchetl. An ornamental variety of the Winter 

 Cherry, forming dense bushes, about 2 feet high, pro- 

 ducing freely its bright orange-scarlet lantern-like 

 fruits, which can be cut and dried, in which shape 

 they are used extensively for floral decorations during 

 the winter. Trade pkt., 30 ets.; per oz.. 75 cts. 



Platycodon (Japanese Bellflower) 



One of the best hardy perennials, producing very 

 showy flowers during the whole season. Excellent 

 for planting in permanent borders or among shrub- 

 bery; easily raised from seed. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 

 Grandiflornni. Large steel-blue flowers.. §0 30 $1 50 

 Album. Pure white variety 30 1 50 



Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) 



Coernlenni. Popular hardy perennial, with bell- 

 shaped bluish-purple flowers nearly 1 inch across; 2 

 feet; May to July. Trade pkt., 15 cts.; per oz., 50 cts. 



Polyanthus 



Oz. 



Tr. pkt. 

 Invincible Giant. An extra flne large 



flowering strain SO 50 



Engrlish Mixed. A very good grade saved 



from a fine strain containing all colors 25 SI 00 



Primula (Hardy Primrose) 



Japonlca (Japanese Primrose). Bright 

 and showy flowers; borne in whorls on 

 stems 6 to 9 inches long; mixed 

 colors SO 2 50 



Vnlgaris (English Primrose). Canary- 

 yellow, fragrant 



40 



00 



Pueraria (Japanese Kndzu Vine) 



Thunbergijina. The fastest growing hardy climbing 

 plant. It will grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from 

 seed. Its foliage is large, and covers well; it bears 

 small racemes of rosy-purple, pea-shaped blossoms 

 towards the close of August. Trade pkt., 10 cts. s per 

 oz., 25 cts. 



Scablosa Cancaslca 



Pyrethrum Hybridum 



One of the really good hardy perennials, valuable 

 alike for cutting or planting in the hardy border. 



Tr. pkt. Oe. 



Single. Jlixed colors §0 30 SI 50 



Grandiflornm, Single, large flowering. 



Mixed 50 3 00 



Double. Saved from a fine strain 1 00 G 00 



Rosemary (Rosmarlnns) 



Officinalis. An old favorite aromatic herb, delight- 

 fully fragrant, flowers light blue, grows about 2 feet 

 high, should be planted in a warm dry situation, and 

 given a little protection. Trade pkt., 15 cts.; per oz., 

 40 cts. 



Rudbeckia (Cone-FIower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border, grow 

 and thrive anywhere, giving a wealth of bloom, which 

 are well suited for cutting. 



Newmanl. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep 

 purple cone, borne on stiff, wiry stems, 3 feet high; 

 flowers from July to September. Trade pkt., 40 cts.s 

 per oz., .$2.(H> 



Purpurea. (Giant Purple Cone-Flower). Flowers 

 about 4 inches across, of a peculiar reddish-purple 

 with a remarkably large cone-shaped centre of bro'wn; 

 forms bushy plants 3 feet high, and blooms from 

 July to October. Trade pkt., 40 cts.; per oz., S2.00. 



Salvia (Sage) Vj 



Asnrea Grandlflora. A hardy perennial variety, 

 producing during August and September spikes of 

 pretty sky-blue flowers In great profusion; 3 to ''4 

 feet. Trade pkt., 40 cts.; per oz., $2.00. 



Farinacea. Light blue, makes a flne line. Trade 

 pkt.. 50 cts.; per oz.. S2.50. 



Selarea. A beautiful and effective hardy biennial 

 variety, growing 3 to 4 feet high with immense loosely 

 arranged spikes of attractive old rose shading to 

 white floral leaves, produced through July and Au- 

 gust. Trade pkt., 25 cts.; per oz., Sl.OO. 



Saponaria (soap wort) 



Statlce Latifolia 



Oeynioldes. A very useful hardy plant for the rock- 

 ery or the border, producing from May to August, 

 masses of attractive small bright rose flowers; 8 

 inches. Trade nkt.. 15 cts.; per oz.. 50 cts. 



