HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



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DREER' S CHINESE PRIMROSE 



Primula. 



The most important member of this family to the florist is the 

 Fringed Chinese Primrose. Our supplyof which we procure from the 

 best sources, and sure to give the same satisfaction in the future 

 that it has intheptast. The obconica varieties are also very popular, 

 making beautiful pot plants for winter blooming. 



Fringed Chinese Varieties. 



% Tr. pkt. Tr. pirt. 



Alba Magnifica. The finest white 60 $1 00 



Covent Garden Red. A fine bright red 60 i oo 



Holborn Blue. An odd shade 60 loo 



Rosy Morn. A fine pink 60 100 



Stellata. Fine decorative variety. Mixed colors . 60 i 00 



Fern-leaved. Mixed colors 60 loc 



Dreer's Choicest Mixed. Made up of the finest 



named varieties ; the best procurable 60 1 00 



Double Mixed 60 loe 



Various Primroses. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Obconica grandlflora. Mixed colors 50 I3 50 



" " Carmine. 14 cts. per pkt. 



'• " Compacta. Excellent for pots or 



pans, 17 cts. per pkt. 

 •• " Qigantea. (New.) 14 cts. per pkt. 



" " Pimbrlata. Mixed colors . ... 50 



Kewensis. (New.) Afineyellow 50 



Ploribunda. Yellow jo 



Forbesi (Baby Primrose) 50 



Schizanthus (Fringe Flower). 



Owarf Large Flowered. Mixed 25 i 00 



Wisetonensis. Fine for pots 50 



Mixed. All colors 10 15 



Smilax. 



Every florist should grow some of this, always needed. Seed we 

 offer is of new crop and of high germination. Tr. pkt., locts.; Oz. 30 

 cts.; Ji'-ib., Ji.oo. 

 Myrtle-leaved. A new fine leaved sort that makes beautiful greens 



for decorations. 40 cts. per 100 seeds. $3.00 per looo seeds. 



Stocks (Gilliflower). 



Thousands of Stocks are sold as pot plants and many more are 

 grown for their flowers. Cheap grades are likely to prove largely sin- 

 gle. Ours are grown specially for us by an expert, and will produce 

 «ver 90 per cent, double flowers. Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Wallflower-leaved, Ten Weeks' Snowflake. A 



fine white 50 $7 50 



Beauty of Nice. Delicate fiesh-pink 50 2 50 



Empress Elizabeth. Brilliant carmine-rose .... 50 5 00 



<}ueen Alexandra. Rosy-lilac, fine for cutting ... 50 2 50 



Brompton. Mixed 50 2 50 



Cut-and-Come-Again Ten Weeks' Stocks. 



Splendid perpetual-blooming class ; sown in March or April they 

 begin flowering in July, continuing until frost, and are especially valu- 

 able during September and October when other flowers are scarce ; 

 they throw out numerous side branches, all bearing very double 

 ■fragrant flowers ; excellent for cutting. 



Princess Alice. Snow-white 



L,a France. Silvery rose 



Brilliant. Fiery blood-red 



Sapphire. Dark blue 



Creole. Creamy yellow, extra fine . . . 

 May Queen. A delicate shade of lilac 

 Finest Mixed. All colors 



pkt. 



Oz. 



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VIOLAS, OR TUFTED PANSIES 



Vinca. 



Most useful plants. Seeds germinate freely in the heat of summer. 



Tr. pItt. 

 Rose, with darker eye 



Oz. 



Rosea 



Alba. White, with rose eye 



" Pura. Pure white . 



nixed. All colors 



Viola (Tufted Pansies). 



Tr 



Cornota Papillo (Butterfly Violet). Blue . . . 



Lutea splendens. Clear yellow. . . . 



Blue Perfection. Deep blue . . . . . 



White Perfection. Fine white 



Hybrida Admirabilis. Blotched sorts . 



nixed. All colors ... 



Odorata. Mixed. (Sweet Violet.) , 



Wallflower. 



Single Qoliath. Deep velvety brown 



" Extra Early Paris. Flowers the first season. 



" mixed. All colors . . . 

 Double mixed 



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CUT-AND-COME-AGAIN STOCKS 



