DREER’S DOUBLE-FLOWERING CENTAUREA CYANUS 
or CORNFLOWER 
The favorite Blue Cornflower, Ragged Sailor, or Bluet has long held a foremost place as an old-fashioned garden flower, and considered 
indispensable where cut flowers are wanted. The Double-flowering type illustrated in colors on the plate opposite are a wonderful improve- 
ment over the old single sort, and in addition to the popular blue variety which is so much used for boutonnieres, can be had in the other 
desirable colors shown on the plate. 
Any good garden soil suits them. The seed may be sown right out of doors any time from early spring till midsummer, coming into 
flower in a few weeks time and continuing without interruption until hard frost. 
We offer the following splendid colors: 
1881 Blue. Intense cornflower blue. 1884 Maroon. Rich glossy reddish maroon. 
1882 Rose Pink. A pretty tone of pink. 1885 Mauve. A delightful and unusual color. 
1883 White. Purest white, very double. 1886 Rosy Red. A very attractive color. 
Price. Any of the above, 10 cts. per packet; 30 cts. per + oz.; 75 cts. per oz. 
1889 Collection containing a packet of the above 6 colors, 40 cts. 1890 Double Cornflower Mixed. Containing all colors, 10 
1888 Collection containing a } oz. each of the above 6 colors, cts. per pkt.; 20 cts. per ¢ 02.; 50 cts. per oz 
$1.25. 
New Double-flowering Coreopsis 
(Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandifiora Fl. Pl.) 
2072 Coreopsis Lanceolata has for a long time been a gem in the 
perennial border and one never grows tired of the masses of golden 
yellow blooms which it produces, which are decorative in the garden 
and invaluable as cut flowers. This new double and semi-double 
form is just as easy to grow and the extra petalage adds a further 
charm to the flower, 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts., $1.00. 
The Cardinal Climber 
(Ipomoea Quamoclit Hybrida) 
2158 We named and introduced this glorious and absolutely distinct 
annual climber in 1912, and it is now generally considered the 
most beautiful and brilliant annual climber ever sent out. Itisa 
strong and rapid grower, attaining a height of 30 feet or more, 
with beautiful fern-like foliage, and literally covered with a blaze 
of circular cardinal-red flowers from mid-summer till frost. The 
flowers, about 13 inches in diameter, are borne in clusters of 5 to 
7 each. Like other Ipomoeas, it delights in a warm, sunny 
situation and good soil. The seed may be started indoors in 
March or April, in a temperature of not less than 70 degrees, but 
it is just as well to wait until the weather gets warm and settled 
and then sow out of doors. Packets containing about 25 seeds 
each, 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. 
Three Splendid Delphiniums 
or Hardy Larkspurs 
The Hardy Larkspurs are now a prominent feature in almost every 
garden, and the three sorts offered below are perhaps the best and most 
valuable of the genus. 
2218 Belladonna. This is the freest and most continuous blooming of 
all, and the clear light turquoise-blue of the flowers is not equalled 
for delicacy and beauty. 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts. for 50 cts. 
2221 Bellamosum. Identical in habit of growth and free and con- 
tinuous blooming qualities with the above, but of an intense rich 
deep blue color. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts. for $1.00. 
2240 Dreer’s Gold Medal Hybrids. Thisis one of our most important 
specialties, and is unquestionably the finest strain of mixed Hybrid 
Hardy Larkspurs ever offered. The original stock came from 
England and consisted of the best named varieties. The plants 
are of strong, vigorous habit, with large flowers on spikes two feet 
and over long, the majority running in the lighter shades of blue. 
15 cts. per pkt.; 60 cts. per } 0z.; $2.00 per oz. 
Giant Shirley Foxgloves (Digitalis) 
2361 This magnificent strain was raised by the late Rev. W. Wilks, to 
whom we are also indebted for the Shirley Poppies, and is unques- 
tionably the greatest improvement ever made in Foxgloves. The 
very vigorous plants attain a height of 5 to 7 feet, with spikes 
of bloom 4 feet in length, closely set with flowers of unusual size, 
ranging in color from the purest white to dark rose, handsomely 
spotted and blotched with crimson, maroon, and chocolate. This 
is certain to supersede all other strains of Foxgloves. Seed sown 
this spring will produce plants that will make a giorious show next 
season. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. New GIANT SHIRLEY FOXGLOVES 
