HENRY A. DREER 



Annual Flower Seeds 



WHOLESALE LIST 



STOCKS— Gilliflower 



New Double Giant Excelsior 



Improved Column or Non-Branching Type 



This type is of particular value for greenhouse cul- 

 ture. Each plant produces one strong non-branching 

 flower spike about 2y2 feet in height, permitting close 

 planting in tlie bed, 7 inches between rows and 3 inches 

 in the row. Blooms about ten days earlier than Im- 

 proved Bismarclt and produces a liigli percentage of 

 doubles. We offer the most popular colors. 

 Deep Bose (New). A deep brilliant rose. Tr. pkt. $1.00. 

 Kuby. A rich dark crimson. Tr. pkt. 75c; % oz. $2,25; 



oz. $8.00. 

 Silvery Iiilac or I>ilac-Ziaveiider. Tr. pkt 75c; % oz. 



$2,25; oz. $8.00. 

 "WTiite. Extra long-stemmed. Tr. pkt. 75c; Vi oz. $2.25; 



oz. $8.00. 

 Mixed Colors. Tr. pkt. 75c; Vz oz. $2.00; oz. $7.00. 



Large Flowering Ten Weeks Stock 



Of dwarf, compact habit. Comes into bloom early and 

 produces fine spikes of very double flowers. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Blood Bed $0 40 $2 25 



Canary Yellow 40 2 25 



Brig-ht Pink or Bose 40 2 25 



Light Blue 40 2 25 



Purple 40 2 25 



Pure White 40 2 25 



Finest Mixed 40 2 00 



Cut-and-Come-AgaIn Stocks 



Cut-and-Come-Again Stocks 



Giant Perpetual 



Splendid, perpetual-blooming class; making numerous 

 side branches, all bearing very double fragrant flowers. 

 Excellent for pot culture and for cutting. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Princess Alice. Snow white $0 50 $2 50 



Iia France. Silvery rose 50 2 50 



Brilliant. Fiery blood red 50 2 50 



Sapphire. Dark blue 50 2 50 



Creole. Creamy yellow, extra fine 50 2 50 



May Queen. A delicate shade of lilac... 50 2 50 



Finest Mixed 40 2 25 



Early Giant Imperial Stocks 



Improved Bismarck 



A magnificent strain, growing about 2% feet high 



with immense spikes of very large double flowers; 



blooms in about 12 weeks from time of sowing. 



Tr. pk 



Apple Blossom. Blush pink $0 50 



Antique Copper (New). An entirely new 

 and very attractive color, a rich Helle- 

 bore red 



Buttercup (New). A richer deeper tone 

 of yellow than Golden Ball 



Chamois. Ivory, tinted old rose 



Blk's Pride (New). Large flowers of rich 

 royal purple 



Q-olden Bose (New). Light golden rose.. 



Old Bose (New). A very beautiful shade. 



Bose-Pink 



Fiery Blood Bed 



Iiavender 



Shasta (New). A giant, glistening'wliite, 

 longer stems, lar,?er and more blooms, 

 and a very high percentage of doubles.. 



Finest Mixed. An extra-quality mixture.. 



Tagetes 



Sisfnata pumila. A dwarf compact Marigold, flowers 

 golden yellow. A fine bedding plant. Tr. pkt. 20c; 

 oz. 75c. 



Thunbergia — Black Eyed Susan 



Mixed Colors. Highly useful vine for baskets, vases, 

 etc. Tr. pkt. 15c; oz. 60c; % lb. $2.00. 



Tithonia — Mexican Sunflower, Golden 

 Flower of the Incas 



Early Flowering'. A showy fall-flowering annual grow- 

 ing 5 feet tall and bearing magnificent large brilliant 

 orange-vermillion blooms resembling a single African 

 Marigold. Particularly valuable because it will bloom 

 10 days earlier than the type. Splendid for back- 

 grounds and unexcelled for cutting. Tr. pkt. 40c; oz. 

 $2.00. 



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-Blue Wing Flower, Wishbone 

 Flower 



Foumieri. A very fine annual useful for vases, hanging 

 baskets, borders, etc.. covered the entire season with 

 a mass of blooms. Sky blue with three spots of dark 

 blue and yellow center. Tr. pkt. 50c; oz. $2.50. 



Ursinia 



Jewel of the Veldt 



Anethoides, A graceful, com- 

 pact growing annual from 

 South Afi-ica. Easy to grow 

 and very showy. Has lovely 

 daisy-like flowers measviring 

 more than an inch across. 

 They have rich orange-yel- 

 low ray petals with a jet 

 black dot at the base of each. 

 Blooms during the summer 

 and fall. Tr. pkt. 40c; oz. 

 $2.00. Ursinia anethoides 



Venidium — Monarch of the Veldt 



Fastuosum. A magnificent new species from South 

 Africa. The plants attain a height of two to three 

 feet, and above the greyish silky foliage rise numer- 

 ous rich orange-colored daisy-like flowers which are 

 marked with a purple-black zone at the base of the 

 petals. The flowers average four to five inches across 

 and make a most striking display in the border. Best 

 treated as a half-hardy annual, sowing the seed in 

 March or April, as germination is difficult if started 

 earlier. Plant in sunny position. Tr. pkt. 50c; V4 oz. 

 $1.25; oz. $4.00. 



Venidium — Monarch of the Veldt 



Hortus (Bailey). 



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