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Dreer's "Peerless" Lakge-Fiowering Chinese Primrose 



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Papaver (Hardy Poppies) 



Iceland (P. Nudicaule) . Of graceful, neat habit, with 

 bright green fern-like foliage, formed in tufts, bear- 

 ing flowers in endless profusion; 1 foot. 



—Finest Mixed. All colors. Per 14 oz., 40 cts 10 



— New Hybrid. The latest development in this lovely 

 species, varying in color from sulphur-yellow to 

 ealmony-rose 15 



Orientale. (The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming sum- 

 mer-flowering hardy plant, producing numerous leafy 

 stems about 2H feet high, with large deep crimson flowers, 

 with black blotch on each petal, exceedingly showy. 

 ■i oz.. 40 cts 10 



Oriental Mixed Hybrids. Saved from a large number 

 of named sorts, embracing all of the colors. % oz., 

 50 cts 15 



Pentstemon {Beard Tongue) 



Highly useful and attractive perennials in the hardy 



border. 



Gloxinioides "Sensation." As a bedding plant this 

 takes rank with the Petunia, Phlox, etc., etc. It 

 grows about 2 feet high, every branch being a 

 spike of large. Gloxinia-like flowers in a very wide 

 range of bright colors, including rose, red, carmine, 

 cherry, pink, lilac, purple, etc. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Barbatus Torreyii. Spikes of brilliant coral red, very 



effective: June to August; 3 to 4 feet 10 



Mixed, A great variety of kinds and colors 10 



Phlox 



Hardy Perennial. Our collection of these is the most 

 extensive in the T\'orld. Seed should be sown as soon 

 as ripe. Order now and we will send as soon as har- 

 vested, "^'hich is usually about the end of October. 

 Supplied in mixed colors only, % oz., 75 cts 15 



Physalis (^Chinese Lantern Plant) 



Francheti. An ornamental plant, forming dense 

 bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright- 

 orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly interesting. 10 



Physostegia 



Virginica (False Dragon Head). One of the prettiest 

 hardy perennials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet 

 high and bearing freely during the summer months 



spikes of delicate pink tubular flowers 10 



-Alba.. A pretty white flowered form of the above., 10 



Platycodon {Japanese Bell Floioer) 



One of the best hardy perennials, producing flowers 

 throughout the entire season. 

 Grandiflorum. Large steel-blue flowers, hi oz., 40 cts. 10 



— Album. Pure white variety 10 



Marieei. Rich violet-blue; compact. % oz., 50 cts.. 10 



JaponicuB H. PI. (.Double Japanese Bell Flower). Large, 



double, glossy, deep-blue flowers. 2 pkts., 25 cts.... 15 



Per Pkt. 

 Polemonium {Jacob' s Ladder) 



Coeruleum, Popular hardy perennial border plant, with 

 bell-shaped bluish-purple flowers nearly 1 inch 

 across; 2 feet; May to July 10 



Polyanthus {Primula Elatior) 



Showy, hardy, early spring free-flowering plants. 



Invincible Giant. The largest and finest strain in cul- 

 tivation, containing a fine range of colors from 

 purest white to richest crimson, 5 pkts., $1.00 25 



Englisli. AW colors mi.xed 10 



Potentilla {Cinquifoil) 



Charming hardy perennial plants for the border, with 

 brilliant single or double flowers, mostly in orange, red and 

 crimson tones, that are produced in profusion from June to 

 August; succeeds in any soil; IS inches. 



Double Hybrids, All colors 25 



Sing:le Hybrids. Many colors 15 



Primula ^Pri/urosets) 

 Dreer's "Peerless" Chinese Fringed Varieties 



An extra choice free-flowering strain, flowers of largest 

 size and beautifully fringed. 



Peerless White. Pure white 35 



— Pink. Soft pink 35 



— Scarlet, Rich scarlet 35 



— Crimson. Rich luminous crimson 35 



.A packet each of the above 4 sorts for ?1.00. 



Peerless Mixed. This mixture contains nothing but 



the finest-fringed large-flowering sorts, and cannot 



fail to give entire satisfaction 25 



Giant Flowering. This magnificent strain is quite 

 distinct from the regular type, being of much more 

 robust growth and producing immense trusses of 

 extra large, finely-fringed fiowers in many new and 

 novel colors; as a pot plant for the house or con- 

 servatory, this is unequalled. 3 Pkts., $1.00 35 



Various Primroses 



The following varieties are of the easiest culture in green- 

 house or light window of dwelling house, flowering abun- 

 dantly and continuously with little care, 



Obeonica Grandiflora. Mixed. .411 colors 15 



Obeonica Gigantea, Finest Mixed. All colors 20 



Malaccides (Improved Baby Primrose). A splendid 



house plant; sprays of delicate lilac flowers 25 



— .4Jba. A new white sort 25 



— Uosea^ Bright rose 25 



Kewensis. Bright yellow; a fine house plant 25 



Japonica (Japanese Primrose). Bright and showy 



flowers; borne in whorls on stems 6 to 9 inches long; 



mixed colors 15 



Vulgaris (English Primrose). Canary-yellow, fragrant. 15 



Oriental Poppv 



