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 2V4 feet in height, permitting close 

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

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

 proved Bismarck and produces a high percentage of 

 doubles. V,'e offer the most popular colors. 

 Seep Sos« (New). A deep brilliant rose. Tr. pkt. 75c; 



Vi oz. $2.25; oz. $8.00. 

 Baby. A rich dark crimson. Tr. pkt. 75c; Vi oz. $2,25; 



oz. $8.00. 

 Silvery ZiiJac or Iiilac-I^avender. Tr. pkt 75c; V4 oz. 



$2.25; oz. $8.00. 

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



oz. $8.00. 

 SXized Colors. Extra quality. Tr. pkt. 75c; % 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. 



Blood Red $0 40 



Canary Yellow 40 



Eri^lit Pins or Rose 40 



Light Blue 40 



Purple 40 



Pare White 40 



Finest Mixed. Exlia iiualit\ 40 



Cut-and-Come-Agaln 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 Alic«. 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 



Oz. 



83 00 



50 3 00 



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. pkt. 



Appleblossom. Blush pink $0 50 



Antiaue 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 



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

 royal purple 



Old Rose (New). A very beautiful shade. 



Rose-Pink 



Fiery Blood Red 



Iiavender 



Shasta (New). A giant, glistening white, 

 longer stems, larger and more blooms, 

 and a very high percentage of doubles. . 



Finest Mixed. An extra-quality mixture.. 



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Tagetes 



A dwarf compact Marigold, flowers 

 A fine bedding plant. Tr. pkt. 25c; 



Slgrnata pumila. 



golden vellow 

 oz. $1.00. 



Iiittle Giant. The objection of some growers that Sig- 

 iiata Dumila makes too rampant a growth is over- 

 come in this splendid new variety which forms com- 

 pact plants about 6 inches in height and 10 inches in 

 diameter. From midsummer on there is an uninter- 

 ut)ted procession of lovely brilliant golden yellow 

 blooms with brilliant light-orange center markings. 

 Tr. pkt. 50c; oz. $2.50. 



Thunbergia — Black Eyed Susan 



Mixed Colors. Highly useful vine for baskets, vases. 

 etc. Tr. pkt. 15c; oz. 60c; '4 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. 



Torenia — Blue Wing Flower, Wishbone 

 Flower 



Foumieri. A very flne annual useful for vases, hanging 

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

 a mass of blooms. Sky blue witli 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 Africa. Easy to grow 

 and very showy. Has lovely 

 daisy-like flowers measurinK 

 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 



Fastuosuni. 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 fiowers 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 difflcult if started 

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

 $1.00; oz. $3.50. 



Every commercial grower knows how important It 

 is to start with seed of known quality. After all the 

 cost of the seed is so small compared with the total 

 expenditure involved in growing a crop. Good flowers 

 always will find a ready market and bring a good 

 price, whereas those of mediocre quality usually are 

 a drug on the market. We, therefore, recommend to 

 you that you make your choice from Dreer's Reliable 

 Flower Seeds because we offer you the finest strains 

 available. 



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