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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— FLOWER SEEDS 



Dreer's Perfect Pansies 



Pansies are too well known to require any description, as 

 they are favorites with all. For best results you must start 

 with a good strain. The finest Pansies are, as a rule, shy 

 seeders, which accounts for the difference in the price of the 

 various mixtures offered. 



Pansy seed germinates and the plants grow 

 more freely in the cool, early days of spring, and 

 for summer-blooming should be sown by the 

 latter part of April, or early in May, in the 

 vicinity of Philadelphia. About the middle of 

 August is the best time for starting Pansy seeds 

 for early spring blooming, as this allows the 

 plants to go into winter in vigorous condition. 

 A soil containing a proportion of leaf mould, 

 well enriched with well-decayed cow manure, 

 win be the most satisfactory for the growing 

 of this flower, and it should be well dug and 

 made fine and level. 



Sow the seeds in drills, covering them not more 

 than four times their diameter and firming the 

 soil well above them. The seeds germinate in 

 from eight to twelve days, and should not be allowed 

 to dry out during this period. Covering the seed bed 

 with newspapers will prevent this and hasten some- 

 what the period of germination. 

 As soon as the plants are up and large enough to handle, they shoiild 

 be thinned out or transplanted to stand nine inches apart in the 

 rows. Thorough cultivation should be given from the start, as 

 Pansies will not thrive when obliged to share the beds with a mass 

 of weeds. 



It is a mistake to plant Pansies in the shade of a tree or buildings. 

 An open exposure, where the wind has a free sweep over the bed is 

 far better, and Pansies so planted are free from the long, straggling 

 branches which produce few and inferior flowers. During dry weather 

 the bed should be watered daily. 



Royal Exhibition Pansy 



PANSIES IN 



PEP PKT. 



3510 Dreer's Royal Exhibition. This is our finest 

 mixture, both as regards size, texture and colorings. 

 Special packets of 2000 seeds, SI -50; regular packet. .$0 50 



3514 Dreer's Premium. This mixture comprises a large 

 number of colorings, and is intended to supply the want 

 of a first-class mixture at a moderate price. ^ oz., $1.00 



3516 Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). Petals conspicuously 

 curled or waved. The range of color is very extensive, 

 the rich, dark, velvety shades predominating. 5 oz., 

 $1.00 



3500 Giant Trimardeau. All colors. Per i oz., 50 cts. 



25 



25 

 10 



MIXTURE 



PER PKT. 



3512 Cassier's Giant. A grand mixture of the finest 

 blotched varieties; splendid in every way, being large 



in size and rich in coloring, i oz., 75 cts SO 25 



3517 Mme. Perret. A beautiful strain, which originated 

 with a French specialist; flowers of large size, borne 

 very freely in great diversity of colors, especially rich in 

 red and wine shades, f oz., 75 cts 25 



3513 Giant Parisian. Of very large size and containing 



a great many fancy colors. J oz., 60 cts 15 



3515 English Finest Mixed, i oz , 50 cts 10 



3520 Good Mixed. All colors, i oz., 40 cts 10 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES 



We have discarded the ordinary Pansies in separate colors in favor of this type, which produces very large flowers, plants of strong, 

 robust growth, and well adapted to the trying conditions of our climate. 



PER PKT. 



3491 Giant Lord Beaconsfield. Deep purple violet, 



shading to white $0 10 



PER PKT. 



Lavender blue $0 10 



3481 Giant Adonis. 



3482 Giant Cardinal. Rich red 



3488 Giant Golden Queen. Pure, rich yellow 

 3493 Giant Royal Blue. Rich, royal blue 



10 

 10 

 10 



3496 Giant Snow Queen. Pure snow white 



3497 Giant White. Pure white, with purple eye 



3498 Giant Yellow. Rich yeUow, with dark centre.. 



10 

 10 

 10 



3499 Collection containing a packet each of above 8 sorts, 60 cts. 



TUFTED PANSIES, OR VIOLAS 



While the flowers of the Tufted Pansies are not so large as the regular type, yet they bloom so freely that they are superior to pansies 

 where effect is wanted, the colors being particularly clear and distinct; they also bloom for a longer time. Seed sown in April produces 

 flowering plants by June, and from then on until frost they are a sheet of bloom. 



PER PKT. 



4401 Papilio {Butterfly Violet). Lovely violet-lilac $0 15 



4402 Lutea Splendens. Rich golden yellow 15 



4403 Blue Perfection. Deep purplish blue 15 



PER PKT. 



4405 White Perfection. A fine pure white $0 IS 



4410 Mixed. A splendid mixture of the best varieties. 



i oz., 75 cts 10 



For Complete List and Cultural Notes see our Garden Book for 1926 



