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DREER'S MID-SUMMER LIST. 



CHI.Stst PRIMULA. 



Primula Sinensis Fimbriata. 



(FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSE.) 



These charming and beautiful plants are indispen- 

 sable for winter and spring decoration in the green- 

 house or conservatory. Our seed is as usual from the 

 finest collections in Europe. Perpkt. 



6417 Single White Fringed 25 



6418 Single Red Fringed 25 



6430 Finest Mixed. Fringed 25 



6421 Punctata Elegantissima. Crimson, 



spotted white 50 



6122 Kerinesina Splendens. Crimson, yel- 

 low eye. ... 50 



6425 Alba Magniflca. The finest pure 

 white, with bright yellow eye. beautifully 

 fringed 50 



6427 Williams' Superb, Mixed. This 

 strain of English Primula contains the 

 finest varieties and colors 50 



6424 Carter's Holborn Bine. This 

 iety requires more heat for its success- 

 culture than the other varieties. Any 

 check to its growth should be carefully 



avoided - .... 50 



6440 Fern-Leaved, Finest Mixed 50 



Double Chinese Primrose. 



6428 Alba. Double white 50 



6450 Double Mixed. All colors 50 



6449 Collection of Primula, 6 d'ble flowering, 1 25 



Primula Obconica. 



6423 — A profuse ever-blooming Primrose, bear- 

 ing on long stems heads containing 10 to 15 

 flowers. White, shading to lilac It is a 

 valuable flower, as it is in bloom nearly 

 the entire season 15 



Hardy Primroses. 



These are among the best of the early spring 

 blooming plants. "With a slight protection they will 

 stand the winter, but do better if protected by a cold 

 frame. p er pkt. 



6432 Primula Japonica. Bright and showy 

 flowers, borne in whorls on stems 6 or 9 



inches long ; mixed colors 10 



5415 Primula Veris {English Cowslip.) Flow- 

 ers of different colors, very fragrant 10 



6431 Primula Vulgaris ' ( Yellew English 

 Primrose.) The common hardy English 

 variety ; flowers fragrant and of a light 

 canary color 



6434 Primula Floribunda. A beautiful 

 hardy primrose, bearing lovely yellow 

 flowers of a charming appearance and 

 delicately perfumed 



6435 Primrose, Dean's Xew Hardy 

 Hybrids. These very beautiful hardy 

 plants are similar in growth to the common 

 yellow primrose, bnt produce myriads of 

 flowers in the richest shades of color 25 



10 



25 



STOCKS. 



Ten 



H600 Large Flowering Dwarf 



W T eeks Stock. Finest mixed 10 



6603 Large Flowering Ten Weeks 



Snowflake. Pure white 15 



6610 Improved Wallflower Leaved Ten 



W 7 eeks. Fiuest mixed 15 



6612 Intermediate, or Autumnal Flow- 

 ering Stock. Very beautiful mixed .. . 10 



6612 Brompton, or Winter Stock. Half- 

 hardy biennial : beautiful double flowers. . 10 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



A well-known attractive free-flowering plant, 

 producing a splendid effect in beds and shrub- 

 bery with their rich and varied flowers ; hardy 

 perennial. 



6625 Sweet William Auricula Flow- 

 ered. A beautiful class of single varieties, 



all colors. Oz. 50 cts. 



6640 — Single Mixed. Per oz. 40 cts . 

 6630 — Double Mixed. Per oz. $1.00. 



10 



10 



Valeriana. 



6690 Very showy border plants, growing in any 

 garden soil, doing well in the shade ; pro- 

 ducing large corymbs of flowers fine for 

 bouquets ; hardy perennials, red and white 

 mixed : 2 feet 5 



Violet. / 



(VIOLA ODORATA.j 



Well-known fragrant early spring blooming plants 

 for edgings, groups, or borders ; thriving best in the 

 summer in a shady situation, in a rich, deep soil ; 

 extensively used by florists for forcing for cut flowers 

 during the fall and winter months : hardy perennial. 



Per pkt. 



6725 Single Blue. Sweet-scented 10 



6728 The Czar. Large flowering 10 



6726 Single White. Very fragrant ; free- 

 flowering 10 



6727 Single Mixed. Blue and white 10 



WALLFLOWER. 



Well-known deliriously fragrant garden plants, 

 blooming early in the spring, with large conspicuous 

 spikes of beautiful flowers ; they should be protected 

 in a cold frame in the winter, and planted out in 

 May : are much prized for bouquet flowers ; half- 

 hardv perennials. 



6740 Wallflower Single Mixed 5 



6730 — Finest Double Mixed 10 



6739 Collection of Double Wallflower ; 12 



varieties $1.00 



Mr. Frank BnrHU. Toronto, Canada, reptrts that the choice Primula seed received from us last year produced the finest flowers he 

 had ever raised. ' April 28th, 1895. 



