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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



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Pentstemon (Beard Tongue). 



Highly useful and attractive hardy perennials, and much 

 used in the hardy border. 



Per Pkt. 



Barbatus Torreyi. Brilliant coral-red 10 



Mixed. A great variety of kinds and colors 5 



Phlox. 



Hardy Perennial. Our collection of these is the most 

 extensive in the world. Seed should be sown as soon 

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

 vested, which is usually early in October. Supplied 

 in mixed colors only. Vt oz„ 50 cts 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, not unlike a 

 gigantic heather 



Platycodon ( Chinese Bell Flower). 



One of the best hardy perennials, producing flowers 

 throughout the entire season. 



Grandiflorum. Large steel-blue flowers 



— Album. Pure white variety 



Mariesi. Rich violet-blue; compact 



Japonicus Fl. PI. (Double Japanese Bell Flower). Large, 



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



10 



5 

 5 

 5 



15 



Hardy Poppies (Papaver). 



Bracteatum. Very large orange-scarlet. Per Vt oz., 



25 cts 5 



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

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

 ing flowers in endless profusion; 1 foot. 



— Bright Yellow 10 



— Orange Scarlet 10 



— Pure White 10 



— Finest Mixed. All colors. Per Vt oz., 25 cts 10 



■ — New Hybrid. The latest development in this lovely 

 species," varying in color from sulphur-yellow to 



salmony-rose 15 



Orientate (The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming 

 summer-flowering hardy plant, about 2V 2 feet high, 

 with large orange-scarlet flowers, having a conspic- 

 uous black blotch on each petal; exceedingly showy. 



Per 54 oz.. 25 cts 10 



Orientale Hybrids. We offer five of the best and most 

 distinct sorts. Seedlings are liable to vary in color. 



Goliath. Vermilion red; very large 15 



Mammoth. Glowing scarlet; very large 15 



Mrs. Perry. Salmon pink 15 



— . — Princess Victoria Louise. Soft salmon-rose 15 



Perry's White. The wonderful new white with 



crimson blotch on base of petals 25 



A packet each of the 5 sorts, 75 cts. 

 — Hybrids. Mixed. Beautiful new hybrids of the 

 Oriental Poppy, producing flowers of immense size 

 and of many novel colors, such as salmon, pink, 

 cherry, etc. Per Vt oz., 50 cts 15 



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 



Gold Laced. Very showy and attractive 



English. All colors mixed. Per Vs oz., 30 cts 



Primula (Primroses). 



Chinese Fringed Varieties. 



Alba Magniflca. The finest pure white 



Covent Garden Red. Large rosy red 



Covent Garden White. A fine, very free white 



Kosy Morn. Beautiful delicate pink 



Stellata. A very pretty form with large heads of star- 

 shaped flowers of various colors; splendid for decora- 

 tive purposes 



Dreer's Choicest Mixed. This mixture contains nothing 

 but the finest sorts, and cannot fail to give entire 

 satisfaction 



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 flowers in many new and 

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

 servatory, this is unequalled 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. 



Obconica Grandiflora. Mixed. All colors 10 



Obconica Gigantea. Finest Mixed. All colors 20 



Malacoides. A splendid house plant; sprays of deli- 

 cate lilac flowers 25 



—Alba. A new white sort 25 



Forbesi (Baby Primrose). Beautiful rosy lilac flowers.. 25 



Kewensis. A new bright yellow variety; a fine house 



plant 25 



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 15 

 10 



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25 



Oriental Poppy 



Per Pkt. 

 Pueraria. 



T lumbers iana (Kudzu Tine). A hardy vine of rapid 



. growth. Per J4 ° z -. 25 cts 10 



Pyrethrum. 



Hybridum. Large, daisy-like flowers, ranging in color 



from light pink to deep red. Per Vt oz., 50 cts 10 



— Grandiflorum. This new large-flowering form pro- 

 duces blooms in all the variations of color between 

 light rose and deep carmine. Per Vt, oz., 75 cts.... 15 



Hybridum FI. PI. Large-flowering double; seed saved 



from a celebrated collection; mixed colors; 1V 2 feet.. 25 



Ugliginosum Stellatum (Starry Giant Daisy). A fine 

 hardy perennial, grows 3 to 4 feet high, and from 

 July to September is hidden beneath the multitude 

 of large white flowers, 2 pkts., 25 cts ; 15 



Rudbeckia (Cone Flower). 



Newmani. One of the finest of autumn-flowering 

 perennials. Bright orange-yellow petals, surround- 

 ing a large black cone 15 



Purpurea (Gia7it Purple Cone Flower). Showy, red- 

 dish-purple flowers, about 4 inches across; a remark- 

 ably large cone-shaped centre of brown. Per Vt 

 oz., 30 cts 10 



Salvia. 



Azurea Grandiflora. A hardy perennial variety, pro- 

 ducing during August and September spikes of 

 pretty sky-blue flowers in great profusion; 2 to 3 feet 10 



TJliginosa. In general habit similar to the above but 

 of stronger growth, each plant forming a bushy 

 specimen from 5 to 6 feet high; wonderfully free- 

 flowering, blooming continuously from June until 

 frost. The flowers are a pretty corn-flower blue with 

 a white throat, produced in branched spikes about 

 six inches long 25 



Scablosa. 



Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). One of the handsomest of 

 hardy perennials, especially valuable for cutting, the 

 bloom lasting a long time in water; lilac-blue; 3 feet 10 



•Taponica. A hardy sort from Japan; lavender-blue... 10 



Schizanthus (Butterfly or Fringe Flower). 



This is one of the airiest and daintiest flowers imaginable, 



they make admirable pot plants for the house, and are 



charming for window boxes in winter. 



Dwarf Large-flowered. Compact pyramidal plants, lit- 

 erally covered with large, beautiful orchid-like flow- 

 ers in a bewildering range of color. Vt oz., 40 cts.. 15 



Wisetonensis. Largely used as a pot plant for the 

 house or conservatory. It is remarkably free- 

 flowering, and presents a beautiful appearance with 

 its myriads of blooms, the ground color of which is 

 white, dotted with delicate rose. A very shy seeder 20 



Smllax (Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides). 



In many respects the Smilax is the most useful, and 

 it is certainly one of the most graceful climbers 

 which adorns the greenhouse or conservatory; for 

 bouquets and floral decorations it Is indispensable. 

 Per % oz., 25 cts 10 



