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 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. We offer the most popular colors. 

 Deep Rose. A deep brilliant rose. Tr. pkt. 75c; 



oz. $2.25; oz. $8.00. 

 Buby. A rich dark crimson. Tr. pkt. 75o; % oz. $2.25; 



oz. $3.00. 



Silvery Xiilac or Ziilac-Iiavender. Tr. pkt. 75c; % oz. 



$2.25; oz. $8.00. 

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



oz. $8.00. 



Mixed Colors. Extra quality. Tr. pkt. 7Sc; V2 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. p&t. Oz. 



Blood Bed $0 40 



Canary Yellow 



Brig'lit Pint or Bose 



Xiaveuder 



Purple 



Pure White 



Finest IVIized. Extra quality. 



Cui-and-Come-Agaln Stocks 



Cut-and-Come-Again Stocks 



Giant Perpetual 



Splendid, perpetual-blooming class; making numerous 

 side branches, all bearing vfery double fragrant flowers. 

 Excellent for pot culture and for cutting. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Princess Alice. Snow white $0 50 $2 50 



Zia Prance, 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 

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Early Giant Imperial Stocks 



Improved Bismarck 



A magnificent strain, growing about 2% feet high 

 with Immense spikes of very large double fiowers; 

 blooms in about 12 weeks from time of sowing. 



Tr. pkt 



AppleTilossom. Blush pink $0 50 



Antique Copper (New). An entirely new 

 and very attractive color, a rich Helle- 

 bore red 



Buttercup. A richer deeper tone of yellow 

 than Golden Ball 



Chamois. Ivory, tinted old rose 



Elk's Pride. Large flowers of rich royal 

 purple 



Old Bose. A very beautiful shade 



Bose-Plnk 



Piery Blood Bed 



Iiavender 



Shasta. A giant, glistening white, 

 longer stems, larger and more blooms, 

 and a very high percentage of doubles.. 



Finest Mixed. An extra-quality mixture.. 



Tagetes 



Signata pumila. A dwarf compact Marigold, flowers 

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

 oz. $1.00. 



Iiittle Giant. The objection of some growers that Sig- 

 nata pumila 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- 

 rupted procession of lovely brilliant golden yellow 

 blooms with brilliant light-orange center markings. 

 Tr. pkt. 25c; oz. $1.25. 



Tahoka Daisy — Machaeranthera 



Tanacetifolia. A free-flowering annual with flowers 

 which have quite a resemblance to those of the 

 hardy fall-flowering Asters. The color is a lovely 

 lavender. Blooms freely throughout the summer and 

 fall. Grows about a foot high. Tr. pkt. 50c; oz. $3.00. 



Thunbergia — Black-Eyed Susan 



Mixed Colors. Highly useful vine for baskets, vases, 

 etc. Tr. pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; % lb. $1.50. 



Tithonia — Mexican Sunflower, - 

 Golden Flower of the Incas 



Early-Plowering. 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 



Poumierl. A very fine annual useful for vases, hanging 

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

 a mass of blooms. Sky bUie with 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 measuring 

 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 



Fastnosnm, A magniflcent 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 difficult if started 

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

 $1.00; oz. $3.50. 



— Hybrids. These Include quite a number of shades 

 such as cream, apricot, lemon, orange, and butter 

 yellow. Tr. pkt. 50c; % oz. $1.00. 



All Flower Seeds are sent Postpaid. 



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