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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



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PETUNIA. 



For outdoor decoration or house culture few plants equal the 

 Petunia in effectiveness. They commence flowering early and 

 continue a sheet of bloom throughout the whole season until 

 killed by frost; easily cultivated, only requiring a good soil and 

 sunny position. We have long been celebrated for our magnifi 

 cent strains of both the single and double varieties, which we 

 endeavor to improve each year by careful selection and hybrid- 

 ization. We have tested samples received from the leading 

 Petunia specialists of the world, and can safely say without fear 

 of contradiction that our strain is the best that can be 

 secured from any source at any price. 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Note. — It is well known that seed saved from the most 

 carefully hybridized flowers produces but a small percent- 

 age of double flowers, the balance being singles of unusu- 

 ally fine quality. The weaker seedlings should be care- 

 fully saved, as these invariably produce the finest double 

 flowers. 



The same is true, in a measure, of the single sorts, the 

 large, strong seedlings usually being weedy, while the, 

 at first, weaker seedlings produce the very finest flowers 

 of best colorings. 



3590 Dreer's Superb Double Fringed. Saved from our 

 own unrivalled collection; will produce a large percent- 

 age of double flowers PK ' 

 of the largest fringed 

 varieties in bright col- 



ors and tints, 

 cut. ) 



(See 



50 



3587 Double Large 

 Flowering. Beauti- 

 ful varieties in mixture. 

 Not our own saving, 

 but the best that 

 money can buy from 

 other sources 25 



3589 Imported Collec- 

 tion of Double- 

 fringed. 6 varieties. 75 





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Howard's Star Peti' 



3578 

 3504 



3566 



3565 



3501 

 3562 

 3563 



3567 



3570 



3579 



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SINGLE VARIETIES. 



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3580 Dreer's Superb 

 Large - flowering 

 Fringed. Our own 



saving from finest 

 flowers; of very large 

 size and beautiful 

 shape, deep - throated, 

 and of varied and bril- 

 liant colors, and beau- 

 tifully fringed. ( See 

 cut.)! 25 



3576 Giant of California. 



Flowers very large, in 

 great variety of colors 

 and markings, with 

 deep yellow throats. 2^ 



3577 Ruffled Giant. 

 Flowers of extraordinary size and substance, and dis- 

 tinguished from the large-flowering fringed section bj 

 the deep fluting, giving the appearance as if artificially 



ruffled ' 2 r ^ 



Fringed Ruffled Giant. This differs from the pre- 

 ceding in having, in addition to the ruffling, a ver\ fine 



fringed edging, making a very handsome flowei 



Howard's Star. A beautiful free-flowering strain. 

 color crimson maroon with a clearly-defined five-pointed 

 star of blush-white. For bedding, baskets, vases, etc. 



this is exceptionally line; 2 pkt.-., 25 cts 1"> 



Rosy Morn. Soft carmine pink; verj dainty 20 



Brilliant. Beautiful and effective compact variety; 

 flowers brilliant carmine pink. 2 pkts., 25 CtS. ... 15 

 Dwarf Inimitable. "Star Petunia." compact-grow- 

 ing variety; flowers cherry-red with a white centre; . 



oz., 50 cts ' in 



Snowball. A fine compact sort, producing its pur< 

 satiny-white flowers throughout the entire season; Joz., 



50 cts ]<• 



Pure White. Desirable for cemetery beds, oi when 

 large masses of while are wanted. Grows 12 to 15 

 inches high. When- a more compact sort is wanted, we 



lccoininend "Snowball." \o/., 30 els 10 



Striped and Blotched. A good strain of the small- 

 flowering type; fine for massing, ', 07.. 30 cts 10 



Fine Alixed. All colors. \ oz., 25 cts 5 



Imported Collection of 6 fringed varieties 50 



For Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds see pages 54 to 63. 



