in Flower Seeds for 1947 
Dreer’s Six Famous 
American Asters ® 
Asters are among the most popular of annual garden 
flowers. They give a delightful garden display and are 
excellent for cutting. The six varieties given below have 
been selected for this special position because we regard 
them as particularly outstanding. They represent various 
types and provide a very attractive color range. 
1265 Purple Beauty. W-R Very large rich glittering purple 
blooms on sturdy plants. 2% ft. tall. Pkt. 20c; large 
pkt. 75c. 
1278 California Giant, Rich Rose. Giant interlaced blooms 
of a pleasing color. 3 ft. Pkt. 20c; large pkt. 75c. 
1289 Crego’s Giant White. W-R Immense fluffy blooms 
composed of long lacy pure white petals. Very impressive © 
and of artistic proportions. 2 ft. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 50c;: 
4 oz. 90c. 
1321 Late-Branching Azure Blue. W-R Elegant large 
blooms of an appealing rich deep lavender color. 2-21 ft. 
Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 50c; %4 oz. 75c. 
1335 Dreer’s Peerless Pink. W-R Glorious full blooms of 
exquisite shell pink. 2 ft. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 50c; 14 oz. 90c. 
1337 Sensation. W-R The reddest of all Asters. Blooms very 
profusely. 18 in. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 50c; 14 oz. 90c. 

4752 Collection of Dreer’s 
Six Famous Asters 

Aster, Dreer’s Peerless Pink 
One packet each of the above 6 
magnificent Asters, value $1.00, for 70¢ 


Argemone ® 
Mexican or Prickly Poppy 
1241 Hybrida grandiflora, Mixed. 
Slightly prickly plants 2 to 3 ft. 
tall, bearing from midsummer until 
frost showy, satiny, crinkled blooms 
in white, cream, and old-rose. Pkt. 
15c; large pkt. 50c. 

Bartonia—Blazing Star ® 
1451 Aurea. Brilliant, large, golden- 
yellow flowers with prominent sta- 
mens and downy thistle-like foliage. 
Sow in spring where to bloom; 
does not stand transplanting. 114-2 
ftetallel tou SCs large. DKts OCs 



NEN Ce Poppy Bells of Ireland ® 
1507 Molucella laevis. A curious yet 
very attractive plant with large 
deep green calysis attractively veined 
with lighter green and a two-lipped 
white flower in each. Blooms during 
July and August. 2 ft. tall. Pkt. 25c; 
large pkt. 75c. 
Bells of Ireland 

2014 Coral Flower ® 
Talinum paniculatum 
Exquisite plants with dark emerald 
green leaves, bearing many dainty 
stems as much as 30 in. in height end- 
ing in loose alternate flower clusters, 
studded with little 5-pointed stars of 
luminous rose pink followed by beads 
of coral-like seed pods. Pkt. 25c; large 
pkt. 75c. Coral Flower 

Bartonia aurea 

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® = Annual; = Biennial; [HHP] = Half-Hardy Perennial; [up] = Hardy Perennial; [TP] Tender Perennial 7 

