Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. ONE COU = Nv nth aA SIO IE: } Z i ; j } tae t PHILADELPAIA. Jay ARY,) TOTS >7" } t j 7 BG ‘ oe ti The attention of our customers is b apenitil ly called to the following directions, which Will, if followed, be an aid.to | | ~ pears as well as ourselves \ eSTAe, ANCOR f ORDER BAR y -—It vill gre duly fa a: ‘tate shipment if or rs are Fa in ear We. | aim to send off all orders the same or next day after r cipt, but during e e rush season this is impossible—hence the advisability of ordering early. Mh | FORWARDING.—We deliver postage paid, to any post office in the United States, Vegetable and Flower Seeds in packets, ounces and pounds, at catalogue prices, except where otherwise noted; but it will be much cheaper to the purchaser if goods are ordered to be sent by Express or Freight at their expense, when desired in any quantity. _ Agricultural Seeds, Implements and other bulky and heavy goods. can () | | only be sent by freight or express at plirchasers" expense: ‘Regarding shipatiegts of Plants please see page 127. Seeds, Plants, and Bulbs are now taken by Express Companies’ ata reduction of twenty per cert. from the regular rates for merchandise. CANADA POSTAGE.—Vegetable and Flower Seeds in packets and ounces mailed free. On archiihia’ else remit for postage I cent per ounce. , LOCAL DELIVERY.—We deliver goods free itt Pi'ladelphia, Germantown, and Chestnut Hill. We also daliver ; free of charge by Package System (Baggage»Master) p all ei view this system is in operation, such goods as will be received by them. Sah PLANT ORDERS should be separated from the Seed orders; tie departments are separate, but shipments of pedir, and plants are made in one parcel, to avoid additional express charges. See note regarding shipments of Riva: Mee on page 127. i “fw PACKING.—No charge is made for boxes or packing, nor for delivery to Freight Depots or Express Offices i in Phila Cit delphia. veo REMITTANCES should be made by Post Office Money Order, Drafts on Philadelphia or New York Banks or Express Bs Money Orders. We disclaim all responsibility when remittances are not made as above directed, Where it is not possible to obtain these, the letter should be registered. Postage stamps will be found a convenient method of | remitting for small amounts, and can be used by us to advantage. Coin should not be sent by mail \ CASH WITH ORDER.— Please send money with the order sufficient to cover the whole bill. We decline jeidinag goods ‘Collect on Delivery,” unless remittance be made on account to guarantee acceptance. ERRORS.—We exercise the utmost care in filling orders, striving to do a little more than we offer; yet in the press of business errors sometimes occur, in which event we wish to be promptly notified of the fact and will make such | corrections as will be satisfactory. Please keep copies of all your orders for comparison. * SAFE ARRIVAL OF PACKAGES.—We endeavor to secure the safe arrival of packages of Seeds, Bulbs and Panga" in good condition in every case. If a package is injured or lost, by Mail or Express, we will replace it as soon as informed of the fact. F requently it happens that o ders never reach us, or are without signature. When customers _ fail to receive their packages in a reasonable time, they should inform us, and at the same time send a copy of their Bos order and any other information necessary to trace the goods. Complaints must be made on receipt of goods. NAME AND ADDRESS.—Please remember to write your Name, Post Office, County and State; also give number of Street or P.O. Box, as distinctly as possible; also the nearest Express Office; or if on a Stage route cent Is special directions, giving us the name of the Express Company delivering goods. CATALOGUES.—We send our customers three catalogues annually, viz.; Garden Book in January, Mid-summ Catalogue in June, and Autumn Catalogue in September. Customers having more than one address will bigs by stating to which address they wish the Catalogues mailed. : NON-WARRANTY.—Most of the failures with seeds, plants and bulbs are due to causes entirely beyond o our control, a such as unfavorable weather or soil conditions, too deep or too shallow planting, etc., which renders it impossible for us to guarantee success, and although we take all possible care to supply only auch goods as will, under proper conditions produce satisfactory results, we still give no warranty as to pom hicks Be ase r produ ses of | any of the seeds, plants or bulbs we send out, and will not be in any ‘ay cesponiok AS ehh il rde for articles named in this catalogue will be executed on these conditions only. It Spi Neat be p lain y va 5 one who gives the matter the slightest thought, that it is to our best anes a ee + cis ove bh pike stock id not only grow but prove true to name and description. : CORRESPONDENCE,.—We try to give prompt attention to all proper rad inquiry. bh We ae Ky as 2 that all questions be stated clearly and briefly, and not on order sheets; ‘ also that at nqui d ee rey sent in during April and May, at which time we are overtaxed with the business bye eat is roping: ded into Ths these two months. : : . ESTABLISHED 1222 ORDER SHEET—1912 | 1 PLEASE DO NOT WRITE HERE State whether wanted by Forward by (Sail, Express or Freight = Date Please prefix " Name,( ur. Mrs. or a Street, P. 0. Box or Rural Delivery. Post Office, : If diff t Express Office (from P. 0. : - State, County, Gardener’s Name, State whether P. O. Order. Amount Enclosed express Money Order, Dratt, $ | Postage Stamps or Cash. In ordering Flower Seeds it is unnecessary to write the names of the articles, but Flower Seeds merely to put down the number of packets wanted and the catalogue number of the variety desired. All Flower Seeds are sent post-paid. ALL ORDERS ARE FORWARDED ON RECEIPT UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO THE CONTRARY. IUANTITY CATALOGUE QUANTITY CATALOGUE QUANTITY CATALOGUE PACKETS NO. OF OF PACKETS NO. OF PRICE OF PACKETS NO. OF ANTED VARIETY WANTED VARIETY WANTED VARIETY K425 All Vegetable Seeds are sent post-paid except where noted in catalogue. Vegetable Seeds ALL ORDERS ARE FORWARDED ON RECEIPT UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO THE CONTRARY. #424 H2 TT ESTABLISHED 1228 en eee Tools, Garden Requisites and Sundries These canner So0) bY Pein or Freight at customer’s expense, except where noted in catalogue. ALL ORDERS ARE FORWARDED ON RECEIPT UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO THE CONTRARY. QUANTITY WANTED ARTICLES WANTED Pla nts and Bulbs We recommend that all plants be sent by Express. Wedo not pay express: age, but send larger plants and ‘‘extras’’ to help defray charges 4a> lf plants are not wanted at once please state about what date you wish them forwarded QUANTITY WANTED NAME OF PLANTS OR BULBS e | | - i %424 BAKER-VAWTER CO. MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO-HOLYOKE* > H2 ESTASMSHED 1838 INCORPORATED 18972. Seventy-fourth Annual Edition OF ~Dreer’s Garden Book. “THE NEW KIND OF CATALOGUE.” for seventy-four years we have been supplying the most critical private and professional gardeners in the United States with their requirements in Seeds, Plants an’ Bulbs, and the steady growth in the number of our customers and the amount of cusiness done is evidence that our efforts to sup}: 7 only reliable goods are appreciated. The season of 1911 was a most unusual and trying one, and owing to the excessive heat and drought in the seed-growing districts all over the world, good seed stocks are this year scarcer than we can remember, and in consequence prices on reliable grades are somewhat higher than usual, and, owing to the shortness of the crop, we advise our customers to order their supplies as sarly as convenient. We take this opportunity of thanking our many customers for their generous patronage in the past, and to assure them that ve will continue to do all in our power to merit a continuance of their confidence. Our organization and equipment are such that orders can be executed rapidly, and we aim to give every order, no matter how small or how large, prompt and careful attention. The offerings of the various departments will be found in this book as follows : Vegetable Seeds. This Department offers a complete ime of the most approved new and standard sorts. The newer varieties are offered on pages 5 to 10, while he General List will be found on sages 11 to 46. Grass and Field Seeds. Extraordinary care is taken to sup- aly only the very finest quality of these. Jur various latyn and other mixtures of grasses are made up from thoroughly ested formulas, and will be found wsurpassed. See pages 47 to 54. Flower Seeds. No pains or expense are spared © secure only the finest strains in zvery instance, and the majority of he commercial florists in the United States, the most critical buyers, now depend on us for their supplies in this ine. Novelties and Specialties for his season are offered on pages 58 to 38, while the General List is given am pages 69 to 126. fools and Sundries. You will find all the essential mis- ellaneous articles wanted in the gar- ten listed on pages 275 to 288. We also offer on the inside of the back ever a list of the best books on Hor- ‘eultural and kindred subjects. 74. HENRY A DREER 744 Our Offices and Seed Store, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. —- Plant Department. We have the most modern and best equipped general plant Nurseries in the world to-day. We have recently added a new Nursery of 120 acres and erected twenty-two additional greenhouses, covering about 100,000 square feet of ground. This part of our business is divided into several departments, each under competent heads, including : Garden and Greenhouse Piants. New and rare varieties are offered on pages 128 to 132. Gen- eral List on pages 138 to 173. Roses. These are one of our lead- ing specialties, and all the latest as well as the old favorite varieties are offered in strong two-year-old plants that will give immediate results. See pages 174 to 193. Hardy Perenniai Plants. We have the largest and most complete stock of these in this country. The most recent introductions are offered on pages 196 to 202. The Genera} List on pages 203 to 248. Choice Hardy Shrubs. See pages 244 to 255. Hardy Climbers. See pages 256 to 261. Select Smali Fruits, See pages 262 and 268. Water Lilies, Aquatics and Aquarium Plants, See oages 264 to 274. HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. IN DEX. GARDEN TOOLS, FERTILIZERS, INSECTICIDES and (2) Pages. Pages. Pages. Vegetable Seed Specialties, 5 to 10| Vegetable Plants and Roots, = 46 | Agricultural Seeds, Sito 54 Seneral List of Vegetable Seeds, 11 to 46 | Lawn Grass Mixtures, 47, 48 | Bird Seeds, 54 Herb Seeds, 46 | Grass Seeds, 49, 50 | Clover Seeds, 50 INDEX of BOTANICAL names of FLOWER SEEDS and PLANTS offered in this Catalogue. For Common or English names see opposite page. Plants or Plants or Plants or Plants or Plants or Seeds Bulbs Seeds Bulbs Seeds Bulbs Seeds Bulbs “Seeds Bulbs Abelia, 244 | Caltha, 208, 273 | Euonymus, 199, 247, | Mahonia, 254 | Ribes, 249 Abutilon, 69 133 | Calycanthus, 245 254, 259 | Mauettia, 166 | Richardia, 144 Acacia, 69 133 | Cainellia, 143 | Eupatorium, 93 216 | Maranta, 166 | Ricinus, 116 171 Acalypha, 133} Campanula, 80, 81 209 | Euphorbia, 93 199, 216 | Marshallia, 227 | Rodgersia, 202, 236 Acauthus, 69 128, 203 | Canna, 81 140, 14l | Eurya, 157 || Matricaria, 104 216 | Romneya, 236 Achillea, 69 203 | Caragana, 245 | Exochorda, 247 | Matthiola, 108 Rosa, 174 to 193, Achyruithes, 133 | Carlina, 196 | Fagus, 27 | Maurandia, 108 252 Acouituin, 69 203 | Caryopteris, 210 | Farfugium, 157 | Medinilla, 166 | Roscheria, 169 Acorus, 273 | Caryota, 168 | Festuca, 219 | Megasea, 238 | Rosmarinus, 116 237 Acrocliniuin, 69 Cassia, 82 128, 210 | Ficus, 129, 157 | Mentha, 227 | Rudbeckia, U7 237 Actzea, 203 | Catananche, 210 | Fittonia, 157 | Mervensia, Russelia, 172 Actinidia, 256 | Cedronella, 210 | Forsythia, 247 | Mosembryauthe- Sagittaria, 278, 274 Adenophora, 204 | Celastrus, 257 | Fuchsia, 94 157 nun, Salisburia, 249 Adlumia, 70 Celosia, 62, 82 Funkia, 216 | Metrosideros, 166 | Salpiglossis, 117 Adonis, 204 | Centaurea, 62, 83 210 | Gaillardia, 64,94 218 | Milla, 166 | Salvia, 66, 118 172, 237, Z#Zgopodiuin, 204 | Cephalanthus, 245 | Galega, 199, 217 | Mimosa, 104 202 Zischy uauthus, 183 | Cephaiaria, 210 | Gardenia, 160 | Mimulus, 104 Salvinia, 74 #thionema, 204 | Cerastium, 84 210 | Gaura, M4 Mina, 104 Sambucus, 249 Aetheopappus, 196 | Cercls, 245 | Genista, 163, 199 | Mirabilis, 108 Sanchezia, 172 Agapantlhius, 134 | Cestrum, 144 | Gentiana, 199, 217 | Molina, 219 | Sanseviera, 182, 172 Ageratum, 70 134 | Chameelirium, 212 | Geranium, 94 130, 160, | Momordica, 105 Santolina, Aglaoneia, 133 | Chamzepeuce, 210 218 Monarda, 201, 227 | Sunvitalia, 418 Agrostemuina, 70 204 | Chelone, 210 | Geum, 64,94 199, 218 | Monstera, 170 | Suponaria, 117 237 Agrostis, 96 Chionanthus, 246 | Gillenia, 218 | Montbretia, 228 | Satureia, 237 ai Fil, 204 | Clrysan- 84 128, 142, | Gladiolus, 161 to 163 | Musa, 105 167 | Saururus, 273 Akvbia, 256 themum, 143,198, | Glechoma, 218 | Myosotis, 105 227 | Saxifraga, 238 Allamianda, 134 211 Globularia, 218 | Myriophyllam, 274 | Scabiosa, 238 Alocasia, 134 | Chrysocoma, 212 | Gloriosa, 163 | Myrsiphyllui, 118 182, 173 | Schismatoglottis, 172 Aloysia, 124 134, 173 | Cimicifuga, 212 | Gloxinia, 95 181, 164 | Nelumibium, 15 p Schizanthus, 119 Alpinia, 128 | Cineraria, 85 Godetia, 95 Nemophila, 105 Schizophragma, 261 Alstromeria, 204 | Cissus, 144 } Gomplhrena, | Nepenthes, 167 | Scirpus, 278 Alternanthera, 134 | Clarkla, 62, 85 Grevillea, 95 Nepeta, 218 | Scutellaria, 238 Althea, 244, 252 | Claytonia, 212 | Gunnera, 215 | Nephrosperma, 169 | Sedum, 202, 239 Amasonia, 134 | Clematis, 144, 198, | Gynuerium, 96 219 | Nephthytis, 167 | Selaginella, 182, 159 Alyssum, 70 134, 204 212, 258 mr psonbilas 64,96 199, 218 | Nicotiana, 105 Sempervivum, Amaranthus, 71 259 alesia, 247 | Nierembergia, 105 228 | Senecio 101 172, 202, Aimaryllis, 135 | Cleome, 85 Heleniuin, 64,96 199, 220 | Nigella, 107 238 Amorpha, 244 | Clerodendron, 145, 246 | Helianthemum, 218 | Nympliea, 125 267 to 272 | Shortia, 289 ONES 134 | Clethra, 246 | Helianthus, 97 221 | (Enothera, 107 223 | Silene, 239 Ampelopsis, 71 256, 257 | Clivia, 144 | Helichrysum, 98 Olea, 167 | Silphium, 240 Amsonia, 24 | Coben, 86 145 | Heliconia, Onopordon, 223 | Sisyrinchium, 238 Anacharis, 274 | Coccinea, 86 Heliopsis, 98 199, 221 | Ononis, 228 | Smilacina, 240 nas, 135 | Cocos, 168 | [fellotrope, 98 1 Ophiopogon, 167 | Solanum, 118 172 Anchusa, 58, 71 196, 204 | Coix, 96 Helleborus 221 | Opuntia, 208 | Solidago, 95 240 Andromeda, 245, 253 | Coleus, 36 145 Hemerocallis, 222 | Orobus, 228 | Sonerila, 172 Anemone, 71 196, 205 | Colocasia, 145 | Hepatieca, 221 | Orontium, 273 | Spathiphyllum, 172 Anemonopsis, 196 | Coluten, 246 | Heracleum, 221 | Osmanthus, 254 | Spherogyne, 172 Anthemis, 71 205 | Convallaria, 212 | Herniaria, 221 | Ouvirandra, 273 | Spigelia, 240 Anthericum, 205 | Convolvulus, Hesperis, 122 221 | Oxalis, 107 Spirea, 197, 289, Anthurium, 136 | Corchorus, 246 | Heuchera, 98 222 | Pachysaudra, : Antirrhinum, 58, 71 135 | Coreopsis, 87 212 | Hibiseus, 98 164, 222] Peeony, 229, 280 | Stachys, 240 Aphelandra, 135 | Cornus, 246 | Hieraciuin, 222 | Panax, 167 | Staphylea, 249 Apios, 256 | Coronilla, 212) Hippeastrum, 135 | Pancratinum, 164 | Statice, 118 240 Aponogeton, 273 | Cosinos, 87 145 | Houstonia, 222 | Pandanus, 167 | Stenanthium, 240 Aquilegia, 58, 72 206 | Costus, 145 | Hurmutus, 99 259 | Panicum, 219 | Stephanotis, 172 Arabis, 72 205 | Crateegus, 246, 253 | Hunnemannia, 64,99 Papaver, 112-114 235 | Stevensonia, 169 Aralia, 126, 206, | Crossandra, 145 | Hyacinthus, 164 | Papyrus, 2738 | Stevia, 119 Croton, 145 | Hydrangea, 131, 165, | Pardanthus, 230 | Stipa, 96 Araucaria, 136 | Cuphea, 86 247 Passiflora, 170 | Stigmaphylion, 172 Arctotis, 72 Curmeria, 145 | Hypericum, 223 | Paullinia, 170 | Stokesia, 240 Ardisia, 135 | Cyanophyllum, 145 | Lveris, 223) Pavia, 248 | Swainsona, 172 Areca, 168 | Cycas, 145 | Imantophyllum, 144) Pelargonium, 94 132,170 | Symphoricarpus, 249 Arenaria, 206 | Cyclamen, Impatiens, Peltandra, 273 | Symphytum, 241 Aristolochia, 257 | Cyperus, 87 145, 273, | Imperata, 219} Pennisetum, 66, 96 131, 170, | Syringa, 251 Armeria, 75 206 274 Tneurvillea, 199, 223 201 ‘Tagetes, 128 Arrhenatherum, 219 | Cytisus, 246 | Inula, 223 | Pentstemon, 111 230 | ‘Tamarix, 250 Artemisia, 62 197, 206 | Dahlia, 88 146 to 155 | Lpomcea, 65, 88, 100 164, 260 | Peperomia, 171 | Tanacetum, 241 Arundo, 96 219] Daphne, 253, 254 | Iris, 100 200, 224,| Petasites, 230 | Thalictrum, 123 202, 241 Asclepias, 7 | Datura, 25 Petunia, 109 171 | Thermopsis, 241 Asparigus, 76 137 | Dzemonorps, 168 | Ismene, 164 | Phalaris, 219 Thrinax, 169 Asperula, 7 207 | Deckeria, 168 | Isolepis, 165 | Phaseolus, 117 Thunbergia, 123 Aspicistra, 137} Delphinium, 63,89 198, 213 | Ltea, 247 | Philadelphus, 249 | ‘Thymus, 2A Asphodelus, . 207 | Desmodium, 246 | [xora, 165 | Philodeudron, 170 | Tiarella, 241 Aster, 59-61, 73-76 137,197, | Deutzia, 247 | Jacobzea, 101 Phiox, 110 201, 231, Tigridia, 173 207 Dianthus, 90, 91, 198, 214, | Jasminum, 165, 260 Torenia, Astilbe, 197, 207 123-240 Jussizea, 273 | Phoenix, 169 | Tradescantia, 172, 241 Astrantia, 207 | Dicentra, 214 | Kalmia, Phygelius, 170 rapa, 24 Aubretia, 207 | Dictamnus, 214 | Kentia, 168, 169 | Phyllanthus, 171 | Tricyrtis, 241 Aucuba, 137 | Didiscus, Kerria, Phyllotzenum, 371 | Trillium, 242 Auricula, 76 Dieffenbachia, 156 | Kochia, 101 Physalis, 233 | Tritoma, 123 242 Azalea, 137, 245, | Dielytra, 214 | Lagerstreemila, 166 | Physostegia, lil 233 | Trollius, Fa 241 Digitalis, 92 215 | Lagurus, Piper, 171 | Tropeolum, 79, 106, 167 Baccharis, 245 | Dimorphanthus, 246 | Lantana, 101 166 | Pistia, 273 | | 107 Balsam, 77 Dimorphotheca,62,$9 Lapageria, 166 | Platycodon, 11 234 | Tunica, 123 242 Bambusa, Dioscorea, 257 | Latania, 169 | Plumbago, 171, 234 | Typha, 273 Baptisia, 77 208 | Dodecatheon, 214 | Lathyrus, 65, 101 260 | Podophyllum, 201, 234 | Uniola, 219 Begonias, 77 128, 138} Dolichos, 92 Laurus. 137} Polemonium, 111 234 | Valeriana, 124 2A2 Bellis, 62, 78 208 | Doronicum, 215 | Lavandula, 101 225 | Polygonatum, 234 | Vallisneria, 274 Berberis, 245, 252) Draba, 214 | Lavatera, 101 Polygonum 234, 261 Vallota, 178 Bignonia, 258 | Draczena, 92 129, 156 | Leptosiphon, 102 Pontederia, 273 | Verbascum, 242 Blakea, 138 | Echeveria, 156 | Leycesteria, 247 | Portulaca, 114 Verbena, 124 132, 173 Bocconia, 7 208 | Echinocactus, 208 | Liatris, 102 225 | Potentilla, 234, 248 | Vernonia, 242 Boltonia, 78 208 | Echinocystis, 92 Ligustrum, 248 | Pothos, WL Veronica, 124 243 Bougaiivillea, 139 | Echinocereus, 208 | Lilium, 226| Primula, 66, 76, 87, Verschaffeltia, 169 Bouvardia, 139 | Echinops, 92 215 | Limnanthemum, 273 Ul, 115 =©.201, 285 | Viburnum, 251 Brachycome, 78 Eichhornia, 273, 274 | Limnocharis, 278, 274) Prunella, 236 | Victoria, 271 271 Brasenia, 273 | Eleagnus, 247 | Linaria, 02 225 | Prunus, 249 | Villarsia, 273 briza, 96 Elaeis, 168 | Lindelofia, 225 Pulmonaria, 201, 236 | Vinca, 124 178, 243, Browalfia, 78 Elymus; 219} Linum, 102 225 | Pueraria, 114 261 : 202 Brugmansia, 89 Eomecon, 215 | Liriodendron, 247 | Punica, 171 | Vincetoxicum, 242 Bryonopsis, 78 Epimedium, 215 | Lithospermum, 226) Pyrethrum, 116 202, 236 joia, 124 202, 243 Buddleya, 245 | Eranthemum, 156 | Livistona, 169 | Pyrus, Viscaria, 125 . Buxus, 253 | Erianthus, 96 219 | Lobelia, 102 166, 226 | Ranunculus, 202, 236 | Vitex, _ Be Cabomba, 274 | Erica, 54 | Lonicera, 248 | Rehm:annia, 116 236 | Vitis,’ 267, 261 Cacalia, 78 Erigeron, 199, 215 | Lophospermum, 102 Reseda, 104 Watsonia, 132 Caladium, 129, 139) Erinus, 215 | Lotus, Rhapis, 169 | Weigelia, 252 Calamus, 168 | Eryngium, 93 216 | Ludwigia, 274) Rheum, 236 | Wistaria, 261 Calceolaria, 79 Erythrina, 156 | Lupinus, 65, 102 200, 226} Rhexia, 236 | Xanthoceras, 252 Calendula, 79 Eschscholtzia, 93 Lychnis, 103 227 | Rhodanthe, 116 Xeranthemum, 125 ‘ Calimeris, 208 | Eucomis, 157 | Lycium, 260 | Rhododendron, 254 | Yucca, 243 Calliopsis, 80 Eugenia, 157 | Lysimachia, 226 | Rhodotypus, 249 | Zephyranthes, 178 Callirhoe, 79 208 | Eucharis, 157 ee 103 201, 227} Rhus, 249 | Zinnia, 68, 126 173 Calluna, 253 | Eulalia, 96 199, 219 agnolia, 248, 254 | Rhynchospermum, 171 | Zizania, 278 SUNDRIES, pages 275 to 288. INDEX OF COMMON or ENGLISH Names of FLOWER SEEDS and PLANTS offered in this Catalogue. The common names have been compiled from the best American and English sources, but as there is a certain amount of confusion in regard te some of them, two different plants often bearing the same common name, it is wel: in ordering to use the botanical names given on opposite page. Plants or Seeds Bulbs Aaron’s Beard, 238 Abyssinian Banana, Adam's Needle, African Daisy, 72, 89 Allegheny Vine, 70 Almond, 249 Alum Root, 98 200, 222 American Ivy, 237 “Senna, 82 210 Amethyst, ) Angelica Tree, 245, 246 Annual Poin- settia, 93 Annual Mar- guerite, Arctic Daisy, 198 Auricula, 76 Asphodel, 207 Aveus, 94 218 Baby’s Breath, 64, 96 199, 218 Bachelor’s Button, 83, 94 236 Bailoon Flower, 11) 234 = Vine, 77 Balm of Gilead, 210 Balsim Apple, 105 “ Pear, 105 Bamboo, 220 Baneberry, 203 Barberry, 245, 252 Barren-wort, 215 Basket Flower, 83 Bay Tree, 137 Beard-tongue, lll 230 Bear’s Breech, 69 203 Bee Balm, 227 Beech, 247 Bellower, 80, 111 209 Belvidere, 101 Bergamot, 227 Bethlehem Sage, 236 Betony, 240 Bible Leaf, 241 Bird’s Eye, 204 Bishop’s Hat, 215 Sere Weed, 204 Bitter Sweet Vine, 257 i veteh, 22 Blackberries, 252 Blackberry Lily, 230 Black-eyed Susan, 123 Bladder Nut, 249 “s Senna, 246 Blanket Flower, $4 218 Blazing Star, 102 225 Bleeding Heart, 214 Blue Bells, 227 « _* of Scotland, 209 Blue-bottle, “Bonnet, 119 238 «Dawn Flower, 164 “Sage, 118 “ Spirzea, 210 Bluets, 222 Blue-eyed Grass, 238 Boston Ivy, 71 257 Bottle Brush, 166 Bouncing Bet, 117 237 Bowman's Root, 218 Boxwood, 253 Brazilian Golden Vine, 172 Bridal Wreath, 250 Bugle, 204 Bugle Lily, 132 Buckeye, 248 Burning Bush. 247 Bush Hschscholt- zia, 64, 99 Buttercup 236 Butterfly Flower, 119 C Weed, 207 Button Bush, 245 Cactus, 208 Calico Bush, 254 California Poppy, 93 ““ “Tree Poppy, 236 Calla, 144 Campion, 103 227 Cunary Bird Vine, 79 Candytuft, 81, 100 223 Canterbury Bells, 81 209 Cape Fuchsia, 170 “Hyacinth, 164 Jessamine, Marigold, 79 Pond Weed, Cardinal Climber, 65, 88 Cardinal Flower, 102 Carnation, 82 144, 198 Carolin Pink, 240 Castor Oil Bean, 116 17L Cat Tail, 27; Catchfly, 239 Chamomile, 205 rity, 111 234 Chaste Tree, 252 Cherry Pie, 98 163 Chilian Lily, 204 ee Rhubarb, 218 Chimney Bell- flower, 209 Chinese Lantern Plant, 233 Christmas Rose, 221 Cigar Plant, Cinnamon Vine, 257 Cingquifoil, 234, 248 Plants or Seeds Bulbs Climbing Fumi- tory, 7 Climbing Hy- drangea 261 Climbing Lily, 163 Cockscomb, 62, 82 Columbine, 58, 72 206 Comfrey, 241 Compass Plant, 240 Coneflower, 117 237 Coral Plant, 156 Cornelian Cherry, 246 Cornflower, 62, 83 210 a Aster, Corn Marigold, Costmary, Cotton Thistle, Coventry Bells, Cowslip, 62, Crane’s Bill, Crape Myrtle, Creeping Jenny, Crowfoot, Crown Vetch, 2 Cup Flower, 105 228 Cups and Saucers Vine, 145 Cupid’s Dart, 210 Currants, 262 Cypress Vine, 88 Day Lily, 222 Devil-in-the- Bush, 107 Devil’s Walking- Stick, 245 Dogwood, 246 Dr.igon Plant, 92 131, 156 Drop-wort, 239 Dusty Miller, 83, 85 Dutchman’s Pipe, 257 Eastern Poppy, 215 Eel Grass, 27 Eglantine 189 Egyptian Lotus, 125 266 a Paper Plant, 273 Us Rose, 119 Elephant’s Ear, 139 Emerald Feather, 76 137 English Daisy, 62,78 208 Evening Glory, 100 Ls Primrose,107 228 sd Scented Stock, 103 Evergreens, 255 Evergreen Thorn, 253 Everlasting,69, 98, 125 a Pea, 65, 101 260 Fair Maids of France, 236 Fairy Lily, 17. False Chamomile, 78 208 “ Dragon- head, 111 233 *© Indigo, 77 208, 244 “* Solomon’s Seal, 240 “ Waill-cress, 207 Ferns, 93 130, 158, 159, 217 Feverfew, 104 216 Fiery Thorn, 253 Fish-bone Thistle, 210 Flame Flower, 123 242 “ Nettle, 86 115 Flamingo Flower, 136 Flax, 102 225 Flea-bane, 199, 215, 223 Fleur-de-Lis, 100 200, 224, O08 Flora’s Paint Brush, 78 Floss Flower, 70 134 Flower of Jove, 204 Flowering Flag, 100 200, 224, 225 a Maple, 69 133 so 'Sare) e118 172 f Spurge, 216 Foam Flower, 241 Forget-me-not, 105 227 Fountain Grass, 66, 96 170, 201 se Plant, 7 Four-O’Clocks, 103 Foxglove, 92 215 Fringe Flower, 119 Garden Helio- trope, 124 242 Gardener’s Garters, 219 Garland Flower, 253 Gas Plant, 214 Gay Feather, 102 225 German Ivy, 172 Giant Arrowhead, 273 “Daisy, 116 202, 236 “Parsnip; 221 “Spider, Flower, 85 “« Water Weed, 274 “Yellow Tulip ; (3) » 65, 99 Gilliflower, 58, 122 Ginkgo Tree, 249 Globe Amaranth, 94 “Flower, 241, 246 “ Thistle. 92 215 Goat’s Beard, 239 “Rue, 199, 217 Gold cope 93 Gold Tuft, 70 204 Plants or Plants or Plants or Seeds Bulbs | Seeds Bulbs Seeds Bulbs Golden Bell, 247, Meadow Rue, 123 202, 241 | Seal Flower, 214 A Chain, 246 es Sage, 237 | Sensitive Plant, 104 “Currant, 249 & Sweet, 239 | Shasta Daisy, 84 198, 211 co Elder, 249| Mexican Fire Shell Flower, 178, 210 s Feather, 116 Plant, 93 Shooting Star, 214 < Moss, 239 | Michaelmas Silk Oak, < Rains 246 | _ Daisies, 75 197, 207 | Silver Bell, 247 ae Rod, 95 202, 240, Mignonette, 104 - Vine, 256 Goldilocks, 212 | a Vine, 260 | Skull-cap, 238 Gooseberries, 262 Milfoil, 202 | Smilax, 118 178 Gourds, 95 Milk-wort, 216 | Smoke Tree, 249 Grape Vines, 263 | Mint, 227 | Snake-root, 212 Grasses, 96 199,219 Mock Orange, 95 249 | Snapdragon, 58, 71 135 Great Reed, 96 219| Money-wort, 226 | Sneeze-wort, 96 199, 220 Grecian Corn- Monkey Flower, 104 Snowball, 261 flower, 83 | Monkshood, 69 208 | Snowberry, 249 Gromwell, 226 Moonflower, 100 164, 260 | Snowdrop Tree, 247 Ground Ivy, 218 Moonpenny Snow-in-Summier, 84 210 Groundsell, 202, 218,| _ Daisy, a4 Snow-on-the- 238 | Moon-wort. 98 Mountain, 93 C Tree, 245 Morning Glory, 86, 100 Soap-wort, 237 Guelder Rose, 250, 251 Mosquito Plant, 242 | Solomon’s Seal, 234 Hardheads, 210, Moss Pink, 233 | Southernwood, 206 Hardy Ferns, 217 | Mountain Feather Fleece,240 | Spearmint, 46 “Gloxinia, 23 | 5s Fringe, 70 Speedwell, 124 248 “ Marguerite,71 205 < Laurel, 254 | Spider-wort, 241 Hare-bell, 20 209 a8 Pink, 233 | Spindle Tree, 254 Hawk-weed, 222 | Mourning Bride, 119 | Spring Beauty, 212 Hawthorn, 246 | Mother of Thou- Spurred Flower, 242 Heath, 254 sands. 102 St. Bernard’s Lily, 206 Heather, 253 | Mullein, 242 | St. Bruno’s Lily, 205 Helmet Flower, 69 203 oy Pink, 70 204 | St. John’s-wort, 223 Hercules Club, 245 | Musk Plant, 104 Standing Cypress, 101 Hollyhocks, 64,99 223 | Nancy Pretty, 238 | Star of Bethlehem, 166 Honesty, 8 Nasturtium, 65, 106, 107 167 | Star-wort, 75 197, 207, Honeysuckle, 248, 260} Night-blooming 2 Hop Vine, gs 259 Jessamine, 144 | Stocks, 58, 122 Horn of Plenty, 89 None-so-pretty, 238 | Stone-crop, 230 House Leek, 238) Norfolk Island Strawberry Shrub, 245 Humble Plant, 104 Pine, 136 | Strawberries, 268 Hyacinth Bean, 92 Old Maid, 124 Straw Flower, 98 Ice Plant, “ Man, 206 | Sumac, AB Indian Currant, 249 * Woman, 206 | Summer Fir, 62 o Shot, §1 140, 141| Oleaster, 247 | Sunflower, 97 22, Innocence, 222 | Orange, 167 | Sun Plant, 114 Iron Weed, 242 “Sunflower, 98 221 “Kose, 218 Italian Alkanet, 58, 71 196 | Orchid Vine, 2 | Swan River Daisy, 78 Ivy, 260 | Osage Orange, 5 KS “«“ Ever- Jacobean Lily, 135 | Oswego Tea, lasting, 116 Jacob’s Ladder, 111 234| Ox-eye, Sweet Peas, 67, 120,121 Japan Quince, 249 | Peony | “* ) COPENHAGEN MARKET CABBAGE. This new variety from Denmark will soon command the attention of those who grow for early market, as well as the private growers who desire an extra early, round-headed Cabbage which can be depended upon for making large, solid heads at an early season, The heads are grown upor a remarkably short stem, are solid and large in size, weighing 10 to 12 pounds, light green leaves, and of excellent quality. It is the largest of the early round-headed varieties, and its habit of growth allows of its being planted close together in the field or garden, and it matures so uniformly that the entire crop is ready for cutting at one time. Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 75 cts.; } lb., $2.25. SMALL EXTRA EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. This variety of Jersey Wakefield Cabbage matures earlier than the ordinary strain, and produces a firm, solid head; smaller, but of same conical shape as the original type, It is very hardy, and while the heads are small, the quality is fully equal to the well-known ‘‘Jersey Wakefield.”? Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; 3 lb., $1.25. DANISH ROUNDHEAD CABBAGE. Matures earlier than the Danish Ball Head; heads are round, have a short stalk, and are very hard. The interior leaves are pure white and of sweet flavor. It is a healthy variety and able to stand hot weather and resist disease. True seed from Denmark. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; } lb., $1.25. DAVIS’ PERFECT CUCUMBER. For a number of years this variety was controlled by the originator, who is one of the leading market gardeners in the West, and after whom the variety is named. Mr. Davis states that he experimented several years in trying to get an improved strain of Cucumber for forcing under glass and outside culture, and has finally fixed a ‘‘ Perfect’? type, combining quality, shape, color and productiveness. The Cucumbers grow long and slim, sometimes measure 12 inches in length; the color is a rich, dark, glossy green, which they hold until nearly ripe. It is very tender, brittle and of fine flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; $ lb., 45 cts.; lb., $1.25. 1 || HENRY A DREER PHILADELPHIA: PA" Mtl ee se © SP nen CHE VEGETABLE SEEDS | { [I] GOLDEN DAWN SUGAR CORN. An extra early yellow-grained variety, but when one gets the sweet, delicious taste, the color of grains is forgotten. Stalks about five feet high and bear 2 and 8 ears, free from smut and filled out to the ex treme tip. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 26 cts. ); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.). By express, 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. GOLDEN CREAM SUGAR CORN This new extra early Sugar Corn originated in Cali fornia, and is the result of a cross of Country Gentle man and Golden Bantam, taking on the character o} the former variety, except in color, The ears are ready for use at a very early season, and are about the size of Golden Bantam; grains are long and pointed, rich cream color when ready, but turn to light golden yellow when cooked, making an attractive appearance on the table. The quality is very fine, being remark ably sweet and tender. Stalks are brownish-red, anc make a healthy, rapid growth, producing from 2 to < ears each. This new variety is distinct, and possesse genuine merit. The seed we furnish was grown ir Connecticut, and is thoroughly acclimated. Pkt., 1 cts.; pt. 30 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (pos' paid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.75, by express. LTTE Haney A DREER- PATIADELDHIA- PA eS} COLUMBIA CELERY. An exceptionally fine, early variety, which for size and shape s unsurpassed. The plant is of medium height, but very stocky. Stalks are thick, almost round, and resemble Giant Pascal in shape, but are of a rich, yellow color, similar to the well-known | Golden Self-blanching, which it resembles very much when rimmed and bunched. It matures early, and its exceedingly ine flavor and crispness will please even the most critical. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 60 cts.; } lb., $1.75. WINTER KING CELERY. The excellent long-keeping qualities of this variety make it ane of the most desirable for winter use, as it may be left in the zench for a long time, and will come out in fine condition. he plants make a stocky growth, producing stout stalks, which vlanch up beautifully. The quality and flavor of this variety equals any of the green celeries. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 60 cts.; } Ib., $1.75. WITLOOF CHICORY, or FRENCH ENDIVE. During the winter this is sold by dealers in fancy fruits and vegetables as ‘‘Hrench Hndive,” and the large importations juring last winter caused considerable inquiry of us regarding ts culture. In order to grow good ‘‘Witloof’’ the seed should be sown during April in the open ground, in drills 10 or 12 inches apart, in deep, rich soil. Allow the plants to grow until November, keeping free from weeds and watering if necessary. Then take up the roots and trim off the leaves to about 14 inches ‘rom the neck, break off any shoots which may appear on sides of root, and shorten lower end so that all will be of a uniform length of 8 to 10 inches. Then plant in a trench 16 to18 inches deep, placing the roots upright, about 1} inches apart. This will ‘eave the necks of the roots about 8 inches below the level of ground. Fill up the trench with good, light, well-drained soil, and, if speedy growth of any portion of the crop is desired, it may be accomplished by covering with a layer of manure at ‘east 16 inches deep. In about 4 or 5 weeks the leaves will attain their proper size, and the manure may be taken off and roots dug up. The blanched head is the edible portion, and should be cut off, leaving a portion of the neck attached to it. Wit- foof is eaten raw or as a salad, and is also sometimes cooked like Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; ordinary Endive. 'b., $1.75. MAW KING LETTUCE. This splendid variety of Lettuce originally came from Ger- many, where it is a great favorite, It is very early, and being hardy will stand considerable cold, damp weather. It can be planted out of doors or under glass, and in either case will produce fine, solid heads much sooner than any other variety. The heads are very attractive, outer leaves being yellowish- green, tinged with brown, while inside it is rich golden-yellow. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 1 Ib,, 75 cts. DREER’S “WONDERFUL” LETTUCE. We were fortunate in being the introducers of this valuable variety, and the fact that many of those who purchased the seed of ‘‘Wonderful”? the first time it was offered have continued to include it in their order each spring is an indication of its pleas- ing qualities. It has become a popular variety, particularly in the South, where it withstands extreme heat and forms perfect heads of enormous size, which resemble cabbage in their solid- ity, measuring from 12 to 15 inches across, and frequently weighing 2 and 3 pounds each. The quality is superb, being crisp, rich and tender, and it can be depended upon for all sea- sons. Pkt., 10cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } Ib., 60 cts. NETTED ROCK MUSKMELON A handsome and distinct variety, about the same size as Rocky Ford, but more heavily net ted. The seed cavity is small, and the flesh which is green, is thick and sweet, containing « higher percentage of sugar than any other va riety. An important feature of this variety is its ability to withstand rust and blight, so muck so that it is almost proof against either. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25 ADMIRAL TOGO MUSKMELON This variety is an orange-fleshed Netted Gem, or Rocky Ford, being of the same type both ir size and appearance ard having the beautifu netting of these varieties. The Melons are no’ large, but are a desirable size for serving ir halves. The orange flesh insures delicious flavor and in the *‘Admiral Toga’? it is thick ane meaty, having a very small seed cavity. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75 YELLOW ICE CREAM WATERMELON. The flesh is rich, sweet, luscious and melting It grows to large size, oblong shape, with dark greenrind. Many persons have never seer a yellow-fleshed Watermelon, and to these i will prove an interesting novelty. Pkt., 10 cts oz., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50 FIVE FINE VEGETABLES. See colored plate opposite. SURE-CROP STRINGLESS WAX BEAN. A valuable new variety of Dwarf Wax Bean, which, while aoi related to the well-known Currie’s Rust-proof Wax, bears a great resemblance to it in plant, pod and bean, but is entirely different in quality, as it is stringless and tender at all stages of its development. The plant grows to a medium size, and, having a strong, thick stem, stands up well even during a long season of stormy weather, thus protecting the pods from dirt and dampness. It is very productive, bearing large, handsome golden-yellow pods in great abundance, and, being very hardy, the seed may be planted early, ‘*Swe-crop’’ is more rust- proof and will stand a longer season of damp, wet weather than any other wax bean we know of. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt, 50 cts, (postpaid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.75. KEENEYW’S STRINGLESS REFUGEE BEAN. The originator of this new strain of Green-pod Refugee has been working for more than twenty years to get the string out of the old Thousand-to-one Refugee Bean, and has succeeded in eliminating it entirely, having produced a ‘‘Stringless Refugee’’ which is an improvement in every way over all other strains of this variety. The plant grows to a large size and is 2normously productive, one plant having borne 56 well-developed pods and 16 small ones, and had the earlier pods been picked as soon as suitable for use this plant would doubtless have pro- duced over 100 good pods. The shape of pod is round, size medium to long, slightly curved, medium green in color and very brittle, remaining so until nearly old enough to shell. Pkt., 10 ets.; pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 tts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.75. EARLY MODEL BEET. This is indeed a model variety, and will be highly appreciatec both for forcing and growing outside. It is a fine selection o blood-red Beet, extremely smooth and of. symmetrical growth fine rich color and desirable shape. It makes a rapid growth and matures very early, The shape is nearly round and color of flesh a rich blood-red. In quality it is most excellent, being sweet, tender and free from coarseness. The tops are quite small, making it a fine variety for forcing in hotbed. It retain: all the good qualities either when grown under glass or outside Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 4 1b., 75 cts.; Ib., $2.25. FRENCH UNRIVALLED LETTUCE. A sure-heading variety, suitable for growing at any season Forms large, compact, buttery heads, and is slow to shoot tc seed. The general character is similar to ‘‘Big Boston,’’ excep that the color is a lighter green and leaves are not tinged witt brown. The seed we supply was secured from the originator ir France, and is much better than the’ American strain of ‘‘Unr valled’’? Lettuce. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts,; 4 Jb., 80 cts. MARKET SURPRISE PEA. This new early Pea was first sent to us by a leading seec grower in England, and in a careful test, made at our tria grounds, we found it to be a valuable addition to the early varie ties and well adapted for use of both amateurs and marke gardeners. The plant grows to a height of 30 inches, and is very thrifty, producing the pods in surprisingly large quantities Pods are large and well filled with Peas, which are remarkably sweet and fine flavored. This new variety matures the crop in sixty-five days, and is excellent for early planting. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 8! cts.); 4 qts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. ATT ENYA DREER- DHITADELPHTA-PA- Se SHE ES Sy new CHOICE veceraBte sees [TTT INTERIA Paar POLE LIMA BEAN. (See illustration on opposite page. ) The Beans of this new pole lima have a greenish tint, an indication of good quality and an advantage in appearance over the white-skinned varieties. It originated in California as a sport, but the type has been thoroughly fixed, retaining the greenish tint. Vines are vigorous and make strong growth, producing 'arge quantities of pods, containing four large Beans, which are thicker than the ordinary lima, and retain their color even when in the dry state. The Beanscook nicely, and being thin-skinned sre exceedingly tender and of fine flavor. The originator, who is a skilful grower, claims that the ‘‘Carpinteria’’ is the most _ gerfect lima Bean ever introduced. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. STABLER’S EARLY SUGAR CORN. | (See illustration on opposite page. ) There 1s no second-early variety of Sugar Corn that has given such perfect satisfaction to our customers as ‘‘Stabler’s Early,’’ and we are strong in our recommendation of it as the best variety to follow the small-eared extra early sorts. It is very productive, and the ears are unusually large for an early variety. are large and broad, very tender, and of remarkably sweet, juicy davor. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt., 25 ts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. NEW PERFECTION RADISH. (See illustration on opposite page. ) This new early variety of Radish, introduced by us last year, 's exceedingly attractive on account of its rich markings. The apper portion of skin is brilliant red, while the lower portion is white, extending higher up than is usual with this class of Radish, and forming a striking combination of colors. It isa rapid grower, and may be used in greenhouse or in the garden, for which purpose it is equally well adapted. in both size and shape, is extremely solid and decidedly crisp This beautiful Radish will make a striking contrast Pkt, 10 cts.; The grains It grows very uniform and tender. when served with solid red and white varieties. oz., 20 cts.; 3 Ib., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. EARLY DETROIT TOMATO. (See illustration on opposite page.) For the home garden as well as for market this variety will give entire satisfaction. The fruits are of a purplish-pink color 2nd very attractive to the eye; this, together with its uniform size and shape, make it one of the best varieties of Tomato re- cently introduced. The vine makes a strong, vigorous growth, and fruits set and ripen early, continuing throughout the entire teason. The Tomatoes are medium to large in size, nearly round, perfectly smooth, solid and of excellent flavor. For two years past this variety has attracted special attention at our trial grounds, and we are confident that it will not disappoint those who plant it. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.25. DREER’S DWARF PERFECTION PARSLEY. This is a fine and most valuable Parsley. The habit is regu- lar and compact, and the exquisitely fine and prettily curled leaves are set so closely that the form of the plant is almost semi-glebular. The color is a wonderful bright pea-green, and flavor surpasses all other Parsley. This variety combines the quality of a fine culinary herb with that of a beautiful decorative plant, and is equally valuable for garnishing purposes and bor- ders. Pist., 10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; } Ib., $1.00; Ib., $3.50. LITTLE MARVEL PEA. For the earliest crop, this variety is better than either American Wonder or Nott’s Excelsior, as it matures earlier and the pods contain more peas. It is dwarf, growing about 15 inches high, and the plants are very , roductive, bearing many twin pods, which are dark green in color, and keep fresh for quite a while Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. SUTTON’S EXCELSIOR PEA. This handsome wrinkled Pea is so hardy that it may safely be planted as early as the hard-seeded ‘‘Extra Earlies.’? The plants are dwarf, growing about 14 inches high, very stout and exceedingly productive, and the quality is all that could be de- sired. It makes the largest pods of any of the low-growing wrinkled Peas, and matures nearly as early as Nott’s Excelsior. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 48 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. LINCOLN PEA. This grand new second early variety of Pea originated im England. It is dwarf, growing about 14 feet in height and producing long, curved, deep green pods in pairs, literally eover- ing the plant. This variety is quite distinct from the Stratagem type of Peas, and much more desirable than varieties ef that class. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 68 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts, $2.40; peck, $4.50. after being picked from the vine. 10 FT] HENRY AREER PHILADELPHIA: PA- Ye NEW CHOICE VEGETABLE SEEDS 1] | GIANT CRIMSON PEPPER, A new variety of sweet Pepper, which matures very early The plants are of upright growth and very vigorous, producing Peppers nearly as large as ‘‘Chinese Giant.’? A valuable feature of this variety is that the fruits will ripen earlier than any other sweet Pepper. When matured, the fruits are deer crimson and flesh very mild. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 30 cts.; oz, 50 cts.; # Ib., $1.50. HOT BELL PEPPER. To supply the demand for a large Pepper with hot flavor, we secured seed of this variety from an Italian gardener, and are now in position to furnish seed to our customers. In shape this variety resembles the well-known ‘Bell, or Bull-nose’’ Pepper | but the flesh is exceedingly hot, making it useful where a pun gent flavor is desired. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. FIRST AND BEST RADISH. A beautiful half-long Radish of very early maturity. The color is rich deep scarlet, size medium, making it very dainty «| The tops are small, and roots grow uniform in size and shape tapering to a fine point. The quality is fine, being delightfully crisp and juicy. We know of no half-long Radisi that will equal this. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 4 Ib., 40 cts.3 lb., $1.25. DREER’S Crystal Forcing RADISH. A pure white Radish, which ma be grown either under glass or ou‘ side, and is especially adapted for the home garden. It is a rapic¢ grower and of desirable size anc shape. The quality is good, being crisp and tender. Pkt., 10 cts oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 40 cts.;) lb. $1.25. COMET TOMATO. j An excellent forcing variety. Very ? / productive, medium size, rich scarle’ PAL. color, ,sclidwand xo | good. quality f Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 30 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; } lb., $1.50. DELICIOUS SQUASH. Those who have tested this Squash alongside of the oid original Hubbard pronounce it far superior in every way; in fact, it is a combination of all parts that go towards making a_ perfect variety. The color of skin is green, with an occasional blue speci- | men; size about same as {| Hubbard, weighing from 5 to 10 pounds, For table use, either as a fall or winter Squash, it cannot be excelled, \ the flesh is orange-colored, & thick, fine-grained, sweet and of rich flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; f oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. “es VEGETABLE MARROW SQUASH. This vegetable is largely grown by gardeners in England, but may be grown here equally as well, providing a liberal quantity of manure is dug into the hill and plenty of moisture supplied. Fruits are ob- long in shape, and should be eaten when less than half grown, at which time the flesh is very tender. The shape is oblong, coior yellowish-white and skin smooth. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $ Ib., 50 cts.5 Ib., $1.50. LIVINGSTON’S HUMMER TOMATO. A good variety for the home garden, especially when grown on stakes or trellises. The Tomatoes, which are borne in clusters, are always smooth, very solid and as round as an apple. Skin bright scarlet and very attractive; flesh rich crimson-scarlet and of the best quality, Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } lb., $1.00. VEGETABLE MARROW SQUASH GENERAL LIST OF Dreer’s Reliable Vegetable Seeds. OREER’S SEEDS have been for Seventy-four Years a Standard Among the Best Gardeners of this Country for Undoubted Purity and Excellence. , The Cultural Directions given in this book for growing Vegetables have been thoroughly revised and brought to date by ‘he well-known authority, [r. T. Greiner, and are for the latitude of Philadelphia. Persons living in a more southern latitude should start earlier, while those living farther north should begin to plant iater. ARTICHOKE. Artischoke, GER. Artichhaut, FR. Alcachofa, SP. CULTURE.—The scales and bottom of flower head are eaten sither boiled or raw asa salad. The young suckers are some- ames tied together and blanched, and served in same manner as Asparagus. The plants thrive best in deep, rich soil, where the yater will not lodge about them in winter. Plants are set in ows 3 feet apart and 2 to 3 feet apart in the row. The crowns hould be covered with coal ashes in winter to shed the water, and over these a good covering of leaves, held in place by a little earth or litter. When spring arrives remove the leaves, but do sot disturb the ashes until signs of growth appear, after which the ashes should be spread out a little over the ground. Seeds may se sown indoors and plants potted same as the Tomato and set yut in May, or can be sown in hills outside and thinned out to one plant in hill. It makes a good growth the first year, and some may be obtained during August and September; but the next year all plants will flower and continue to do so for years. Im two or three years the crowns may get too large, in which case they should be divided into two or four pieces toa hill, This work should be done when growth is about to start in the spring, end they will make good plants and flower the first year. ARTICHOKE SEEDS. One ounce will produce about 500 plants. Large Green Globe. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. ARTICHOKE PLANTS. ants of Dreer’s Selected Large Green Artichokes. Artichokes are not always satisfactory when grown from seed, swing to the numerous and undersirable types thus produced. ‘Ne have arranged to furnish plants of Dreer’s Selected Large Green Artichoke, which is the best kind sold in the Paris mar- ket. These plants will be ready for shipment after March Ist. Per doz., $1.50; per 100, $10.00, by express. ARTICHOKE ROOTS. Jerusalem Artichoke. Distinct from the Globe, and propa- gated by and for its tubers. Plant in rows 3 feet apart and 12 to 14 inches apart in the row, and cultivate occasionally. Let tubers remain in the ground until needed. Used for pickling and for feeding stock. Price of tubers: Qt., 26 cts.; peck, $1.25; bu., $4.00. (2 lbs., by mail, 50 cts.) ASPARAGUS SEED. Spargel, GER. Asperge, FR, Esparrago, Sp. One ounce will produce about 200 plants; 4 to 5 Ibs. to the acre. CULTURE.—Any good loamy, not too weedy, garden land is good for growing the plants. Sow in rows 12 to 15 inches apart, as early in spring as the ground is in fit condition, and give good cultivation; also thin the plants to stand 2 or 3 inches apart. Deep, warm, rich, loamy soil, deeply and thoroughly stirred, is required for permanent bed. Use manure and fertil- izers freely. Make furrows 2 or 4 feet apart and 8 to 10 inches deep. Set the two-year-old seedlings 18 to 24 inches apart in the bottom of furrows and cover lightly at first. Gradually fill in with soil and old compost, In early spring fork or plow the bed shallow and carefully, or pulverize the surface by harrowing. Give clean cultivation until fall; then cover with manure or compost. Second season after planting hill up the rows, espe- cially for blanched ‘‘ grass,’’ and cut sparingly for use. After | that the bed will give full crops. Dreer’s Special Circular en Asparagus Culture Free. DREER’S Eclipse Asparagus. is the result of a most careful selection and ‘‘breeding up’’ to the large type, yet retaining that delicate light green color (See cut.) This variety and tender quality desired. 30 cts, Argenteuil. This variety is largely grown in France for the Paris market. The stalks grow to a mammoth size, some- times weighing as much as 4 ounces each. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + Ib., 30 cts. Barr’s Mammoth. A fine, large-stemmed green variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.,; ¢ lb., 25 cts. Conover’s Colossal, Large and productive. oz., 10 cts.; 4+ Ib., 20 cts. Palmetto. An early, prolific and very desirable variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } Ib., 25 cts. Donald’s Elmira, Of mammoth size, fine quality. cts.; 0z., 10,cts:; 4 Ib., 25 cts. Columbian Mammoth White. 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; ¢ lb., 25 cts. ASPARAGUS ROOTS. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts:5 } lb:, Pict! 5 “etss5 Pkt., 5 Large white stalks. Pkt., See page 46. (1i) Krup Bohnen, GER. BEAN—Dwarf or Bush. 9) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS’ {ITI Haricots Nains, Fx Friégotis, Sr. One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill. Culture.—Beans are somewhat tender, but it often pays to take some risks. settled, warm weather in spring, and at intervals for succession until August. Plant in warm, loamy soil at the beginning o7 Rows may be made 2 feet apart, and the Bean: planted a few inches apart in the drills, or 3 or 4 Beans in hills 6 to 8 inches apart. Cultivate and hoe frequently, always, how ever, when the vines are perfectly dry. clean as soon as fit for use. 9 F ‘| ’ GREEN-PODDED VARIETIES. Keeney’s Stringless Refugee. (See colored plate and page 8.) Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (post- paid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.75. Giant Forcer. (See Specialties, page 5.) Pt., 20 cts. (post- paid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Mammoth Stringless Green Pod. This variety matures its crop among the earliest of the green-podded sorts, and produces large, handsome pods, some of which measure fully six inches in length. The plants are very productive, bearing pods which are perfectly round, very fleshy and entirely stringless. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (post- paid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; pecx, $2.00. In hoeing draw the soil up towards the rows or plants, The plants will remain all the longer in bearing, For string Beans gather the pod Packets of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid. improved Extra Early Red Valentine. (See cut.) Ext early round pod. Our strain of this popular variety is very fine and has been selected especially for earliness and good quality It is one of the most profitable sorts for private use or market Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 80 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts. ) 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.76. Stringless Green Pod (Burpee’s). Positively stringless ripens earlier than Valentine, and remains tender and crisp + long time after maturity. Pods are pale green, long ané straight, round and meaty. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts. ) qt., 85 cts. (postpaid, £0 ets.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00 Long Yellow Six Weeks (Flat fod). Very early and pro lific; long, green, tender pods, Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 23 cts. ) qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., 90 cts.; peck, $1.50 Early Mohawk. It can be planted very early, and produce large, strong vines, which bear profusely. Pt., 15 cts. (pos‘ paid, 23 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., 90 cts peck, $1.50. Extra Early Refugee. The pods are very fleshy and of fin quality; vines small, but stand up well. Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid 23 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., 90 cts. ; peck $1.50. Black Valentine Beans. Pods are long, round and straigh very attractive in appearance, and of good quality. Pt., 2 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.);qt., 85 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.}; 4 qts $1.15; peck, $2.00. Bountiful. Pods grow to large size, are broad and fleshy, coo’ tender and fine quality. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts, ); q! 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Longfellow. ‘This variety produces an abundance of larg. green pods, which are very tender and of fine flavor. Pt., 2 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 80 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts. ); 4 qts. $1.00; peck, $1.75. Full Measure. Pods round and extremely long, many mea: uring five inches, and perfectly stringless. ‘The quality is ex cellent, being very tender and 1emaining so even after pod mature. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (posi paid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Refugee, or 1000 to 1. Of compact growth and very pro lific. The pods are light green, very solid and tender. Pt., 1! cts. (postpaid, 23 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.};4 qts.. 90 cts.; peck, $1.50. Triumph ofthe Frames. A good variety for forcing. Pro. duces a mass of pale green pods, is very dwarf, prolific, and o} rich, tender quality. Pt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 58 cts.); qt., 80 cts. (postpaid, 95 cts.); 4 qts., $2.75. Broad Windsor. This is an English variety, uséd as a shel! Bean. Should be planted early in spring in drills 3 feet apart, and seed covered to a depth of 2inches. Pt., 2 cts (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts.. $1.25. DWARF VARIETIES OF SHELL BEANS. If by mail, add 8 cts. per pint, 15 cts. per quart to prices named. PT. or. 4 QTS. PECK Michigan Wonder Pea..... $0 15 $0 25 $0 75 $1 26 Boston Pea Bean (Navy)... 15 20 65 115 White Marrowfat.......... 15 28 80 1 40 White Kidney, or Royal Dwarheoe eee eee 15 25 80 1 40 Red Kidney................ 20 30°" 1001-76 Black Turtle Soup......... 15 25 80 1 40 Green Flageolet ( Wonder of France) tise esiseleeeeals 40 75 260 13 B E A NS —CONTINUED, WAX OR YELLOW-PODDED nL : VARIETIES. : Po Packets of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid. bs TF] STENRY A DREER -DHITADELDHIA" DA” sure-Crop Stringless Wax. (See colored plate and page 8.) Pt. 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 cts.; 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.75. Michigan White Wax. (See Specialties, page5.) Pt, 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. stringless Refugee Wax. This variety of dwarf Wax Bean isan improved type of the Refugee Wax, to which it is far superior in every way. The plants are of very robust zrowth and extremely productive, bearing profusely the large, peautiful pods, which are of delicious flavor. The pods are - cound and very large, usually containing 5 Beans each, and are always stringless. The color is a rich golden-yellow, and the quality is excellent. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts. ); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. dodson Wax=pod. An abundant bearer of bright yellow pods. The plants makea strong growth, are healthy, and pods withstand rust. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 38 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. mproved Rust=proof Golden Wax. (See cut.) An improvement on the original Golden Wax. The pods grow long, nearly straight, broad, flat and clear yellow. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. mproved Prolific Black Wax (Cylinder Wax). This is a marked improvement on the Black Wax; pods waxy-yellow, very tender and productive. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); st., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. (See cut.) A popular variety of Wax Bean, bearing long, flat pods, of a delicate waxy-yellow, stringless and brittle, producing a heavy crop. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Pencil Pod Black Wax. It is an improvement on the Pro- lific Black Wax, hardier and more prolific. Pods are long, pencil-like; very tender ard brittle. In color they are a rich, dark yellow, much more attractive than Prolific Wax. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Round=pod Kidney Wax, This variety is an improved type of the well-known Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. The pods are long, straight and extremely handsome; an exceedingly heavy bearer, and is of excellent quality. Pt., 25 cts, (post- paid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. Currie’s Rust-proof Wax. An improvemont on the old- fashioned Golden Wax. It is absolutely rust-proof; the pods grow long, flat, are very tender and of the finest quality. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 85 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Saddle=back Wax. This variety is of beautiful shape and color, and produces pods that are long, round, very solid and absolutely stringless. t., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. Scarlet Flageolet, or Perfection Wax. An excellent golden-podded dwarf Bean. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts. ); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. Yosemite Mammoth Wax. A giant among Beans. The pods, frequently reaching a length of from 8 to 10 inches, are of great thickness. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. Davis Wax. Pods are flat, very long, white, straight and handsome. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Crystal Wax, or Silver Bean. Pods silvery white and very tender. Pt., 20 cts. (pastpaid, 98 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 5@ ets.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Stangen Bohnen, GER. warmed through in spring. each way, orin drills, if wire trellis is used, Beans may be planted in hills a foot apart under a wire trellis. small quantity of poultry manure, compost or some good fertilizer. Limas transplant easily. planting to open ground in proper season. Dreer’s Wonder Bush Lima. (See cut.) This variety of Bush Lima Bean is very desirable on account of earliness, pro- ductiveness and its fixed habit of growing in the dwarf or bush form. The plants are of strong, upright growth, and are com- pletely covered with large pods, many of which contain four beans, which are fully as large as the Pole Limas. The beans are flat in shape and of excellent quality. Pt., 20 cts. (post- paid, 28 cts.); qt., 85 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2, 25. Burpee’s Bush Lima. A bush form of the Large White Lima. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Burpee—Improved Bush Lima. Podsand Beans are ex- tremely large. Plant grows more erect than Burpee’s Bush Lima and is more productive. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 69 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. Henderson’s Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Sieva or Small Lima, Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. v4 {][][IENRY A DREER-PHIADELDHIAY DA" POLE BEANS. CULTURE.—Pole Beans, especially Limas, require warm and very rich, loamy soil. ©) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS” IIT) Haricots, a rames, FR. Frijol vastago, Sp. Plant when the soil has become well If planted in cold or soggy soil, the seed will rot. Use poles 5 to8 feet long set in rows 4 feet apart Plant 4 to6 Beans around each pole, and thin out to 3 plants toa pole, or 2 to3 Cultivate freely, and if possible top-dress around each hill with When hoeing, work this dressing well into the soil. Sprouted You can get a picking ahead of your neighbors by starting the Beans under glass in April and trans- One quart will plant 150 to 200 hills. Packets of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid, POLE BEANS—WAX POD. Dreer’s Golden Cluster Wax. Bears long golden-yellow pods in clusters, and continues for a long time. Pt., 80 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1.60; peck, $2.75. Golden Carmine Wax, A newvariety of Pole Bean of the Horticultural type, but bearing bright golden pods. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts. ); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. POLE BEANS— Green Pod. Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead. (See cut, page 15.) Excellent for snap-shorts and matures early. The vines make a strong, vigorous growth, climb the poles well and produce quantities of the large pods, which grow in clusters and are of good quality. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); gt., 35 cts. (post- paid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. White Creaseback, or Best of All. Early, productive and fine quality. Pt., 20 cts. (post- paid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Lazy Wife’s. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts. ); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.14; peck, $2.00. White Dutch Runner, Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt-, 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Scarlet Runner. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.) ; 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. White Dutch Case-Knife. Pt., 20 cts. (post- paid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts. ); 4 gts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. BUSH LIMA BEANS. Culture.—Select land that is especially warm, rich, and well supplied with vegetable fibre or hamus. Plant as soon as the soil has become warm in the spring. Make the rows 2 feet apart and give to each plant 6 inches space in the row, A top- dressing of poultry manure, ashes, or some good fertilizer or compost around the plants will be of much benefit in hastening maturity and increasing the yield. Dreer’s Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Dreer’s Im- proved Lima. The Beans grow close together in the pods, producing 3 to 4 and sometimes 5 in a pod, and are thick, sweet and succulent. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable variety is a perfected form of Dreer’s Bush Lima, which variety it re- sembles in form of pod and shape of Bean, but both are larger and the plant is of a strong, upright growth, protecting the pods from contact with the soil, thus preventing rust and rot. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. GASss E'S) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- ||] POLE LIMA BEANS. Cultural directions same as given for Pole Beans on page 14, Packets of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid. Carpinteria Lima. (See Specialties, page 9.) Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 os -)3 qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. Early Leviathan Lima. The earliest variety of Pole Lima; produces pods in clusters. A good variety where the season is short. Ft., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (post- paid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck. $2.00. Dreer’s Improved Lima. (See cut.) A very superior early variety of excellent quality and great productiveness. This variety is without doubt the best for private gardens, and will shell out more beans from a given number of pods than any other Pole Lima. The quality is exceedingly fine, the Beans cooking rich and mealy. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. Early Jersey Lima. This variety matures a few days earlier than the King of the Garden. Pods contain three and four large Beans each, Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts. » $1.15; peck, $2.00. Siebert’s Early Lima, Early, and a great improvement on the large Lima. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt. 5 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. King of the Garden Lima. A vigorous grower, bearing large pods, varying in length from 5 to 8 inches. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.75. Ford’s Mammoth Lima. This is a selection of large Lima Bean. The vines grow strong and are very productive; the pods are produced in clusters and continue until frost. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. Small Lima, or Sieva. Very productive. Beans small, good quality. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.}; qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.75. (For description of this variety see page 14.) BROCCOLI. Spargel-Kohl, Ger. Chou-Brocili, Fr. Broculi, Sp. White Cape. Large, compact heads of a creamy-white color and of good flavor. Culture same as for late Cauliflower, Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 45 cts.; } lb., $1.50. BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Rosen-Kohl, Grr. Chou de Bruxelles, Sr. Culture.—Sow seed for plants in frames or open ground. Set plants in early spring, and for succession up to July, making rows 3 feet apart and having the plants stand 14 to 2 feet apart in the row. Cultivate same as Cabbages. One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. Dreer’s Select Matchless. A small-leaved variety of this desir- able vegetable, which through careful selection has been brought to perfection. Grows freely during the summer, and is fully developed by the early frosts, at which time the stems are thickly set with sprouts. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } lb., $1.00. Long Island Half Dwarf. An American variety, thoroughly acclimated; dwarf, robust habit; will endure the climatic changes better than the foreign sorts, and much freer from mildew and aphis. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. 16 fy) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS~ | ]TT Rothe Ruebe, GER. BEETS. ae an FR. Remolacha, Sr. One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill; 5 to 6 pounds for an acre. Culture.—Fibrous loam, well-drained and well-enriched, will raise good Beet crops. For early table Beets, have arills 16 te 20 inches apart, and sow the seed about 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be put in good shape. Or seed may be sown under glass four weeks sooner, and the young seedlings transplanted to open ground, to give an extra early crop. Give thorough and clean cultivation, and thin the plants to stand 8 to 4 inches apart in the rows. For succession sow at intervals until middle of July. For the earliest sowings a light dressing of nitrate of soda, say 100 pounds per acre, will sometimes work wonders. NOTE.—The drought of last summer nearly burned up the Beet seed crops, and seed ir now exceedingly scarce, with prices higher, We advise customers to buy early, before stocks are exhausted. Crosby’s Egyptian. (See cut.) Ex tremely early, and may be grown either out-of-doors or under glass, and in either case the young Beets are fit for use at an early stage of their growth, It is thicker through than the old Egyptian which adds greatly to its appearance and this, together with the rich vermilior color, makes it a very attractive sort The quality is excellent, being sweet and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 55 cts.; Ib., $2.00. Dreer’s Excelsior Blood. The attrac tive form and rich dark color of this Beet commend it to all. The flesh is blood-red, remarkably sweet and tender retaining all these qualities until it has attained an advanced age. Pkt:, 10 cts., oz., 20 cts.; $ lb., 60 cts.; 1 Ib., $2.15 Edmand’s Blood Turnip. (See cut.) A good variety to follow the extra early sorts, and one of the best for winter use as the roots keep remarkably well. Skin and flesh are both dark red and the quality is good. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 16 cts.; 4 lb., 55 cts.; lb., $2.00. Early Model. (See colored plate and page 8.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; } Ib., 75 cts.; Ib., $2.25. Dark-leaved Globe. (See Specialties, page 5.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; + Ib., 75 cts.; lb., $2.25. Detroit Dark Red. A choice variety of early turnip Beet, largely grown by both private and market gar- deners, and extremely desirable on account of its early maturity, small top and handsome appearance. The tops make an upright growth, thus allowing of planting in close rows, a valuable feature where space in the garden & limited. The Beet is somewhat globe shape, skin blood-red and flesh rich red, zoned with a darker shade. The Beets are sweet when cooked, and it isa splendid variety for canning. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z.. 20 cts.; } Ib., 60 cts.; Ib., $2.15. Early Eclipse. Perfectly smooth and round; skin and flesh intense red. This variety is extremely early; in fact, one of the first to be ready for the table. It does not grow to large size, but is desirable for its earliness and sweet, tender quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.75. Extra Early Egyptian. An early variety, which is suitable for forcing and growing in the open garden. The tops are small and the Beets are rounded on top, but flat at bottom end. The color of flesh is dark and light red and the Beets are tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Early Blood Turnip. A fine selection of Blood Tur- nip Beet, early and good for summer and autumn use. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; }1b., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.75.. f TTT iNRY A DREER -PHTIADELDHIA = PAK 17 RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS” |[] BEET S— continued. Centz Turnip. A selected strain of early blood turnip Beet, largely grown by market gardeners, and also suitable for the home garden. ‘The flesh is dark red and white and quality good. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Oewing’s Improved Blood Turnip. An improved Early Blood Turnip, The skin is dark red and flesh carmine, striped with a lighter shade, It is sweet and keeps well. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.75. Crimson Clobe. (See cut.) A second-early variety, does not grow large and coarse, the matured Beets being medium in size and of good shape. The flesh and skin are both very dark and quality fine, being sweet and tender. The tops are small and dark in color. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 60 cts.; Ib., $2.15. Arlington Favorite Blood. As a second-early Beet this variety cannot be excelled, as it quickly follows the Eclipse, is much darker color and far superior in quality, being fully as sweet and tender as the light- colored Bassano. It is also a good variety to plant for late crop, as it keeps well. The shape is almost globular and skin smooth; the flesh is dark biood-red and very sweet. Market gardeners, as well as ama- teurs, will be satisfied with this variety, either for second-early or late crop. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 55 cts.; lb., $2.00. Bastian’s Early Blood Turnip. Small top, bright red and good quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.75. Early Bassano. Flesh white and rose-colored; very sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Bastian’s Half=-Long Blood. Of bright color and excellent quality. For winter use sow early in July. Pkt., 5 cts,; 0z., 15 cts,; $ 1b., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Long Dark Blood. A good late variety for fall and winter use. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 16 cts.;.3 lb., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.75. SWISS CHARD, OR SPINACH BEET. Swiss Chard, Giant Lucullus. (See cut.) The leaves of Swiss Chard are used as greens, cooked in the same manner as spinach, and the large ribs are prepared like asparagus, in which manner they are delicious. ‘‘Giant Lucullus”’ is the largest and best variety of Swiss Chard, and you should not fail to plant at least one long row in your garden this spring. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 55 cts.; lb., $2.00. Swiss Chard, or Silver Beet. Produces large, light-colored leaves. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. MANGEL WURZEL. Sow 6 Ibs. to acre, in May or June, in rows 2 feet apart, and thin to 9 inches. Cultivate with horse. Mammoth Long Red. A favorite variety with farmers and dairymen; extensively grown. 4 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $5.00. Red Globe. A large red oval variety. cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $5.00. Golden Tankard. Deep yellow flesh and skin. Especially relished by sheep. }1b., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $5.00. Golden Yellow Mammoth, A long Mangel, resembling in form and size the Red Mammoth; flesh, leaf stalk and midrib golden-yellow. 4} lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., by ex- press, $5.00. Yellow, or Orange Globe. Same as Red Globe, only different in color, } lb., 20 cts.; Ib., 60 cts.; 10 Ibs., by express, $5.00. ’ SUGAR BEETS. Sow same as Mangels, except thin to 6 to 8 inches in the row. Klein Wanzleben. This variety is without question the best in cultivation; not the largest in size, but the richest in sac- charine matter. } Ib., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., by ex- press, $5.00. White Sugar Green-Top. A large variety, excellent for stock feeding. } lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $5.00. Imperial White Sugar. Hardy and very sugary. 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $5.00. Lane’s Improved White Sugar. This Beet attains a large size and grows considerably above ground. } Ib., 20 ets.; Ib., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $5.00. 1 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 6€@ hIb., 13 {||} STENRY AREER: DHITADELDHIA- DA: ex RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS [11 mice mn CABBAGE pe Sow one ounce for 3000 to 4000 plants; 4 ounces for one acre. CULTURE.—For plants of the earliest sorts sow seed in January or February under glass, and prick out in flats or frame: about 2 inches apart each way. Transplant to open ground as soon in spring as the land can be properly prepared. A rich, warm, fibrous loam is best. Have the plantsin the rows 20 to 24 inches apart, and rows at least 2 feet apart. Give thorough cul- tivation, and irrigate in dry weather if practicable. Protect against the ravages of cutworm maggot and green worm. A liitle nitrate of soda applied around the plant is of great benefit, Potash applications, such as wood ashes or muriate may also do much good. For late Cabbage plants, sow seed in drills in open ground during April and May, and transplant in June and July, givin the plants more room than allowed for earliest Cabbages. Dusting with tobacco dust, insect powder, etc., or splashing vail hie soapsuds, especially Whale-Oil Soap solution, are good and safe remedies for some of the insect pests attacking ‘plants of the Cabbage oe , Cae EARLY VARIETIES. ry Copenhagen Market. (See page 6.) Pkt., 1f cts.5 oz., 75 cts.; + lb.. $2.25. Small Extra Early Jersey Wakefield. (Sec page 6.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 85 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.25. First Crop. (Seecut.) This Cabbage is extremely early and distinct. ‘The heads are small, requiring but little room in the garden, and make fine, solic hearts very early. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; } Ib., $1.25. Early Jersey Wakefield. A Jeading early vari ety, and one of the best for private or marke‘ gardener’s use; conical shape and good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 80 cts.; 3 1b., $1.00. The Charleston, or Large Wakefield. (Se- cut.) Large, solid heads, of good quality, a few days later than Early Jersey Wakefield. Pkt., 1/ cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.25. Eureka, or First Early. A flat-headed Cabbage fully as early in maturing as the well-known Early Jersey Wakefield. The heads are very solid anc leaves tender, being entirely free from coarseness Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; $ Ib., $1.00. Volga. This variety is early in maturing, and makes large, round heads, which are very solid. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } lb., $1.00. Early Spring. Nearly as early as the Jersey Wakefield, but heads are the round, flat type Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; + 1b., $1.00. Early Winnigstadt. Conical shape; tae Pha ey TA one eee ee eR On quality very good. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cry cts.; + 1b., $1.00. Etampes. Very early; pointed head. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } lb., $1.00. Express. Extremely early; small heads. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; +1b., $1.00. Large York. A good early sort. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. Second Early Warieties. Dreer’s Early Drumhead. A large, round, solid-heading variety. The best for following Charleston Wakefield. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; 3 lb., $1.00. Early Summer. Matures early and makes a large, solid, flattish head, with short outer leaves. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; + 1b.. $1.00. Succession. A good second early round- headed sort. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 3 Ib., $1.00. All Head, Early. The largest heading of the second early sort; remarkably solid. Y : Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. i ih Tre Selected All-S Vand : . »* 7? ‘satiny 1 + + An early Dee icet Caves ieiding i = ‘ ‘ R pARGE WAREF 1m: eae BARLESTON/OE | PaCS large heads. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; t1b., $1.00. Improved Flat Brunswick. This va- = riety can be grown either as a second tie a early or late sort; large, solid heads, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; }1b., $1.00. [FE HENRY A DREER- DHTTADELDHIA: A Banish Roundhead. (See Specialties, page 6.) Earlier than Ball Head and shorter stalk. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; } Ib., $1.25. Danish Ball Head (Hollander). This extra hard-heading variety of Cabbage originated in Denmark. It is a medium or late variety, but is mostly used as a winter Cabbage. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz.. 30 cts.; 4 1b., $1.00. i.arge Late Drumhead. A favorite winter variety. Heads are solid and of good tex- ture, and have very few loose leaves, allowing of planting closely in the field. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 1b., $1.00. Surehead. This isa good strain of late Flat Dutch, having great reliability for heading. The heads grow large, and are of good texture. It is also.a good keeping variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; $ Ib., $1.00. Lupton. A fine winter variety, of excellent quality and distinct character; a little earlier than the Flat Dutch, heads nearly same shape, and they maintain their shape and solidity during the period of storage. Pkt., d cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 1b., $1.00. Autumn King, or World Beater. Heads of largest size and very solid. The heads are flat and leaves set close. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. : Louisville Drumbhead. Large size, solid, and a good keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. Dreer’s Selected Late Fiat Dutch. (See cut.) This is the finest strain of Late Flat Dutch Cabbage on the market. The heads are flat, and grow remarkably large, even, very solid, and are of fine texture; stems grow short and the quality of the Cabbage is very fine. It is a sure heading sort, as nearly every plant can be depended upon to produce a fine, large head. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 4 1b., $1.25. eee RS CABBAG E. Late epristics: (9) RELIABLESEGETABLE SEEDS- || A 19 Golden Sugar Winter. distinct in character and color, makes a very hard head and This excellent variety is entirely has a short stem. It is medium late and perfectly solid at maturity, and does not crack. Color of foliage dark green, looking very much like an early sort. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.25. SAVOY CABBAGE. Dreer’s Crystal Summer Savoy, A fine variety; medium size; heads nearly round, neatly curved and very tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 4 lb., $1.25. Perfection Drumhead Savoy. (See cut. ) Of superior quality; the largest solid-heading Savoy, and possesses the rich flavor of the cauliflower. The plants are strong and vig- orous, and withstand the ravages of the Cabbage worm better than other sorts. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. RED CABBAGE. Red Delicacy. Medium size and late; most delicious of all red varieties. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.25. Early Red Dutch Erfurt. Earlier than the Red Drumhead, but equally as valuable for pickling. Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } 1b, $1.00. Red Dutch Drumhead. A large-heading variety, fine for pickling. Pkt,, 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 1b., $1.00. Mammoth Rock Red. The largest and most solid of the Red varieties; a sure-head- ing sort and tender. Pkt., 5 cts; 0z., 30 cts.; $ Ib., $1.00. CABBAGE PLANTS. (See page 46.) Blumenkohl, Ger. CAULIFLOWER. =: am (9) RETIABEE VEGETABLE SEEDS: peal it 2 esas ogi ie One ounce of seed will produce about 3000 plants. Culture. to flats or cold frames, 2 or 3 inches apart each way. Soil to be a warm, very rich, fibrous loam, well supplied with humus and moisture. weather, especially when the plants are heading, and light dressings of nitrate of soda and potash are of much help. When heads have formed and are hard, they should be blanched by drawing the leaves together anc For late Cauliflower, to mature during the pickling season (August 15th to October 10th). to 24 feet apart each way. tying with raphia, or strips of soft cloth. For earliest Cauliflower, raise plants by sowing in hotbed or greenhouse during January or February, and transplan\ Set in open ground as soon in spring as the land can be put in good order Copious water applications during dry Set plants 9 start plants in open ground like late cabbages, and handle them like that crop. DREER’S Earliest Snowstorm. (See cut.) The best and earliest strain of Cauliflower on the market, both for forc- ing and for growing in the open ground. It is a dwarf va- riety, with short outer leaves, and can be planted close, 2 feet apart each way. It always makes a fine, large and ex- ceedingly beautiful, snowy-white head, much earlier than any other variety. Pkt., 25 cts.; } oz., $1.75. Dry-weather Cauliflower. This variety of Cauliflower is especially adapted for sections subjected to long, dry seasons. Heads grow to a large size, are very solid, pure white and of delicious flavor. Pkt., 2) cts.; } oz., $1.00. DREER’S Selected Dwarf Erfurt. One of the earliest in cultivation; small-leaved dwarf, for forcing or open ground, producing very solid pure white heads of the finest quality. Pkt., 20 cts.; }0z., $1.00. Early Snowball. An extremely early dwarf variety, pro- ducing magnificent white heads of fine quality. Well adapted to hotbed culture. Pkt., 20 cts,; + 0z., $1.00. Early Dwarf Erfurt. An early market variety. white, compact heads. Pkt., 10 cts.; } 0z., 75 cts. Half Early Paris. A popular white sure-heading variety, good for early or late use. Pkt., 10 cts. Lenormand’s Short Stem. A large, late, short-stemmed variety. Pkt., 10 cts. Algiers. An extra fine late variety, suitable for market and sure to heid. Pkt., 10 cts. Veitch’s Autumn Giant. One of the finest late varieties. Heads large and compact. Pkt., 10 cts. Cauliflower and Cabbage Plants. (See page 46.) Large CARDOON. Sow in April in drills 1 inch deep; when one year old trans plant in trenches of well-manured ground 8 feet apart and } foot in the rows. The roots remain from year to year. Large Smooth Solid. The best variety grows about 4 fee high; leaves nearly free from spines. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 26 cts CHERVIL. Culture.—Seed of tuberous-rooted Chervil may be sown iw the fall, or, after being stratified or kept in sand, in early spring Any good garden soil will do. Make the rows 16 to 20 inches apart and thin the plants to 2 or 3 inches. Curled Chervil. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; }1b., 40 cts. CHICORY. Culture.—Sow seed in early spring as for carrots, m rows 12 to 16 inches apart, and thin the plants to 2 or 3inches. To blanch the leaves for salad in winter, dig the roots in the fall, cut the leaves off a little above the root crown, and place them horizontally in layers, alternating with layers of sand or loam, in a dark cellar, the tops all pointing outward of the sloping heap or heaps. Directions for raising Witloof Chicory, or French Endive, are given on page 7. One ounce to 100 feet of drill. Common, or Wild. Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 15 cts.; $ lb., 40 ctsas ibs, s@luons Large Rooted. Used to mix with or as a substitute for coffee. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 1b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Witloof Chicory, French Endive. (See page 7.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; + lb., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Mohre, GER. CARROT. Carotte, FR. Zonahoria Sp. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 3 to 4 pounds for an acre. CULTURE.—Carrots do best in warm, deep, rather light aud fairly fertile soil that is well supplied with humus, or on strong oam having been in clover and broken the year before, For earliest crop sow seed of the early, short-rooted sorts in April or May, in drills a foot apart and thin to 2 inches. For main crop, sow in May or June, or for succession even in July, using the longer cooted varieties, The rows for these may be 16 to 20 inches apart, and the plants thinned to 2, 3 or even 4 inches. To raise Carrots for stock, the rows may be made wide enough apart, say 2 to 23 feet, to allow of cultivation by horse power, In sowing Carrot or other small seeds, especially during dry weather, pains should be taken to firm the soil well over the seed, eith.r by means of the feet, or with the roller of the garden drill. Varieties marked * are good for stock feeding. NOTE.—Owing to the extreme drought of last summer, both in Amer- ca and Europe, the crops of Carrot seed were almost a failure, and, as a consequence, seed is scarce and higher in price, We advise early pur- chase of all seeds this spring, before the supply is exhausted. Sutton’s Red Intermediate. (See Specialties, page 5.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } Ib., $1.00; lb., $3.00. @reer’s Perfect Forcing Carrot. A fine half-long variety for forcing or outside; beautitul bright scarlet color. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30cts.; } lb., $1.00. darliest Short Horn ( French Forcing.) This variety is small, reddish-orange, of globular shape and excellent flavor, Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; 4 lb., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75. arly Scarlet Horn, (Sce cut.) May be planted very early in spring, and is an excellent summer variety. Tops small and roots grow about 3 inches long; reddish-orange and good flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 65 cts.; lb., $2.50. early Half-Long Scarlet. A desirable point-root sort, produc- tive and early, coming in between Scarlet Horn aud Long Orange. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75. Danvers’ Half-Long Orange. (See cut.) A rich orange-red variety, very smooth and handsome, producing very large crops. An excellent market variety. Tops are of medium size and coarsely divided. The roots taper to a blunt point; flesh sweet, crisp and tender. Although the roots of this variety grow shorter, it produces more bulk to the acre than the larger field varieties, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75. © | Improved Rubicon. Grows about the same length as the well-known Danvers, but thicker, and is a rich dark orange in color, A remarkably heavy cropper, and the quality is excellent. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75 Chantenay Half=Long. Resemhling the Nantes, with larger shoulder. Medium early and heavy cropper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $ Ib., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75. Early Half-Long Carentan. An excellent scarlet variety, without core, for forcing or the open ground. Pkt., 5 cts. oz:., 20) cts.; ¢ lb., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75, Half-Long Nantes. An excellent early half-long, stump rooted variety, of superior quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75. St. Valery. A desirable sort for private gardens; orange color Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 lb., 70 cts.; lb., $2.75. Guerande, or Oxheart. A good variety on soils too hard and stiff for the longer-growing sorts. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 70 cts.; Ib., $2.75. *Nichol’s Improved Long Orange. This is a very fine selection of the Long Orange Carrot, and the best variety foi stock feeding. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20cts.; }1b., 65 cts.; Ib., $2.50. *Long Orange. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 55 cts.; Ib., $2.00. *Altringham. Grows toa large size, and may be used both for table and stock feeding. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 55 cts.; lb., $2.00. *Large White Belgian, Used for feeding cattle; grows large and is very productive. Pkt., 5 cts.;0z., 15 cts.; } Ib., 45 cts.; lb., $1.50. *Improved Short White. A productive field variety, Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 45 cts.; lb., $1.50. fo) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- |[]T One ounce of Celery seed will produce from 5,000 to 10,000 plants. Culture.—For early or summer Celery sow seed of the self-blanching sorts in flats under glass during February, and pick out, ingly or in sections of row, into other flats, frames, or in nursery row in the open, selecting soil in the highest state of cultivation. {n May to June, set the plants in very rich and well prepared land, 6 inches apart in the rows, and rows 8 or 4 feet apart. thorough and clean cultivation, and blanch by means of boards set up against the rows. standard sorts either in flats as for early, only a little later, or directly into open ground. The rows in which the plants are to be set are 4 or 5 feet apart. For winter storage, take up the plants with roots, and place upright on wet soil sow seed shallow and firm well. ally clear to within a few inches of tip of leaves, in a dark cellar or root house, packing closely. Columbia, (See Specialties, page 7.) cts.; + lb., $1.75. Winter King. (See Specialties, page 7.) 60 cts.; } Ib., $1.75. Perfected White Plume. (See cut.) We offer a choice strain of this valuable and popular variety. It is unsurpassed for fall and early winter use, requiring very little earthing up to blanch it. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; } ]b., $1.25. Silver Self=blanching. Similar in growth to Golden Self- blanching, but foliage is like White Plume, Needs no banking other than boards on each side of plants. Heart is full and solid, and both it and stalks are pure white. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; $ lb., $1.25. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 60 Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., Golden Self=blanching. (American-grown seed). An early sort, requiring but little labor to blanch. Heart rich golden- yellow, with light yellowish-green outer leaves. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; ¢ lb., $1.75. Golden Half-Dwarf. The best of the half-dwarf varieties; stalks large and full; the heart is golden-yellow, turning to a light color when blanched, Very solid, rich flavor and good keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; } lb., 78 cts. Perfection Heartwell. A most excellent variety. Stalks long and thick, very compact, crisp and of fine flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } lb., 75 cts. Boston Market. Very mild flavor, extremely tender and crisp. Forms a cluster of heads instead of a single large one, and should be blanched by earthing up. Pkt., 4 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } lb., 75 cts. Winter Queen. Grows a very thick, solid and heavy stalk and has a large heart. Pkt., 10 cts; oz., 30 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. Far Superior Many Heart. A full-hearted variety, which is a good keeper and of fine flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 75 cts. Give For later and winter Celery, start seed of Make the rows for plants 1 foot apart; Blanch by earthing up gradu- Dreer’s Monarch. A decided acquisition in green Celery, producing large stalks, and magnificent bright golden yellow heart. Thestalks are very solid, brittle, and of most delicious flavor, and entirely free from stringiness. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; } Ib., $1.25. Fin de Siecle. Grows very large, stalks solid and crisp. This variety will keep well over winter. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; } Ib., 75 cts. Schumacher. The stalks are perfectly solid and crisp. _ It has a firm and beautiful golden heart, and the flavor is first- class. This variety is grown largely by market gardeners. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; + Ib., 75 cts. Giant Pascal, A superior keeping sort. The stalks are very large, thick, solid, crisp and of rich nutty flavor; it blanches very easily and quickly, and retains its freshness a long time. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 4 lb., 75 cts. Golden Rose, Self-blanching. Similar to Golden Self- blanching, except in color; rosy tinge, shading to pale pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; } lb., $1.25. Evan’s Triumph. An excellent variety for late crop. The stalks are large and solid, with good, crisp flavor. It keeps well through the winter and is a desirable sort to grow for market. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } Ib., 76 cts. Soup, or Flavoring Celery. Oz., 5 cts.; Ib., 30 cts. CELERIAC (Turnip-rooted Celery). Knoller Sellerie, Ger. Celerie Rave, FR. _Apio Nebo, Sp. Culture.—Grown mostly for its bulbous root. Seeds are started and plants set in same way as advised for Celery. Celeriac is not usually blanched, but very fine when thus treated, and much hardier than the stalk celeries. Apple-shaped. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 75 cts. Giant Smooth Prague. A very large and smooth variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. 1 LE SIENRY A DREER -PHITADELDHTADA- Gurken, GER. readily transplanted to the open ground, in rich soil, when danger of frost is over, or protect by hand-glasses. CUCUMBER. One ounce will plant fifty hills; two pounds will plant one acre. J CULTURE.—For very early Cucumbers, sow April 1st, in a hotbed upon pieces of sod (grass side down), so that they cam be Concombre, Fr. Pepino, Sp. For early use plant, if the weather has become settled and warm, in hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way; thin out to four of the strongest plants t: each hill, after all danger from insects is over. vals for a succession. destroys their productiveness. They succeed best in a warm, moist, rich, loamy soil. ; ; The Cucumbers should be gathered when large enough for use, whether required or not; if left to ripen, i' For pickles, plant from June until the middle of July. The yellow-striped cucumber or squash Continue planting at inte: beetle is the most serious insect enemy of this crop. Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture is by far the best remedy yet dis covered. Dilute it with water, 3 ounces to the gallon, and spray it on the vines when in danger of the beetle or blight. The Davis Perfect. (See Specialties, page 6.) Pkt:, 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; $ Ib., 40 cts.3 Ib., $1.25. Arlington White Spine Forcing. A strain of White Spine which has been improved through careful selection with a view to use for forcing in hot-houses and frames. Large size, tender and crisp. It is also a splendid variety for growing in the garden. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; }1b., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Improved Early White Spine (Bennett’s). An excellent variety, which produces an early crop of Cucumbers. The fruits are straight, light green with white spines, and are crisp, tender and of good flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Barly Cyclone. Makes a rapid growth and is very produc- tive. Fruits are short and produced in clusters. Color dark green and the quality is good. Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 15 cts,; + Ib., 40 cts.; Ib, $1.25. Early Frame, or Short Green. A _ productive variety, plants strong and vigorous, fruits straight but smaller at ends than in middle; bright green color; crisp and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4.lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Early Russian. One of the earliest varieties. The fruit is small, only three to four inches long, and being produced in pairs makes it a very productive sort. The quality is very good. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.;+1b., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Early Cluster. A very early sort, well adapted for forcing or open ground. Produces the fruits in clusters, good quality and flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Cool and Crisp. A strain of White Spine somewhat like the Arlington, but longer and more cylindrical. It is early, and continues in bearing the entire season. Good for table use. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 2 lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Everbearing. This is a valuable variety, producing Pickles and Cucumbers until frost kills the vines. It is very produc- tive; fruits of all sizes will be found on the vine at same time; size is small and well adapted for pickling. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Nichol’s Medium Green. This Cucumber is largely grown for the pickle manufacturers. It is also good to use as a Cu- cumber. Used for early forcing and late sowing. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Klondike. This valuable variety is one of the best for slicing, The color is rich dark green, and the fruits grow to a uniform size, measuring about seven inches in length and two inches thick when in good condition for use. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Green Prolific. One of the best pickling varieties; dark green Pkt. 5 cts.3 oz., 15 cts.; 4 Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Long Green (Jersey Pickle). (See cut.) Fruits are long firm and crisp. The small fruits are used for pickles, anc larger ones make excellent sweet pickles., The vines make « strong growth and are very productive. Our strain of this variety is excellent, and produces fruits of a uniform size and shape. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Emerald. Exceedingly productive, fruits set early and are very handsome; dark green, long and straight, entirely free from spines. Quality fine, being very solid and crisp. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts. }1b., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. Evergreen. Skin dark green, fruits medium size, thick through. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Chicago Pickle. Medium size, pointed both ends, spines very prominent and color deep green; a prolific bearer. Pkt., cts.3 0z., 15 cts.; + 1b., 40° cts.; Ib., $1.25. The ‘‘ Cumberland.’’ A cross of Parisian Pickle and Peer less White Spine. Vines are of strong, compact growth. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 Ib., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Japanese Climbing. Can be grown on a trellis; very prolifi and of good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 50 cts. Chinese Long Remaining Green. Attains a length of 1! to 20 inches; good quality, solid. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.00: Small Gherkin. A small prickly variety. only. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; $ lb., 50 cts. ENGLISH FORCING CUCUMBERS. Covent Garden Favorite, Rochford’s Market, Lock. ies’ Perfection. In packets of 10 seeds each, 25 cts.; per 100 seeds, $2.25. Duke of Edinburgh, Sion House Improved, Telegrapk (Rollison’s), In packets of 10 seeds each, 20 cts.; per 10% seeds, $1.75. Used for pickles eet (5) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS | { (TI Welschkorn, GER. CORN, Sweet or Sugar. - Mais, FR. Maiz, Sp. 1 gt. will plant 200 hills; 8 to 10 qts. to an acre, in hills. CULTURE.—Seed of the sweet varieties is liable to rot if planted in wet or cold ground. spell in spring, it may pay us to take some risks. Yet if we have an early warm Often the plants, when once up, will escape injury by a belated light frost. Plant in warm soil, making the rows 3 feet apart for the dwarfer early sorts, and 4 feet apart for the taller late sorts. Hills te be 2 to 3 feet apart in the rows. ‘ee. 1) | dae m~ AAdd* . x ¥ % * v : oo v TAL Metropolitan. An extra early variety, ripens a few days later than Cory, but produces larger ears. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. Early Evergreen. This variety resembles the Stowell’s Evergreen, but is ready for use much earlier, and remains in good condition equally as long. The ears grow to a good size, usually about 7 inches long, and contain from 16 to 18 rows of deep, sweet grains. Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts. ); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. Early Champion, Ripens medium early, ears large, gener- ally 12 rows of beautiful white, milky grains, very tender and sweet This variety will remain in good condition for a long time. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. For succession plant every two weeks up to July 15th. Packet of any variety of Sweet Corn, 10 cts EARLY VARIETIES. Golden Cream. (See page 6.) Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.75 Golden Dawn. (See page 6.) Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. Stabler’s Early. (See page 9.) Pt., 15 cts. (post paid, 20 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts. 80 cts.3; peck, $1.25. Dreer’s Aristocrat. (See cut.) This delicious Swee Corn was first introduced by usa few years ago. I) is a reliable extra early sort, which was for many years controlled by a prominent gardener who supplies truch to the aristocrats at Newport, R. 1. He would noi allow any of the seed to get into the hands of his com petitors, thus having a monopoly, and as it was the finest Sweet Corn that came to the market, he founé no difficulty in disposing of all he raised. It is an ex tra early variety, ripening with the Cory; stalks grow 4 to 6 feet high and ears are of large size, measuring 8 to 10 inches in length. The grains are extremely sweet, and, being decidedly broad, allow of easy scor ing with a knife preparatory to buttering when eating from the cob. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt.. 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00 Golden Bantam. Produces ears measuring about five inches, but the smallness of ears is fully made up by the deliciously sweet flavor and tender quality of the Corn when cooked. It isa fine variety for the home garden. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. Peep 0’ Day. Very early and prolific, producing from 2 to 5 ears each, which measure about 6 inches ip length and are well filled. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00 peck, $1.50. Crosby’s Early. A favorite variety, very early, pro ductive; rich, sugary flavor. Ears about 6 inches long Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid 85 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. Early Minnesota, An old and well-known variety ef Sugar Corn. The ears are from 6 to 8 inches length, and contain 8 rows of broad kernels, which are of fine flavor. Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25 Adams’ Extra Early. The hardiest and earliest va riety for table use; it can be planted earlier than any other, but is not a Sweet Corn; white grains, short ear Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid. 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts,; peck, $1.25. Dreer’s First of All. An early Sweet Corn of supe- rior quality. The stalks are dwarf and produce ears of medium size, very full of broad grains, which are of de- licious flavor. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. White Cob Cory. An improved variety of the Cory Corn, with uniformly white cobs. The stalks do not grow very tall; are very prolific, usually bearing two ears each. Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt, 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. . : Kendel’s Early Giant, Ears are about 7 inches in length, with pure white grains, very sweet and tender. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. ; Mammoth Early. A second-early variety, whieh bears large ears with large-sized grains and is very sweet. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 4@ cts.; 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. Cy RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS’ [II] 25 HENRY A DREER ~ PHILADELPHIA“ PA es CO RN, Sweet or S ul ga [—( Continued). Packet of any variety of Sweet Corn, 10 cents, postpaid, GENERAL CROP AND LATE. Stowell’s Evergreen, Improved. (See cut.) Productive, very tender, sugary, and remains in good condition, suitable for cooking, for a long time. The best late variety. Pt., 16 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts. ); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. Country Gentleman. Ripens about the same time as Stowell’s Evergreen. Ears medium size, deep grains in irregular rows on cob, and deliciously sweet, tender and milky. Pt., 20 cts. (post- paid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. Little Gem (Ne plus ultra, orShoe Peg). Similar in appearance to ‘‘Country Gentleman.”’ Ears are not large, but are very sweet and tender, Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (vost- paid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $2.00. fig-Zag Evergreen. A very sweet Corn, ripening 8 days ahead of Stowell’s Evergreen, and in quality fully its equal. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt-, 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. ?otter’s Excelsior, or Squantum. A second early variety, ears large and sweet. Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. Triumph. Ear large, productive, rich flavor and sweet. Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt, 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. Ggyptian. A fine large variety, somewhat resembling the Ever green. Pt., 15 cts, (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. Mammoth Late. The largest late sort, very productive and fine flavor. Pt., 15 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); qt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 35 cts.); 4 qts., 80 cts.; peck, $1.25. $lack Mexican. A black-grained variety, sweetandtender. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt. 30 cts. (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50. POP-CORN. On the Ear only. White Rice. Lb., 25 cts., by mail; 10 Ibs., $1.00, by express. White Pearl. Lb., 25 cts., by mail; 10 lbs., $1.00, by express. Queen’s Golden. Lb., 25 cts., by mail; 10 lbs., $1.00, by express. SWEET FODDER CORN. Write for price. FIELD CORN. The leading varieties. See pages 51 and52. COLLARDS. Blatterkohl, Grr. Chow Coba, FR. Cabu, Sp. Culture.—Sow seeds tne same as for late cabbage plants. The crop of greens may be grown directly in the seed rows, or the plants may be transplanted and set a foot apart in the rows. Best after being touched by frost. One ounce will produce about 3000 plants. Creole, or Southern. Cabbage greens, used as a substitute for cabbage in the South. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } Ib., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. CORN SALAD (Fetticus). Stecksalat, GER. Mache, FR. Mache o Valerianilla, Sp. Culture.—Sow in spring in drills 1 foot apart; it will mature in six or eight weeks. For winter and early spring use, sow in drills in August and September. Three ounces to 100 feet of drill. Large Seeded. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 25 cts.; lb., 4 75 cts CRESS. Garten and Brunnen Kress, GER. Cresson, FR. Berro 0 Mastuerzo, Sp. Culture.—Easily grown during winter on the greenhouse bench, n frames, pots or boxes, and splendid for salad, garnishing, or as an addition to winter lettuce. Sow seed very thickly in rows 3 to 6 inches apart under glass, or for summer |] foot apart in open ground. Sow often for succession, as it soon runs to seed, Water-Cress re- quires a stream of running water, ditch or pond, in which it will grow without care, except at first keeping weeds from interfering with it. xtra Curled, or Peppergrass. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; } lb., 20 cts.; Ib., 50 cts. Upland Cress. Has the flavor of Water Cress. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts. Water Cress. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; t1b., $1.00. TE ene DEER DATTADELDHTA PA ran ou Gee? x F<) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS (ff ENDIVE. Endivie, GER. Chicoresé, Fr. /, Endibia o Escarola, SP. One ounce of seed to 300 feet of row. Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads for fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drillsin April for early use or for late use in June or July. When2 i or 3 inches high, transplant into good ground or thin out | to 1 foot apart. When nearly full grown, and before they are fit for the table, they must be bleached. This is done by gathering the leaves together und tying with yarn or bass, to exclude the light and air from the inner leaves, which must be done when quite dry, or they will rot. Another method is to cover the plants | with boards or slats. In three or four weeks they will | be blanched. Dreer’s Giant Fringed. (See cut.) A strong- growing variety with large white heart and broad stems; good for fall and winter. On account of the beautifully curved leaves it is fine for decorative pur- poses. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; } Ib., 75 cts. Green Curled Winter, Standard sort for fall and winter. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts. White Curled (Self-blanching). Leaves pale green; grows to a large size, always crisp and very tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts. Broad-leaved Batavian (Wscarolle). Leaves broad, light green, nearly plain, used in stews and EGG-PLANT. Dierpflanze, Ger. Aubergine, Fr. Berengena, Sp. One ounce will produce 1,000 to 2,000 plants. CULTURE.—Sow the seeds in hotbeds early in Liarch. When 8 inches high pot the young plants, using small pots and plunge them in the same bed, so that the plants may become stocky. They can be planted out from the pots when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or June. Egg-plant seed requires a higher temperature for germination than any cther garden vegetable, and this temperature should be maintained right along in order to maintain strong and healthy growth. The soil can hardly be made too rich. After settled warm weather has set in, set the plants in open ground, allowing 3 feet space between rows, and 2 feet space between the plants in the row. Watch for the potato beetle. This pest as well as blight ray be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux Arsenate cf Lead Mixture. arly Black Beauty. (See cut.) This beautiful Egg-Plant is a great improvement over the well- known and largely grown New York Improved Large Purple. The plants ere remarkably healthy in their growth, and produce an abundance of large fruit fully ten days earlier than the New York Im- proved. Pkt., 10 cts.; $0z., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.25. New York Improved Large Purple. Fruits large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns and of excellent quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. A arly Long Purple. Earliest and hardiest, very productive; fruit 6 to 10 inches long, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } Ib., 75 cts. Black Pekin. Fruit purplish-black, round, large, solid, smooth and glossy; very prolific and early. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; + lb., $1.00. EGG-PLANT PLANTS (See page 46). GARLIC (See page 33). HOP VINE ROOTS (‘ee page 46). HORSERADISH (See page 46). soups. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $ lb., 50 cts. EAUT % Loewenzahn, GER. DANDELION. Cissenlit, Fr. Amargon, SP. One ounce to 100 feet of row. CULTURE.—Plants usually come up small and feebly. Sow seed in good clean loam, in drills 1 foot apart, and thin or transplant to 10 or 12 inches apart in the rows. May be blanched by covering with leaves or other loose litter, or by placing a large inverted flower pot over each plant. Broad-leaved. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. Improved Thick=-leaved. An improved variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 4 1b., $1.00.§ eSeqF ] Tener A DREER -PHITADELDHIA A" RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS” | [I KALE, or BORECOLE. Gruner oder Blitter Kohl, Grr. Chou Vert, Fr. Breton, Sp. One ounce of seed will produce about 5,000 plants. rt Culture.—The Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, make excellent greens for winter and spring use, and are improved by frost. Sow from May to June, and cultivate the same as Cabbage. For early spring use sow in September, and protect during winter. Some of the varieties are so hardy that the green leaves may be dug out from under the snow in winter and used for greens. Dreer’s Imperial Long Standing Kale. A beautifully curled and crimped variety. Color bright green and very hardy. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $1b., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. Dwarf Green Curled German. Leaves yellowish-green. very compact and beautifully curled. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Dwarf Curled Scotch. Leaves bright green, curled, very tender and fine flavored; an excellent sort. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 lb., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Sea Kale. When blanched, the leaf stalks are cooked and served like asparagus, or the leaves may be used as greens. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } 1b., 75 cts.; Ib., $2.50. KOHL-RABI. (Turnip=rooted Cabbage.) Kohl-Rabi, Ger. Chou Rave, Fr. Colde Nabo oNabicol, Sp. One ounce of seed will sow a drill of about 300 feet. Culture.—The edible part is the bulb, which grows on astaik a few inches above ground. Sow seed in drills, allowing 16 or 18 inches’ space between the drills, and thin to 4 or 6 inches apart in the row. First sowing may be made as soon as ground can be worked in spring and successive ones repeatedly later. Earliest Erfurt. A white, tender variety of Kohl-Rabi, with « smooth root and very short top; the best variety for outdoor cu! ture. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z,, 80 cts.; ¢ ]b., 85 cts. Early White or Green Vienna. Flesh white and tender; « standard sort for market and table use. Good for forcing. This variety has a very short top and forms the ball quickly, thus making it a particularly desirable sort on account of its earliness Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 4 lb., 75 cts. Early Purple Vienna, Bluish-purple, similar to the above, ex cept for color. Pkt., 5 cts,; oz., 25 cts.; } lb., 75 cts. Poireau, FR. Lauch, GER. LEEK. Puerro, Sp. Culture.—Sow early in April in drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep. When plants are 6 to 8 inches high, transplant in a deep, rich soil, in rows 12 inches apart and 6 inches in the rows as deep as possible, so that the neck may be covered and blanched; draw the earth to them as they grow. The seed may also be sown in August or September; plants transplanted in the spring. Dreer’s Prizetaker Leek. (Seecut,) A fine large variety of Leek, which is very mild and tender. The Leeks grow very long and thick and are pure white in color. On account of its size and attractive appearance, this variety is an ideal one for growing to show at exhibitions. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. Giant Carentan. Produces a large, thick stem and of mild flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts. Musselburg. Grows to a very large size, with broad leaves, spreading like a fan. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts, London Flag. A popular sort, hardy and of good quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts. Large American Flag. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $ lb. 50 cts. 2s [| [][SIENRYA DREER -PHITADELDHIA: DA" Reco) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- |[ @ne ounce will produce about 3000 plants. } E ! i UCE Lattich, oder Garten Salad, Grr. bd Laitue, FR. Lechuga, Sp. CULTURE.—Sow the seed in hotbeds or flats during February or early March, prick the young seedlings out in flats er cole frame several inches apart each way, and, as soon as a nice, rich, warm spot can be prepared in open ground in spring, transplant the well-hardened plants in rows a foot apart, allowing 8 to 12 inches space between the plants in the row. For succession sow eed thinly in open ground, and thin the plants to 5 or more inches apart. Sow for succession every few weeks until the fall. Some varieties do well in a cool forcing house during winter. Dreer’s ‘*All Heart.’’ (See cut.) This distinct Cabbage Lettuce is excellent for spring and sum mer use, as it stands intense heat. It is of a yel lowish-green color, and forms a solid heart, eves before it is half grown, It is of superior flavor Sometimes used for forcing under glass, Pkt., 1 cts,; 0z., 30 cts.; } Ib., 80 cts. Early White Cabbage ( Wiite Butter Here A good variety for sowing in the fall, as it is nearly hardy, and requires but little protection. Pkt., ¢ cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts. Silver Ball. An excellent variety for early spring and summer use or for winter forcing. Heads sil very white; very firm and compact. Pkt., 5 cts, oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts. Sensation. This variety is remarkable for its char acter of forming close, hard heads, even in aw early stage of growth. Color yellowish-green, quality very fine, being crisp and tender, Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $ 1b., 50 cts. Dreer’s Improved Hanson, This superior Let tuce, which we introduced thirty-nine years ago, is the best summer heat-resisting sort. Heads grow to good size, are sweet, tender and crisp. Fo» outdoor culture it is unequalled. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; $+ 1b., 50 cts. Improved Deacon. A good summer cabbage sort very crisp, large and light in color. Largely used for growing in cold frames during winter and spring, and a good sort to grow for market, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 1b., 50 cts. Salamander. An excellent spring, summer and French Unrivalled. (See colored plate and page 8.) Pkt., fall variety, forming good-sized heads. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; $ 1b., 80 cts. | cts.; 4 lb., 50 cts. Wonderful. (See page 7.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 60 cts. May King. (See page 7.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 4 1b., 75 cts. Big Boston. (See cut.) Resembles Boston Market, but nearly twice as large; desirable for forcing and spring and fall outdoor planting. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 4 Ib., 75 cts. soston Market ( Wiite Seed). Hardy and crisp; a suitable forcing variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; + 1b., 50 cts. ‘littinger’s Belmont Forcing. An improvement on the Boston Market, larger in size, crisp and tender quality. Pkt, dONcts.3 (023) 2buctsisytlbss7p ots. icand Rapids Forcing. Matures quickly, large size, handsome appear- ance; crisp and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 60 cts. “olden Queen. Very early, ‘small yellow heads. Used for forcing. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; $ 1b., 75 cts. ‘arly Dutch Butter, Spotted. Fine ‘arge heads of excellent quality. One of the best forcing and market sorts. Pkt.) 0) ctS.5).0z.,020) cts.s 2 lb: 50 ‘cts. arly Curled Simpson (Silesia). Chis does not head, but forms a close, compact mass of leaves; very early; excellent for forcing. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz 20 cts.; 4 1b., 50 cts ~ PeABOSTON LETTUCI Black=-seeded Tennisball. Forms a close, hard head, with few outer leaves. Pkt., 5 cts.3; 0z., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts. “Miammoth Salamander. Grows double the size of Sala- mander. Pkt., 5cts.; 0z., 20cts.; } lb., 50 cts. Slack-seeded Simpson, Produces a compact mass of leaves. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts. Yellow-seeded Butter. Compact yellow head; excellent flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts. California Cream Butter. Produces a large white head and stands extreme heat. Pkt., 5 cts.3 oz., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts. Defiance. Excellent quality, crisp and tender, and withstands heat. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts. Giiant Glacier. Heads grow to large size, are solid, crisp and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $4 1b., 50 cts. lignonette. Heads small, compact; leaves slightly curled; edges tinted brown. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 1b., 50 cts. ROMAINE, COS, OR CELERY LETTUCE. These are distinct from the ordinary Lettuce, and much liked on account of their crisp, tender quality and delicate flavor. Kingsholm Cos (see cut). Forms long, upright heads of narrow leaves, which are crisp and refreshing, withstanding the summer heat. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; }1b., 50 cts. Paris White Cos. Type of Kingsholm; light color; very tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; }1b., 50 cts. Trianon Self-folding. A self-blanching Cos Lettuce, very crisp and tender, and of excellent flavor. If the leaves are tied up the plant soon forms a solid head and bleaches to a pure white. Pkts., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } 1b., 60 cts. Senf, GER. MUSTARD. Moutarde, FR. Mostazo, Sp. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. Culture.—A small, pungent salad used like cress; the seed is also used for flavoring pickles, pepper sauce, etc. For salads sow thickly in shallow drills, 6 inches apart, or in frames or boxes during the winter, where frost can be partially excluded. Successive sowings may be made every week or two. To grow seed, sow in April, in rows ] foot apart, and thin out to 3 inches apart when 2 inches high. White London. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } Ib., 20 cts.; Ib., 40 cts. Chinese, Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 10cts.; } Ib., 25cts.; lb., 75 cts. DREER’S RELIABLE from DREERS Sa SPAWN Worron Ey Riu veces seeos- I LETTUCE —continuea A MARTWNIA. Gemschorn, Grr. Culture,—The seedpods are used for pickling, when gath- ered young and tender. Sow in the open ground in May, ip hills 3 feet apart each way, or in a hotbed, and afterwards trans- plant. If once planted in the garden, volunteer plants are likely to spring up the following year from scattered seeds. Martynia Proboscidea. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; } Ib. 85 cts.; lb., $3:00: MUSHROOM SPAWN. The best results are obtained by the use of our superb Mush room Spawn, which is largely used by the most successfu) Full and explicit instructions for growing mushroom: Everyone whe growers, are sent by us free with all orders for Spawn. has a cellar or outside buildings not in use should by all mean: grow this most delicious esculent, considered by most people = luxury. English Milltrack Spawn. For many years we have bee selling a splendid make of English spawn which has give excellent results, producing large crops of fine Mushrooms. 1 is made with great care and is full of live ““mycelium.” i is this that produces the Mushrooms. It is made in bricks, about 1} Ibs., and each brick is sufficient for 8 square feet bed. Per brick, 15 cts. (by mail, 25 cts.); by express, | bricks, $1.50; 25 Ibs., $2.50; 50 Ibs., $4.50; 100 Ibs. , $8.00 Pure Culture Spawn, This is an American make of spawn the method having been discovered by a scientist in 1903, 3 produces Mushrooms of excellent quality and large size, th»: being due to the fact that the spawn is obtained by a proce: of ‘‘grafting,’’ only large and vigorous specimens of Must rooms being used for the purpose. Per brick, 25 cts. (b) mail, 35 cts.); by express, 5 bricks, $1.00; 10 bricks, $1.76 25 bricks, $4.00; 50 bricks, $7.00. French Spawn, This spawn comes from France. It »s @ pared loose, in boxes. 3-lb. boxes, $1.50, by express Dreer’s Mushroom Circular free on Application 30 {I FL TENRYA DREER-PHIIADELDHIA-PA: MUSKMELONS. Zucker Malone, GER. 9) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS ITT Melon Muscade, Fr. Melon Almizcleon, Sp. One ounce will plant about 50 hills; 2 to 3 Ibs. in hills per acre. CULTURE.—Melons thrive best in a light, rich soil. Plant early in May, when the ground has become warm and dry, hills 5 to 6 feet apart each way for Muskmelons, 8 to 10 feet for Watermelons. Previous to sowing the seed, mix a few shovelfuls of well-rotted manure in each hill, and plant in each 12 to 15 seeds; after all danger of bugs is over, thin out to three or four plants per hill. ground, A few hills for early use may be had by sowing on pieces of sod in a hotbed, and when warm enough transplant to open Melon vines are subject to the same destructive insect and fungous foes as are cucumber and squash vines. Early and repeated spraying with Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture is always advisable for these crops. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., Netted Rock. (See Specialties, page 8. ) 15 cts.; 4 lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Admiral Togo. (See Specialties, page 8. ) 20 cts.; 3 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Rocky Ford, Improved. This delicious melon is of the Netted Gem Type, oval in shape and beautifully netted. It has been improved at Rocky Ford, Colorado, a section noted for its fine Muskmelons. The melons average about five inches in length, and are of most delicious flavor; flesh is smooth-grained and light green color. It is a very popular variety, and the Melons are found on the tables of all leading hotels and restaurants during their season, Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; $ 1b., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Jenny Lind. The earliest variety; netted, of small, round size; excellent flavor. The vines do not grow as large as some of the other varieties, but are quite productive, and it is a favorite early variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; } Ib., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Golden Jenny. A small, highly-prized early variety; good shipper. This is a great improvement on the Jenny Lind. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; }1b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Netted Gem. One of the earliest small Melons. Globular shape, uniform in size; flesh light green, tinged with yellow and of very fine flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 30 cts.; Ib., $1.00. Norfolk Button, or Shipper’s Delight. A variety of the Jenny Lind, which sometimes has small buttons at blossom end; good flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; } Ib., 30 cts.; Pkt: 0icts..;!0z., Ib., $1.00. Jersey Belle. Somewhat like Jenny Lind, not so early, but larger. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Hoodoo. (See cut.) As a Muskmelon for the private garden, this variety wil! surely please all who plant it. The vines make a strong and vigorous growth, which enables them to withstand disease and produce an abundant crop of the most delicious Muskmelons one can imagine. The melons are not large, but of conven: ient size for table use, and present a fine appearance. The rind and flesh at blos- som end is very firm, the skin is thickiy netted, and the flesh a rich, deep orange color, fine grained and of remarkable sweetness. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Extra Early Hackensack. Melons grow to large size and attractive appearance. Flesh green, very sweet and sugary. Outer skin is heavily netted. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz, 15 cts.; $ Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Montreal Market. Largest of the nut. meg varieties; flesh green. ‘This is the variety which is largely grown in Canada and sold for high prices. Pkt., 5 cts; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Cassabah. . A large, oblong Melon; green flesh, prolific and of delicious qual- ity. This is the largest Muskmelor grown. Pkt.,10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } Ib., 75 cts:s "lbs mpeaeoe Emerald Gem. A small, very early Melon, form globular; flesh salmon-col- ored; the flavor is exceptionally fine; solid and thick; exterior dark green. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; }1b., 45 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Burrell’s Gem. This melon isa counter- part of the ‘‘Rocky Ford,’’ except in color of flesh, which is beautiful dark salmon or orange, Skin is rather dark green, and rind thin, leaving a thick lining of flesh which is of most delicious, juicy flavor, and fairly melts in the mouth. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z.,15 cts,; } Ib., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25 Miller’s Cream, or Osage. The fruits are large and round, with light green, netted skin, and thick, sweet, salmon-colored| flesh. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 3 Ib., 45 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Paul Rose. A cross of Osage with Netted Gem; flesh thick, firm and beautiful; deep salmon or orange color. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts; } Ib., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Surprise, A highly flavored salmon-fleshed Melon; oval- shaped, deeply ribbed and netted skin. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; $ Ib., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Tip Top. A medium-sized Muskmelon, nearly round in shape, with shallow netting on skin. The flesh is deep yellow and has a rich flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 46 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Defender. Medium size, salmon flesh, and delicious flavor; oval shape, slightly ribbed and covered with a slight netting. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Mango, or Vegetable Orange. Used for preserving. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts. IMPORTED VARIETIES FOR FORCING. Blenheim Orange. flesh, good flavor. Windsor Castle. delicious flavor. A favorite variety for forcing; scarlet Pkt 25.ets: Green flesh, oval shape, finely netted, Pkt., 25 cts. Wasser Melone, GER. WATE RM ELO NS. Melon d'eau, Fr. Zandia, Se. One ounce for thirty hills; four to five pounds for an acre. CULTURE. and disease attacks than Muskmelons. of such mixtures is advisable. Yellow Ice Cream. (See Specialties, page 8.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz, 20 cts.; $ 1b., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50, Harris’ Earliest. This excellent Watermelon grows rather large for an early variety, slightly oval in shape, skin mottled light and dark green. It is uniform in size and shape; the flesh is solid, bright red, very tender and sweet. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. €ole’s Early. An early variety. Large heart, flesh of fine texture and good flavor. Rind thin. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 25 cts; lb., 85 cts. Alabama Sweet. A large and attractive Melon, oblong in shape, earlyin maturing, and very sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. ice Cream. Skin mottled gray, flesh pink. Very solid and sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } Ib., 25 cts.; Ib., 85 cts. Dark Icing. Very solid, rind thin, and highly prized as a shipper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.3 } lb., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts. Mountain Sweet. Early, large, oblong, skin dark green, flesh red, very solid and sweet; a good Melon for northern gardens. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; $1b., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts. Blue Gem, or Iceberg. Similar in shape to the well-known Kolb’s Gem. Flesh pink, darker than Kolb’s Gem. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; } Ib., 25 cts.; Ib., 85 cts. Kolb Gem. Of a delicious, sugary flavor, bright red flesh. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts. Plorida Favorite. Of medium size, striped alternately light and dark green, flesh deep red, crisp and sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; + 1lb., 30 cts.; Ib., $1.00. Striped Gypsy, or Rattlesnake. Oblong shape, skin mottled and striped; medium ys flesh crimson and fine flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 1 1b., 25 cts..; Ib., 85 cts. Dixie. A cross between the Kolb Gem and old-fashioned Mountain Sweet, surpassing the former in earliness, produc- tiveness and shipping qualities, and ey equaling the latter in quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; }1b., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts. Monte Cristo, or Kleckley Sweets. Where sweetness combined with large size is desired this variety will surely please, as it not only produces Melons above the medium size, but has that crisp, sugary flavor so much desired in a Watermelon. It is the sweetest of all. Oval shape, skin dark green and somewhat mottled. The rind is thin, but sufficiently tough to stand carrying to nearby markets. Pkt., 5 cts.; cz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Watermelons, however, are slightly less subject to ‘‘bug’’ depredation At the same time they are more easily hurt by strong spray mixtures, and caution in the use Watson, (See cut.) A large oblong Melon, the skin of which is dark green, with thick netting all over, quite distinct from other varieties. It originated in Georgia, a State noted for producing fine Watermelons, and this new variety is a good example of what a first-class Watermelon should be. The rind is thin, but tough, and the flesh a bright, attractive red color, of a delicious, sweet and satisfying flavor. Its appearance and quality strongly recommend it both for home use and for market. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. Sugar Stick. Oblong in shape and fair size. The skin is mottled green and white, flesh bright red, heart large and very sweet. The vines are strong and very productive. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 1b.; 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Halbert Honey. A large and attractive Melon, oblong shape; rind dark green, flesh crimson; very sweet and tender, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; $1b., 30 cts.3 Ib., $1.00. Wonderful (The McIver Sugar Melon). A very sweet, solid- fleshed sort; often grows to the length of two feet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 80 cts.; lb., $1.00. Sweet=Heart. Vine vigorous and productive, flesh bright red, solid and very tender, melting and sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; $ Ib., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts. Cuban Queen. One of the largest varieties, flesh bright red. Pkt:, 5icts:; oz:, 10)cts,; 4 lb., 25:cts.;\ lb:, 85 cts: Mammoth Ironclad. An oblong Melon, which grows to a large size, solid and of most delicious flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 25 cts.; Ib., 85 cts. Seminole. Flesh a vivid crimson color; crisp and sugary, Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts. Jordan’s Gray Monarch, or Long Light Icing, A variety of Icing Watermelon, producing large, oblong Melons. Color of skin very light green. Quality good. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 25 cts.; Ib., 85 cts. Snowbound. A good variety for the home garden. The vines make a vigorous and healthy growth, even in a poor season, and produce a large crop of fine Melons, the quality of which will satisfy the most exacting. The skin is gray in color and flesh light pink, very tender and sweet. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib, 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Colorado Preserving Citron. Excellent for making pre- serves. Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. DREER’S CHOICE ONION SEED. | Zwiebel, GER. Ognon, FR. Cebolla, Sp. One ounce of Onion seed for 200 feet of drill, 4 to 5 pounds for one acre. CULTURE.—For early green or bunching Onions sow seed of Silver Skin or other hardy white varieties in early August io well-prepared and well-drained, rich, loamy soil, giving one foot space between the rows, and using 20 pounds of seed per acre. In many localities they winter well without mulch or other protection. For dry (fall) bulbs, select a clean, rich, well- drained and well-manured piece of land, prepare a perfect seed-bed, and sow seed in early spring in drills 15 inches or so apart, using 4 to 5 pounds of fresh seed per acre. Use wheel-hoe and weeders freely, and thin plants to stand at least 2 inches apart in the rows. Pull when tops begin to die down, cure and sell, or store in a cool, dry place. For sets, select clean, sandy soil of medium fertility, prepare it well in early spring, and at once sow seed in drills a foot apart, using 40 to 60 pounds of seed per acre. Gather the sets when ripe, cure and store in a dry, airy place. slightly frozen condition, but must be protected from repeated freezing and thawing. shallow drills 12 inches apart, and about 2 inches apart in the drill. They may be wintered in a In early spring following plant them in By sowing seed of the Spanish type, such as the Prizetaker and Southport Globes, under glass in January, February, or even March, and transplanting in April to open ground 3 to 4 inches apart in the rows, bulbs of immense size may be produced. Prizetaker. This is the large pale yellow Onion that is offered for sale in the fruit storesand markets in the fall. Flesh white, of mild and delicate flavor. The large Onions are raised first year from seed, and produce enormous crops, The Onions some times go over 3 lbs. each in weight where good soil and culture are given them. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.00. Rhode Island Yellow Cracker. An extra early variety, excellent to raise where the seasons are short. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } 1b., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.75. Australian Brown. ‘The bulbs grow to a good marketable size, and are very hard and solid. They ripen earlier than either Yellow Danvers or Red Wethersfield, are beautiful brown color and mild flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. Yellow Globe Danvers. (See cut.) Onion growers throughout the country prefer this type of Onion to all others, and it is with this in view that the bulbs from which our seed is grown are specially and care- fully selected as to shape. It is the best paying Onion that is grown for general crop, and has been the leading variety for years. Pkt., 5 cts.; 02z., 15 cts.; } Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. Southport Yellow Globe, A very large, handsome, globular-shaped yellow variety, very productive, of mild flavor. The outer skin is a beautiful pale yellow; ; rs the bulbs are of a beautiful globe shape and good | __ : Se e keepers. Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 15 cts.;} 1b,, 40 cts.; lb., ; or EEG $1.50. Philadelphia Yellow Dutch, or Strasburg. A good keeper and well flavored; bright straw- colored skin and somewhat flattened shape. This variety is largely grown for sets on account of its excellent keeping qualities. Pkt., 5 cts,; 0z., 15 cts.; $ lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. Australian Yellow Globe. The Onions are globe- shaped, grow to large size and are very solid; skin is yellow, flesh white and of very mild flavor. Besides being an extra early Onion, it is very productive and a good keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb, 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. Ailsa Craig. (See cut.) A very large, yellow- fleshed variety of Onion which is popular with English gardeners. It resembles the American variety, ‘‘Prizetaker,’’ but will grow much larger and more globularinform. The skin is an attrac- tive straw-color, flesh is mild, and the Onions keep remarkably well for such large size. Pkt., 10 cts.; az., 50 ets.; $ 1lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00. fil “FIENRY A-DREER PHILADELPHIA: PA ES DREER’S CHOICE ONION SEED—Continued. White Portugal, or Silver Skin. (See cut.) This variety is one of the leading white sorts. The bulbs-are flat in shape and mature early. Largely used for growing sets. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; t+ 1b., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50. Southport White Globe, Pure white color, mild flavor. A good keeper and very prodtctive. It is best to dry these Onions in a shady place. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0oz., 30 cts.; 4 lb., 80 cts.; lb., $2.75. White Welsh Onion, Used for early spring green Onions, and ready for pulling about time ordinary sets are planted. They do not make much bottom, as they are distinctly a bunch Onion. Very mild and delicate-flavored. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 31b., 7d cts. Mammoth Silver King. A large, flat variety. Specimens have been grown to weigh as high as 4 Ibs. Skin pure white and flesh tender Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; + lb., 80 cts.; lb., $2.75. White Pearl. én of ne earliest varieties. Pkt., 8 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; } Ib., 80 cts.; lb., $2.75. White Queen. A rapid-growing variety of mild flavor; pure white, and splendid for pickling. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; }1b., 80 cts.; lb., $2.75. White Barletta. An extra early small white Onion; similar to White Queen. Pkt, 5 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; 4 lb., 80 cts.; lb., $2.75. Extra Early Red. Earlier than the Wethersfield and some- what smaller, close-grained and a good keeper. The Onions are flat in shape, grow very uniform and are somewhat viens in flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts.; lb., $1.7 Southport Red Globe. Beautiful globe shape, of medium size and a good keeper and of superior quality. This variety is very popular insome sections, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; + Ib., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Large Red Wethersfield. Grows ‘to fall size the first sea- son from seed. The Onions are large, flat in shape, with skin of a purplish-red color and flesh of a purplish-white color, rather strong-flavored and an excellent keeper. Pkt., 5 cts,; oz., 20 cts.; ¢ lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. CHOICE ONION SETS. Prices subject to market changes. Postage on Onion Sets, 10 cts. per quart additional. Onion Sets should be planted out as early in the spring as the ground is dry enough to work; plant them in rows 12 inches apart, with sets 2 inches apart in the row. PER QT. 4 gTs. Yellow Onion Sets............ he ety otaene --- $0 20 $0 70 White Onion Sets. .............. cece cece 5 25 90 Red Onion Sets..... AN ceo Rat Me Irae Sede Ie cape 25 90 White Potato (Multiplier) ................... 25 90 Yellow PotatoOnions .... ............ sie 25 90 Egyptian, or Perennial Tree..... tombe meres 20 70 Shallotsmecmecwsee nets eee sees oar 30 1 00 Garlic. Lb., 25 cts.; ‘by ae 35 cts.; by express, 10 Ibs., $2.00. Chives. (See Herb Seeds, also Vegetable Plants, page 46.) When larger quantities of Onion Sets are desired, write for prices. OKRA, OR GUMBO. Essbarer Hibisch, GER. Gombaud, FR. Quimbombo, Sr. Culture.—This vegetable is extensively grown for its green pods, which are used in soups, stews, etc:,to which they impart a rich flavor. and are considered nutritious. Sow the seed thickly in rich ground, about the middle of May, or when the ground has become warm, in drills 8 feet apart, 1 inch deep; thin to 10 inches apart in drills, Cul- ture otherwise much like corn: Perkins’ Long=Pod Okra. An exceedingly handsome variety of Okra, which is a great improvement upon other varieties heretofore grown. The pods grow 4 or 5 inches in length and are very tender, long, slim and of a beautiful deep green color, The habit of growth of plant is dwarf, and it is very productive. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 20 cts.; Ib., 65 cts. Dreer’s Little Gem. ‘The best of the dwarf sorts. It makes a stocky growth of plant and is very productive. The pods are long, slender and of alight green color, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; }1b., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. Improved Long Green. (See cut.) An old-time favorite; very productive and bears long pods, which are of good quality, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; $ 1b., 20 cts.; Ib., 60 cts. White Creole (White Velvet). Pods free from ridges and very tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz.. 10 cts.; } lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 34 {Tne DREER-DHTADELDHTAWDA og / RELIABLEVEGETABLE SEEDS~ [| 2 =" by Pastinake, Gr. ees Chirivia, SP. Panais, FR. : PARSNIP. One ounce for 200 feet of drill, 5 to 6 lbs. for an acre. Culture.—Sow as early in the spring as the weather will admit in drills 18 inches apart and 4 inch deep, in a rich, deep soil; thin out 3 to 6 inches apart in the rows. The quality of the roots is improved by leaving them in the ground over winter for spring use. Secure enough in pits or cellars in the fall for immediate needs. Valuable for feeding stock, as well as for table use. If grown on a large scale, make rows wide enough apart to allow cultivation by horse power. Large Sugar, or Hollow Crown. (See cut.) The best variety; roots long, very smooth, white, tender and sugary. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00. Student, or Guernsey. A good half-long variety. cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00. Petersilie, GER. Parsley. One ounce of seed for 150 feet of drill. Pkt., 5 Persil, FR. Perejil, Sp. Culture.—Used for garnishing and seasoning soups, meats, etc. Succeeds best in mellow, rich soil. Sow thickly early in April in rows 1 foot apart and 4 inch deep; thin out the plants to stand 6 inches apart in the rows. To assist the seed in com- ing up soak them a few hours before sowing. Dreer’s Dwarf Perfection. (See Specialties, page 9.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; + Ib., $1.00; Ib., $3.50. Dwarf Extra Curled Perpetual. Leaves tender, crimped and very curly, of a bright green color. Pkt,, 5 cts:s oz, 20 cts.; + 1b., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. : Champion Moss Curled. A distinct variety, beautifully curled. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } 1b., 40 cts.; lb., $1-25. Half Curled. Medium curled; used for garnishing and sea- soning. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; 1 |b., 40 cts., Ib., $1.20. Plain. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; lb, $1.25. Fern Leaved. Stands winter if covered before frost. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; + lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Turnip-rooted, or Hamburg Parsley. The fleshy root resembles a parsnip, and is used for flavoring soups, stews, etc. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } lb., 60 cts.; Ib. $2.00. | PEPPER. Pfeffer, GER. Piment, Fr. One ounce of seed for 1000 to 1500 plants. Culture.—Sow seed in flats under glass in March; prick out in other flats when 2 or 3 inches high, 2 inches apart each way, and when the weather has become thoroughly settled in spring and danger from belated freezes is over, transplant to open ground in warm, very rich and well-prepared soil, making the rows 2 to 3 feet apart, with plants 15 to 18 inches apart in the rows. The large, sweet sorts have become very popular and are always in large demand. Giant Crimson Pepper. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.50. Hot Bell. (See Specialties, page 8.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. Chinese Giant Pepper. (See cut.) This desirable variety is undoubtedly the largest Sweet Pepper ever offered. The flesh is quite thick, very mild and remarkably sweet. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 80 cts.; 0z., 50 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.50. Ruby Giant. A variety of Mango Pepper, which is of a de- sirable size and shape for stuffing. A cross of Ruby King and Chinese Giant, grows to large size and is very mild. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 30 cts.; 0z., 50 cts.; $ Ib., $1.50. Neapolitan. A variety of Sweet Pepper which has been con- trolled by Italians, who marketed their Peppers fully a week ahead of other growers. It grows about 3 inches long, but not as thick through as the ‘* Bull Nose;’’ the flesh, however, is very thick and remarkably sweet, Pkt., 10 cts.; } 0z., 20 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; } lb., $1.00. Ruby King. Good variety for mangoes or pickling; very pro- ductive and sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } lb., $1.00. Large Bell, or Bull Nose. Large early variety, mild flavor, thick and fleshy. Pkt., 5 cts,; 0z., 30 cts.; $ 1b., 85 cts. Pimiento, Sp. PKT. oz. Y LB Long Sweet Spanish............. $0 05 $0 30 $0 85 ong Red Cayenne. -. oo. --- ee 05 3 85 SMA CHUL ey. 2... < espe era su} 30 85 Procopp’s Giant ...... Seen. PAOD: Say al (06) Gelestial ys ik 215 3% <:<:cieitcedee 05 30 85 Golden Dawn............ 05 30 85 CoraliGemti jc)... 2S eee 10 40 1 00 Red Cherry...... PEI 3. ¢ OD 30 85 Red Japan'Cluster .<....0..-ca.0.. 05 3 85 PRADASCO. .\uic)a's 0 s:2eel eee eee 10 45 Creole; or Bird’s Eye... ->.-- sae) 10 45 PEPPER PLANTS. 2° (See page 46, ) ee [TT TENRY A DREER-DHITADELDHIA- DANY RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS: |[][] 29 Pois, Fr. - Erbsen, GER. GARD EN | EAS. Chicaros 0 Ginsantes, Sp. One quart will plant about 100 feet of drill. One and one-half to two bushels for an acre. CULTURE.—Peas of extra early, smooth class are the very first thing to be planted in the garden in spring. The wrinkled sorts follow a little later, as they are not quite so hardy. ‘Tall late varieties need brush or other support. By selecting sorts that do not grow much over two feet high, the necessity of providing brush may be avoided. Judicious selection of varieties and plant- ing frequently for succession will give us a full supply of the choicest green Peas almost during the entire season, with the possible exception of the hottest part of the summer. Open furrows three or four inches deep and three feet apart; scatter the seed Peas into them and cover with hoe or plow. Cultivate like corn or beans. The late tall sorts may be planted in double rows and brush - stuck in between for support. All Garden Peas, however, require good, strong and fertile land. Heavy yields cannot be obtained on poor soil. The very dwarfest sorts of the American Wonder type will succeed only on the very richest garden land, and may be planted in rows a foot apart. NOTE.—tThe long drought during last summer was disastrous to Pea crops, and as a consequence the supply of seed is very limited and prices higher. This condition exists with all dealers in seeds, and we strongly advise early purchase of all Peas re= quired for this year’s planting. Packets of all varieties of Peas, 10 cts. each. EARLY VARIETIES. Market Surprise. (See colored plate and page 8.) Pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts., $2 40; peck, $4.50. Little Marvel. (See Specialties, page 9.) Pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. Sutton’s Excelsior. (See Specialties, page 9.) Pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. Dreer’s Eureka Extra Early. We have been improving this strain of extra early Pea for years, and now have a very choice strain. It is the earliest and most prolific variety; height, 20 inches. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Dreer’s Electric Extra Early. This is a variety of the Alaska type, but a great improvement, being much earlier, bearing large pods. The vines grow 2 feet high, and are loaded down with pods. It is the best variety of thistype. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Alaska. An extra early round Pea, bearing pods of a dark green color; 2 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50, Dreer’s Extra Early Pioneer. Pods of medium size, con- taining 4 to 6 full, plump Peas; fine flavor; 20 inches. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. Improved Daniei O’Rourke. Good early sort; height, 2 feet. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.35; peck, $2.40. Lightning. A very early Pea, bearing long, well filled pods in great profusion; 2 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. Surprise Pea. This Peais one of the earliest of the wrinkled sorts. Vines grow about two feet high, and are enormously productive. Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.);qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1.80; peck, $3.00. Little Gem, A dwarf first early green wrinkled marrow; 1} feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Premium Gem. A fine flavored dwarf, wrinkled variety; height, 18 inches. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Gradus, or Prosperity. (Seecut.) This variety combines . the finest quality with extreme earliness, and is also very pro- ductive. It is hardy, and can be planted fully as early as the smooth Peas. Grows vigorous and healthy, bearing pods fully as large as Telephone. The Peas are a beautiful light green, which color they retain after being cooked, and the flavor is delicious. Vines 3 feet in height and very prolific. Pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.);qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. i i | vs | ? ' pe ‘ % 4 §- ia Ls ¥ 9 : Le oF & GARDEN PEAS—entinued. Packets of all varieties of Peas, 10 cts. each, postpaid. Everbearing. A first-class Pea for summer and autumn use; height, 2} feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Long Island Mammoth. A very productive late variety, Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt, 45 cts. (postpaid, 6U cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Telegraph, Large pods, deep green color and fine flavor; 3} feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts:); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. EARLY VARIETIES — continued). American Wonder, A very fine, extra early wrinkled variety It is well suited for the private garden and quite productive height, 1 foot. Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1.80; peck, $3.00. Nott’s Excelsior. An improvement on American Wonder, being as early and pods decidedly larger; height, 14 inches. Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 cts. );! 4 qts., $1.80; peck, $3.00. Thomas Laxton. An early variety of large-podded Pea. The plant is a very hardy and strong grower, producing extra large size pods in abundance, and the quality is delicious; height 3 feet. Pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 qts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. Early Morn, An English variety of the Gradus type with many desirable qualities. The peas are large, closely packed in the pod, and the flavor is sweet and delicious. Pt., 35 cts. (post paid, 43 cts.); qt., 65 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 ats., $2.40 peck, $4.50, SECOND EARLY AND MEDIUM VARIETIES. Lincoln. (See Specialties, page 9.) Pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 4% cts.); qt., 64 cts. (postpaid, 80 cts.); 4 gts., $2.40; peck, $4.50. Shropshire Hero. A grand second early wrinkled Pea, pro ducing long, handsome, welt-filled pods in great abundance; 24 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Abundance, Podscontain 6 to 8 Jarge wrinkled Peas, and ripen about one week after the earliest kinds; height, 14 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.78. Advancer. Prolific, well-filled, long pods, tender and delicious flavor; 2 feet. Pt., 25 cts, (postpaid, 23 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.76. Heroine. A medium early green wrinkled Pea; height, 2 to 24 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Fillbasket. Hardy, prolific. Pods well filled with medium. sized Peas; height, 24 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts,); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. GENERAL LATE CROP. Telephone. (See cut.) Immensely productive and of the finest quality. Vines very strong, averaging 18 to 20 pods per stalk; the pods are of large size, containing 6 to 7 Peas each, which are of a pale green color, and are closely packed in the pod, and of a most delicious flavor. A valuable feature of this vari- ety is that it continues in bearing for an extremely long time; height, 3} feet. Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1.90; peck, $3.25. Carter’s Daisy, or Dwarf Telephone. This is a dwarf variety, bearing large, handsome pods like Telephone; height, 18 inches. Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (post: paid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1.80; peck, $3.00, Improved Stratagem,. Pods of immense size, filled with very large dark green Peas of the finest quality; height, 18 inches. Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 55 cts. (postpaid, 70 cts. ); 4 qts., $2.00; peck, $3.50. Champion of England. This popular wrinkled variety is stil} largely used on account of the rich flavor of the Peas; 6 feet. Pt.. 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts. ); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Pride of the Market. A dwarf Pea of vigorous habit and very productive. This variety does not need any support; height, 2 feet. Pt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 60 cts. (postpaid, 75 cts.); 4 qts., $2.25; peck, $4.00. Yorkshire Hero. A dwarf wrinkled marrow. well filled with large Peas, which remain in good condition for a long time; 2 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. Pods are LTE STENRY A DREER -DHTTADELDHTAPA- CARDEN PEAS. —General and Late Crop Se All varieties of Peas, 10 cts. per pkt. Owarf Champion. (See cut.) The Champion of England has long been a standard variety; the long vines, however, were an ob- jection. This variety is hardy and of fine quality, but has less vine and produces larger pods and more of them; height, 2 feet. Pt., 25 cts. (pesipele: 33 cts. ); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.65; peck, $2.75. French Canner (Petit Pois, or Small French Pea). Pt.. 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. Large White Marrowfat. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.75. Black-eyed Marrowfat. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.75. Giant Sugar. Pods are cooked in same manner as snap-shot beans, and are delicious, Pt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 53 cts.); qt., 80 cts. (postpaid, 95 cts.). Dwarf White Sugar. Pt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 48 cts.); qt., 70 cts. (postpaid, 85 cts. ). Tall White Sugar. Pt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 48 cts.); qt., 70 cts, (postpaid, 85 cts.). FIELD PEAS. | (See page 53.) PUMPKIN. Grosse-Kurbis, GER. Potiron, FR. Calabaza, SP One ounce for 25 hills, 3 pounds for an acre. Culture.—Sow in good soil in May, when the ground has become warm, in hills 10 feet apart each way, or in fields of corn about every fourth hill; plant at the same time with the corn. Pumpkin varieties if planted together will mix. There is not much danger of their mixing or hybridizing with squashes or other vines. Winter Luxury Pumpkin. A splendid pie Pumpkin; shape round, skin finely netted, and beautiful russet-yellow color; flesh thick and of fine flavor. The vines are healthy and produce large numbers of Pumpkins, which keep well during the winter. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + Ib., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Sugar, or New England Pie. (See cut.) For making pies this variety cannot be excelled. The Pumpkins are small, but very sweet, fine-grained and of the best quality. The skin is a deep orange and flesh rich yellow, Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 15 cts.; }1b., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. “NEW ENGLAND ~ —PIE PUMPKIN Mammoth Golden Cashaw Pumpkin. An improvement on the old light-colored Ca- shaw, the skin being a beautiful golden-orange color. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz, 15 cts.; }1b., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Large Yellow Mammoth Potiron (King of the Mammoths, Jumbo). Specimens have been grown weighing over 100 pounds. The color of the outer skin is a rich, dark yellow, flesh a little lighter shade. Pkt., 1 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. Quaker Pie Pumpkin. A fine-grained, oval-shaped Pumpkin of rich flavor, Keeps well if stored in a dry place. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Large Tours. A French variety which grows to a large size. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 3 Ib., 30 cts.; Ib., $1.00. Large Cheese. Very good for table use. Skin orange, flesh yellow and sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. + lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Tennessee Sweet Potato. Fine for pies. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } 1b,, 30 cts.; Ib., $1.00. Large Yellow Field. For feeding stock. Oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. By express, 10 lbs., $4.75. 23 [| {TSR A DREER-DHTTADELDHIA-DA: WSS RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS | EarRty STANDARD Culture.—Any good well-drained, fibrous loam will produce Potatoes under right climatic conditions. For early Potatoes, which mature in 8 to 10 weeks from planting, the soil must be particularly rich. A rich clover sod, manured and broken the year before and planted to corn, beans, peas, oats. etc., isin best shape for giving a good yield of nice clean Potatoes. Stable manure had better be applied to the land the year before, while some good complete fertilizer, at the rate of up to a 1000 pounds per acre if applied broadcast, or 400 to 600 pounds if applied mostly in the rows, may be used directly for the Potato crop. Open furrows 3 feet apart and 3 to 4 inches deep. Apply the fertilizer, and run the furrower or small plow again in the furrow to mix the fertilizer with the soil and leave a mellow seedbed. planted in check rows 3 feet apart each way. acre. Cover with coverer, small plow or other suitable tool. Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture as a protection from flee beetle, potato beetle and blight. Then plant good-sized pieces, each containing not less than 2 or 3 eyes, 15 inches apart in the furrows for early Potatoes, and 18 inches apart for late ones. In some of the large Potato sections the Potatoes are always Cultivate often. Spray with 8 to 10 bushels will plant an IMPORTANT.—Prices of Potatoes are subject to market changes. Potatoes are forwarded by express or freight as directed, purchaser paying charges. Dreer’s Early Standard. (Seecut.) An extremely early new variety, which matures fully one week ahead of the Bovee. The tubers are produced abundantly and are of a uniform size. The plants are of dwarf, compact habit in growth, strong and healthy, free from blight and disease, and will also withstand drought, When the tubers are matured, the vines die down and never make a second growth. It invariably produces a large crop of smooth Potatoes, which are roundish in shape, beautiful white skin, very smooth and few eyes. The quality is superb, flesh being pure white, and cooks verymealy. } peck, 45 cts.; peck, 75 cts.; bu., $2.35; bbl. sack, $5.00. Bliss’ Triumph. Extremely early, round, thin, bright red skin, white flesh; sometimes sold in market as Bermudas. Peck, 75 cts.; bu,, $2.35; bbl. sack, $5.00. Pride of the South, or White Bliss. White skin and flesh, extra early and productive. Peck, 75 cts.; bu., $2.35; bbl. sack, $5.00. Bovee. Earlier than the Early Rose and a much more pro- ductive variety. The vine is dwarf and stocky, skin pink or flesh color, presenting a fine appearance, and the quality is all that could be desired. Peck, 75 cis.; bu., $2.25; bbl. sack, $4.75. 2 Beauty of Hebron. This is an old-time favorite which matures early; tubers have red and white skin, grow to a good size and are of excellent quality. It is also a very productive variety and a remarkably good keeper. Peck, 75 cts.;. bu., $2.25$ bbl. sack, $4.75. Irish Cobbler. One of the first varieties of Potatoes to be ready for market, and therefore will command a good price. The skin is creamy-white, sometimes netted, which is an indication of good quality; eyes are strong, well-developed, and but slightly indented. The flesh is white and of fine flavor. Peck, 75 cts.; bu., $2.25; bbl. sack, $4.75. We assume no risk on Potatoes, and ship strictly on purchaser’s responsibility. Sacks contain 165 lbs. of Potatoes, Early Rose. We sell more of this variety than any other, as it is the leading early sort in almost allsections. The stock we furnish is northern-grown, and has been carefully grown. Peck, 75 cts.; bu., $2.25; bbl. sack, $4.76. Early Ohio. An old-time favorite; matures early, and the Potatoes are fit for use before fully ripe. Many growers con- sider it the most profitable early market variety. Peck, 75 cts.; bu., $2.35; bbl. sack, $5.00. Burbank’s Seedling, A white-skinned, medium early variety, with few eyes; flesh fine-grained and good flavor. Peck, 70 cts.; bu., $2.00; bbl. sack, $4.50. White Star. A medium early variety of fine quality and appearance; large, oblong, uniform-sized tubers, remarkably productive. Peck, 70 cts.; bu., $2.00; bbl. sack, $4.50. State of Maine. Medium early, splendid flavor, cooks dry, is a good keeper and very productive. Peck, 70 cts.; bu., $2.00; bbl. sack, $4.50. Carman No. 1. Intermediate in ripening, and resembles the Rural New Yorker No. 2 in shape, and also in having very few and shallow eyes. The flesh is white and quality perfect Peck, 70 cts.; bu., $2.00; bbl. sack, $4.50. Carman No. 3. Originated on the trial grounds of the ‘‘Rural New Yorker.’’ It is a good late variety and one of the greatest yielders; large, oblong, slightly flattened. Peck, 70 cts.; bu., $2.00; bbl. sack, $4.50. Rural New Yorker No. 2, A valuable variety of large size, very smooth and a great cropper; in quality unexcelled. It is the best late long keeper, and we recommend it highly. Peck, 70 cts.; bu., $2.00; bbl. sack, $4.50. Sir Walter Raleigh. This valuable variety is a seedling from Rural New Yorker No. 2, which variety it resembles very much, The flesh is white and fine-grained; it produces heavy crops, and the Potatoes grow to a large size. Peck, 70 cts.; bu., $2.00; bbl. sack, $4:50. 39 CG RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- |[ RADISH. Radieshen, Rettig, GER. Radis, Rave, Petite Rave, FR. Rabana, Sp. One ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of drill. CULTURE.—Sow early and often. In good, warm, fibrous loam, especially if quite sandy, summer Radishes will make a crop in 4 to 6 weeks from sowing. The soil should be well prepared, and fertilizers may be used freely. Have the rows a foot apart, and sow just seed enough so they will not require thinning. Any little spot that becomes available during summer may be utilized for planting Radishes. The short or turnip-rooted sorts are quickest and easiest to grow, and good for forcing also. On greenhouse bench or in frames the rows need not be more than 4 inches apart. Sow winter Radishes in July and August. They grow best in the cooler autumn weather. Take them up before severe freezing and store in sand in the cellar, or in a pit, where they will keep tender and crisp all winter. New Perfection. (See Specialties, page 9°) Pkt., 10 cts; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. Dreer’s First and Best. (See Special- ties, page 10.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz, 15 cts.; 4 lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25, Dreer’s Crystal Forcing. (See Spe- cialties, page 10.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Cardinal Globe. (See cut.) Those who like the crisp little red Radishes that come so early will be pleased with this variety. The Radishes grow globular in shape, and are of a most brilliant cardi- nal-red color. It will stand considerable heat; therefore it is a quick forcer, and the quality is fine, being crisp and ten- der. It is by far the best variety for forc- ing, and also does well in open ground. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; $ lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Crimson Giant. Suitable for forcing or early planting out of doors. A remurk- able feature of this Radish is that it will grow double the size of other red forcing Radishes and still remain solid, not show- ing the least sign of becoming hollow. Round to oval in shape, and very attrac- tive. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts; } Ib., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Round Red Forcing. (Sce cut.) One of the earliest and , Earliest Red May. This variety produces the small, round best of the Turnip varieties for forcing, very short-leaved, Radishes very quickly. The tops are quite small, and when sural tp; aoe of skin dark red, white-fleshed. Pkt., 5 cts. ; the Radishds are bunched they make a verv attractive appear oz. 15 cts.; 7 Ib., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. ance. The flavor is fine, being crisp and iacer. Pkt., 10 z= ae BE = cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. A oe ; Earliest White May. Similar to the ‘“‘Red May,”’ except in color, which is pure white. The top is small, and the Rad- ishes are of fine form and excellent favor. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; 3 Ib., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. French Breakfast. Oblong shape, rapid growth, very mild and tender, beautiful scarlet color tipped with white. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 1b., 35 cts.; lb., $1.10. Dreer’s Crimson Ball. A dainty little Radish, of mild flavor; skin bright red, flesh tinged with red. Good for fore- ing or out-of-door planting. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. White-tipped Scarlet Gem. Excellent for forcing; short leaves, bright scarlet with white tip. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Dreer’s Earliest White Globe Forcing. Oval shape, very small root, small top; flesh white, tender and crisp. Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; $ lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Golden=Yellow Olive=-shaped. An early yellow Radish Pkt:; 5 cts.3:0z., 115 cts.;),¢ Ib.,. 35, cts.3 Ibi; $1.10. 1 PKT. oz. 4 Ls. LB, Early Scarlet Turnip........... 5 15 35 = $1.10 Scarlet Olive=-shaped........... 5 15 30 1.00 Half=Long Deep Scarlet ,....... 5 15 30 1.00 Cincinnati Market ............. 5 15 35 1.10 Long Scarlet Short Top........ 5 15 3 1.00 Round White Forcing........... 5 15 35 1.10 Early White Turnip ........... 5 15 30 1.00 Philadelphia White Box........ 5 15 30 1.00 Golden Dresden................. 5 15 35 1.10 40 E37 RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS” [I RA D | S H — Continued, SUMMER RADISHES. White Delicacy. An attractive long white variety, which is a great improvement on the White Strasburg, being earlier, more evenly shaped and smaller top. The Radishes are in excellent condition, even during the early portion of their growth, and are solid, crisp and mild in flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + 1b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Icicle Radish, (See cut.) These Radishes are transparent white, have small tops, allowing close planting, and are very crisp and brittle. A feature greatly in its favor is that it re mains in good condition while growing for a long time, thus allowing a continuous pulling from the same planting. Pkt, 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 4 Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Long White Vienna (Lady Finger). This variety matures early and is of excellent quality, Skin and flesh are pure snow white; crisp and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15° cts.; + Ib.; 35 cts.; Ib., $1.10. White Strasburg. Roots oblong; pure white; mild flavor Can be used while quite small, and is an excellent sort for growing during the summer season. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; + lb., 35 cts.; Ib., $1.10. While Chartier. acter as the Beckert’s Chartier, except in color. oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb:, 35 cts.; lb., S110; Beckert’s Chartier. Long crimson, shaded white. Thi: variety can be used in an early state, and will continue te This long white Radish is of same char Pkt., 5 cts.; supply the crisp Radishes until they reach a large size. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; + lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.10. Large White Summer. An early summer variety. Large and smooth, with pure white flesh, which is rather hot. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. Large Yellow Summer. Like White Summer, except in color. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. WINTER RADISHES. Scarlet China. One of the best fall and winter varieties; smooth skin, which is bright rose color. Flesh white, crisp and pungent. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Round Scarlet China. Extremely solid and a most excellent keeping variety. 5 cts.; 0oz., 15 cts.; 4 1b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Round Black Spanish. This Radish grows to a fair size, is round in shape, and considered excellent for winter use. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + lb., 30 cts.; Ib., $1.00. Long Black Spanish. Long in shape, of good flavor, and used by those who prefer a long Radish to a round sort. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; Ib., $1.00. RHUBARB. Rhabarber, GER. Rhubarbe, Fr. Ruibarbo, Sp. One ounce of seed will produce about 1000 plants. Culture.—Good plants are easily grown in any good garden soil, Sow seed thinly in shallow drills a foot apart, thin to 4 or 5 inches. Keep soil loose and free from weeds. The plants are liable to vary considerably, Pick out the strongest and best. In fall or spring following transplant to the permanent bed, 4 feet apart each way, in deep, warm and very rich soil. The more manure the better stalks. For winter forcing take up two-year roots in fall, leave out to freeze, then bed close together on cellar bottom or under greenhouse bench in the dark. Root round, of a fine scarlet color. Pkt., Linnzus. Early, large; tender and very fair. Pkt., d cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 4 Ib., 50 cts. Victoria. Very large, the finest cooking variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; 02., 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts. (For Rhubarb Roots see page 46.) Long White Spanish. Also grows long, as its name im plies, but is of white color; flavor is all that could be desired Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. White Chinese, or Celestial. (See cut.) A Chinese pro- duction, and one of the best white winter Radishes; it is stump-rooted and grows to a large size, and even when extremely large the Radishes are solid, crisp and of a mild flavor. The skin is pure white, making it a very attractive variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts; 4 lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25. Krewson’s Oblong Black Spanish. An improvement on the Round Black Spanish; longer and of much more perfect form. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } 1b., 35 cts.; lb., $1.10. li Spinat, GER. = [-HENRYA DREER- DHTIADELDHIA DA: scp RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS ||| SPINACH. Espinard, FR. Espinaca, Sp. One ounce for 100 feet of drill; 10 to 12 Ibs. in drills for an acre. Culture.—Spinach is an important market gar- dener’s crop, of easy culture. For spring and sum- mer use sow in drills 1 foot apart and | inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and every two weeks for a succession. For winter and early spring use, sow in September in well manured ground; cover with straw on the approach of severe cold weather. The ground cannot be too rich. The stronger the ground, the more delicate and succulent will be the leaves. The New Zealand Spinach, which requires more room, as it makes a large and spreading plant, may be started from seed early in spring to give greens during the heat of summer. Light applications of nitrate of soda have often a magic effect on Spinach. Spinach is sometimes forced by sowing in early Sep- tember in frames, over which sash is placed during February and March, and further protected by mats during severe freezing weather. Long Season Spinach. Sowings can be made in early spring and followed monthly with further sowings, and the crop will be continuous through- out the entire summer. The leaves are a rich dark green color, very thick, crumpled and of splendid quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 25 cts.; lb., 60 cts. Prickly=seeded. The hardiest variety, having small leaves; is not so productive as the above sort. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts. F é & fe H Dreer’s Round-seeded Savoy. (See cut.) This is the hardiest large Savoy-leaved; curled and crimped, with thick, fleshy leaves; excellent for family use, and best of all for fall sowing. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; }Ib., 20.cts.; Ib., 50 cts.; 10 lbs. or more, by express, 40 cts. per lb, Victoria. This variety is of remarkably fine texture, of the deepest green color, heavily crimped, thick, fleshy leaves, deep red stem. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10:cts.; 4 lb., 20 cts.; Ib., 50 cts.; 10 lbs. or more, by express, 40 cts. per Ib. Long-=standing Round=seeded, A large, crimped, thick, fleshy Savoy-leaved variety. Slow to run to seed. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; } lb., 20 cts.; Ib., 50 cts. New Zealand. This endures heat, and is best for summer, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. FE ES AS PWV" Betton Fegeiat Se OR Culture. VEGETABLE OYSTER. One ounce for 50 feet of drill. Used the same as Carrots; or, after having been boiled, made into cakes and fried like oysters, which they resemble in flavor. Cultivate the same as Carrots or Parsnips; it is hardy; can remain in the grouud all winter for early spring use, but should be taken up before it starts growing; supply for use during the winter. well enriched, mellow soil. take up a Succeeds best in a light, Sow early in the spring in drills 12 to 15 inches apart, 1 inch deep; thin, if necessary, to 6 inches apart. Mammoth Sandwich Island. (See cut.) This variety .of Salsify grows to a very large size, and resembles a good-sized Parsnip, popular, Long White. It is very mild and delicately flavored, and very Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; }Ib., 40 cts.; 1b., $1.50. A favorite market variety and fine flavored. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; $ Ib., 35 cts.; lb., $1.25. Long Black, or Scorzonera. Resembles above, but black. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; $ Ib., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50. 42 {]{]]SIENRYADREER-DHIIADFLDHIA-PA os 7 RELIABLEVEGETABLE SEEDS- {||| Speise-Kurbis, GER. SQUASH. Courge, Fr. Calabaza, Sp. One ounce of seed for 25 hills, 3 to 4 pounds for an acre. CULTURE.—AIl Squashes do best in warm and very rich soil. the bush varieties 4 feet apart each way. the winter sorts 10 to 12 feet each way. vide for losses by insects. When danger of such losses is past, thin to 2 or 4 plants to the hill. Plant in well manured hills, same as melons or cucumbers, Use seed freely, 8 to 12 seeds to the hill, to pro- Torepel the Squash vine borer, throw a handful of tobacco dust close around the plants. The large strong smelling black Squash bug can be kept in check by hand- picking, going over the vines at frequent intervals. Arsenate of Lead Mixture. to grow pumpkins. EARLY VARIETIES. Vegetable Marrow. (See Specialties, page 10). Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 2U cts.; $.1b., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50. Extra Early Jersey White Bush. (Seecut.) An improved strain of the old White Bush Squash, the result of selections which have been made by a prominent market gardener. It grows in the bush form, and is enormously productive. The Squashes ma- ture fully ten days earlier than the old sort, and are of good size. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } Ib., 35 cts.; Ib., $1.00. Early White Bush. Of dwarf growth and an abundant bearer of creamy-white Squashes. Pkt., 5cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; } Ib., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts, Golden Custard Bush. Similar in shape to the White Bush va- riety, but skin is a rich golden-yellow and flesh pale yellow. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts; 4 1b., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00. Yellow Summer Crook-neck. Early, productive and of good quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; }1b., 25 cts.; Ib., 80 cts. Giant Summer Crook-neck. (See cut.) Much larger than above, equally as early. The flesh is thick, yellow and of Sania quality, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; }1b., 35 cts.; Ib., 1.00. Early Prolific Orange Marrow. Resembles Boston Marrow ‘ in shape, Flesh is deep, fine-grained and of a delicious flavor. Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 15 cts.; $ 1b., 35 cts,; lb., $1.00. For yellow-striped beetle and blight, spray early and repeatedly with Bordeuax Winter Squashes may also be grown in cornfields in same manner as it is customary in many places FALL AND WINTER SORTS. Delicious. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; + lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Boston Marrow. A good keeper; of excellent flavor; flesh orange-colored and fine-grained; oval form and a popular sort. Pkt., 5 cts.3, 0z., 15 cts.; + lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00: Golden Hubbard. Shape same as old fashioned Hubbard, but skin is rich orange color. The flesh is deep golden yellow, cooks dry, fine flavor. A good keeper, Pkt,, 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 4 Ib., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00. Warted Hubbard. A Hubbard Squash with warted skin. The vines grow strong and produce a large number of Squashes, which are of good size and keep well, Pkt., 5 cts,; 0z., 15 cts.; }Jb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00. Hubbard. A reliable old-time variety of winter Squash. Large size; flesh bright orange color, fine-grained, dry, and has a good flavor. Fkt., 5 cts.;.0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 35 cts.; Ib., $1.00. Golden Bronze. A cross between Bay State and Boston Mar- row. Shape much the same as latter variety, skin is wrinkled Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 1b., 85 cts.; lb., $1.00. Essex Hybrid. Flesh very thick, rich-colored and solid. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + lb., 35 cts.; lb, $1.00. Pike’s Peak, or Sibley. Pale green; flesh thick, solid, very. dry. Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 15cts.; } lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00 Mammoth Chili. Rich orange-yellow; flesh thick and of good quality for making pies; also a good sort for feeding stock. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. Winter Crook=neck. An excellent keeping variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; $ lb., 35 cts.; 1b., $1.00. SORREL. Sauerampfer, GER. Oseille, FR. Acedera, Sp. CULTURE.—Used for soups and salads on account of its pleasent acid flavor. Sow seed in any good garden land, in shallow drills a foot apart, Thin plants toa few inches apart and remove seed stalks as soon as they appear. Large-leaved Garden. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } 1b., 35 cts.; lb., $1.25. ee , wy Jersey a Ne (SS) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS: | THESTONE TOMATO: .., Liebesapfel, GER. ; OMA | O. Tomate, FR, Tomate, Sp. One ounce of seed will produce from 3000 to 4000 plants. CULTURE. —For first early Tomatoes select varieties of the earliest types, and start the plants under glass during February, When plants are 2 inches high, transplant into flats, thumb pots or plant boxes, and later on transplant again, giving more room. Never crowd the plants, but keep them short and stocky. Plants already in bloom or with fruit set, if in wooden plant boxes or in pots, may be transplanted to open ground without disturbing their roots, and will continue to bloom and fruit without check. Set these sorts 4 feet apart each way in warm, mellow soil of fair fertility as soon as danger from belated frosts is past. For main crop, the plants can be started somewhat later, in hotbed or cold frame, once transplanted to keep them stocky, anc then set in open ground in fairly good warm soil, 5 feet apart each way. A very ornamental show can be made in the home garden by training tomato plants to stakes, poles or trellis. Applications of superphosphate, or of some good complete (vegetable) fertilizer often have a very happy effect on Tomatoes in hastening maturity and increasing the yield. Early Detroit. (See Specialties, page 9.) Pkt., 10cts.; oz., | Bonny Best. An early and productive variety, Fruiis are 40 cts.; } 1b., $1.25. round, somewhat flattened at stem end, and are produced in Livingston’s Hummer. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., abundance. The color is scarlet, and quality good. It is 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.00. also a good forcing Tomato. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; } Comet. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 oz., bse P1255 30 cts.3 oz., 50 cts ; + -1b., $1.50. June Pink, The fruits grow in clusters, and begin to mature Best of All (Forcing). Vines grow strong and healthy, and very early, measure 3 inches in diameter and are of excellent produce Tomatoes in heavy bunches. The fruits grow to a quality. It bears for a long season, until the vines are killed good size, are very solid and firm, containing but few seeds; by frost. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; $ lb., $1.00. color deep scarlet. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 25 cts.; 0z,, 40 cts. | Acme. Medium size, round, very solid, of a pinkish color Lorillard (Forcing). A good sort for forcing as well as out- kt. 0. ctsa3) 0z,, Zo ctses + Ibe, ‘7arvcts. door culture; briyht red, smooth, early. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., | Perfection. Larger than Acme, fully as early; deep red in 30 cts.5 ¢ Ib., &5 cts. Pecolor. FP. dicts:3) ozs) 25retsis) Dilbiufoncts. Frogmore Selected. A forcing variety of great merit. The | Favorite. Large size, ripens evenly and early; very prolific, plants are healthy and very productive. Shape round, color good flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz:, 25 cts.;: 3 lb:, 75 cts. deep bright red. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; + Ib., $1.00. Paragon. A fine early variety. Fruit of large size, solid and Mayflower. Excellent for forcing or outside use; medium smooth as an apple. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; } Ib., 75 cts size, bright red. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.s } Ib., 85 cts. Freedom. Fruits mature early and continue bearing for a Dreer’s Earliest of All. Very early, medium size. Flesh long season. Fair size; smooth, bright scarlet. Pkt., 5 cts.; solid, brilliant red. Fruits grow in clusters, and continue to oz., 35 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. ripen until fall. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; } lb., $1.00. Trophy. An old-time favorite. Large size, smooth, solid Atlantic Prize, or Early Ruby. Splendid extra early and excellent flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } lb., 75 cts, variety for general use, of large size, bright red color and | The Stone. (See cut.) Dreer’s selected stock. Fruit very smooth. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } Ib., 85 cts. large and deep; bright scarlet; smooth, ripening evenly to Beauty. Rich glossy crimson, with a slight purple tinge; large the stem without a crack; exceedingly solid and firm-fleshed, size, very smooth and solid, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; } Ib., of the finest quality. The plants grow vigorously and are 75 cts. very productive; the Tomatoes are heavy and. thick-meated, Dwarf Champion. Early and distinct. Medium size, plant making it an extremely valuable variety for family use and for of dwarf growth. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } Ib., 85 cts. canning purposes. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } b,, 85 cts. i 1G) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS |{]| TOMATO- Continued. ) Spark’s Earliana. (Seecut.) This is an extremely early variety of Tomato, and produces large clusters of fair size fruits, which are very uniform in size and shape. It is hardy, and can be set out early. Color of flesh deep red, very solid and fine flavor. Our strain of this vanety is equal to the best that can be obtained, and was grown for us in the section of New Jersey in which it originated, and where it is still largely grown for early market, Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 80 cts.; } Ib., 85 cts. Dwarf Stone, This Tomato was origin- ated by ‘‘ Livingston,’’ the Tomato spe- cialist. In habit of vine it resembles Dwarf Champion, but is of stronger growth, and standsmore erect. The To- matoes resemble the original Stone in color, shape, and, what is remarkable for an erect sort, they are practically the same size. The shape is perfect, with good skin, very solid flesh, ripens evenly and is of excellent flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. Matchless. A large, bright red Tomato, very solid and meaty, containing but few seeds. The flavor is excellent. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; 3 Ib., 85 cts. Truckers’ Favorite, A large and hand- some variety. Fruits purple, thick- meated and fine flavor. Pkt., 5cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; 4 Ib., 85 cts. Crimson Cushion. Large size, some- times weigh one pound. Nearly round and of very good quality, being free from acid taste; color bright scarlet Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; 3 1b., $1.26. Chalk’s Early Jewel. Ripens later than Earliana. Color | Livingston’s Globe. Ripens evenly through and through; a bright scarlet and quality good. _Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; fine glossy rose in color, tinged with purple; very productive. $ Ib., 85 cts. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00. Ponderosa. This is one of the largest varieties; although | Livingston’s Coreless. This Tomato is almost round, somewhat irregular in shape, it is good, particularly for stew- | being of about the same diameter each way. Clusters of ing. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; } lb., $1.25. | 4 to7 fruits are produced at 6 to 8 inches apart along the Dreer’s Superb Salad. (See cut.) This variety is dis- | stem, and all are of good size. A grand, good slicing tinctly a salad Tomato, as it does not grow large or coarse. variety, the seed cells being surrounded by bright red, meaty It is just the right size for serving whole with lettuce. The | and delicious flesh. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz, 35 cts.; $ Ib., plants are of healthy, robust growth, and produce a great | $1.00. abundance of fruit. The color is a rich scarlet and the flavor very good. This variety can also be grown under glass. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; } Ib., $1.25. Magnus. Same color as Acme, glossy red. Me- dium early, large and attractive. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 39 cts.; $ Ib., $1.00. Enormous. So named on account of the large size of Tomatoes, which are very solid and smooth. Quality good. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } Ib., $1.00. Imperial. This variety matures very early, and main- tains a good size through the season. It is of a dark pinkish-red color, and is a solid and meaty Tomato. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; 4 1b., 85 cts. Golden Queen. A very handsome yellow Tomato; resembles the Paragon in size, solidity and produc- tiveness. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } lb., $1.00. Red Peach. Resembles a peach in appearance and used for eating from the hand or making preserves. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts. PRESERVING TOMATOES.—The following small-fruited varieties are used for making preserves, and are also quite ornamental while growing in the garden: Pear=shaped Red, Pear-shaped Yel- low, Yellow Plum, Red Cherry, Red Currant, Strawberry, or Ground Cherry. Each at 5 cts. per pkt.; 30 cts. per oz. DREERS Steckriibe, GER. EG RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS” || TURNIP. MURNIP Navet, FR. Nabo, Sp. One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill, one to two pounds for an acre. Culture. Thin to 3 or 4 inches apart, good crop may often be grown by scattering seed thinly in the cornfield at last cultivation. in spring and transplant to good warm soil, in rows at least 2 feet apart and 8 or 10 inches apart in the rows. just before winter, top and store in cool cellar, or pit outdoors. Purple-Top White Globe. (See cut.) Globular shape, handsome and of superior quality, either for the table or stock. Is a heavy producer, early, and a good keeper; one of the best varieties for table use and feeding stock. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } Ib., 35 cts.; Ib., 85 cts. Red or Purple-Top (Strap-Leaf). This strap-leaf variety is good for early spring and fall use; top red or purple above ground, flesh fine-grained, mild flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; +1b., 35 cts.; Ib., 85 cts. Early White Flat Dutch (Strap-Leaf). white-fleshed variety, of quick growth, mild flavor cts:; 0z., la cts.; } lb., 30 cts.; lb., 75 cts. Early Munich. A very early variety, purple top, white flesh. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $.lb., 40 cts.; Ib., $1.25, Extra Early Purple-Top Milan. Handsome appearance, somewhat flattened, white with purple top, flesh snow-white. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Early White Milan. Like above, but pure white. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; 41b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. Early White Egg. either spring or fall sowing. Flesh fine-grained and very sweet. 4 Ib, 35 cts.; Ib., 85 cts. Snowball. A fine-looking, pure white variety of Turnip which matures in from six to seven weeks. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15cts.; + Ib., 35 cts.; lb., 85 cts. This is an early Pees 5 Matures very quickly and is adapted for Egg-shaped and very smooth. Bite, a, cts: * Oz, ley ctss\s Pktyy §\Oz.85 1Zilb.. eb: Long White, or Cow Horn. ..... 5 15 30 75 Large White Norfolk..... ors ee 5 15 30 75 Large White French............. 5 15 30 75 Golden? Ball eer oes coes cic sare 5 15 35 85 Yellow Aberdeen ........ Sela ee yeqs 5 15 35 85 yellow Globe ( Yellow Stone)...... 5 15 35 85 For succession sow every two weeks until June. For early, sow seed of flat varieties in open ground in spring, in drills one foot or more apart, using seed sparingly. For fall and winter sow in July and August. A For ruta bagas, sow seed in seed-bed Take up the roots RUTA BAGA. Dreer’s Improved Purple-Top. This special strain of Ruta Baga is remarkable for uniform shape and fine quality, and is also a splendid keeper. They grow to a large size; skin is smooth and flesh a beautiful yellow color and fine- grained. The flavor is good, being very sweet and. tender The tops are short, which feature is very desirable. Pkt., 5 Gts::oz7,, Loicts.; + lb:, ap cts.5 lb:, 90fcts. Budlong’s Improved. White, very sweet, much milder flavor than any of the other sorts; globe-shaped; skin a cream-yel- low. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + ]b., 35 cts.; Ib., 90 cts. American Purple=Top. Very hardy and productive; flesh yellow, solid, sweet; good for stock or table use. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; + Ib., 25 cts.; Ib., 70 cts. Skirving’s Purple-Top. An important variety of large size and strong growth; a heavy cropper and one of the best. Biktss15.ctsi3).0z,,, 10) cts. s).4 Ibs, 20) ctss5: Ib: y70)cts; TOBACCO. Tabac, GER. Tabak, FR. Tubaco, Sp. One ounce of good seed is sufficient for an acre. Culture.—Sow seed for plants early in spring in frames or seedbed, using soil well enriched with wood ashes, ete. Trans- plant to open ground when weather has become warm and settled, in rows 4 feet apart, and give cultivation as for corn. Connecticut Seed Leaf. One of the best varieties for cigar wrappers. Pkt., 5cts.; oz., 25 cts. Pennsylvania Seed Leaf. Has a larger and finer leaf than the Connecticut. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts. Havana. The seed we offer is the best Vuelta Abajo. 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts. Hyco, Hester, Sterling, Long-leaf Gooch, Yellow Prior, White Burley, Primus. Each per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts. Pkt., 1s |] [|| STENRYADREER- PHILADELDHIA-DA- (5) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS~ || [TI Sweet, Pot and Medicinal Herbs. Every garden should contain a few herbs, as they are useful in many ways and arouse delightful memories. They can be grown as edgings to walks, and their fragrance will be distributed by the brushing of clothing against the plants while assing. CULTURE.—Herbs delight in a rich, mellow soil. Sow seeds early in spring in shallow drills, 1 foot apart; when up a few inches thin out to proper distances, or transplant. They should be cut on a dry day just before they come into full blos- som, tied in bunches and hung up or spread thinly on a floor where they can sy quickly. Those marked with an * are perennial. Anise. For garnishing, flavoring and for cordials. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts. Sacer. *Balm. Lemon-scented. Used for tea or balm wine. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts. SWEET Matern Basil, Sweet. Usedin soups. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts. *Peanyroyal. Used medicinally. Pkt., 15 cts. Bene. Used medicinally. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. *Peppermint. For flavoring, about 200 seeds. Pkt., 25 cts Borage. Excellent for bees. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. ‘ Cabsway. Used in bread, ‘ane Pkt., 5 ae oz., 10 cts. *Rosemary. Used for seasoning. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 50 cts Castor Oil Bean. Used for medicine and ornamental bed- | *Rue. For roup in fowls. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz. 30 cts. ding plants. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. Saffron. Used for flavoring. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. *Catnip. For medicinal purposes, and relished by cats, who | *Sage. Leaves are used for seasoning meats and stuffing roll in it with great delight. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 45 cts, fowls. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; }1b., 50 cts. Chamomile. Used medicinally. Pkt, 10 cts.; 0z., 75 cts. Savory, Summer. Leaves and shoots are used for flavoring. *Chive. Has the flavor of an onion and is used for seasoning, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. Pkt., 10 cts ; 0z., 50 cts. See also Clumps of Chives offered | *Sayory, Winter. For flavoring. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts. below. *Sweet Marjoram, Leaves used green in summer and dried Coriander. Seeds are aromatic. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts. in winter for flavoring. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts. Cumin. For pigeons. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z,, 15 cts, *Tansy. For medicinal purposes. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts. Dill, For Dill pickles. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 25 cts. | Tarragon. Plants only. See offer below . *Fennel, Sweet. Used in sauce. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. | *Thyme, Broad-leayed English. For seasoning and poultry *Horehound. Used for coughs, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts. stuffing. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; } lb., $1.50. *Lavender. For perfuming linen. It is not hardy and | Thyme, French Summer. Used for seasoning, and attrac should be covered during winter, Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts. tive to bees. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; } lb., $1.25. Marigold, Pot, Single. For medicinal purposes. Pkt, 5 | *Wormwood. Used medicinally and beneficial to poultry. cts.; oz., 20 cts. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts. Vegetable Plants and Roots. We grow large quantities of Vegetable Plants and roots, and can supply all the varieties listed below in their proper season. For late Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts and Celery Plants see our Midsummer List, issued in June. Free on application. If wanted by mail, add 15 cts. per 100 for postage on CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER and SWEET POTATO PLANTS, and 30 cts. per 100 on EGG PLANTS and TOMATO PLANTS. Artichoke Plants, Dreer’s Selected Large Green. Ready for shipment after March Ist. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Asparagus Roots. We offer strong two-year-old roots of the following varieties: Argenteuil, Dreer’s Eclipse, Barr’s Mammoth, Columbian Mammoth White, Palmetto, and Conover’s Colossal. 5 Prices for all Varieties of Asparagus Roots. 12 Roots, 20 cts., or by mail for 40 cts. D5 “e 35 «6 “cc “ec 70 «6 50 “ec 50 “é “e “e $1.00 100 ce 7) “cc “ec “ec 1.50 1000 <‘* by freight or express, 6.00 Dreer’s Circular on Asparagus Culture FREE. Cabbage Plants. For April and May delivery. Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield, Early Summer, 40 cts. per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Asparacus Root. Cauliflower Plants. Snowball and Selected Erfurt. From Rhubarb Roots, Victoria. Strong roots, 10 cts. each; hotbed; ready April and May. 25 cts. per doz.; $1.50 per 100. $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Chamomile, 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. Chives. For flavoring. 10 cts. per clump; $1.00 per doz. Egg Plants. Ready in May and June. Black Beauty, the finest and best variety. Grown in pots, 60 cts. per doz.; Rosemary. 15cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Sage, Holt’s Mammoth. A large-leaved variety. It spreads. rapidly and never runs to seed. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. $4.00 per 100. Savory, Winter. 25 c:: -ach; $2.50 per doz. Hop Vine Roots. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. Sweet Potato Plants. Re ! e PEA 2 TzosinTR, A WoNDERFUL FoppER PLANT. Yellow Lupin (Lupinus Luteus). Botanically related to the peas, but less hardy. Sow May to July, 2 bushels to acre. Useful for green manuring. Lb., 15 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); per bu. of 60 lbs., $7.00; 100 lbs., $10.00. Wa : Velvet Bean (Delichos Muiltiflorus). Larely \ ————\ grown in the South and used as a fertilizing plant a for turning under. Both vines and pods are eaten 3 SES by live stock, and the beans can be ground either > with or without the pods, and fed instead of corn or A= oats, or can be mixed with them. Sow 1] bushel to acre. Lb., 15 cts. (postpaid, 23 cts.). By freight or express, per peck, $1.75; per bu., $6.00. RS Teosinte (Reana Luxurians). (See cut.) Excellent for stock feeding, either green during summer or dry during winter, and more nutritious and better liked than corn fodder by stock of all kinds. Grows to perfection in this latitude, supplying an im- mense amount of fodder, but will not produce seed. Sow in May or June, in drills about four feet apart, using 3 pounds of seed per acre. Per oz., 10 cts.; + lb., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts., postpaid; 5 Ibs. or over, by express, 70 cts. per lb. Spring Vetches, or Tares (Vicia Sativa), UHighly valuable for soiling or for green manuring. Sometimes grown with oats, for mowing and feeding to stock. Use 2 to 3 bushels to acre broadcast, or 1 to 2 bushels in drills. Lb., 12 cts. (postpaid, 20 cts.); bu. of 60 Ibs., write for price. Winter Vetches, or Tares (Vicia Villosa). Also called Sand Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. Recommended for fall sowing with rye, which serves as a support. It is perfectly hardy in all parts of the country, remaining green all winter and maturing fully four weeks earlier than Scarlet Clover; it can, therefore, be harvested or plowed under, and the ground used for the usual spring crop. Eee Se Sow 1 bushel of the seed per acre, together with one-half bushel Sos ‘ of rye, Price per Ib., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); bu. (60 Ibs.), Horrysrook Earty Sora Bean. write for price. FIELD, FORAGE AND SILO SEEDS. Prices of all Farm Seeds are f,o.b. Philadelphia and subject to market changes. Dwarr Essex Rape, Seconp GrowrH. One PLant. MILLET. German, or Golden Millet (Southern-grown). (See cut.) A valuable annual hay and fodder crop, more productive and coarser than Hungarian Grass; medium early, 4 to5 feet high. Sow 1 bushel to the acre. Lb., 10 cts.; by mail, 18 cts,; bu. (50 lbs. ), write for price. Hungarian [lillet (Panicum Germanicum). An annual forage plant, early and productive, growing 2 to 3 feet high, with an abundance of foliage, often yielding 2 to 3 tons per acre. Sow 1 bushel to the acre. Lb., 10 cts.; by mail, 18 cts.; bu. (48 lbs.), write for price. Egyptian, or East India Pearl Millet (Penicillarin spicata). Grows from 8 to 10 feet high. When cultivated for fodder, sow in drills 3 feet apart, and thin out in rows to 1 foot apart. Sow 5 pounds per acre in drills three feet apart. Lb., 12 cts.; by mail, 20 cts.; bu. (50 Ibs. ), $5.00. Japanese Barn-yard Millet (Punicwm Crus-galli). An excellent fodder plant; grows 6 to 8 feet high, and is more tender than most tall varieties of Millet. Should be sown between middle of May and end of July, either broadcast or in drills; if broadcast, use 12 lbs. to acre; if drilled, 8 Ibs. Can be fed green, cured as hay, or siloed. Lb., 12 cts. (post- paid, 20 cts.); 10 lbs., 80 cts.; 100 lbs., $7.00. Sorghum, or Early Amber Sugar-Cane. This is the sorghum of the Northern States; makes the finest quality of syrup. The earliest and most productive variety. Height, 10 to 12 feet. For ensilage or fodder it possesses good quali- ties; stock of all kinds relish it. Sow 5 lbs. in drills, or 14 bushels broadcast to acre. Per Ib., 12 cts.3 by mail, 20 cts.; bu. (56 lbs. ), $4.50; 100 lbs., $7.00. Johnson Grass, or Sorghum Halepense. A valuable Southern fodder plant, growing 30 inches or more in height; hardy in New Jersey. It isa rapid-growing perennial. On rich soil it may be cut three or four times in a season, Best results are obtained by sowing seed in August or September. 25 to 35 pounds to the acre, Per Ib., 25 cts.; by mail, 33 cts.; bu. (25 lbs.), $5.50; 100 Ibs., $20.00. Yellow Milo Maize. A valuable forage plant, which may be cut several times for green forage. It makes a heavy growth, is very nutritious, and when fed to cows will increase the flow of milk. It also can be used for ensilage, or cured like sorghum. Use 4 to 5 lbs. toacre. Lb., 10 cts. (post- paid, 18 cts.); 10 lbs., 70 cts.; 100 lbs., $6.00. Dwarf Essex Rape. (See cut.) A forage plant of high- est value. It can be sown in April for an early crop, and for fall crop in July, August and September, and still later further south; it is sown broadcast JQ lbs. to the acre, but it is better drilled, in which case 65 lbs. to the acre will suffice. In a few weeks from the time of sowing, sheep, hogs or cattle can be turned upon it; all reports agree that they gain weight faster on this than any other fodder, as it can be sown after other crops are off; the gain in fod- der is secured at a nominal cost. Stockmen, dairymen and farmers have proved its value. Per lb., 10 cts.; by mail, 18 cts.; 10 lbs., 90 cts.; bushel of 50 Ibs., $4.25; 100 Ibs., $8.00. BIRD SEEDS. Pnxcs variable. If wanted by mail, add 8 cts. per Ib. for postage. Canary. Best re-cleaned seed, per ]b., 10 cts.; 4 peck, 50 cts.; peck, 85 cts.; bu. (60 Ibs.), $3.25. Hemp. Lb., 10 cts.; 4 peck, 40 cts.; peck, 70 cts.; bu. (40 Ibs.), $2.50. ' French Bird Millet, Lb., 15 cts.; } peck, 70 ets.; peck, $1.25. German Rape. Lb., 10 cts.; 4 peck, 50 cts.; peck, 90 cts.; bu. (50 Ibs.), $3.50. Vetches for Pigeons. Lb., 10 cts,; peck, 85 cts.; bu. (60 Ibs.), $3.00. Mixed Bird Seed. Lb., 10 cts.; 4 peck, 55 cts.; peck, 90 cts.; bu. (60 Ibs.), $3.50. Lettuce. O2z., 5 cts.; lb., 25 cts. | Maw. Lb., 20 cts. Unhulled Rice. Lb., 15 cts.; 4 peck, 60 cts.; peck, $1.00. Sunflower, Lb., 12 cts.; 3 peck, 35 cts.; peck, 60 cts.; bu. (25 Ibs.). $2.25. A Borper oF Pink GeraniuMs EDGED WITH SwEeT ALyssum. We give close attention to this department, which is probably the largest in quantity and variety in this country, over one thousand species and varieties being offered. Our Flower Seeds have a world-wide reputation, and we grow and save on our own grounds a: Riverton more varieties than any other American seedsman. Our constant aim is to secure the very best strains obtainable, both of home and foreign growth, and we spare no pains or expense with this object in view. Our strains of Asters, Carnations, Pansy, Petunia, Verbena, Zinnia, etc., are grown by the leading private gardeners and commercial florists, and are acknowledged to be superior in all respects. Success with Flower Seeds. We are convinced that many of the failures with flower seeds are due to lack of proper conditions; and while it would be impos. sible in the space at our disposal in this catalogue to give explicit directions for each and every variety which we offer (but which is given on each packet of flower seeds we sell), we feel sure that if the general directions given on this and the following two pages are followed that success will be the rule. These directions, we may say, are written for the latitude of Philadelphia. Customers living in other sections can readily adapt them to their localities. For all flower seeds which should be started indoors, and this includes many of our best and brightest summer flowers, such as Heliotrope, Celosia, Lobelia, Salvia, Vinca, Verbena, etc., the best plan is to sow in earthenware seed pans, pots or boxes (about 2 inches deep), which should be filled to the depth of an inch with broken pots, coal-ashes, or any rough material that will furnish perfect drainage. The upper inch should be nicely sifted soil, composed, if possible, of about one-third each sand, leaf mould and light garden loam. Press firm and evenly, and water thoroughly the day before sowing. Sow the seeds thinly over the surface, covering about one-eighth of an inch and pressing firmly; cover with a paneof glass or one or two thicknesses of newspaper, to pre- vent the too rapid evaporation of the moisture. and keep ina temperature between 60° and 70°. Water carefully as needed, The importance of uniform attention to this detail is one that can only be learned by experience and observation, To omit a single watering, or too frequent, indiscriminate watering, usually leads to failure. Reraove the glass or covering after the seeds have ger- minated, and when the seedlings are large enough to handle they should be transplanted into similarly prepared boxesan inch apart each way, or put into small pots and kept in same until time to plant out in the open ground. At all times they should have an abundance of air; otherwise the young seedlings are liable to ‘‘damp off.’’ xe For most of the ordinary annual flowers, such as Sweet Alyssum, Calliopsis, Calendula, Marigold, Mignonette, Nasturtium, etc., the simplest method is to sow directly out of doors when danger of frost is past in the space where they are intended to flower. The ground should be dug and raked fine on the surface, sowing the seeds evenly and thinly, either in lines or beds, covering not over four times their size, and firming the soil over them. Should they come up too thickly, as most of them are likely to do, thin out so that the plants will stand from 4 to 12 inches apart, according to the variety. This plan is also adapted to many varieties usually started indoors, including Asters, Verbenas, Celosias, Stocks, Salvia, etc., etc.; but as a rule their germination is more certain under glass, and as they begin to flower so much earlier when started indoors, the extra trouble is well repaid for by their increased blooming period. We commend to the careful attention of our customers the articles on the succeeding pages on How to Grow Annuals, by Prof. L. H. Bailey, of Cornell : University. A Cocp-Frame With Latu SHApE, THE Way We GERMINATE How to Grow Perennials from Seed, written expressly FLowkr Sgeps 1n Summer. for this book by William Falconer, of Pittsburg. . The full worth of their money to all is the broad principle in which we always deal, and we refer to our reputation as evidence that we live up to the precept. ( 55) Annuals, and How to Grow Them. By Professor L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University. This article appeared in Country Life in America, and is printed by permission. Annual plants are those that you must sow every year. The staid perennials I want for the main and permanent effects in my garden, bat I could no more do without annuals than I could do without the spices and the condiments at the table. Of the kinds of annuals there isalmost no end. This does not mean that all are equally good.’ For myself I like to make the boid effects with a few of the old profuse and reliable kinds. I like whole masses and clouds of them. Then the other kinds I like to grow in smaller areas at one side, in a half experimental way. ‘There is no need of trying to grow equal quantities of all the kinds that you select. There is no emphasis and no modulation in such a scheme. There should be major and minor keys. The minor keys may be of almost any kind of plant. Since these plants are semi-experimental, it does not matter if some of them fail outright. Why not begin the list at A and buy as many as you can afford and accommodate this year, then continue the list next year? In five or ten years you will have grown the alphabet, aad will have learned as much horticulture and botany as most persons learn in a college course. And some of these plants will become your permanent friends. For the main and bold effects I want something that I can depend on. There I do not want to experiment. Never fill a conspicuous place with a kind of plant you have never grown. The kinds I like best are the ones easiest to grow. Zinnia, Petunia, Marigold, Four O’Clock, Sunflower, Phlox, Scabiosa, Sweet Sultan, Bachelor’s Button, Verbena, Calendula, Calliopsis, Morning-glory, Nasturtium, Sweet Pea,—these are some of the kinds that are surest. I do not know where the investment of five cents will bring as great reward as in a packet of seeds of any of these plants. Before one sets out to grow these or any other plants, he must make for himself an ideal. Will he grow for a garden effect, or for specimen plants or specimen blooms? If for specimens, then each plant must have plenty of room and_ receive particular individual care. If for garden effect, then see to it that the entire space is solidly covered, and that you have a continuous blaze of color. Usually the specimen plants would best be grown in a side garden, as vegetables are, where they can be tilled, trained and severally cared for, There is really a third ideal, and I hope that some of you may try it, —to grow all the varieties of one species. You really do not know what the China Aster or the Balsam is until you have seen all the kinds of it. Suppose that you ask your seedsman to send you one packet of every variety of Cockscomb that he has. Next year you may want to try Stocks or annual Poppies, or something else. All this will be a study in evolution. There is still a fourth ideal,—the growing for gathering or “picking.’? If you want many flowers for house decoration and to give away, then grow them at one side in regular rows as you would potatoes or sweet corn. Harvest them in the sarne spirit that you would harvest string beans or tomatoes; that is what they are for. You do not have to consider the ‘‘looks’’ of your garden. You will not be afraid to pick them. When you have harvested an armful your garden is not despoiled. I like each plant in its season. China Aster is a fall flower. In early summer I want Pansies or Candytufts and other early or quick bloomers. For the small amateur garden greenhouses and hotbeds are unnecessary, and they are usually in the way. There are enough kinds of annuals that may be sown directly in the open ground, even in New York, to fill any garden. All those I have mentioned aresuch, I should get early effects with kinds of plants that naturally are early. Let everything have its season. Do not try to telescope the months. (56) Four O’Crocks, oR Marve OF Peru, IN A FENCE I have sown China Asters in the open ground in early June, in New York State, and have excellent fall bloom. Things come up quickly and grow rapidly in May and June. They hurry. The spring bloom you are not to expect from annuals. That you are to get from perennials,—the spring bulbs, soft bleeding-hearts, spicy pinks, bright-eyed polyanthuses and twenty more. Make the soil rich and fine and soft and deep, just as you would for radishes or onions, ‘There are some plants for which the soil can be made too rich, of course, but most persons donot err in this direction. The finer and more broken down the ma- nure the better. Spadeitin. Mix it thoroughly with the soil, If the soil is clay-like, see that fine manure is thoroughly mixed with the surface layer to prevent ‘‘baking.’’ Watering is an exacting labor, and yet half of it is usually unnecessary. ‘Lhe reasons why it is unnecessary are two: The soil is so shallowy prepared that the roots do not strike deep enough; we waste the moisture by allowing the soil to become hard, thereby setting up capillary connection with the atmosphere and letting the water escape. Mulch it so that the water will not evaporate. Mulch it with a garden rake by keeping the soil loose and dry on top, ‘This loose dry soil is the mulch. There will be moisture underneath. Save water rather than add it. Then when you do have to water the plants, go at it as if you meant it. Wet the soil clear through. Wet it at dusk or in cloudy weather. Before the hot sun strikes it renew your mulch, or supply a mulch of fine litter. sprinkling than by drought. More plants are spoiled by The less your space the fewer the kinds you should plant. Have enough of each kind to be worth the while and the effort. It is more trouble to raise one plant than a dozen. It is usually best not to try to make formal ‘designs’? with annuals, Such designs are special things, anyway, and should be used spar- ingly and be made only by persons who are skilled in such work. A poor or unsuccessful design is the sorriest failure a garden can have. This brings up a discussion of the proper place to put annuals. Do not put them in the lawn,—you want grass there. Supposing that you grow the annuals for garden effect, there are two ways of disposing them,—to grow in beds orin borders. The border method is more informal, and there- fore the simpler and easier. Its pictorial effect is usually greater. But in some place there are no boundary lines that can be used for borders. Then beds may be used; but make the beds so large and fill them so full that they will not appear to be mere play-patches. Long beds are usually best. Four or five feet wide is about the limit of ease in working in them. The more elaborate the shape of the bed, the more time you will consume on keeping-the geometry straight and the less on having fun with the plants, It is surprising how many things one can grow in an old fence. The Four-o’clocks (see cut) illustrate this point. Most persons owning this place would think that they had no room for flowers; yet there the Four-o’clocks are, and they take up ne room. Not all annuals will thrive under such conditions of partial neglect. The large-seeded, quick-germinating, rapid-growing kinds will do best. Sunflower, Sweet Pea, Morning Glory, Japanese Hop, Zinnia, Marigold, Amaranths, are some of the kinds,that may be expected to hold their own. First and last, I have grown practically every annual offered in the American trade, It is surprising how few of the uncom- mon or little-known sorts really have great merit for general pur- poses. There is nothing yet to take the place of the old-time groups, such as Amaranths, Zinnias, Calendulas, Daturas, Annuals, and How to Grow Them.— Continued. Balsams, Annual Pinks, Candytufts, Bachelor’s Buttons, Wall- flowers, Larkspurs, Petunias, Gaillardias, Snapdragons. Cocks- combs, Lobelias, Coreopsis or Calliopsis, California Poppies, Four-o’-clocks, Sweet Sultans, Phloxes, Mignonettes, Scabiosas,. Nasturtiums, Marigolds, China Asters, Salpiglossis, Nicotianas, Pansies, Portulacas, Castor Beans, Poppies, Sunflowers, Verbenas, Stocks, Alyssums, and such good old running plants as Scarlet Runners, Sweet Peas, Convolvuluses, Ipomeas, Nasturtiums, Balloon Vines, Cobzeas. Of the annual vines of recent intro- duction, the Japanese Hop has at once taken a prominent place for the covering of fences and arbors. For bold mass-displays of color in the rear parts of the grounds or along the borders, some of the coarser species are desirable. My own favorites for such use are: Sunflower and Castor Bean for the back rows; Zinnias for bright effects in the scarlets and lilacs; African Marigolds for bril- liant yellows; Nicotianas for whites. Unfortunately, we have no robust- growing annuals with good blues. Some of the Larkspurs are perhaps the nearest approach to it. For lower-growing and less gross mass-displays, the following are good: California Poppies for oranges and yellows; Sweet Sultans for pur- ples, whites and pale yellows; Pe- tunias for purples, violets and whites; Larkspurs for blues and_ violets; Bachelor’s Buttons (or Cornflowers) for blues; Calliopsis and Coreopsis and Calendulas for yellows; Gail- lardias for red-yellows; China Asters for many colors, For still less robustness, good mass- displays can be made with the follow- ing: Alyssums and Candytufts for whites; Phloxes for whites and various pinks and reds; Lobelias and Brow- allias for blues; Pinks for whites and various shades of pink; Stocks for whites and reds; Wallflowers for brown-yellows; Verbenas for many colors. I should never consider a garden of pleasant annual flowers to be complete that did not contain some of the ‘‘ everlastings ’’ or immortelles. These ‘‘ paper flowers’’ are always interesting to children. The colors are bright, the blooms hold long on plant, and most of the kinds are very easy to grow. My favorite groups are the different kinds of Xeranthemums and Helichrys- ums. The Globe Amaranths, with clover-like heads (some- times known as bachelor’s buttons), are good old favorites. | Rhodanthes and Acrocliniums are also good and reliable. If flowers of any annual are wanted extra early, the seeds should be started indoors. A number of the very late-flower- ing annuals should also be started in- doors for best success in the northern States, as, for example, the Moon- flowers and the tall-growing kinds of Cosmos. In starting plants ahead of the season, be careful not to use too deep boxes. The gardener’s “ flat’? may be taken as a suggestion. Three inches of earth is sufficient, and in some cases (as when the plants are started late) half this depth is enough. Of late years there has been a strong movement to introduce the hardy perennials into general cultiva- tion. This is certainly to be encour- aged everywhere, since it adds a feeling of permanency and purpose- fulness that is needed in American gardens. Yet I should be sorry if this movement were to obscure the importance of the annuals. A Borper oF Harpy PERENNIALS. Raising Hardy Perennials from Seed. Written expressly for this book by Mr. Wm. Falconer, of Pittsburg. Hardy perennials are easily grown from seed. In many cases they are a little slower than annuals, but with intelligent care they are successfully raised, and from seed is an excellent way to get up a big stock of perennials in a short time. Many peren- nials, if sown in spring, bloom the first year from seed as freely as annuals; for instance, Gaillardias, Iceland Poppies, Chinese Larkspur, Lychnis, Shasta Daisy, Platycodon, etc. Others wait a year; that is, if sown this year they don’t bloom until next year. These include Cardinal Flower, Golden Alyssum, Cam- panula, Pyrethrum, Columbines, Gypsophila, Polyanthus, Fox- gloves, Lythrum, Physostegia, etc. There is no rigid rule in this. It often happens that Hollyhocks, Delphiniums, Grass Pinks and others, if sown early in the season, bloom fairly well before the end of the first summer. The seeds may be sown in spring or in summer. In spring the sowings may be made in the window, the hot bed, the cold frame, the greenhouse or in the open ground out of doors. In the window prepare pots or flower-pans or small, shallow wooden boxes or flats; fill to one-third their depth with fine broken cinders or broken pots, and over this place a thin layer of moss, chopped straw or rough siftings from the soil to keep the dirt from clogging the drainage; then fill up to within one- half or three-quarter inches of the brim with fine, free, mellow soil, with a thin layer of very fine soil over it. Tamp the pot on table to firm the soil a little. Now sow the seed evenly, and shake a very little fine soil over it; press it all over with the back of the hand or a board, then water gently through a fine spray or rose; this done, strew a little fine earth over all. In the case of very fine seeds covering only enough to hide the seed is plenty, but Pinks, Gaillardias and other rougher seeded sorts one-eighth inch deep of covering may be given. Keep the seed pots in a warm, sunny window, but shaded with a thin curtain from drying sunshine. A sheet of paper laid over the pot at this time pre- vents over-drying, but when the sunshine passes, take off the paper, else damp or mould will set in. A pane of glass laid over the pots or flats until germination appears is an excellent preservative of the moisture in the soil, but always tilt it up at one side one-eighth of an inch or more. When the seedlings come up, give them more light by keeping them close to the glass, and before they overcrowd one another or become spindly transplant them into other pots or flats, three-quarters or one inch apart from one another, according to their size and strength. As the weather gets mild, by placing the seedlings in a cool and airier place, as on the porch or a sheltered place out of doors, they become fairly inured to the open weather, and when they are large enough for final transplanting set them out in the garden. The amateur may have more success and less bother growing hardy perennials from seeds sown in the open ground than in any other way. Prepare a bed in a nice, warm, sheltered spot in the garden, preferably not very sunny; let the surface of the bed be raised four or five inches above the general level, and the soil be a mellow, free, fine earth on the surface. Draw shallow rows across the surtace of the bed, three to four inches apart, and here sow the seed, keeping the varieties of one kind or nature as much together as practicable; cover the seeds thinly, press the whole surface gently, water moderately, then dust a little fine, loose soil over all. If the weather is sunny or windy, shade with papers or a few branches, but remove these in the evening. When the seedlings come up thin them out to stiffen those that are left, and when they are two to three inches high, they are fit for transplanting into permanent quarters. All this should be done in early spring, say March, April or May, or in warmer localities a month earlier. Again, in July or August perennials are very easily raised out of doors, and much in the same way as above. Observe how seedlings spring up in July or August in thousands around old plants of perennial Larkspur, Coreopsis, Hollyhocks and Fox- gloves. The same holds good with artificially sown seeds; care- fully note somewhat similar conditions. Transplant these seed- lings in late August or early September to get well-rooted stocky plants before winter sets in, (57) NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN Flower Seeds for 1912 The majority of the Flower Seed Novelties and Specialties offered on this and the following ten pages have been thoroughly tested in our trial grounds. Some few sorts are European Novelties, received from most reliable growers, and the descriptions are those of the introducers. For General List of Flower Seeds see pages 69 to 126. DREER’S IMPROVED LARGE-FLOWERING Ten-week Stocks or Gilliflowers. In many of the finest gardens the Ten-week Stocks occupy important positions, their large range of clear, bright colors and neat habit of growth adapting themselves to plantings in beds, borders or groups of any size, and rarely fail to produce a mass of flowers from mid-summer to frost. A bed or border should be in every garden where cut flowers are in demand, if only for their delightful spicy fragrance, and for this reason they are also popular as pot plants. Seed may be started indoors in March or April in the manner described on page 55, and the young plants set out in May, or they may be sown directly out of doors as soon as danger from frost is past. It is customary to set the plants about six inches apart in the beds or borders, so that any single-flowering plants, which come into bloom first, may be removed without spoiling the effect of the bed. As there is always a percentage of single-flowering plants, it is of great importance to get only the finest grade of Stocks. We have long been celebrated for our superior strain, which is used by the leading professional florists of the country, and which are grown especially for us by one of Europe’s foremost specialists, producing over 90 per cent. of double-flowering plants. The colored plate opposite was painted by our artist, who is also an en- thusiastic lover of flowers, from flowers produced from one of the collections offered below, and he reports that they were the finest Stocks he ever grew. We feel reasonably sure that once grown they will become a firm fixture in every garden, PERK PKT. PER PKT, 4011 Blood=red. No, 4 on plate opposite........... re 10 | 4015 Purple. No. 6 on plate opposite................ 10 4013 Light Blue. No. 5 on plate opposite ........... 10 | 4016 Pure White. No. 2 on plate opposite........... 10 1014 Bright Pink. No. 3 on plate opposite........... 10 | 4017 Canary Yellow. No. 1 on plate opposite....... 10 4018 Collection of a packet each of the above 6 colors 50 cts. 4020 Finest Mixed, including all of the above and many other colors, ...... 4 0z., 50 cts.; 5 cts. per pkt, i i ee i i er en ANCHUSA ITALICA, DROPMORE VARIETY. 1138 One of the finest hardy plants of recent introduction, re- DREER’S GIANT SNAPDRAGONS. (Antirrhinum majus grandiflorum.) Whether grown for cutting or for show in the garden, the Snapdragons are one of the most valuable of flowers, which can markable for its free and continuous flowering and the beautiful gentian-blue color of its flowers; grows about five feet high, and should be in every hardy border ver pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. readily be grown from seed. They remain in constant bloom | through a long season, and are now grown quite extensively at 15 cts. | all seasons. The giant strain here offered is a great improve- ment over the old tall growing variety, being of stronger habit and producing longer spikes and much larger individual flow- ers. We offer the following six distinct colors also in mixture, containing a great many shades. PER PKT. PER PKT. 1171 Giant Scarlet.... 10 | 1174 Giant Garnet..... 10 1172 as. White <2)... 10.) 11759 sS$cuPinkiee ie: 10 11734) 158) Yellow...) 10)! TL76"s 1S Stripediaa 10 1180 Giant Mixed. All colors. } o0z., 25 cts......... 10 1179 Collection of a packet each of the 6 colors....... 50 DREER’S HALF-DWAREFEF SNAPDRAGONS, This type, while not having the magnificent long spikes of the Giant sorts offered above, has spikes and flowers of good size, and, owing to their dwarfer and more compact habit of growth, are better adapted for bedding; 18 inches. 1162 Daphne. Soft rose-pink; exquisite............-.. 10 1163..Defiance.. Rich) fiery-scarlet: axjicnts sus «eee 10 1164 Golden Queen. Beautiful pure yellow............. 10 1165 Prince Chamois. Golden chamois...........---..+++++: 10 1166 Striking. Rich, dark cardinal-red ......- .......00.-004 10 1167.‘ The Brides: \Purest-whites os RE © described and offered on opposite pea) & Ss Y ie 8 w P~ ray I xs 59 3 FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES: TTT HENRY A DRFER -PHTIADELDHIA-PA- DREER’S SUPERB Late=branching ASTERS. (Zilustrated on plate opposite.) This superb strain, of American origin and es- pecially adapted to our climatic conditions, has long been one of our leading specialties, extraor- dinary care being given each season to the selec- tion of the very finest specimens for stock seed, re- sulting in a strain that is acknowledged by the leading growers as unsurpassed. The plants form strong, branching bushes, 2 to 23 feet high, bearing on long, strong stems their handsome Chrysanthemum-like flowers, which, under ordinary cultivation, average over 5 inches across. The form of the flowers, together with the length of the stems, places them at the head of _ Asters for cutting, They come into bloom from two to three weeks after the average type, usually being at their best during September, and filling in the gap between the general run of Asters and Chrysanthemums. We offer eight beautiful and distinct colors, three of which are shown on the plate opposite. PER PKTY 1451 Azure-blue. A deep rich lavender. . .10 1452 Deep Crimson. Rich and glowing...10 1453 Deep Rose. Distinct and fine................ 1455 Pale Lavender. Exquisite greyish-blue....... 10 1456 Deep Purple. A rich royal shade....... S een) 1457 Rose=pink. A lovely shade.................. 10 1461 Shell=pink. Soft and dainty................. 10 1467 Pure White. Perfect in its purity....... ..... 10 1469 Collection. A packet each of the 8 colors, 60 cts. 1470 Finest Mixed. All the colors mixed. } oz.,, 50 cts.; 10 cts. per pkt. Dreer’s ‘‘ Peercess Pink’’ Aster. DREER’S “PEERLESS PINK ” BRANCHING ASTER. 1393 The illustration above, reproduced from a photograph, isa splea- did likeness of this grand, new pink Aster, which we sent out last year for the first time and which originated as a sport in a lot of Crego’s Giant Pink Asters which we were growing for seed. In a general way, it is midway between Crego’s Giant Pink and Late-branching Shell-pink, having all the good points of both. The plants are of robust, free-branching habit, 24 to 30 inches high, bearing their magnificent blooms on strong stems averaging 18 inches in length, and it is hard to find a flower under 4 inches across, and many measure 5 inches by 23 inches in depth, forming an almost globular flower. The centre petals are prettily incurved, while the wide, outer petals reflex, making a most artistic and finely finished flower. The color is a rich shell-pink, similar in shade, but more decided, than either the Pink Crego’s or Late-branching It comes into bloom about the middle of August, being at its best during the early part of September, ora trifle earlier than the late-branching sorts, and whether used for cutting or for bedding, we feel reasonably sure that this grand Aster will soon become popular. In fact, the reports received regarding it both from this country and Europe speak in the highest terms of its many good qualities. 20 cts. per packet; 3 packets for 50 cts. ELECTRIC ASTER. 1321 A variety of European origin; but the stock which we offer is American grown, and we believe of higher quality than can be procured abroad. It is a most distinct and distinguished-looking flower, being made up of long, thread-like, quilled petals of snowy whiteness, which forms an airy, graceful bloom, nicely shown in the illustration. These are of very large size, rarely less than 5 inches in diameter, held erect on long, wiry stems; grows 18 inches high, blooming from early in August to the end of September. This variety will appeal to those who want something different from the usual run of Asters. 15 cts. per packet; 2 packets, 25 cts. Exectric ASTER. DREER’S NINE FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS. The nine varieties of Asters offered on this and the next page, together with the sorts offered on page 59, represent the finest Asters of American origin introduced to date, and are all firmly established favorites with the most critical growers of this popular flower, and should be in every garden where high quality is appreciated. For complete list of Asters, including the finest imported sorts, also cultural notes see pages 73 to 76. DREER’S “CRIMSON KING.” 1305 This variety was introduced by us in 1908, and our Aster grower, by careful selection, has it now per- fect in every way, each year seeing an improve- ment in the quality. It has all the good qualities of our Superb Late Branching type, offered on the pre- ceding page, with extra large, densely double flowers, few under 5 inches across, on stems 15 to 18 inches long, in color a very rich blood-crimson, full of DREER’S “PINK BEAUTY.” fire, making a brilliant bed or border, and very desirable 1343 This was introduced by us in 1908, and is a magnificent Lae AS TIO area Ua See EL variety of strong, free, upright growth, 24 to 30 inches (See illustration on this page.) 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. high, blooming from early in August until well on in Sep- for 25 cts. tember, with frequently as many as 50 flowers open at one time on long, strong stems, and averaging 4 inches across, CREGO’S GIANT PINK. of chrysanthemum shape, the inner petals incurved, outer y on reflexed; color a soft, delicate, blush pink, a shade that is | 1282 Identical in all respects to the white sort offered on the always in demand for cutting. This has been pronounced next page, but of a beautiful soft shell-pink color, a shade by experts to be the finest pink mid-season Aster yet that is always admired, and which combines perfectly with introduced. (See illustration on this page.) 15 cts. per the white. (See illustration on this page.) 16 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 1449 Collection of a packet each of the nine sorts, $1.00. Our Superb Late Branching Asters offered on preceding page are extra fine. DREER’S NINE FAMOUS AMERICAN ASTERS Continued. CREGO’S GIANT WHITE. 1281 By the most careful and painstaking selection we have, we believe, brought this beautiful Aster to a state of perfection hitherto unknown in this type, of free, sturdy growth, attaining a height of over 2 feet, well branched, with long, strong stems and artistic, fluffy, graceful flowers, rarely less than 4 inches across and frequently over 4 inches, as fine as any chrysanthemum, and when cut keep longer in good condition than any Aster of this type; in bloom from mid-August on through September; in color a pure, glistening white. (See illustra- tion on this page.) 16 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. DAYBREAK. 1311 Of symmetrical growth and habit; attains a height of 18 inches, and produces during August in the greatest profusion perfect globe-shaped double flowers, which are of a delicate pink tint. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. PURITY. 1895 This variety is identical in every way to Daybreak, being of the same symmetrical growth, height and free- flowering qualities; the flowers, however, instead of being pink, are pure glistening white. 15 cts, per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 26 cts. LAVENDER GEM. 1353 One of the most beautiful Asters. It is of true Comet type, with large, artistic, loosely-arranged flowers on long, wiry stems of the most charming shade of lavender imaginable. Begins blooming in July, continuing through August; a lovely variety for cutting. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. wee d 4 ie 1 STENRY A DREER -PHITADELDHA-PA VIOLET KING. 1482 A distinct variety, similar in habit to the Late Branching type, being a very free grower, always doing well, with long, strong stems, and perfectly double flowers of a pleasing, soft shade of violet. (See illustration on this page.) 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts, WHITE FLEECE. 1494 One of the largest and most perfect of the Comet type, bearing flowers 5 inches and over across, formed into a plumy globe of glistening white; blooms at the same time as Lavender Gem, making a splendid companion. (See illustration on this page.) 165 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 1449 Collection of a packet each of the nine sorts, $1.00. Do not overlook the American Asters offered on page 59. Double-Quilled (Bellis perennis tubulosa fl. pl.) 1598 It has taken years of careful The Summer Fir. (Artemisia Saccorum Viridis.) 1226 1855 1881 || ATENRYADREER”PATTADELDHTA: PA Sy FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 1[ CLARKIA ELEGANS SCARLET QUEEN. 1983 A new and brilliant color of this popular annual from Europe, The flowers are extremely double, opening a salmony orange, changing as they mature to an intense salmony orange-scarlet. In other respects it is similar in every way to the two standard sorts offered on page 85. 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts. for 50 cts. INVINCIBLE GIANT COWSLIP. 2112 Quite distinct from the ordinary Cowslip both in the stronger growth of the plant and in the massive flowers, which are borne on stout stems 12 to 15 inches high. A bed of these in early spring presents a sight which commands the admiration of every lover of beautiful flowers. The col ors range from pure yellow and orange to the deepest scarlet and crimson. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts. for $1.00. DIMORPHOTHECA AURANTIACA HYBRIDA. | 2374 Beautiful new hybrids of the African Golden Daisy and now offered for the first time, similar in habit to the pa- rent; the flowers equally as large, but varying in color from the purest white through the various shades of DousLe Biruz Cornflower. yellow and orange to rich salmon English Daisy, shades, many being zoned with sev- eral of these colors around the black selection to produce _ this disc. Easily raised from seed, the densely double-quilled type, which reproduces itself al- most true from seed. The colors include white, pink, blood-red and other shades of red, and are a desirable addition to this pretty spring- flowering plant. 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts., 50 cts. plants doing best in a sunny, rather dry situation. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts., $1.00. A new annual ornamental foliage plant from China not ; yet tried in this country. It is described as forming pyramidal bushes 3 to 5 feet in height, which, grown as an individual specimen, looks like a finely grown Christmas tree, and can be used in groups or lines in the same way as the Kochia or Summer Cypress. (See page 101.) The fine pinnate foliage is a rich dark green, and can be used when cut to great advantage in connection with flowers of any kind. As a class the annual Artemisias are easily grown, doing well in even the poorest soil. A most interesting novelty. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. ; Tue Summer Fir. RAINBOW COCKSCOMB. (Celosia Cristata Nana.) A most novel and bizarre form of the popular dwarf Cockscomb, forming very symmetrical plants not over a foot high and pro- ducing enormous combs, each comb containing a number of lively shades of yellow, pink, red and violet, the effect of these several colors on the one flower being extremely gay. Easily raised from seed. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts. for $1.00. DOUBLE BLUE CORNFLOWER. (Centaurea Cyanus fl. pl.) This was introduced by us in 1907, and is now a standard variety and largely used by the commercial florist, who quickly recognized its value as a cut flower. It is identical in color to the popular single blue variety, which is so much in demand for cutting, especially for buttonieres, but, being a full, double flower, it takes fewer of them to make a nice bunch, and is better in every way, 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. DimoneHoTHE A. y-FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES: NEW HYBRID DELPHINIUMS. (Hardy Larkspurs.) We are again fortunate in having secured a supply of the magnificent new Hybrid Hardy Larkspurs offered below, which represent the finest varieties of a famous English collection; and although you cannot depend upon them coming strictly true to name, yet you may rely upon getting some splendid results, pro- ducing flowers of largest size and equal to the varieties from which the seed has been saved. Their culture is fully treated by Mrs. Ely, the author of ‘‘ A Woman’s Hardy Garden,’’ and Mr. W. C. Egan, the eminent amateur, who makes a specialty of bardy plants in general, and Larkspurs in particular. These notes will be found on pages 89 and 213. We also offer on page 213 plants of most of these grand sorts. 2216 Amos Perry. Semi-double flowers of rich rosy-mauve flushed with sky-blue; conspicuous black eye. 2217 Amyas Leigh. Rich sky-blue, inner petals rosy-plum, white centre, in large, loosely arranged, irregular spikes. 2218 Belladonna. The freest and most continuous blooming of all, never being out of flower from the end of June until cut down by hard frost. The cleay turquoise-blue of its flowers is not equalled for delicacy and beauty by any other flower. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts. for $1.00. 2220 Belladonna Hybrida. New hybrids of the exquisite turquoise-blue variety, varying in coloy through all the rich dark shades of blue, and just as free and continuous flowering as the parent; a splendid acquisition. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts., $1.00. a 2224 Duke of Con= naught. Rich Oxford blue, slightly flushed, with a bold, dis- tinct white eye; flowers 2 inches across and very ornamental, 2233 Julia. Gigantic flowers of a pretty cornflower blue, DeLPHINIuM BELLADONNA. $ (Everblooming Hardy Larkspur.) with rose, large beautifully veined pure white eye, arranged on most symmetrical spike. 2244 Lizzie. Lovely azure-blue with bold yellowish eye, beautifully arranged on massive spikes. 2242 Mme. Violet Geslin. Perfectly round semi-double flowers of clear blue, lavender centre, bold white eye, evenly arranged in spikes 5 to 6 feet high; a gem. 2245 Portia. Lovely cornflower-blue, with just the faintest flush of rose; black centre. 2246 Queen Wilhelmina. One of the finest of the newer hybrids; im mense flowers of a soft lavender-blue flushed rose, with a very con spicuous white eye. 2247 Rembrandt. Large loose spikes of bright sky-blue, inner petals rosy lavender, the whole flower covered with a glistening silver sheen 2248 St. Paul. Large semi-double flowers of rich cornflower-blue, inner petals plum, with charming mauve and white eye on massive spikes 6 to 7 feet high. Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 15 cts. per pkt. 2249 Collection ofa packet each of the above 12 Grand Delphiniums, $1.25 GOLD MEDAL HYBRID DELPHINIUMS 2238 Unquestionably the finest strain of mixed hybrids ever offered. The original stock came from England, and consisted of the best-named varieties. The plants are of strong, vigorous habit, with large flow- ers in massive spikes, the majority running in the lighter shades of New Hyerrp Devpuiniums. blue. 15 cts. per pkt.; } 0z., 50 cts. (3) FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES: |] te New Double Hollyhock “Newport Pink.” 2791 A charming variety that originated in one of ths famous gardens at Newport, R. I. It produces stately spikes of very double rosette- like flowers of pure pink, a shade that is always in demand. A few plants in our trial grounds the past season were greatly admired by all visitors. The seed of this variety is quite distinct, being mucb smaller than those of other colors. 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts., 50 cts TWO HANDSOME HELENIUMS. The two fine sorts offered below originated at our own nurseries, and are great advances on the older sorts, and desirable additions to any collection of hardy perennial plants. 2713 Riverton Gem. Of strong growth, 2} to 3 feet high, and covered all summer with brilliant flowers, opening old-gold, changing as they mature to wallflower-red. 2714 Riverton Beauty. Similar to the preceding in every way except color, the petals being a rich lemon-yellow surrounding a large cone of purplish-black; a striking combination. Price of either, 15 cts, per pkt.; a pkt. of each, 25 cts. GIANT YELLOW TULIP POPPY. (Hunnemannia Fumariaefolia.) 2821 This is by far the best of the Poppy family for cutting, remaining in good condition for several days. Seed sown early in May will, by the middle of July, produce plants covered with their large butter cup-yellow, poppy-like blossoms, and never out of flower until hard frost. The plants grow about 2 feet high, are quite bushy, with beautiful feathery, glaucous foliage. 4 0z., 25 cts.; 10 cts. per pkt Dreer’s Double Stock-flowered ANNUAL LARKSPURS, An extra fine strain of this popular and satisfactory annual, producing fine spikes of bloom from mid-summer till frost. Very showy in beds or borders and splendid for cutting. We offer the following fine colors and in mixture, viz. : 9931 sDarkiBlie:.. co sceeeo. 10 | 2934 Shell Pink. ............ 10 9939) MeilaGe Cows. byastcive es 10 | 2985 Sky Blue . (2.5.02 see 10 2933 Lustrous Carmine or 2926 Dricolor:)..).6 cn eee 10 Newport Pink........ 10 |. 2937 "(Pore White? 2) 3.00: 10 2938 Collection of a pkt. each of above, 40 cts. 2940 Finest Mixed. All colors. }0z., 20 cts.; 0z., 60cts.; |0 cts. per pkt, Newrort Pink HoLtyuHock. GAILLARDIA LORENZIANA, “THE BRIDE.” 2498 The double annual Gaillardias have always been favorites both as cut flowers and for bedding, and this new very double creamy-white sort is particularly desirable for cutting, the flowers being of good size and borne on very long stems. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 26 cts. GEUM COCCINEUM, MRS. BRADSHAW. 2542 A new and greatly improved form from England of the hardy herba- ceous double scarlet Geum. The flowers are very double, fully twice the size of the type and equally as brilliant in color. This promises to supercede all the older varieties. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts., $1.00. Double-flowering BABW’S BREATH. (Gypsophila paniculata fl. pl.) 2695 This was introduced in ‘plant form a few years ago, but being some- what difficult to propagate was likely to remain scarce. We are now able to offer seed of it, which reproduces itself about 50 per cent. true, which should help its rapid dissemination, The plant grows from 8 to 34 feet high, bearing its pretty little double white flowers in much-branched panicles, which, when cut, can be used to great advantage with other flowers or by themselves, as they retain their beauty for months. It is also a most desirable addition to the hardy border. 20 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts., 50 cts. GypsorHiLa panicuLaTa FL. PL. ©5) FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES: ||{]| os GRAND EXCLUSIVE NOVELTY FOR 1912 THE CARDINAL CLIMBER. (Ipomoea Quamoclit Hybrida.) 2158 We consider this the most beautiful, brilliant and distinct an- nual climber introduced in many years. It originated with Mr. Logan Sloter in Ohio, and is the result of a cross between [pomcea Quamoclit, the Cypress Vine and Ipomcea Coccinea, or Star Glory. It is a strong and rapid grower, attainmg a height of 30 feet or more with beautiful, deeply “laciniated foliage and literally covered with a blaze of circular fiery car- dinal-red flowers from mid-July till frost. The flowers are about 14 inches in diameter, and are borne in clusters of seven to eleven blooms each. Like other Ipomceas, it delights ina warm, sunny situation and good soil. The seed may be started indoors in April and planted out as soon as the weather is warm, or may be sown out of doors as soon as danger from cold weather is past. We contro! the entire stock of this grand new climber and feel sure tha it will become one of the good an- nual climbers of the future. Packets containing 10 seeds each, 25 cts.; 5 pkts. for $1.00. NEW GIANT EVERLASTING PEA, (Lathyrus Latifolius Grandiflorus.) 2961 A production of Mr. Luther Burbank, the celebrated hy- bridizer and raiser of new plants, identical to the well-known variety in habit of growth, hardiness and other good quali- mes, but with much larger trusses and individual flowers, naking them decidedly of greater value either as an ornamen- ‘al hardy vine or for cutting, for which purpose they are now much in demand, We offer seed received direct from Mr. Burbank in mixture containing white, pink and crimson. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. Lupinus Polyphylius Moerheimi. 3055 The finest of all hardy Lupins, and now offered in seed form for the first time. Plants are of robust habit, about 3 feet high, bearing spikes over a foot long of beautiful flowers; in color a combination of pure light and dark pink. 25 cts. per pkt. TWO MAGNIFICENT MARIGOLDS. The two varieties offered below are the very finest of the large- flowering African type, and grow about 2% feet high, bearing in continuous succession from early summer till hard frost large and perfectly double flowers. 3084 Orange Prince. Flowers very large, of a deep golden orange. 15 cts. per pkt. 3085 Lemon Queen. Immense double flowers, in color a soft lemon-yellow, making a fine contrast to the rich orange of the preceding. 15 cts. per pkt. One pkt. each of the above for 25 cts. Tue New Carvinat CLIMBER. NEW GERANIUM-LEAVED TOM THUMB NASTURTIUM. 3386 This beautiful and novel variety originated with one of our growers in California. It differs from all other sorts in having heavy, rich green foliage, in shape exactly like a Zonale Geranium, and forms a globular plant about one foot high by as much in diameter, and bears with great profusion bright scarlet flowers making one of the very best plants for a bed or border, filling baskets, vases and the innumerable uses to which the Nasturtiun lends itself. 15 cts. per pkt.; 50 cts, per oz. VARIEGATED-LEAVED NASTURTIUMS. After years of selecting, a finely variegated-leaved type of this popu lar annual has at last been ‘‘ fixed;’’ the foliage is beautifully markec white, gold and green, and makes very pretty subjects for hanging baskets, porch-boxes, borders, etc, 3381 Queen of Tom Thumbs. Dwarf, dense bushes, with varie gated foliage and flowers in a large variety of colors. 10 cts per pkt.; 25 cts. per oz. 3321 Queen of Talls. Similar to the regular tall Nasturtium, but with variegated leaves. 10 cts. per pkt.; 25 cts. per o2 eos Gy FLOWER SEED-NOvELTIES: || GIS eat 66 Tiler DREER PHILADELPHIA PA’ BURBANK’S NEW SHIRLEY POPPY “CELESTE.” 3700 This, Mr. Burbank’s latest achievement in this popular annual, is described by him as ‘beautiful sky-blue, lavender and grey shades in abundance; never before offered; very choice and rare.’? We have not as yet tried this novelty, but our supply of seed comes direct from Mr. Burbank, and if only a small percentage of the plants produce the colors described it will go far in establishing his skill as a hybridizer. 25 cts. per packet; 5 packets for $1.00. NEW SINGLE ANNUAL POPPY “KING EDWARD.” 3703 A new variety of gorgeous coloring, being a deep scarlet, shaded crimson-red, each petal marked with a large black blotch for half its length from the base, against which the yellow anthers stand out in bold relief. The plant grows 24 feet high, and produces its very large flowers with great freedom. Like other annua) Poppies, it is of the easiest culture, doing well in any sunny posi- tion. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. Primula Obconica Grandiflora Crispa. 3810 The latest introduction in this lovely Primrose, and a most desirable acquisition, The edges of the petals of the large flowers are waved and fluted, giving the truss a fuller, and at the same time a more graceful, appearance than the old smooth-edged sorts. The color is a delicate tender rose with a few scattering deeper rose shades intermixed. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts. for $1.00. PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA. This, the finest of the Obconica type yet introduced, is the result of 9 cross between P. obconica grandiflora and P. megasefolia; of strong, vigorous growth, with extra large individual flowers and flower SHIRLEY Poppy. NEW HYBRID ICELAND POPPY. heads, borne on extremely strong stems, and make handsome 3735 This beautiful strain of these charming hardy Poppies is | specimens for window garden and conservatory decoration, and being improved every year, and the stock which we offer is a splendid cut flower. this season will be found much finer than heretofore, con- We offer same as follows: taining a great number of lovely new shades of color, 3811 Gigantea Kermesina. Rich crimson. 25 cts. per pkt. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. 3812 —Rosea. Pure rose color. 25 cts. per pkt. NEW HARDY FOUNTAIN GRASS. 3815 — Mixed. All colors, from pale lilac to crimson. 20 (Pennisetum Japonicum.) cts. per pkt. 2656 A splendid new hardy ornamental grass, growing about 4 feet high, with bright green, narrow foliage, while the bronzy-purple cylindrical flower heads are borne on gracefully recurving stems well above the foliage. This, we believe, will prove one of the most valu- able hardy grasses, either for use in beds, mixed borders or as speci- mens. Easily grown from seed, making nice plants the first year. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. INVINCIBLi GIANT POLYANTHTUS. 3677 A magnificent strain of this perfectly hardy and easily-grown Spring- flowering Primrose, representing the work of twenty-five years of pains- taking, cross-breeding and selection by a Scotch specialist. Of strong, sturdy habit, and bearing immense trusses of large flowers on self-sup- porting stems 10 to 16 inches in length. Undoubtedly the finest strain in cultivation, containing all colors from purest white to the richest crimson. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts., $1.00. TWO BRILLIANT SWEET WILLIAMS. 4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color in this favorite hardy plant, which originated in one of the far-famed gardens at Newport, R. I. In color it is what florists call watermelon-pink or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant and beautiful; the habit of the plant is perfect, being well formed, neat and compact, the flowers borne in massive heads on stems 18 inches high. For mid-season mass bedding it has no equal. It is also very effective as a pot plant and for cutting. Perfectly hardy in any part of the country. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts , $1.00. 4281 Scarlet Beauty. A splendid companion to the brilliant salmony- pir’: variety offered a bove. The color is an intense rich, deep scar- x, and a most effective plant for the old-fashioned hardy border, where this shade is very uncommon. 25 cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts. for $1.00. ““Nuwrort Pink,”’ Swert WILLIAM. EG] FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES: || SUS FE HENRY A DREER -DHIIADELDHIA: A DREER’S “Twelve Best’? Orchid-flowered SWEET PEAS. We offer on page 121 twenty-one beautiful and desirable varie- ties of this, the finest type of Sweet Peas; but as many planters do not care for somany sorts, we have selected what we consider the twelve best and most distinct kinds, which we offer below. They are a great improvement on the standard sorts, having large, round, open flowers of extraordinary size, measuring two inches aud over across, with wavy standards and wide-spreading wings, a very large percentage bearing four of these immense blossoms to the stem, which is long and strong, making them of exceptional value for cutting, and are just as easy to grow as the standard varieties. 4071 Black Knight Spencer. Rich, deep maroon, very large and wavy. 4074 Blanche Ferry Spencer. Identical in color to the popular pink and white Blanche Ferry, but with immense wavy flowers. 4086 Countess Spencer. A lovely clear, bright pink, shad- ing deeper at the edges, extra large and wavy; the original of thistype. 10 cts. per pkt.; 20 cts. peroz.; 50 cts. per 4 Ib. 4092 Dainty Spencer. Very large beautifully waved flowers of pure white, daintily edged pale rosy-pink. 4112 Frank Dolby. The largest and finest pale lavender; a beautiful and popular shade. 10 cts. per pkt.; 20 cts. per oz.; 50 cts. per 4 Ib. 4125 Helen Lewis (Orange Countess). Standards brilliant crimson-orange; wings orange-rose; the finest of the orange or salmon colors. 10 cts. per pkt,; 20 cts. per oz.; 50 cts. per } Ib. 4153 King Edward Spencer. Bright crimson-scarlet. Mag- nificent in size and coloring. 4181 Mrs. Routzahn Spencer. Soft chamois pink, a beau- tiful shade, and one of the finest for cutting. 2 z : 4211 Queen Alexandra Spencer. Magnificent in every way 4182 firs. Walter Wright Spencer. A beautiful shade of and one of the finest yet introduced, In color a rich bright deep mauve; very artistic. scarlet; flowers of largest size, beautifully waved. 4198 Primrose Spencer. The finest primrose-yellow, with | 4242 White Spencer. A pure wavy white of enormous size ORCHID-FLOWERED SWEET PEAS very large, wavy flowers. 10 cts.per pkt.; 20 cts. per oz.; and splendid substance; long, strong stems; extra select 50 cts. per } Ib. stock. 10 cts. per pkt.; 20 cts. per oz.; 50 cts. per } Ib. Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 10 cts. per pkt.; 30 cts. per oz.; $1.00 per } Ib. 4238 Collection of a packet each of the above 12 best varieties, 80 cts. 237 Collection of one ounce each of the above 12 best varieties, $2.50. DREER’S “FIFTEEN FINEST” STANDARD SWEET PEAS. This collection is made up of extra selected sorts of the choicest standard kinds-—varieties that have the endorsement of the leading American and European specialists—and which combine in the highest degree all the qualities which go to make up first- class varieties. 4070 Black Knight, Intense deep maroon, shaded black; | 4159 Lady Grisel Hamilton, A grand pale lavender. a ee ee F ; , 4167 Lord Nelson. The richest deep navy-blue, 4073 Blanche Ferry. The popaies pink and ates 4179 Mrs. Walter Wright. An exquisite shade of mauve. 4091 Dorothy Eckford, Magnificent pure white. 4201 Prima Donna, A magnificent pure pink. 4126 Helen Pierce. White, veined and mottled bright blue. | 4903 Prince of Wales. THE AGn ektn baie hbTLosetestandard 4133 Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon. The finest primrose-yellow. variety. > 4138 Janet Scott. A grand deep rich pink. 4212 Queen Alexandra. Bright geranium-red, almost pure 4141 Jeannie Gordon. Rosy-pink on a cream ground. scarlet. 4152 King Edward VII. The finest crimson-scarlet, 4234 St. George. Brilliant orange-scarlet. Price: Any of the above, 5cts. per pkt.; 10 cts. per oz.; 25 cts. per } lb.; 75 cts. per lb, 4247 Collection of a packet each of the 15 Finest Standard varieties, 50 cts. 4248 Collection of one ounce each of the 15 Finest Standard varieties, $1.00. COMPLETE LIST OF SWEET PEAS with cultural notes is given on pages 120 and 121. om (ec) FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES: | ZINNIA HAAGEANA “PERFECTION,” 4481 We had a line of this in our trial grounds last summer which proved to be one of the most distinct and meritorious of the many novelties on trial, and which was noted and much admired by many visitors. ‘he seed was sown April 29th, came into bloom June 25th, and was never out o! flower until hard frost, early in November, a period of ove) four months. The plant is of dwarf, compact growth, 9 tc 10 inches high by as much through, with fine foliage, ano bears a multitude of very double flowers, about 14 inches across in a most unusual range of colors, including rose tipped canary-yellow, maroon-tipped cream-yellow ano wallflower-red, velvety garnet, etc., and altogether makes as pretty a border as anything of recent introduction, It ; should also prove useful in filling baskets, vases, etc. Like other Zinnias, it will grow and flourish in any sunny loca- tion. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. Dreer’s Improved Large-flower- ing Dwarf Double Zinnias. This we consider the best type for general use, forming bushy compact plants not over 2 feet high, and bearing perfect double flowers as large as the taller-growing sorts. We can supply in nine distinct colors, which are offered on page 126. 4459 Collection of a packet eact of the 9 colors, 40 cts 4460 Finest Mixed. Al) colors. é cts. pkt.; 50 cts per ZINNIA HAAGEANA PERFECTION Giant Double Zinnias. A special strain of this grand old favorite free and continuous flowering annual, which produces flowers of colossal size, specimens measuring 5 to 6 inches across being not un- usual, Plants are of extremely robust habit, attaining a height of about 3 feet, and bearing on long, strong stems numerous semi-glob- ular, mostly very double flowers, all of the largest size, making them of great value in large beds, borders, etc.; grown under favora- ble conditions they remain in bloom from early summer to late autumn, We offer six of the most wanted colors, separately, as well as a splendid mixture of many colors, as under : PER PKT. 4511 Giant Golden=-yellow............. 20 A52cGiant Scanletsx.15-)jseiyocte ote 20 4513" Giant Wihitey so. ee eer: . 4514 (Giant) Flesh=colorss. 9) a. -0-<- ss s2- eae: 20 4515 Giant Sulphur-yellow......................- 20 A516 Giant: Crimson 4 ce one eee ie 20 4519 Collection of a pkt. each of the above 6 colors ....80 4520 Giant Mixed. All colors. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. Giant DovuBLe ZINNIA a Our list has again been carefully revised, a number of meritorious sorts added and all inferior varieties discarded. For the convenience of our customers and to facilitate the filling of orders, it is only necessary in ordering to give the number of packets wanted and the corresponding number in the catalogue, viz.: 1 pkt. 1010, 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 1020, 30 cts., means one packet Abu- tilon, mixed, 10 cts.; 3 pkts. Acacia, mixed, 30 cts. : All flower seeds are sent free by mail at prices given. ¢ Although we do not offer premiums, we invariably send ‘‘extras’’ with each cash order amounting to $1.00 or over. 1134 Summer Flowering Annuals. 1135 66 ‘é “ec 1136 Old-fashioned Annuals. 1133 Annuals for cutting. 3549 Old-fashioned Hardy Perennials. 2019 Quick-growing Annual Climbers. 2479 Fragrant Flowers. Collections of Asters, Balsams, Dianthus, Marigolds, etc., are offered under their respective heads. ABUTILON (Flowering Maple). PER PKT. 1010 Fine [ixed. Elegant flowering perennial shrubs of strong growth and easy cultivation; free-flowering, with various colored, beautiful, droop- ing bell-shaped flowers, Considered indispensable for flowering indoors during the winter and spring months, and useful for bedding out in the summer. Sown indoors any time before April, they will produce plants that will flower outdoors the first seasonand indoors all winter. Mixedcolors. 10 ACACTA. Elegant half-hardy Shrubs, having fine ornamental toliage and beautiful racemes of yellow globular flowers. Soak the seed in warm water for 24 hours before sowing. 1020 Mixed. Fine varieties, 6 to 10 feet... COLLECTIONS OF FLOWER SEEDS. 12 25 10 10 ACROCLINIUM. sorts, our selection. .... $0 50 CO he Cee el 00 cc oba CO. 2a er OO faba Geet A 50 ce ce Oe os ae 50 coe Bo eee 50 “ ee “cc 40 AcHILtEA *f THE PEARL.” ACANTHUS (Bear's Breech). PER PKT. 1017 Latifolius. Handsome and interesting hardy plants with fine foliage and curious rosy-white flowers in August and Sep- tember. Grows from 2 to 4 feet high, according to soil and location. Valuable alike for planting as single SPECIMENS iF PKOUPpstOLMLNeNDOKGeL: aicise MOR IOrErmEN Engrs 5 2586 Duchess of Albany. Pure white, of compact growth. 4 Wands, ES See Hs Gd Toph eede Soot oles Coe See acer 5 2587 Gloriosa. Large, satiny, brilliant blood-red flowers; richest colored of all. 400z., 25 cts.. Ie Reyes ay 55:5. G56.6) pie Foie 10 2588 Rosamond. A new sort, - aah habit ao large, glossy shell-pink flowers; makes a beautiful border. Eeeoctsaas LO SSO MEE aa Allicolorss REn O25 OO ICtSsicieieete iso cioie.. 21 0-0. 0.050 5 GopeETIa, DREER’S Improved Large-flowering TEN-WEEK STOCKS. We show these in colors opposite page 58. They deserve the widest cultivation, and we feel sure once tried they will be- come firm favorites. GOLDEN ROD. (Solidago Canadensis.) PER PKT, 2601 The well-known gold- en yellow favorite; hardy perennial; 2 to ORNAMENTAL GourDs. Sfeetsararerscts iaeeier ore 16 ORNAMENTAL GOURDS. Rapid growing, interesting annual climbers, with ornamental foliage and singu lar shaped fruit; 15 to 20 feet. Our illustration shows the twelve kinds offerea below. PER OZ. PER PKT 2607 Apple=shaped. (Now dinepemersiacc sence as ae 30 5 2612 Dipper, or Calabash. No. 7........ fe 30 5 2614 Hercules’ Club. Club-shaped; 4 ft. long. Now W230 5 2613 Egg=shaped. Fruit white like an egg. Nowe 30 5 2616 Orange-shaped (Jock Orange). No, 3......... 30 5 2611 Bottlesshaped: “No. 1055.0 s-ee oe eile = or 56. BN) 5 2622 Turk’s Turban. Red striped. No. 11.......... 30 5 2617 Pear=shaped. Striped; very showy. No. 2.... 30 5 2615 Luffa (Dish-rag, Sponge or Bonnet Coun) INO Oates otvale CL aioe eal rere 30 5 2618 African Pipe. The stem ‘end of the fruits are much used in making pipes. No. 8...........--- 50 10 2619 Spoon. A very odd = Varletiys, mINOuDier a ote, deeeepieets 50 10 2621 Warted. Dark green fruits curiously warted. No.6. 30 5 2630 Mixed Varieties. All kinds............ Beste ete 25 5 2629 Collection of the above 12 varieties.............. 50 GREVILLEA (sik Oak). 2681 Robusta. A very beautiful and graceful decorative plant with fern- like foliage; excellent for table decoration; easily raised from seed, pro- ducing good-sized plants in a short time. }0z., 30 cts............. 10 Grevitiea RosustTa. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS, avery interesting lot this season, see pages 58 to 68. Fy] i] RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS {I ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. The ornamental Grasses serve the double purpose of rendering the mixed flower-bed or border attractive during the summer, and for the use of the spikes or panicles in a dried state in winter bouquets. For large beds or groups on lawns nothing gives a finer effect, and they are now largely used in prominent positions in many of the finest public parks, etc. The following are the most popular varieties: 2638 2640 2641 2644 2646 2647 2648 2651 2604 2655 2658 2669 PER PKT. Agrostis Nebulosa (Clowd Grass). An airy and graceful annual Grass, grows 18 inches high and looks like a line of mist when in bloom. Beautiful to mix with cut flowers. }0z., 25 cts. Arundo Donax (Great Reed), Magnificent hardy sort....... Briza Maxima (Quaking Grass). In great demand for grass bouquetsars sy. areecerer ; Coix Lachrymae (Job’s Years). Broad, corn-like leaves and hard, shining pearly seeds; annual. Per oz., 1d cts....... Erianthus Ravennae (Hardy Pampas). quisite plumes resembling the Pampas Eulalia Zebrina (Zebra Grass). creamy white. Variegation runs ac7oss follage..... . . .... —Variegata. Long, narrow green leaves, striped with white; fine feathery plumes; very ornamental... ..... Gynerium Argenteum (Pampas Grass). plumes; perennial; blooms the second season. Lagurus Ovatus ( Hire’s Tail Grass). Beautiful small white heads of bloom; excellent for bouquets..... Pennisetum Longisty= lum. Extremely graceful greenish-white plumes; ex- cellent for beds; annual; 2feet. 4.0z., 20) cts...) — Rueppelianum ( Pu7- ple ountain Grass). Graceful green foliage and purplish plumes, unequalled as an edging to a bed of Cannas or other tall plants; annual; 3 feet. (See cut.) Persploz/30xctscn: - aa Stipa Pennata (Feather Grass). Perennial, beau- tiful, delicate white, feath- ery bloom; flowering the second season; 2 feet...... Collection of Grasses. 2 ‘varietiesssnys er eee Perennial; ex- White silvery 10 a) 50 10 10 5 oO 10 10 ORNAMENTAL Grass PENNISETUM RUEPPELIANUM. GYPSOPHILA. (Baby’s Breath.) Pretty free-flowering elegant plants, succeeding in any garden soil. Their misty white panicles of bloom are largely used for mixing witk other cut flowers. PER PKI 2691 Elegans alba grandi- flora. Thisis an improved large-flowering, pure white form of the annual Baby’s Breath, of free, easy growth, and grown by the acre in the suburbs of Paris and London for use with other cut flowers. Seve- ral sowings should be made during the season to keep up a supply. (See cut.) Peroz., 30cts.. £ 2694 [uralis. An annual 2692 Paniculata. 2688 2693 Acutifolia. summer, Hevenium Riverton Bea UTY. GypsorH1La ELteGans ALBA GRANDIFLORA. hardy perennials; blooms first year if sown early; 2 feet. DNCIS: Cpe betatet aera small white flowers marked with pink.........---.-+-+-+-+-++4- sort which forms mounds of green 8 to J0 inches high, thickly studded with little pink flowers from early in the season tili frost; fine for edging. - White flowers, fine for bouquets; one of the favorite oo Per + 0z., bnctSreprrcciamsiereisteracs ; Per } oz., A strong-growing hardy perennial sort, 3 to 4 feet high, with large panicles of small white flowers in July....... HELEN TUM (Sneeze Wort). Strong-growing hardy perennials, succeeding in any kind of soil, and useful in the hardy border, giving an enormous crop of flowers in the late 2711 Autumnale Superbum. Large heads of golden-yellow flowers; Dito Meet... eee aaron ae 2713 Riverton Gem. A variety that originated with us, flowers, which, on opening, are old-gold, changing as they mature to a wallflower-red; 3 feet. 2714 Riverton Beauty. petals being rich lemon-yellow, with a large purplish-black cone. 2 pkts., 25 cts 16 16 2 pkts:, 25 (Cts: eemetareisare tense ees Similar to the preceding, except in color, the 15 Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds are offered on pages 58 to 68. Gc) RELIABLE FLOWER seEDS [ff] °* HELIANTHUS. (Sunflower.) FTE SHENRY A DREER -DHITADELDHIA-DA- Remarkable for the stately growth, size and bril- liancy of their flowers, making a very good effect among shrubbery and for screens. SINGLE SUNFLOWERS. The Sunflowers are indispensable for cutting. Sown on a sunny spot in April or May they come into bloom early in summer, and keep up a constant sup ply of flowers until cut down by frost. PER PKT 2701 Cucumerifolius (iniature Sunflower). Small, single rich yellow flowers. An abundant bloomer; 4 feet. 40z., l5cts.... 5 2703 —Stella (Improved Miniature Sun- flower). Differs from the above by its larger and better formed flowers of the purest golden yellow, with black disc. } 0z., 15 cts...... 5 2702 — Orion. Artistic and effective new vari- ety of ‘Stella.*? The petals are twisted like-a Cactus Dahlia. 4 0z., 20 cts........ 10 2700 — New Miniature. A multitude of new varieties have been raised from the popular Miniature Sunflower which we offer in mix- ture. They all differ from the parent, most of them being larger, and many with curi- ously twisted petals, The prevailing colors are pale yellow, golden yellow and creamy white, some with black centres, and all beautiful; for cutting they are indispensable. (See cut.) 4-0z., 25 cts...... 10 | 2707 — Perkeo. A charming dwarf variety of the Miniature Sunflower. The plants form compact bushes about 12 inches high by 14 inches through. There are many positions, such as the front of borders or beds of plants of medium height, where this can be used to good advantage, flowering, as it does, from the end of June until cut down by hard frost. 2 Oya AIRS Oy ac Als Ae eS eaAEN Cot IE 10 Double Sunflowers. PER PKT. 2696 Chrysan= themum- ae flowered. New Miniature SUNFLOWERS. Rich golden yellow flowers, perfectly double, resembling a Chrysan- themum or Aster; 7 feet. (See cut.) Per oz., 40 cts. 10 2706 Nanus FI. Pl. (Globe of Gold). Dwarf, double- yellow flowers; 4 feet. Per oz., 25 cts............+- 5 2704 Globosus Fistulosus (Globe or Dahlia Sun- flower). Flowers large, double, of a rich saffron color; Gutce tue LcimOZ MeO RCS ee Payer iis cists iors) < is oc= sais. 5 2697 Double Yellow Miniature. The double-flowering form of the popular Miniature Sunflower. The flowers, while double, are quite free and graceful; of a bright Goldenavellowen crv etsy hsy csc oa ae ssegsooso. 0) 2698 Double White Miniature. A new double, nearly whitesort. A certain proportion of the seedlings produce semi double flowers. In habit of growth and profusion of flower it is identical to the well-known single variety. 15 Hardy Perennial Sunflowers. 2705 Mixed. Contains the finest single-flowering hardy per- ennial sorts, including such varieties as Maximilliana, Miss Mellish, Orgyalis, Tomentosus, etc., etc. Seeds "sown early will produce flowering plants the first year; as subjects for the hardy border as well as for cutting they are of great value. $ eyAs OGRE ee See 15 Dous_e CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED SUNFLOWER. Read the Articles on Growing Flowers from Seeds on pages 55 to 57. SSG] RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS || LE STENRY A DREER--DHTTADELPRIA DA HMEUCHERA (Alum Root). PER PKT, 2761 Sanguinea. One of the finest hardy perennials. The flowers are of a rich, bright crimson color; the leaves light green and slightly hairy. Excellent for cutting.......... 10 HIBISCUS (Marshmallow). Showy ornamental perennial plants, for mixed beds or shrubbery borders, having large-sized, beautifully-colored flowers; blooms the first year if sown early. 2774 Palusteises barge pink Aowers) (sec. oee sere ates 6 2771 Moscheutos (Swamp Rose Mallow). Flowers 6 inches in diameter, of a light rosy-red, with dark centre......... B 2772 Crimson Eye. Flowers of the largest size, pure white, with a large spot of velvety crimson in the centre........ ‘® 2773 Giant Yellow or Golden Bowl. Cup-shaped flowers from 6 to 9 inches in diameter; of a rich deep cream, with a velvety maroon centre. The plants commence to bloom early and continue until cut down by frost............... ~ HONESTY. (Moonwort, Satin Flower.) 2801 Hardy biennial, admired forits silvery seed pouches, which are used for house ornaments, as they present a beautiful and rather curious ap- pearance; 2 feet. 4} OZ OUGtSHL . a yanhereie 5 HELICHRYSUM, OR STRAW FLOWER. HELICHRYSUM. (Straw Flower.) PER PKT. 2720 Monstrosum FI. Pl, One - How of the best of ‘‘Everlasting’’ Oye iow Hlowicks Flowers. Exceedingly effec- Ly ad age A tive double flowers, making ie eardects is Mae, cussed in the articles appear- a fine display in beds or bor- ders; they succeed in any rich ing on pages 09, 96 and 57, garden soil; give them plenty of room to develop, planting not closer than 12 inches apart; hardy annuals; 2 feet. Mixed. (See cut.) Per } OZ i PA ICUS 3 o) Nie Foaee + le eleven eels 5 2719 Imported Collection. 10 WArletlesy, ty Sep Asee ache sae 450 HELIOPSIS (Orange Sunflower). 2731 Pitcheriana, A desirable hardy herbaceous plant, growing from 3 to 4 feet high, beginning to flower early in the season, and continuing the entire Hetiorrope, LEMOINR’S GIANT. summer. The flowers are of a beautiful deep golden yellow color, abont 2 inches in diameter, of very thick texture and very graceful for cutting. (See SUE os OYE PAULGL Ch oa oaitly a1sig eel e 6 COIS SOO a taao HEC Oe iiectace lO HELIOTROPE (Cherry Pie). A half-hardy perennial, flowering during the whole season; its delightful perfume makes it a most desirable bouquet flower; a splendid bedding plant, or can be trained as a greenhouse climber. Seed started indoors in the spring will make fine plants for gammer blooming. Can also be sown outdoors in May. (See cut. ) #737 Lemoine’s Giant. Of robust growth, and produces heads of flowers e double the size of the old sort; mixed colors. }z., 50 cts. ... ......... 10 2736 Regal. A new variety with immense flower heads of the Giant type, but of af dwarf, compact growth; all shades ..... JenobsDoUnooboamACSoUs oOwaT . 25 obey F h g140 Mixed. All colors of the regular type. }0z., 25 cts........ oiteleyeiseatete BE = 27388 Imported Collection of 6 sorts ............. cece eect eee eee eee 40 Hetiopsis PiTCHERIANA. S Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds are offered on pages 58 to 68. LPHIA PA: Fis] RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS {{{[] 9 {Ese A DREER -PHITADE HOLLYHOCK. One of the most majestic of hardy plants, and a clump or line in any garden gives an effect not attainable with any other plant. or forming a background for other flowers it is without equal, before midsummer will produce fine plants for flowering next year. this season it is necessary to get year-old plants. plants under their proper head. (See cut. } DOUBLE VARIETIES. For planting among shrubbery Seed sown any time To get results These we offer with other hardy The seed offered under this head has been saved from the finest double flowers only and is sure to produce satisfactory results. PER PKT. PER PKT 2782 Maroon. 40 cts. } oz...... 10 | 2785 Salmon Rose. 40 cts. } oz. 10 2783 Bright Rose. 40cts. } oz. 10| 2786 White. 40 cts. } oz,...... 10 2784 Bright Red. 40 cts. } oz... 10 | 2787 Yellow. 40 cts. } oz..... 10 2790 Extra Choice Double Mixed. 30 cts. per } 0z.; $1.00 per oz..... 10 2788 Collection of a packet each of the above 6 colors .... .....-.... d.corl50 2789 Imported Collection) of 12 colors 2a - os in a eee eee 75 2781 **Allegheny.’’ Mammoth flowers, wonderfully formed of loosely ar- ranged fringed petals, which look as if made from the finest China silk. The colors vary from the palest shrimp-pink to deep red. | The plants are of strong growth, sending up spikes 6 to 7 feet high. 30 cts. per } 0z.; TRG Vig Been ic we Sep kina SucSs = COS RRME Nee ood 4 0010 ana aeior 2791 Newport Pink. SINGLE VARIETIES Many prefer the single-flowering Hollyhocks. “They are usually of freer growth than the doubles, and present a very handsome appearance when covered with their artistic blo» soms. We offer the following dis- tinct colors, also mixed, viz. : 2793 Black Maroon......... 15 2794 Mauve...... 15 9S ARMS ols eis tpieg ss aes «5-0 15 PAE OG MRO wise eesti, Resseos hss 15 2797 White ...... 15 2198: Yellow issuers 2 ie 2) 2780 Mixed. Allcolors. } oz., SORCESH fers eles dteeieishe: aie .c oe ane 10 2799 Collection of a packet each of the 6 colors. ..... 75 HuNNEMANNIA. DousLte HovtyHock. HUMULUS (Japanese Hop). 2811 Japonicus. A very ornamental and fast-growing climbing plant. The foliage resembles in shape that of the common Hop, is very dense, and in color a lively green; annual. }0z., 20 cts....... 5 2812 — Variegatus. A variegated variety of the above. The leaves are beautifully marbled and splashed with silvery-white, light and dark green; very effective for screens, arbors, trellises, etc. As with the green-leaved variety, it is never injured by insects nor affected by the heat, but retains its bright variegated foliage until frost. 4 10 OZ5 53 DO en CUSs Pah cusps eaten ewterenereta a ae em ei cae yet: ti scrollere tere HUNNEMANNIA. (Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy, or Bush Eschscholtzia.) Fumarizfolia. This is by far the best of the poppy family for cutting, remaining in good condition for several days. Seed sown early in May will, by the middle of July, produce plants covered with their large buttercup-yellow, poppy-like blossoms, and never out of flower until hard frost. The plants grow about 2 feet high, are quite bushy, with beautiful feathery glaucous 2821 foliage. 4 0z., 25 cts .... TEN WEEK STOCKS, free-flowering, fragrant and satisfactory. See colored plate, page 58. Ae RELA 2] RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS {|/TI IBERIS (Hardy Candytuft). PER PKT. || 1771 Gibraltarica Hybrida. White flowers, shading to IMPATIENS 6(Sultan’s or Zanzibar Balsam). Charming plants for the decoration of the greenhouse or dinner ||) table, producing bright, waxy-looking flowers profusely and almost continuously. The young seedlings should be carefully handled, as they are exceedingly brittle at the outset. 2842 Sultani. Flowers of brilliant rosy-scarlet color, ...... 15 2845 Holstii Hybrids. These are hybrids of L /olstii, which were introduced in 1905, and, like their parent, form strong, bushy plants about 2 feet high, covered with attractive flowers throughout the entire summer and fall. In fact, when grown as pot plants, they bloom the year round. Choicest mixed ................-- 15 MRIS (Flowering Flag). 2890 Kempferi. (Japanese Iris). This is one of the showiest of the ‘‘Flags,’? and now extensively used in the -hardy garden. The seeds we offer have been saved from our own unrivalled collection, and should produce only varieties of the highest merit. Blooms the second year from seed. If you want immediate results, it will be necessary to get plants; these are one of our specialties, See page 224. }0z., 25 cts........ SOOnh On Ou oIgon 1 IPOM@ A. Climbers of rapid growth, with beautiful and varied flowers; for covering walls, trellises, arbors or stumps of trees they are in- valuable; it is well to soak the seed in warm water over night to assist in rapid germination, IMPERIAL JAPANESE IPoMcEAS, 2852 Cece (Star Ipomea). Small scarlet flowers in 2 pone! FOMISION craps wnt s aeatate eltislaletee users ole = Speus oet 4 2851 Bone Nox (Hvening Glory). Rosy lilac flowers, 2854 Rubra Ceerulea (Heavenly Blue). Tinmiense expanding in the evening; of very rapid ‘growth. flowers of bright sky-blue; very beautiful........... 16 Oz., 25 Cts... eeeee ee cece tee eres Nels areiplen a sve « 5 | 2855 Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory). Flowers of 2853 Grandiflora (Moon Flower). At night and during pleasing rose color, borne very freely in large clusters dull days the plants are covered with an abundance of large, pure white, fragrant flowers, 5 to 6 inches in ; ; 4 diameter. It grows very rapidly and will cover a large no equal, covering an enormous space in a short time. surface.? Per 2. ofs; 20) Cts ieiaparerelesvorelel otis eo tayo aoe 10 Reriozi a0 cts er crake cae an cece tele eae eee 10 Imperial Japanese. These are beyond question the handsomest of all Morning Glories. Of the easiest culture; can be sown in the open ground ina sunny situation when the weather has become warm and settled; they soon cover a large area, and even before flowering are decidedly interesting on account of the varied forms of the foliage and their markings. The flowers are of gigantic size and their colorings ‘ beyond description; the self or solid colors range from snow-white to black purple, with all the possible intermediate shades; there is also an endless number having flowers spotted, marbled, striped, flaked, splashed, etc. We offer the following nine splendid sorts. (See cut.) from August to frost. As a quick growing vine it has 2861 Adonis. Rich purple, white throat.....:........ Saree) 2862 Aglaia. Crimson with white throat; silvery foliage... 10 2863 Aphrodite. Pure white, green foliage.............. 5 2864 Asteria. Coppery red, white throat. .... ......... 5 2866 Ceres. Crimson, bordered white, silvery leaves...... 10 2865 Cleopatra, Carmine, white throat and border, golden foliage . . .:... denulsoas Spe Rea ene Seiee oes elo erelaiencinta 1 2867 Collata, Fringed and ruffled flowers of various colors, 10 2868 Juno. Sky-blue, golden leaves,................... 10 2871 Princess. White speckled with crimson, silvery leaves. 10 2879 Collection. A pkt. each of above 9 sorts....:.....- 50 2880 Mixed Imperial Japanese, Saved from a grand col- lection, which we feel sure will produce resultsmore than equalling our description of this wonderful plant® Per 0Z., 25 ctSis Sev tales cnlgee, «Ren let Seaton aan ota fm wieyal ease (ere, (ec een. (For other varieties of Ipomeas see Cypress Vine, Mina and Convoloulus.) (Japanese Iris.) We offer in plants a magnificent collection of Japanese and German Iris this season. See pages 224 and 225. cms z | SENRYA DREER PHILADELPHIA PA 8 ANNUAL LARKSPURS. This is one of the best known of garden flowers, and in recent years a vast ima- provement has been effected, by careful selection in size and color of the blossoms and the general habit of the plant. Seeds sown in the open ground before the close of April will produce flowering plants by the beginning of July, and give a fait li continuous succession of flowers from then until frost, a record that is not sur- passed by any other annual. They make handsome beds or lines, and their free, graceful habit and bright colors are very effective when interspersed in the old- fashioned flower or shrubbery border. They stand well when cut, and a vase of one of mixed colors is indeed charming, (For Hardy Perennial Larkspurs see Delphinium, page 89.) Double Stock-flowered. The finest variety with splendid spikes of beauti- ful double flowers, 23 to3 feet. (See cut.) PER PKT. PER PKT, 2931, Dark) Blue..,..5:5.. 0.4 2+4- 10 | 2934 Shell Pink............. 10 20898 ilaGe. <<: & «icneeeeennnstoune 10: | 2935 Sky Blue .......2...... 1¢ 2933 Lustrous Carmine or 2936 Tricolor........ Mee fe igiste k@ Newport Pink.......... 10062937 Pure White s.,..---....- 16 2940 Finest Mixed. Allcolors, }0z., 20 cts.; 0z,, 60 cts............ 16 2938 Collection. A packet each of the above 7 colors. ............... 5¢@ 2930 Dwarf Rocket. Fine double-mixed; 18 inches. Oz., 25 cts...... 5 a Kocuta. LATHYRUS. JACOBEA (Senecio) : See ; (Everlasting, or Hardy Sweet Pea.) Showy, free-flowering hardy perennial PER PKT. climbers for covering old stumps, fences, ¢tc.; 2900 Elegans FI. Pl. f A continually in bloom; fine for cutting. showy, free-flowering 2954 Latifolius ‘‘White Pearl.”? The hardy annual. It pro- finest white variety....... rates 16 duces in great profu- 2955 Pink Beauty. Rosy pink....... 16 sion branching spikes 2960 Mixed. All colors. Peroz.,40cts. of bright Cineraria-like double flowers, 14 inches in diameter, from spring until fall, and will bloom all winterin a cool greenhouse. Ex- cellent for bouquets. Mixed colors........ 5 KOCHIA, (Standing Cypress, or Belvedere.) 2911 Trichophylla. An easily-grown annual, which, sown thinly in spring, soon forms a cypress-like hedge of the most lively green and of perfect sym- metry; by midsummer it attains a height of about 3 feet,and on the approach of autumn the whole plant becomesa deep red; a splendid plant to divide the vegetable from the flower garden, or for forming a hedge for the summer for any purpose. Gye GA) (AS S386 og Boe OO ONS SE ats eee ee eavaaiteys 10 LAvATERA. LANTANA. 2920 One of the most desirable half-hardy perennial greenhouse or bedding plants, constantly in bloom; Verbena-like heads of orange, white, rose and other colored flowers; 2 to 3 feet. Mixed colors. }o0z., 25 cts.. 10 LAVATERA (Annual Mallow). #976 Trimestris Grandiflora Rosea. A very beautiful and showy annual, growing about 2 feet high and covered during the entire summer with large cup-shaped shrimp-pink flowers; in a border or bed the effect is very bright. Sow in May where they are to bloom and thin out to 12 EGhies Apart wee Clits) Me AOZ-AOFCIStW ys... ee eerereje nie, eine eels 5 LAVENDER (Lavandula Vera). 2971 Well known, sweet-scented, hardy perennials; should be extensively grown in the mixed border; 3 feet. FOZe5 AN CESS ee ese ae ce: 1) Dour.e STocK-FLOWERED LARKSPUR. TEN-WEEK STOCKS or GILLIFLOWERS are shown in colors and fully described on page 58. LOBELIA. The following dwarf and trailing varieties of this popular and beautiful flowering plant will be found most desirable for pot culture, edgings, hanging-baskets, etc., blooming profusely from June to November. ‘The perennial varieties are among the most attractive of our garden favorites, producing beautiful spikes of handsome flowers. 3012 Crystal Palace Compacta. Rich deep blue; dark foliage; the Gneet Be dark blue for bedding. Per 3 oz., 50 cts. .......... Cee flat) oes etaneye 10 3013 Emperor William. A very compact variety; sky-blue flowers....... 10 3014 Heterophilla Major. Oneof the best for this climate, coming into flower early, standing the heat well and continuing to bloom without interruption until frost. The plant forms dense globular bushes about 6 inches high, completely smothered with flowers, which are of very large size, over an inch across, and of a most brilliant sky-blue, with a clear white eye... ... 15 3015 Prima Donna. Rich velvety crimson-maroon flowers............ akg 3016 White Gem. Forms a perfect ball of snow-white flowers,...... Pot et) 3023 Speciosa. Ultramarine blue; dark-leaved; trailing ............. : SO 3022 Gracilis. Light blue; light green foliage; trailing... ... Beare 3. 3020 Mixed Compacta Varieties. All colors ....... Sh iy Serge tea 5 Lopetia CrysTAL PaLcacre CompactTa. HARDY PERENNIAL LOBELIAS. 3031 Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). A native variety, with spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; fine hardy bor- der plantsmontee Gamers rererr : SOA. PHC ca 'c ie 3032 — Hybrids. Flowers resemble Cardinalis, but are of splendid shades of rose, red, lilac, purple, etc; in bloom from July to LEPTOSIPHON. PER PKT. 2980 French Hybrids Mixed. We sent out a large number of packets of this pretty annual for trial the past two seasons, and Atria Octobers) Scere hen cme elie 25 have received so many favorable reports that we have concluded to add it LOPHOSPERMUM. to our regular list. It y cehly makes adense tuft of fine m, 3041 Scandens, Highly eeu foliage not over 6 inches p~ tender annual climber, with high, covered with its showy, rosy-purple foxglove-like pretty little flowers of flowers; lO" feet ee ae. 10 rose, white, yellow, etc., throughout the season; makes a pretty edging; sow thinly out of doors in Aprilor May. } 0z., 25 LTH og che hora lO amon Coie c 10 Linum Coccrneum. LIATRIS (Blazing Star, or Gay Feather). 2982 Most showy and attractive hardy perennial native plants, with long spikes of purple and rosy-purple flowers from July to September; 3 to 4 feet, Mixediivarieties ©. sitcsanetye cise eee tence eee LINARIA. 2991 Cymbalaria (Kenilworth Ivy, or Mother of Thousands). Laven- der and purple. A charming, neat, hardy perennial trailing plant, suitable for baskets, vases, pots and rock work...... LINUML (Flax). 3002 Coccineum (Scarlet Flax). One of the most effective and showy bedding plants, of long duration, having fine foliage and delicate stems, with brilliant scarlet-crimson flowers; hardy annual; 1 ft. Oz,, 25 cts. 3001 Flayum. A bright yellow, hardy perennial variety; 1 foot.... 3003 Perenne. Another hardy variety, producing bright blue flowers the entire summer; 18 inches ........ TN SES os ings, spate oe Ua TT ee LUPINUS (Lupine). 3050 Annual [lixed. Free-flowering, easily-grown annuals, with long, graceful spikes of rich and various colored pea-shaped flowers; valua- ble for mixed borders and beds; prefers a little shade from the noon- dayssiins eect mmhcrrozepCONCtSameraainiad =... std csnebelets whet alatols allele lets Polyphyllus. Effective hardy perennial, succeeding in any good garden soil; blooms in May and June; 3 feet. We offer as under : $5€84:. % esbstey 2 create =~ ant a A LAKES “s ed 3054'— Blues: “Asgoodiviolet-blue) a oelsniets .. 2 -e-. se ee eee 3053.-— Whites) seuresnowawhiteseeceeenis... 0... 006s Li . 3052°— "Roses An prettysrosy-pin kuryrimevetatett.. 6 oalhepjecctusad iyfaysyeles S051 — Maxed ar Allicolorsspeeniozsro0rctss eer oes tear 5 Luemus PortypHyiius Rosgus. Read the Articles on Growing Flowers from Seeds on pages 55 to 57. LYCHNIS. Handsome hardy perennial plants of easy culture for massing in beds and borders; blooming the first year if sown early. PER PKT 3061 Chalcedonica (Rose Campion, Jerusalem Cross). Fine scarlet flowers; 2 feet. }0z.,20cts. ... ..... 5 3062 Haageana. Brilliant.orange, scarlet, crimson, etc., in AUUEXEUNE sod MLOOES et OZe e140) CLS eietefefote ajc! «, «/ siete ofel 22 sone 10) LYTHRUM. 3071 Roseum Superbum (Rose loose-strife). A very pretty hardy perennial; grows about 3 feet high, and produces spikes of rosy flowers from July to September. PUOZTe AO LCIS-.. nye) crafters s Sets ars js 2s Marvel of Peru, or Four O’Clocks. (Mirabilis Jalapa.) 3110 A well-known, handsome, free-flowering garden favorite; does well everywhere; give each plant 12 to 18 inches of room. See what Prof. Bailey says about this fine old- fashioned flower on page 56. Fine mixed colors; 2 feet. (See‘cut;)--Oz.; 15 cts: =. =. > Sos cs SSSR OOOO AOE 5 MATTHIOLA 3125 Bicornis (Hvening-scented Stock). This old-fashioned annual has no beauty to recom- mend it, the flowers being a dull purplish lilac, but it is AFRICAN MaricoLp ORANGE PRINCE, MARIGOLD. The African and French Marigolds are old favorite free flowering annuals of easy culture; both are extremely effective. yellow or orange-colored flowers, and are wel adapted for large beds or mixed borders; the The former have uniformly large 3130 Barclayana, well worth growing for the entrancing fragrance which it emits during the evening. FIOZ=— VOuCtS vr. - « MAURANDIA., Beautiful, rapid, slender-growing climb- ers, blooming profusely until late in the autumn; also fine for the conservatory or green- house; if desired for the house, take up before the approach of frost. A half-hardy perennial, flowering the first season if sown early; 10 feet; mixed colors, including purple, blue, white and rose...... seers latter are dwarfer in growth, with beautifully striped flowers, and better suited for bedding purposes, or for pot culture; they succeed bes' in a light soil, with full exposure to the sun A vase or bowl of any of the rich yellow sort: Tagetes.) FRENCH VARIETIES. Ss PER Pkt 3091 Gold-Striped, Very double, deep brownish-red, striped golden-yellow; 1 fOOter tT OZ eu LONGUS etenatels it 3100 Dwarf French. Fine colors, mixed, very double; 1 foot. Per 4 oz., 20.cts. & 3092 Legion d’ Honneur (<‘Little Brownie’). A FrencnH Maricotp Lrcion pv’ HoNNEuUR. single-flowering Marigold, forming compact bnshes 9 inches high. Begins flowering early, commencing in June. The flowers are golden-yellow, marked with a large spot of crimson-velvet. }0z., 20 cts......... ....- $ 3098 Imported Collection of Double French Marigolds, 6 varieties... .. eae. AFRICAN WARIETIES. 3084 Orange Prince. A high bred type, bearing densely double flowers of a rich deep golden-orange color; very showy. } 0z., 50 cts Dae le 3085 Lemon Queen, Another fine variety, with soft lemon-yellow flowers, and forming a fine contrast to the preceding. }0z., 50 cts .... .. 18 3083 Pride of the Garden. Immense flowers, densely double. Color golden- yellow. A feature of this variety is the compact, dwarf habit of the plant, which forms dense bushes 15 to 18 inches high. 4 0z., 40 cts .. ..... 10 3081 El Dorado. Flowers very large, imbricated and extremely double. Colors in all shades of yellow, Per $ 0z., 25 cts.... SA WORE. 203 2G SO COOOE CORK 5 3090 Large African. Double, orange and lemon, mixed; 2 to 3 feet. Per MarveEL oF AKO Za DEC LS PEE yy PIANC che SI Gu ehd pee CPR ences AOR eee) alni(e's oR SSO ee 3088 Imported Collection of double African, 6 varieties. ................4. 25 Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds are offered on inages 58 to 68. 7 oft Spy Rennie owen seeOS TE] MIGNON ETTE (Reseda). A well-known fragrant favorite, and no garden is complete without a bed of Mign- onette; sowings made in April and again in July will keep up a succession from early summer until frost; can also be grown in pots for winter and early spring-flowering. PER PKT. 3151 Orange Queen. Quite distinct color, being a decided orange. Very sweet. 15 3152 Defiance. When grown under favorable conditions spikes will not only be of remarkable size—from 12 to 15 inches long—but deliciously fragrant. The individual florets are of immense size, forming a graceful as well as compact spike. Of extraordinary keeping qualities, retaining their grace and fragrance until every bud opens. (See cut.) }0z., 25 cts......... 3153 Golden Machet. Distinct variety of Machet, with massive spikes of golden-yellow blossoms. 4. 0z., 25 cts. .... ie 3155 Miles’ Hybrid Spiral. Of strong, branching habit, with spikes from 8 to) LO}inches lone) very fracrant® » Per ‘oz.,, 25 cts.i....... wee noe a 5 3156 Improved Red Victoria. Fine spikes of bright red. A most useful and desirableyvarie by say 41 Oz. i resem te ata). « othe layetayh ich Sic\abavcaeis Soest seit 10 3157 Large-flowering Pyramidal. Flowers large, of a reddish tint. A good‘ variety for the open ground. 40z,, 20 cts...................... 5 3158 Machet. Of dwarf pyramidal growth, bearing numerous flower stalks; highly colored and very fragrant; one of the best. } oz. 25 cts......... 10 3159 Goliath. Of strong, yet compact habit, with rich green foliage; the giant trusses of flowers being borne on erect, strong, stiff stalks and surpassing all others in brilliancy of color; especially suited for house culture. 4 GZ s sOUKCtSe ey oy, ocala eieemigt: Rite hate Santhets . 16d MArricaria. MATRICARIA. PER PKT 3121 Capensis Alba Plena (Double White Feverfew). Free flowering plants, producing all season fine double, white flow- ers. A fine bed- ding or pot plant; 18 inches. (Se CHtEyT. S.A. Pe: ba Ut MESEMBRY- ANTHEMUM. Dwarf trailing plants of great beauty, blooming the whole summer, thriving best in a dry, loamy or sandy soil, requiring a warm, sunny situation; half-hardy annuals; 6 inches. 2831 Crystallinum (Jce Plant). Flowers white; prized for its 3161 Parson’s White. Large spikes, pure white, WELHyN igen wer: Cray PAD Gime ie ddidine opiate 5) 3162 Salmon Queen. Strong, robust habit, with fine spikes of bright, salmon-red flowers, in- tensely fragrant; fine for outdoor culture. INO DOS) SR de oc oA eRaae ABE aadine = Ar 10 3163 Sweet-scented (Ieseda Odorata). The old variety with small spikes, but very sweetly- Scented: ReniOZ sD UCES:L&. -..... chaeuae eee 5 3169 Collection of 10 varieties of Mignonette singular icy foliage..... ....... 5 3142 Tricolor ( Wax Plant). Various MINA SANGUINBA. (0) (0) PIA SOE OOOO EE soo sinc 5 MIMOSA (Sensitive or Humble Plant). 3181 Pudica. Curious and interesting annuals, with pinkish-white flowers; the leaves close and droop when touched or shaken; 1} feet. 5 MIMULUS. Showy, profuse-flowering plants; fine for greenhouse or moist, shady situations; half-hardy perennials, blooming the first year from seed if sown early; 1 foot. 3192 Tigrinus (J/onkey Flower). Fine mixed spotted varieties... 5 3191 Moschatus (Musk Plant). Fine for hanging-baskets, etc. ; small yellow flowers, fragrant foliage............ » ch Sa MINA. 3201 Lobata. Half-hardy Mexican climbing annual. The buds are at first ofa vivid red, but turn to orange-yellow before they open, and when fully expanded the flowers are of a creamy-white shade. They are freely produced from the base to the summit of the plant, which attains a height of from 18 to 20 feet. Seed should be sown early. 10 3202 Sanguinea. A beautiful and rapid-growing climber, producing in- DeFIANce MIGNONETTE. numerable brilliant blood-red flowers. (See cut.) Per oz., 50cts. 5 If unable to find what you want, refer to the Index, pages 2 and 3. 7 RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS li MOMORDICA. Very curious climbing vine, with ornamental foliage, fruit gelden-yellow, TTF STENRY A DREER -HTIADELDHIAPPA Ej warted, and when ripe opens, showing the seed and its brilliant carmine interior; fine for trellises, rock-work, stumps, etc.; annuals; 10 feet PER PRT 3211 Balsamina (Balsam Apple). Round apple-shaped fruit with very fine glossy green foliage. This is the prettiest climber of the two. z., BY) Gis whee eG 6 AS Cn: Oo, oR MCRe Bors os om OE reciolo ce CIC RIDIEEOR aS eaen . 6 3212 Charantia (Bana Duane Pear-shaped fruit; foliage heavier tha the above; the fruits of this variety are used medicinally. (See cut.) Oz., SON CES Bice Sree et Ne Rina o Sec eue seeheveseysiia. ots SSO b CEI 0 4 NEMOPHILA (Love Grove). 3400 Of neat, compact habit; blooming freely all summer if planted in a rather cool, shady place, and in not too rich soil; hardy annual. Beau- fifull mixedsvanieties, ©2., Doicts. . 2.6 sce ve scicinieisys vise vis wie nce NICOTIANA. 3411 Affinis (Zuberose-flowered Tobacco). Delightfully sweet-scented, pure white, tubular flowers, blooming continually; annuals; 2 to 3 feet. 1 Gian PAD CEG Se ecids upldemboosces Wo co Career Gon sincere 3414 Sanderee Hybrids. A splendid Bre ina pret variety of Neh 15 3413 Sylvestris. Plants S pyramidal growth. 4 feet high, with fine deep green foliage; pure white, fra- grant, drooping flowers, borne in loose heads. A most effective plant either Momorpica CHarant1A (Balsam Pear). MUSA ENSETE. (Abyssinian Banana.) used in conjunction with other plants in beds or as single specimens .......1@ Nierembergia. (Cup Flower.) 3421 Frutescens, A _ half 5; hardy perennial, slender growing plant, perpetu- ally in bloom, flowering the first year if sown early, desirable for the green- house, baskets, vases, or Tender perennial; 10 to 2!) feet..... 25 Mvyosoris (Forget-Me-Not). bedding out White MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not). a Nae a The Forget-Me-Nots succeed best in a shady, moist situation; per- -nnials and hardy if given a slight protection through the winter; olooms the first year from seed if sown early. Fine for edging or in beds with Pansies. 3231 Alpestris Coerulea. Bright blue; 6 inches. } 0z.,25c.. 5 3233 — Robusta Grandiflora (Hliza Faunrobert). Large flowering; bright blue; remarkably fine and distinct. } oz., PER PKT. 3221 A splendid plant for the open air in summer, producing a most striking effect when planted singly or in groups. In our hot summer it luxuriates and attains gigantic proportions when freely supplied with manure and water. The seeds germinate easily if started in hot- bed or bottom heat in greenhouse. SU Gis Sisintts Rea Rae MOLIed tig 1 nei cae B) 3235 — Victoria. Of bushy habit, bearing large umbels ot bright azure-blue flowers; very fine. 3 0z., 25cts.......... 10 3236 Dissitiflora. Compact habit, profuse bloomer; exquisite blue; an attractive spring bedding plant; 6 inches.. ...... 10 3237 Palustris. The true Forget-Me-Not; beautiful blue MOWEISHROMINCHES 41OZ. D0 Cisme emcees pete Phy. arse (sO) 3238 — Semperflorens. A charming dwarf Forget-Me-Not, continuing in bloom from early spring until autumn; blue; 8 inches. 4 0z., 50 cts. Me eer nr eras of. Ah 10 3239 Royal Blue. This Beautifil variety belongs to the aptset pillar-shaped section, the flowers being of large size and a deeper blue than any other, and as a variety for pot culture issunexcelrediic cs noc. crass agave Sah ots ah aifaleley eile deweieisienaeia-erre 15 Nicorrana AFFINIS. As a free and long-flowering annual few equal the Ten-week Stocks. See colored plate and offer on page 58. ‘06 []]] HENRY A DREER PHIADELPHIA: PA PS) RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS {{{/| For ease of culture, duration of bloom, brilliancy of coloring and general excellence, nothing excels Nasturtiums. All they need is a moderately good soil in a well-drained, sunny position, and from within a few weeks from the time they are sown until hard frost comes there is an endless profusion of their gorgeous blossoms, ‘The varieties offered below were selected, after exhaustive trials, from a very large number of sorts as being the best and most distinct : TOM THUMB, DWARF OR BEDDING VARIETIES. 3331 Aurora. Primrose, veined carmine pink. 3351 Lady Bird. Orange-yellow; suffused with red and a 3333 Beauty. Light scarlet, green foliage. bright red blotch at the base of the petals. 3334 Bronze, Bronzy orange. : 3336 Chameleon, Various colors on one plant. 3353 Pearl, Creamy white. 3337 Cloth of Gold. Scirlet flowers and yellow foliage. 3354 Prince Henry. Cream, spotted and tipped red. 3338 Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur, maroon blotches. 3355 Regelianum. Deep, purplish-crimson. 3341 Empress of India. Fiery crimson, dark foliage. 3361 Rose. Soft carmine rose. 3343 Golden King. Rich, golden yellow. 3362 Ruby King. Rich crimson rose, 3346 King Theodore, Deep crimson maroon, dark foliage. 3365 Spotted. Golden yellow, spotted garnet. 3347 King of Tom Thumbs. Dark scarlet, dark leaves. 3367 Vesuvius. Salmony rose, dark foliage. Price. Any of the above Dwarf sorts, 5 cts. per pkt.; 15 cts. per oz.; 40 cts. per }$ Ib. 3370 Finest [Mixed. Tom Thumb varieties. Per pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 3379 Dreer’s Collection of a liberal packet each of the 12 finest dwarf varieties. 50 cts. 3369 Dreer’s Collection of 1 oz. each of the 12 finest dwarf varieties. $1.25. 3380 Lilliput or Miniature. This is a dwarf, compact form of 7. Lobbianum. It forms small, dense bushes, which are fairly hidden by flowers, the colors of which are very varied, many being new and beautiful shades. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts. TALL, OR CLIMBING VARIETIES (tropacclum Majus). Elegant and luxuriant climbers for verandas, trellises, etc. May be used to cover unsightly railings and to trail over rough ground with fine effect. The seedpods can be gathered while green and tender for pickling; 6 to 10 feet. 8281 Chameleon. Different richly-colored flowers on the | 3297 Prince Henry. Cream, spotted and tipped scarlet. same plant. 3298 Purple. Rich shade of purplish crimson. 3283 Crimson. Rich and velvety. 3301 Rose. A lovely shade of ruby rose. 3282 Chocolate. An odd and unique color. 3303 Scarlet. Glowing vermilion. 3287 King Theodore, Deep crimson maroon; dark foliage. 3302 Schulzi. Rich, deep scarlet. 3291 Lemon Yellow. Clear yellow with few red veins. 3305 Straw Striped Scarlet. Effective. 3292 Lilac. A very odd shade of heliotrope lilac. 3307 Vesuvius. Salmony rose; an exquisite shade. 3294 Orange. Pure orange; no markings. 3311 Spotted. Rich yellow, spotted garnet. 3296 Pearl. Creamy white. Price. Any of the above Tall sorts, 5 cts. per pkt.; 15 cts. per oz.; 40 cts. per } Ib. ’ $320 Finest Mixed. Tall or climbing varieties. Per pkt., 5 cts ; 0z., 15 cts.; } 1b., 30 cts.; Ib., $1.00, 3329 Dreer’s Collection of a packet each of 12 finest climbing sorts, 50 cts. 3319 Dreer’s Collection of 1 ounce each of 12 finest climbing sorts, $1.25. 3270 Hybrids of [ladame Gunter. This fine strain contains many novel colors, such as odd shades of salmen-pimk, res¢, reds, yellows, etc. Strong growers and very free-flowering. 5 cts. per pkt.; 15 cts. per oz.; 40 cts. per } Ib. Lobb’s Climbing, Ivy-leaved and Variegated-leaved Nasturtiums are offered on next page. Our mixtures of Nasturtfums are made up out of the best named sorts, insuring a large number of colors. (ITT ever ARERR DATTADEDHIA DAC] RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS | Lobb’s Climbing Nasturtiums. (Tropaeolum Lobbianum.) There is little difference between these and the tall Nastur- iums. They are especially rich in the red shades, flower even freer, grow to the same height and are very desirable. 3251 Asa Gray. Pale primrose yellow, almost white. 3246 Black Prince. Velvety black purplish-crimson, dark foliage. 3252 Brilliant. Geranium scarlet. Fine. 3247 Cardinal. Intense deep scarlet, dark foliage. 3253 Crown Prince of Prussia. Deep ruby-garnet. 3254 Giant of Battles. Sulphur-yellow, blotched red. 3248 Golden Queen. Pure golden-orange. 3257 Princess Victoria Louise. Creamy white, with fine, conspicuous ruby-rose blotches. 3261 Regina. Brilliant salmon-red on opening, changing as they age to almost a cream color. 3255 Roi des Noirs (King of the Blacks). Deep velvety garnet; very rich, dark foliage. 3262 Rudolf Virchow. Fine carmine rose. 3256 Spitfire. Brilliant orange-vermilion. Price: Any of the above, 5 cts. per pkt.; 20 cts. per oz.; 50 cts. per } Ib. 3259 Dreer’s Collection of a packet each 12 finest Lobb’s varieties, 50 cts. 3269 Dreer’s Collection of 1 oz. each 12 finest Lobb’s varieties, $1.50. 3260 Finest Mixed. Lobb’s. 5 cts. per pkt,; 15 cts. per oz.; 40 cts. per } Ib.; $1.25 per Ib. Ivy-leaved Nasturtiums. In this type the rich, verdant green foliage is similar in shape to the well- known English Ivy, and forms a beautiful background to the flowers, many of which are fringed or lacini- ated, while the colors are as varied as in the ordinary sorts. We offer both the Dwarf and Climbing as under: PER PKT, 3390 Dwarf Iv y=-leaved. Makes pretty, compact plants, excellent for beds, borders, boxes, etc. Mixed colors. Per oz., 25, cts:;-} Ib. 75 cts)... 10 3330 Tall Ivy=leaved. Of strong, vigorous growth; a very attractive vine. Mixed colors. Per oz., : 20\cts.; f1b:, 50. cts... 10 Loss’s Nasturtium. VARIEGATED-LEAVED NASTURTIUM. ARIEGATED-LEAVED >» NASTURTIUMS. After years of selecting, a finely variegateo leaved type of this popular annual has at las been ‘‘fixed;’’ the foliage is beautifully markee white, gold and green, and makes very pretty subjects for hanging baskets, porch boxes borders, ete. PER PK? | 8381 Queen of Tom Thumbs. Dwarf, dense bushes, with variegated foliage and flowers in a large variety of colors. Per OZN PO tS a Ds, HO CLS: « seeic cre ctor oretens le 3321 Queen of Talls. Similar to the regular tall Nasturtium, but with variegated leaves; flowers of various colors. Per oz., 25 cts.3 Al Diry LOyCtSaeine setae Ce eh Glee 2 molt mia! sees Yl. gets le NIGELLA (Love in a Mist, or Devil in the Bush). 3480 Damascena. A compact, free-flowering plant, with finely cut foliage, curious-looking Howers and seedpods; of easy culture, growing in any garden soil; hardy annuals; blue and white mixed; 1 foot. Oz., 25 cts.. & 3431 Miss Jekyll. A lovely variety with cornflower-blue blossoms, splendidtforicattings (See cut.) eat 0735925 clsn 4 2s. o ee eee ce It CENOTHERA (Evening Primrose). Charming, mostly low-growing plants, with large and showy flowers et yellow, white, rose, etc. They are of easiest culture, succeeding in almost ; any kind of soil, but should have a sunny position. 3436 Perennial Sorts. Mixed....... ....... ENO, SOOT ae Cape BS ab 95 a S435 Annual SORES ae Mixed eer rine esters -feryefavisisinm nic emicivie asics § OXALIS. Beautiful small plants, suitable for the greenhouse, rock-woerk, or eut- door culture; flowering the first year; half-hardy perennials; 9 inches. S442, Rosea. (Rose-colored.s 52-600 soe cee nee Gabe gatacwosuce bb 3448 Tropzoloides. Very desirable border plant; flowers deep yellow; Nicerra, Miss Jexviu. foliage darls: brownen. senenincoere ee CEM an, 2h 2 PERL OD S4, ID, .. 1e The Ivy-leaved and Variegated-leaved Nasturtiums offered on this page are well worth growing. ee 108 {][{F-ENRYADREER -DHIIADELPHIA-DA" esc. RELIABLE -FLOWER SEEDS |] Dreer’s Perfect Pansies. PANSIES are too well known to require any description, as they are favorites with all. For best results you must start with a good strain. The finest Pansies are, as a rule, shy seeders, which accounts for the difference in the price of the various mixtures offered. Miss Ida D. Bennett, the well-known horticultural author and enthusiastic admirer of Pansies, writes the following notes on their eulture expressly for this book: ‘‘Pansy seed germinates and the plants grow more freely in the cool, early days of spring, and for summer blooming should be sown by the latter part of April, or early May, in the vicinity of Philadel- phia. A soil containing a proportion of leaf mould, well enriched with well-decayed cow manure, will be the most satisfactory for the growing of this flower, and it should be well dug and made fine and level. «Sow the seeds in drills, covering them not more than four times their diameter and firming the soil well above them. The seeds ger- minate in from eight to twelve days, and should not be allowed to dry out during this period. Covering theseed beds with newspapers will prevent this and hasten somewhat the period of germination. **As soon as the plants are up and large enough to handle, they should be thinned out or transplanted to stand nine inches apart in the tows. Thorough cultivation should be given from the start,as Pansies will not thrive when obliged to share the beds with a mass of weeds. ‘It is a mistake to plant Pansies in the shade of a tree or buildings. An open exposure where the wind has free sweep over the bed is far better, and Pansies so planted are free from the long, straggling branches which produce few and inferior flowers. During dry weather the bed should be watered daily, and in extreme cases twice a day for the best results. “Seeds sown in April or May will produce blooming plants by the last of June, which will give an abundance of flowers throughout the remainder of the season. About the middle of August is the best time for starting Pansy seeds for early spring blooming, as this allows the plants to go into winter in vigorous condition.”’ Dreer’s Rovat Exursition Pansies. PANSIES IN MIXTURE. PER PKT. PER PKT. 3510 Dreer’s Royal Exhibition. This strain comprises 3512 Cassier’s Giant. A grand mixture of the finest a beautiful colleciion of colors and markings and is our blotched varieties, splendid in every way, being large finest mixture, both as regards size, texture and color- in size and rich inccoloring. }$0z., 7icts .... ..... 28 ings. Special packets of 2000 seeds, $1.00; of 5000 3517 Mme. Perret. A new and beautiful strain, origi- seeds, $2.00; regular packet ....... | SE eee, OO nated with a French specialist; flowers of largest size 3514 Dreer’s Premium. This mixture comprises a large and borne very freely in great diversity of colors; espe- number of colorings,and isintended tosupply the want cially rich in red and wine shades. The stock we offer of a first-class mixture at a moderate price. } 0z.,75 cts. 25 comes direct from the introducer, }oz,, 75 cts .. be, 3516 Masterpiece ( Frilled Pansy). A remarkable type, 3513 Giant Parisian. Of very large size, and containing each petal being conspicuously curled or waved, giving a great many fancy colors and color combinations. the flower a double or globular appearance. The OR Caan eRe Amie Gun wodclarc aqcnr.. o0- 15 range of color is very extensive, the rich, dark velvety 3515 English Finest Mixed. } 0z., 50cts..... ..... 10 shades predominating. }0z., 75 cts ...... .-++.ee 25 | 8520 Good Mixed: All colors. }0z., 25 cts ..... 2% eer GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES. Very large flowers, plants of strong, robust growth and well adapted to the trying conditions of our climate. 3488 Giant Adonis. Soft lavender blue............... 10 | 3497 Giant Lord Beaconsfield. Deep purple-violet, 5 Gi William. Richd blnece ee 10 shading “toswhite- 7c nlaletertetel-je hoe ts siete sie am ener 10 oan eH sR cenieltaa rete 10 | 3498 Giant Snow Queen. Pure white, small yellow eye 10 SE OCLC SL GS EO es LN eS eco 3492 Giant Striped. Very showy....... .... ..-.-s 16 3489 Giant Golden Gem. Pure, rich yellow.......... 10 | 3493 Giant White. Pure white, with purple eye....... 10 3491 Giant King of the Blacks. Velvety black....... 10 ' 3494 Giant Yellow. Rich yellow, with dark centre,.... 10 3499 Collection, containing a packet each of above 10 grand sorts, 75 cts. 3500 Finest Mixed, All colors of the Giant Trimardeau. } 0z., 50 cts.; 10 cts. per pkt. PANSIES IN SEPARATE COLORS. The varieties offered below, while not so large-flowering as the Giants, are somewhat freer-flowering, and on this accoun) are much used where effect is wanted. 3452 Emperor William. Brilliant ultramarine blue, 3471 Peacock. A striking variety; the upper petals being with three purple-violet blotches....... ..... ..--- 10 x a pea pees re “a the lateral and 16 ower are of a deep claret, with white’margins. ..... S453 Faust (King of he Blache) space piece deed me 3472 Psyche. Five ceive violet blotches, celieve by a 3454 Cardinal. The nearest approach to a bright red. broad margin of white; petals beautifully ruffled... _. 16 Weny SHOW yrs sector tere i eerste tet BND: tere 10 | 3475 Snow Queen (Candidissima). Very large, satiny 3456 Kaiser Frederick. Velvety brownish-red, edged Bene light -yellow, ‘centre! a2. cieieieieey-(0i- ea ertienere ao . i 3483 hite, with dark eye. 2: cin): c ace ole 02 om op ein wets pao erie ira poe iit 1 | 3485 Golden Yellow, with dark eye... ..ssccccoe-. alg 3263) Lord Beacoastield” (Deep pup ei ie Fide eee 3486 Yellow Gem. Pure yellow, without eye.......... 10 to white on the upper petals; very effective.......... 10 | 3508 Collection, 6 distinct varieties, our selection....... 40 3466 Mahogany Colored. Rich and velvety .. ...... 10 | 3509 Collection, 12 “ : Up BO. i) sl areybemaye 75 Tufted Pansies or Bedding Violas are very satisfactory. Seal page 124, Dresr’s Supers SINGLE-FRINGED PETUNIA. Single Large-flowering Petunias. PER PKT. 3580 Dreer’s Superb Large-flowering Fringed. 3576 3577 3578 3579 Our own saving from finest flowers; of very large size and beautiful shape; deep-throated, and of varied and brilliant colors, and beautifully fringed. (See cut).... Giant of California. Flowers very large, in great variety of colors and markings, with deep yellow throats Ruffled Giant. Flowers of extraordinary size and substance, and distinguished from the large-flowering fringed section by the deep fluting, giving the appear- ance asvif} artificiallyruffied/) 27942 Sake ee Fringed Ruffled Giant, This differs from the pre- ceding in having, in addition to the ruffling, a very fine fringed edging, making a very handsome flower.....- Imported Collection of 6 fringed varieties 25 ee ee eee SINGLE BEDDING PETUNIAS. 3564 3570 Howard’s Star. A beautiful free-flowering strain, color crimson maroon witha clearly-defined five-pointed star of blush-white. For bedding, baskets, vases, etc., this is exceptionally fine; 2 pkts., 25 cts............ Rosy Morn. Soft carmine pink with white throat; makes a very dainty and at the same time effective border:wet;0ze,) D0) CiS-n tena « « sash ot RECO Brilliant. Beautiful and effective compact variety; flowers brilliant carmine pink. } 0z., 50 cts Dwarf Inimitable. “Star Petunia,” compact- growing variety; flowers cherry-red with a white cen- POLE Ear Ui Sais cea aeid oO cast Ree Snowball, A fine compact sort, producing its pure satiny-white flowers throughout the entire season. Bp OLS cAO CES eed PE EM. er eee Pure White. Desirable for cemetery beds, or where large masses of white are wanted. Grows 12 to 15 inches high. Where a more compact sort is wanted we recommend ‘‘ Snowball.’”’? 4 0z., 30 cts......... Striped and Blotched. A good strain of the small- flowering type; beautifully striped and blotched flowers; fine for massing. 1oz., 30cts.......... 0 Fine Mixed. Good bright colors. }0z., 25 cts... 5 15 15 15 10 10 10 ES] RELIABLE-FLOWER SEEDS |{[]]_ 100 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 Large-flowering Petunias. Note.—/é is well known that seed saved from the most carefully hybridized flowers produces but a small percentage of double flowers, the balance being singles of unusually fine quality. The weaker seedlings should be carefully saved, as these invariably produce the finest double flowers. The same is true 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. It is best to sow Petunias indoors and transplant to the open in May, The Single Bedding kinds can be sown right out of doors in May. PER PKT. 3590 Dreer’s Superb Double-fringed. Saved from our own unrivalled collection; will produce a large percentage of double flowers of the largest fringed va- rieties in bright colors and tints. “(See cut.) ........ Double Large-flowering. Beautiful varieties in mixture. Not our own saving, but the best that money can buy from other sources....... Goo noewen Bier Imported Collection of Double-fringed. 6 VESEHES oo AgpbODOROOnGOGS soeab woes mistete elsjejeotels 25 75 Dreer’s SuPERB DouBLE-FRINGED PETUNIA. For Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds see pages 58 to 68. bis] RELIABLE-FLOWER SEEDS |] PHLOX DRUMMONDI. The annual Phlox is a native of Texas, where it is called ‘* Texan Pride.’’ Tt occu. pies a first place as a garden annual, being one of the most brilliant and at the same time one of the easiest and most satisfactory plants, which can readily be grown from seed. It will grow and thrive in any kind of soil if given a sunny position, but prefers a light, rich loam. Seed may be sown in the open ground any time after danger from frost is past, and in a few weeks they area sheet of bloom, remaining so until frost. They may be used ina variety of ways, such as a carpet to beds of Roses, in boxes, vases, etc., but it is when grown in masses, in beds or borders, that they show to best advantage. PER PKT 3600 Phlox Drummondi, [Mixed Colors. Flowers not so large as the grandiflora type, butjust as free-flowering and effective. +0z., 20 cts.; oz., 60 cts........... 5 Select Large-flowering Warieties, (Phlox Drummondi, Grandiflora.) This is the finest type, having the largest heads of bloom, as well as the largest individual flowers. 15 inches. 3601 Snow White. . 10 | 3604 Bright Scarlet.. 10 3602 Shell Pink .. .... 10] 8605 RichCrimson _. 10 3603 Deep Rose........ 10 | 3606 Primrose....... 10 3607 Soft Lilac..... sSafiatin toad babe arene ct Oe 10 3619 Collection of a packet each of the above 7 colors... 50 Large-flowering Dwarf Warieties. A type combining the size of the individual flower and head of the finest Grandifloras with the dwarf, compact growth of the Dwarf sorts, a perfect combination; and while they do not come in the large variety of colors found in the taller-growing type, the colors offered will be found very effective for beds, borders, ete., etc.; 8 inches. | LARGE-FLOWERING Puiox DkumMMonprI, 3643 Brilliant Rose ............ 15 3644 Fiery Scarlet. ... .......... 15 STAR PHLOX. 3645 Pure White..... .......... 15 (P. Cuspidata.) PER PKT. 3640 Of dwarf habit, with very pretty star-shaped flowers. A novel variety; mixed colors. 40z., 25 cts.... 10 DOUBLE PHLOX, 3638 Especially desirab‘e for cut flowers, lasting better than the single sorts. To pro- duce the best results they should be grown in a light soil. Finest mixed colors. : (See cut.) 40z., 50 cts. 10 Dware Paitox Drummonpt. DWARE PHLOX (Nana Compacta). This strain is of dwarf, compact habit, and makes desirable pot plants, also for ribbon lines and massing; 6 inches high. (See cut.) PER PKT, 3621 Fair Maid. Delicate flesh DIK Ean eens Se Sos oo er” SAAT Spzeue ice Dall easeametiie sy. Se. .0 Seem OT) 15 Sar oonOw Pal rabies 2. ieee eRe ee EN ge 15 3630 Dwarf Mixed. Per 1 0z., 50 cts.................... 10 3629 Imported Collection of 6 dwarf varieties...................... 40 HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX P Decusste,_ 3641 Hardy herbaceous perennial and quite distinct from the varieties of Phlox Drummondi, which are annuals, offered above; all colors mixed; saved from our own unequalled collection. It is best to sow this as soon as gath- erediin\thejautumn:jigt.oz sso 0icisanperasenee een aa) ne Lee Ss elit) Dousie Putox. Read the articles on raising Flowers from Seed on pages 55 to 57. [HENRY A DREER-PRTTADELDHIADA: Wo RELIABLE-FLOWER SEEDS |{/]] 11 PENTSTEMO IN (Beard Tongue). Highly useful and attractive hardy perennials, and much used in the hardy border, PER PKT, 3532 Gloxinioides «‘ Sensation.’’ Asa bedding plant this takes rank with the Petunia, Phlox, etc., etc. It grows about 2 feet high, every branch being a spike of large, Gloxinia-like flowers in a very wide range of bright colors, in- cluding rose, red, carmine, cherry, pink, lilac, purple, etc. Not quite hardy and best treated like Petunias, Verbenas, Salvia, etc. (See cut.) 2 pkts., 25 cts. 15 3533 Barbatus Torreyii. Spikes of brilliant coral-red; very effective; June to AnousteiSitor4efeetsth Saou esas. autistic Lio ne» SRR ceerac 10 3536 Digitalis (Foxglove Pentstemon) Spikes of white flowers, with purple throatiduring “july;and August; 2itordiifeet. 2 1 hse se. eee ine 10 3538 Ovatus. Bright blue shaded bronzy-purple; July to September; 2 feet.... 10 3535 Pubescens. Spikes of bright rosy-purple flowers in July and August; li STS -osthoaign GowpoRone Obat Jhb Sneniceaecaeeaen son amaide o.casbooNS 10 3540 Mixed. A great variety of kinds and colors.........--....- 0 sseeeeeess 5 PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head)- 3651 Virginica. One of the prettiest hardy perennials, and gaining in popularity as it becomes better known. It forms dense bushes, 3 to 4 feet high, bearing freely during the summer months spikes of delicate pink tubular flowers not unlike’a pisantiesheather.je.- cisalts«, sayetsienitl-iors <1. - Hae key: ere 10 $652 — Alba. Pure white, and a pretty companion to the pink variety.... .... 10 PLATWYCODON (chinese Bell Flower’. One of the best hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers during the whole seascn. They form large clumps, and are excellent for planting in permanent bor- ders or among shrubbery; easily raised from seed, which begins blooming in August if sown outdoors in April. 3663 Grandiflorum. Large steel-blue flowers. } 0z., 25 cts. ............... 5 3664 — Album. Pure white variety. 400z., 25 cts..........2.ceeseceeeeees 5) 3662 Mariesi. Large, open, bell- shaped flowers of a rich violet- blue; plant dwarf and compact. NG BAW AHG TS eee eee 3661 Japonicus FI, Pl. (Double Japanese Bell Flower). Large, glossy, deep blue PENTS1FMON SENSATION, POLYANTHUS. (Primula Elatior.) Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine for either pot or cutdoor culture; hardy perennials; 9 inches. flowers. The inner petals alter- 5 PIR PK. nate with the outer ones, 3680 English. The best single; all giving the flower the appear- colors mixed. 4 oz., 50 cts... 10 ance of a ten-pointed blue star. 3676 Gold-laced. Very showy and (Sectouta ine 1-106 soins : = BLINAGUVE syle 55 FE eas o8 15 PoLyANTHUS. POLEMONIUM, (Jacob’s Ladder, or Charity.) Useful hardy border plants about 12 inches high, succeeding best in a par- tially shaded position; deep green finely cut foliage and spikes of showy flowers during the summer months. PER PKT. 3671 Richardsonii, Sky-blue flowers, with golden anthers.. 10 3672 — alba. A pretty white- flowered form of the above .. 10 DREER’S Improved Large-flowering Ten=week Stocks. The finest strain of this splendid annual. See color plate and offer on page 58. PLatycopon GRANDIFLORUM, PLatrycopon Japonicus FL. PL Nothing finer in Asters can be had than those offered on Snook 59 to 61. OE ___/j} EE 3689 3683 3691 3692 3694 3695 3693 tc) RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS _|{/ POPPTES: Annual Poppies should be sown as ear!y in the spring as possible where they are to remain, as they do not stand transplanting. Sow very thinly, preferably in cloudy weather or after a shower, barely cover the seed, press down firmly, and they will come up ina few days. If they come up too thickly they must be thinned out te stand 3 to 4 inches or more apart if you wish best results. It is well to make several sowings at intervals to keep up a succession of bloom. If picked just before expanding the flowers will last seve ral days. It is also advisable to pick the old flowers as soon ar fallen, which will lengthen the blooming season quite a while. SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES. PER PKT- 3696 Dreer’s Select Shirley. This is an extra fine strain of these charming Poppies. They are single and occasion- ally semi-double, and range in color from the purest white through the delicate shades of pale pink, rose and car- mineé.to the deepest crimson and blood-red, while many are daintily edged and striped. In fact, so varied are they that scarcely any two flowers are exactly alike. Oz., DURCES Es crate catatia chery use eM oreta tee State, cher Mair ce ep ee neon 1@ ‘*This is by far the most refined of all Poppies. The shad- ing is marvelous, fire shades, various beautiful soft pink shades, with white and various markings. They have been selected with the utmost care for a number of years, com- ing as near perfection as flowers could,”’ 4 OZ., 40 Lo ae ne yen a 15 3687 Admiral. A single pzony-flowered variety of surpassing beauty, having large, smooth-edged flowers of glis- tening white, with a broad band of brilliant scarlet around the top. These two colors form a striking contrast, and when planted in groups produce a magnificent effect. (Seeicut.)) Aoz 2bictss. aren Survey Porry. PER PKT. Charles Darwin. Re- markable for the unique color of its large, smooth-edged flowers, being a striking rich dark purple, with a velvet, black spot at the base of each petal. A dense wreath “ol white anthers: produces a fii contrast with the -extraordi- nary color of the flower. Dainty Lady. Immense flowers, 4 to 5 inches across, ApMIKAL Poppy of a charming mode shade of rosy mauve, with a large dark metallic blotch at the base of each petal. } oz., 25 cts..-. 10 Danebrog, or Danish Cross. Very showy variety, pro- ducing largé flowers of brilliant scarlet, with a silvery-white spot on each petal, forming a white cross, which is nicely shown in the illustration on this page. Per oz., 25 cts..... 5 English Scarlet. The scarlet field Poppy. Oz., 40 cts.. 5 Flag of Truce. Large satiny-white flowers, Per oz., 25 cts. 5 Tulip Poppy (Papaver Glaucum)., One of the most bril- liant; the flowers are 3 inches across and closely resemble the brilliant Scarlet Gesneriana Tulip; 2 feet, Per } oz., 25cts.. 10 Fire Dragon. Very showy flowers of brilliant deep scarlet, with black spots, margined white; 2 to 2} feet. Per } 0z., PAUICICEE ROSE anarein ot oa Sarin cot i re 10 The Bride. A beautiful large, pure white. Per oz., 25 CES See ina al apal tn neleioretete ogo)