March 20, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



365 



IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HARDY PERENNIALS 



We offer here only a few of the most important recent introductions. For a complete list of new varieties as wel' 

 as all the good old sorts worth planting, see DREER'S GARDEN BOOK and our current WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



• GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath). 

 l^anlrulata Flore Plena. This double flowering Gypsophihi is 



one of the most important hardy plants for cutting purposes. 



We f-'uarautee our stock, every plant to be the true double 

 form. Seedlings are sometimes offered very cheap, but only a 

 very small percentage come double. Our plants are all either 

 grafted, or grown from cuttings. Strong flowering plants $2.00 

 per doz. : Sl.j.UO per 100. 



NEW HE.MEROf'.\LIS QIEEN OF M.W. 



A splendid new hybrid, flower stems from 3 to 5 feet high, 



terminated with from 12 

 to IS flowers of largest 

 size of a rich Indian-yel- 

 low. The flowers begin to 

 develop in May and con- 

 tinue for nearly two 

 iiicmths; perfectly hardy. 

 2,"i cts. each ; $2.50 per 

 .loz. ; $18.00 per 100. 



NEW GIANT-FLOWER- 

 ING MARSHMALLOWS 



(Hibiscus). 



,\ wonderfully Improved 

 form of our greatly ad- 

 mired native Marshmallow 

 or Roseniallow, in which 

 not only the colors have 

 l"H>n greatly jntensifled but 

 in which flowers of enor- 

 mous size, frequently 10 to 

 12 inches in diameter, have 

 been developed. 



These plants can be 

 liighly recommended for 

 all kinds of plantings, they 

 appear to be equally at 

 home in all positions, hav- 

 ing the same vigor in dry 

 and wet ground and are 

 licrfectly hardy, they grow 

 from 5 to S feet high and 

 are very fl'triferous, l.)loom- 

 ing from early July to late 

 ill .\utumn. We offer three 

 distinct colors, Red, Pink 

 and White in strong two 

 vear old roots. 30 cts. 

 each: .'$3.00 per doz. ; $20.00 

 per 100. 



LliPINrs (Lupine). 

 I'olvphyllus Moerheimi. 



The most beautiful va- 

 riety yet Introduced ; a 

 lomhination of light and 

 d.irk shades of pink. 

 .yi.uO per doz.; $18.00 per 

 100. 



LYTHRIM BOSEIM 

 PERRY'S VARIETY. 



A splendid improvement 



on the common Loosestrife, 



with much larger flowers, 



listening cherry-red colors. $2.50 per 



THE NEW .ANCHUS.^S. 

 The Improve<l Varieties of Italian Alkenet or Bugrloss. 



These wonderfully improved Anchusas have proven most valu- 

 able additions to oiir limited list of blue flowering hardy peren- 

 nials, aud particularly so as they flower from May to July, a 

 time when this color is only sparingly represented in the hardy 

 border. 



The habit of the plants while strong and vigorous is not at 

 all coarse, they form many branched specimens from 3 to 5 feet 

 high, each branch of which is terminated by a large, graceful pyra- 

 midal spike of blue flowers. 

 Dropmore Variety. Rich 



gentian-blue. 

 Opal. A splendid lustrous 



light blue. 

 $1.50 per doz. ; $10 per 100. 



THREE CHOICE ANEM- 

 ONE JAPONICA. 



Alice. Large semi-double, 

 silvery. rose snCEused with 

 carmine. 



Kriemhilde. Nearly four 

 inches in diameter, semi- 

 double rose-ptnk. 



Loreley. Cup-shaped 

 flowers, three inches in 

 diameter, light mauve- 

 pink. 



$1.50 per doi. ; $12 per 100. 



ABTEME8IA LACTI- 

 FLORA. 



An introduction from 

 China and a most eQ:ective 

 flowering plant, growing 

 3V> to 4 ft. high, with 

 large panicles of Hawthorn 

 scented, creamy-white Spi- 

 raea-like light and grace- 

 ful flowers during August 

 and September. 

 $1.50 per doz. ; $10 per 100. 



ASTII-BE ARENDSI. 



This new type is of very 



vigorous growth, produc- 

 ing many-branched feath- 

 ered heads of flowers. 2Vi 



to 3 feet high. 



Ceres. Delicate, light rose 

 with silvery sheen. 



Jnno. Strong upright 

 plumes of deep violet 

 rose. 



Salmon Qneen. Beautiful 

 salmon pink. 



Venus. Deep violet rose. 



Vesta. Light lilac rose. 



White Pearl. Dense pyra- 

 midal plumes of silvery 

 white. 



30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 

 Choicest Mixed Varieties 



jf above, $2.00 per uoz. ; 



515.00 per 100. 



NEVC H.ARDY .ASTEK NOVI BKLGII CLIM.4X. 



Novi Belgii Climax. One nf the most important additions to the 

 Michaelmas Daisies, and we believe the forerunner of a new 

 type. The plant is of strong. viL'orous habit of growth, over 5 

 feet high; fully one-half of this consists of much branched 

 pyramidal shaped flower stems which ar^ filled with lively 

 light lavender-blue flowers fully 114 inches in diameter. The 

 plant is in flower from the latter ])art of August to the middle 

 of October. 35 cts. eac-h ; $3..'>0 per doz. ; .$25.00 per 100. 



THREE IMPORTANT DELPHINIUMS. 



King: of Delphiniums, ftne (tf tlie most distinct yet introduced; 

 the plant is of remarkably strong growth, ^^-ith flowers of 

 gigantic size, semi-doutile ami of a deep blue color, with large 

 white eye. .3.5 cts. each ; .f:',.."i0 per doz, 



Moerheimi. This is the first really white hybrid Delphinium in- 

 troduced, -and is a decided aniuisition. The plant is of strong, 

 vigorous growth, 5 ftM't higli. Mn' later.-il or side shoots 2V-j feet 

 hit-'h. The flowers are of purest white, without the slightest 

 shading: a free and continuous bloomer from June till frost. 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 jier doz.: .S15.IK1 per 1(10. 



Rev. E. LascelleN (new I, One of the finest varieties yet intro- 

 duced. Plant very strong, grows six feet high. Flowers very 

 rtotible of a deep purple-blue, with clear white centre aud of 

 greatest size. $1.00 each. 



PERRY'S WHITE ORIENTAL POPPY. 



larger spikes and of 

 doz. ; $1S.OO per 100. 



NEW ORIENT.AL POPPY "PERRY"S WHITE." 



A sterling novelty and the most distinct break that has yet 

 been made in Oriental Pojipies, it being a pure satiny-white witli 

 a bold crimson blotch at the base of each petal: this is un- 

 doubtedly the most important addition to our list of hardy per- 

 ennial plants this season. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 

 per 100. 



THREE SPLENDID NEW HARDY PHLOX. 



Rheinlander. A beautiful salmon-pink with flowers and trusses 

 of immense size, the color of the flower is intensified by a very 

 decided eye of a deep claret-red. $1.50 per doz.; $10.(X) per 100. 



Riverton .Jewel. One of our own introductions which It gives us 

 great |)leasure to recommend, a lively shade of mauve-rose illu- 

 minated bv a carmine-red eye, a splendid improvement on the 

 popular varictv Asia. .'M) cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $18,110 per 1(M1. 



Tlior. A most beautiful and lively shade of deep salmon -pink 

 snlVnsed and overlaid with a scarlet glow and a light almost 

 white lialo around its aniline-red eye. This variety will un- 

 doubtedly hold the same place among deep salmon colors that 

 Ellzahetl! Campbell holds among the light salmon-pinks. $2.00 

 per doz. ; $15.00 per lOO. 



HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



The prices quoted above are fnfrmltMl tor the trade only. 



