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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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DREER'S HARDY PERENNIALS 



I( you are not Interested in a greneral line of Hardy Perennials, but baye use for sammer cut 

 flowers youBboold consider at least tbe following leaders, wbicta are tbe cream of tbe best sorts 

 for summer cutting; you will find ttaem profitable for tbls purpose as well as being an attraction to 

 your grounds. 



We bave a large stock and tbe plants offered are all of sucb sise tbat tbey will give tbe best 

 possible returns. Ifor a complete list of tbis class of plants as well as all otber seasonable stock see 

 our Current Wbolesale List. 



Annuona Japonloa. Not the usual winter killed class of stock, but good vigorous plants 



growing in 3-inrhpots. Japonlca. red. Albk, white. IimAj ArAUann, extra large 



white. Qnaan COiMrlott*, beautiful La France pink double, 76c per doc.; f6.0O per 100. 



Anemona Frlnoa Kanry. Large double, rich deep pink flowers. A fine new intro- 



duotion; $2.00 per dosen: $15.00 per 100. 



FOR SUMMER 

 CUT FLOWERS 



8.00 

 6.00 



4.00 



6.00 



Per doz. lOO 



AchlUea, The Pearl, strong, 8-in. pots to.75 I6.C0 



AsclepiasTuberosa, strong. 1-yr.old roots .75 6.00 

 Asters, hardy in yar. strong, 8-in. pots ... 1.00 8.00 

 Edna Mercia: a fine new pink var. 2.00 15.00 

 " Grandiflorus; large flowered late 



blue .... 2.0O 15.00 



B(Htonla Latisquama, 4-in. pots 76 6.00 



Asteroldes, 4-in. pots 76 6.00 



Campanula Moeheimi, 8-inch pots l.K 10.00 



Pyramidalis, strong, 1-year 



clumps 1.00 



CaryoDteris Mastacantbus. 8-incb pots.. .75 

 Chrysanthemum Shasta Daisy. 2^-incb 



pots 60 



Chrysanthemum Maximum Triumph 



3-inchpots 75 



Oimicifuga Simplex(rare) strong, plants, 3.60 25.00 



J^I^matia Recta, strong, 2-year-old 1.60 12.00 



OoreopsisLanceolata. heavy 4-in. pots.. .76 6.00 

 Delphinium Formosum, strong, 4-in. pots, .75 6.00 

 " Belladoua (rare) very free 



flowering 2.60 20.00 



Dianthus Latlfolius Atrococcineus, 2M- 



inch pots 60 



Digitalis Oloziniaeflora, 4-inch pots 75 



Doronicum Austriacum. S-incb pots 1.00 



Bzcelsum. 8-inch pots 1.00 



Erigeron Coeruleus Grandiflorus, S-inch 



pots l.OO 



Eupatorium A geratoides, 4-inch pots 75 



Coelestinum. 3-lnch pots 75 



Feverfew Little Gem. 2}i-inch pots 60 



Funkia Subcordata Alba, 4-inch pots.... 1.00 

 Gaillardia Orandiflora, heavy 4-inch pets .76 

 Gyf>sophila Panicnlata. strong, 1-year- 

 old roots .75 



Helenium Autumnale Superba. 4-in. pots .75 



Pumilum. 8-inch pots 1.00 



Hagniflcum.8-in. pots 1.25 10.00 



Helianthus Multiflorus Fl. PI., strong 75 6.0C 



Maximus, strong .75 



MazimiliaDi, strong 75 



" Meteor, strong 75 



" Soleil d'Or, strong 75 



WoUey Dod, strong 1.00 



Heliopsis Pltcherlana, 4-inch pots l.oo 



4.00 

 6.00 

 8.C0 

 8.00 



8.00 



e.oo 



6.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 8.C0 



6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 600 

 8.00 

 8.00 



Per doz. 100 



Heliopsis Scabra Major, 4-incb pots $1.00 88.00 



Hypericum Moierlanum. S-incb pots 1.00 8 00 



Iberis Sempervirens, 3-incb pots 75 6.00 



Iris Eaempferi. 24 choice named var 1.26 10.00 



8.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 



flnest mixed 1.00 



.76 

 .60 

 .75 

 .75 



" Germanica, 12 choice named var 



" " fine mixed 



Lobelia Cardinalis, strong, 4-inch pots... 



Lychnis Chalcedonica, strong, 8-in. pots 



Alba, strong, 4-ln. 



pots 



Lychnis Chalcedonica Rubra, Fl. PI. 



strong. 3-lnch pots 2.00 16.00 



Lychnis Viscaria Splendens, Etrong, 4-in. 



pots 1.00 



Lysimachia Olethroides, strong. 4-in. pots .76 

 Myosotis Palustris Semperfiorens, strong, 



.75 6.00 



8.00 

 6.00 



.50 4.00 



.60 4.00 



1.50 11.00 



100 8 00 



.76 6.00 



8-incb pots 

 Myosotis Alpestris Grandlflora, strong 



clumps 



Peonies in choice varieties; see catalogue 



for varieties 



Pentstemon Gentianoides, 8-incb pots. . . 



Physostegia Virginica, strong, 4-in. pots.' 



Alba, strong, 4-in. 



pots 



Perennial Pblozes. 25 flnest varieties 



Pinks Hardy. 6 best varieties. 4-in. pots.. 



Pyrethriun nUginosum. strong plants 



Rudbeckia Golden Glow, strong, 4-incb 



pots 



Rudbeckia Purpurea, strong, 4-inch pots 



Scablosa Caucaslca, strong, 3 Inch pots. 



Alba, strong, 8-inch 



pots 



Solidago Riglda. strong, 4-inch pots IM 



strong, 4-inch pots 75 



Spiraea Aruncus, clumps 1.00 



Chinensis. clumps 1.2) lo.OO 



rillpendula. Fl. PI., 4-inch pots.. .76 6.00 



Oigantea, clumps 1.26 10.00 



Palmata. clumps 1.00 8 00 



" Elegans. strong. 4-ln. pots .76 6.00 



" Ulmaria. strong, 4-inch pots 75 6.00 



Fl. PI., »trong, 4-ln. pots .76 

 Statice Eximia. strong. 3-inch poU 76 



.75 

 .75 

 .75 

 .76 



.76 

 1.00 

 1.00 



1.00 



600 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 



6.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



800 



10.00 



6.00 



8.00 



6 00 

 6.00 



Per doz. 100 



Statice Gmellni, strong. 3-inch pots. . . .$0.75 $6.00 



Latifolia, strong. 3-incb pots... .76 6.00 



Rtokesla Cyanea, strong. 3-lnch pots . . 1.00 6.00 



Sweet Williams, strong. 4-incb pots 60 4.00 



Thalictmm Aquilegifolium Atropur- 



purea 4-incb poU loo 8.00 



Thallctrum Aqailegifolium Album, 4-in. 



pots 2.00 18.00 



Thallctrum Aquilegifolium Roseum, 



4inch pots l.oo 8.0O 



Trolllus AurantiacuB. 4-inch pots 1.60 10 00 



■' Europaeus. 4-inch pot* 1.00 8.00 



Japonicus Excelsior. 4 lo. pots. 1.60 10.00 



" Orange Globe, 4-lnch pots 2.fO 18.00 



TrltomaCorolllna.strong,perl000,$60.00 1.00 6.00 



;' Macowanli. 75.00 l.oo 8.00 



Uvaria Grandlflora, strong. 



per 1000 $60.00 1.00 6.00 



Valeriana Coccinea. 4-incb nots 1 .00 8.00 



Alba 4-inch pots. 1.00, 8.00 

 Officinalis, 4-lncb pots l.OO 8.00 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 714 Chestnut St, PHILADELPHIA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



any but was not a competitor in the 

 matter of prizes. Following are the 

 awards: Eoses grown under glass, Fer- 

 rari Bros.; field grown roses, F. 

 Ludemann; vase of roses, Ferrari Bros.; 

 carnations, John H. Sievers ; vase of car- 

 nations, John H." Sievers ; iris, H. Plath ; 

 pansies, George A. Pope; lilies, P. C. 

 Meyer; flowering shrubs, W. H. 

 Crocker; garden flowers, George A. 

 Pope ; decorative plants staged for efTect, 

 H. Plath; best decorative plants, F. 

 Cleiss; collection ferns, H. Plath; best 

 specimen fern, H. Plath; collection flow- 

 ering plants, H. Pfeuninger; azaleas and 

 rhododendrons, Ferrari Bros.; hanging 

 basket, H. Plath. G. 



THE WILD MORNING GLORY. 



We have had such a favorable grow- 

 ing season during the past six months 

 that the usually large production of 

 noxious weeds has been more than 

 doubled and the growers who cultivate 

 outdoor stock have had a hard time to 

 find anything except tremendous growths 

 of all kinds of troublesome and danger- 

 ous weeds. Since the warm weather 

 early in the year, we have had a suc- 

 cession of showers every few days and 

 not only has it been almost impossible 

 to get on the ground to cultivate but 



when the weeds were hoed down they 

 almost immediately took root and in a 

 couple of weeks were as big as before. 



It is during such seasons as this that 

 young asters, cosmos, stocks, bachelors' 

 buttons and other hardy stock must be 

 carefully watched or they will be com- 

 pletely crowded out by these pests and, 

 unless they are cleaned out every couple 

 of weeks, they speedily weaken the 

 plants intended to be grown. I have 

 referred above to the various wild 

 grasses, mustard, etc., which are much 

 easier eradicated than the worst of all 

 California pests, the wild morning 

 glory. Convolvulus arvensis. We have 

 another variety that is indigenous to 

 our southern country, C. occidentalis. Of 

 the two I do not know which is the 

 worse. We have in this state many 

 thousands of acres that at one time 

 were cultivated with profit until the 

 miserable morning glory took hold and 

 it became absolutely valueless for ordi- 

 nary vegetable or flower growing. It 

 is within the past fifteen years that it 

 seems to have taken such a hold in this 

 locality and its eradication has proven 

 more than many a grower could ac- 

 complish, and he simply gave up in dis- 

 gust and changed his location. A 

 peculiar thing I have noticed is that it 

 always prefers good ground and is rare- 



ly found in any quantity where the soil 

 is naturally poor. It is possible to get 

 rid of it, as I have demonstrated, but 

 it cannot be accomplished in less than 

 two seasons and possibly three. 



I have cleared completely several 

 acres that had been abandoned. My 

 method of procedure was as follows: 

 The morning glory being a deep rooted 

 perennial, lays dormant during the cold 

 season and early in March begins to 

 send out shoots. With the beginning of 

 warmer weather in April its growth be- 

 comes wonderful and at this time I 

 had the ground thoroughly hoed and 

 the tops completely cnt off just below 

 the soil. I repeated this every two 

 weeks until about the end of September, 

 when they no longer sprouted out. 

 Again the following spring it com- 

 menced to branch but it was very plain 

 that it had received a great check, as 

 the stems were not near as heavy nor 

 of such rapid growth. I continued as 

 before, every two weeks, and by the end 

 of the summer very little morning glory 

 was to be seen. The following spring 

 only a few slender shoots showed them- 

 selves and they did not appear again 

 after the third or fourth hoeine. In 

 this strenuous way I reclaimed, although 

 at a considerable cost, several acres of 

 the best land I have ever handled. G. 



