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Dreer's Hardy Perennial Phlox. 



We are the largeet grovren of Perennial Phlox In the world. Our col- 

 lection is unequalled, and we are prepared to furnish the new and rare 

 .Inds as well as all the popular and standard varieties in large quantities. 



The plants we offer are nearly all strouR one-year-old field-grown 

 ilants or equally strong divisions and will make a fine display of flowers . 

 als season. This stock is much superior to and must not be confounded 

 ''itb young Winter propagated stock such as is generally sent out in the 

 ;pringof the year. 



1000 



New and Rare Hardy Phlox and 

 Varieties off Special Merit. 



Per doi. 



AlMoa (Tall). A variety which originated with us 

 several years since and which is now offered for the 

 first time. Strong grower, pure white with faint 

 aniline red eye $1.50 



OliatMiiibrland (Medium). Pure white with crimson 

 carmine eye 1.25 



Coanelloot (Dwarf). A fine pure scarlet 86 



Etna (Medium). Orimson red suffused with flery red. 1.25 



Edmond Bostand (Medium). Reddish violet with 



large white star-shaped center 1.60 



r. O. von KaaBbnrff (Tall). The finest white in cul- 

 tivation, pure in color, a strong, vigorous grower... 2 00 

 H. O. Wljtrs (Tall). A fine large pure white, with 



crimson carmine eye 1.26 



Ind*pend«no« (TaU). An excellent large flowering 



early white 85 



2«aniartln« (Tall) . Very bright magenta, with large 



white center 1.25 



L« Mahdl ( fall). Deep reddish violet, darker eye. . . 1.25 

 Mrs. JMiklns (Tall). An early flowering pure white, 



forming an immense panicle, one of the best 1.50 



Stella's Oholoe (Tall). A mauve branching late 



white variety 85 



Selma (Tall). Pale rose mauve, with distinct claret 



red eye 1.50 



100 



$10.00 $90.00 



Choice Standard Pliloxes. 



Price— strong plants, 75c per doz.; $5.00 per 

 100: $40.00 per 1000. 



Aqnlllon (Tall). Bright Tyrian rose. 



Andreas Hoffar (Medium). An early and con- 

 tinuous flowering pure white. 



Bouqnet Flenri (Dwarf). I^ire white, with 



crimson carmine eye. 

 Brldeamaid (Tall). White, with large crimson 



carmine center. 

 Baoonante (Tall). Tyrian rose. 

 Collbrl (Tal). White, with crimson carmine 



Cliampe Bljaees (Medium). Bright rosy ma- 

 genta, an effective shade. 

 Crystal Palace (Tall). Lilac, with white 



markings. 

 Oroes of Honor (Medium). White, with a 



band of reddish violet through the center of 



each petal. 

 Oyolon (Dwarf). White, suffused with lilac. 

 Bolairenr (Tall). Brilliant rosy magenta, with 



light halo. 

 Bnffene OansenvlUer (Tall) . Lilac, shading 



white toward tbe edges. 

 Baclarmonde (Tall). Lilac, washed with white. 

 Bdnxond And i ana (Medium). Deep mauve. 

 Pantonie(Tall). Bluishlilac. washed with white. 

 Oraf von Unfferer (Tail). White, suffused with 



rosy lilac. 



(Tall). Purplish mauve, 



A late flowering pure 



Pure mauve, with aniline 



Rosy magenta, with light 



rosy magenta, with 



Inspector Pelker 



washed with white. 



Jeanne d'Aro (Tall) 

 white. 



Xia Vaffue (Medium). 

 red eye 



£a Boliel (Medium), 

 halo. 



KoUier (Tall). Bright 

 lighter balo. 



Kosart (Tall). White, suffused with salmon. 



Mlramar (Dwarf). Reddish violet, with white 

 markings. 



Mme. Marie Bnppentaeim (Dwarf). A fine 

 late pure white. 



Offenbach (Dwarf). Lilac purple, lighter shad- 

 ings. 



Oberg'artner Wlttlg' (Medium). Bright ma- 

 genta, the best of its color. 



Pecheur d'Xslande (Tall). Crimson red, suf- 

 fused with cochineal red. 



P. Bonnetaine (Medium). Deep rosy magenta. 



Professor Sohlieman (Tall). Pure mauve, 

 with crimson carmine eye. 



Bozelane (Tall). Reddish violet, with aniline 

 red eye. 



Bnnsbine (Dwarf). Aniline red, with lighter 

 halo. 



Simplon (Tall). White, with aniline red eye. 



Bemiramis (Tall). Rosy magenta, with lighter 

 center. 



Bchlossffartner Beiohenan (Dwarf). Solferl 

 no red. 



Tbebalde (Dwarf). Carmine lake, with brighter 

 shadings. 



Talma (Dwarf). Rosy magenta, small white 

 eye. 



Wm. Mnlile (Tall). Carmine-purple, with crim- 

 son eye. 



Phlox Subulata. 



Koss Pinks or Xonntain Pinks. 



Alba. White. 



Atropurpurea. Purplith rose. 



Uladna. Light lilac. 



Velsoni. Pure white. 



Bosea. Bright rose. 



The Bridesmaid. Purplish tinted white, with 



deeper eye. 

 All the above in strong clumps — 75c per doz.; 



$5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



Phlox. Various Types. 



Per doz. Per 100. 



Amoena. Clumps 75c $6.00 



Divaracata Canadensis, 3 inch 



pots 75c 6.00 



For complete list of Hatdy Perennial Plants, see our current Quarterly Wholesale List Just issued. 



HENRY A. DREER, lU Chestoot Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The above prices are only lor Florists, or those eneraered in the trade. 



fruit was not as good as the same variety 

 is found to possess in its northern home. 

 The efifort to plant the varieties of the 

 vinifera or European grape also failed in 

 that the vines and fruit possess no re- 

 sistive qualities to fungus troubles; that 

 is, mildews or rots. The reason for their 

 doing so well in California and other 

 places is that those places have a dry at- 

 mosphere, in which such fungus growths 

 do not thrive. Thus it became patent 

 that if the grape industry was to be of 

 any good in this section of the south it 

 was necessary to get a set of varieties 

 that could endure the climatic conditions 

 of severe drouth and sudden cold and at 

 the same time to get grapes of fine eat- 

 ing and good marketing qualities. 



Meeting the Need. 

 Here was a want to be supplied. 



How 



was this to be filled? By improving the 

 old sorts, by giving them healthy vines 

 and better quality, if possible; by im- 

 proving the vigorous, long-lived native 

 grapes by giving them a sweeter, a more 

 agreeable flavor, a larger cluster and a 

 persistent berry, so that it would carry 

 to distant markets. Could not this come 

 about by cross-breeding and combine the 

 good qualities of both fruit and vine into 

 a new variety? Such was the solution. 

 But it can not be done in a day, or a 

 generation, but must take time and 

 patience. 



We find in the woods as native growth 

 vines of the post oak grape. Learning 

 its life history and characteristics, we 

 find it to be healthy, vigorous, deep- 

 rooting and long-lived, in a climate we 

 want such qualities. But we find its 



fruit is rather too astringent for pleas- 

 ant eating, but also find there is quite a 

 variation in its fruit, as some vines have 

 much better and sweeter fruit than 

 others, as well as a variation in size of 

 cluster, and persistence of berry to clus- 

 ter. In this way a selection is made of 

 the vines having the fruit nearest our 

 ideal. Such vines are taken up at the 

 proper season, or else cuttings taken 

 from them and propagated so that we 

 can have vines to set in the vineyard as 

 parent vines. In the same way we 

 choose varieties of the other kinds, hav- 

 ing the fine flavors, large, fine appearing 

 clusters. After the selection of the 

 parent vines are made, and having them 

 planted in the same or neighboring vine- 

 yards, we are ready for the next step. 

 [To be continued.] 



