
HENRY A DREER- PHILADELPHIA: PA 
SPIRJEA (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet), 
Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in June 
and July long, feathery panictes of white flowers. 
— Kneiffi. A new variety, 3 to 4 feet high, with foliage divided 
as fine as a fern, with great sprays of silvery-white flowers in 


June. 25 cts. each; $2,50 per doz. 
Chinensis. A distinct and handsome species, with large heads of 
silvery-pink flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
er doz. 
Filipendula. FI. Pl. (Dowble-flowered Drop-wort). Numerous 
corymbs of double-white flowers, on stems 12 inches high, during 
June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage, 
Gigantea, or Kamtschatica. Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet 
high, with large palmate leaves and immense heads of white 
flowers from July to September. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Palmata Elegans. A free-flowering silvery-pink variety; 3 feet 
high; June and July. 
Ulmaria FI. Pl. (AZeadow Sweet). A double white form, 
Venusta. A showy red-flowering species, very fragrant. 
feet. June, 
Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 
per 100. 
For Other Varieties of Spirzea, see page 34. 
ST ATICE (Sea Lavender). 
Most valuable plants either for the border or rockery, with tufts of 
leathery foliage and immense candelabra-like panicles of minute 
flowers, producing a remarkable effect; grows from 15 to 18 inches 
high, and blooms from June until September. 
Eximia. Bears immense heads of lovely lilac flowers. 
Gmelini. Large panicles of violet-blue flowers. 
Latifolia (Great Sea Lavender). Immense heads, 2 to 3 feet 
across, of deep blue flowers, which last for months if cut and dried. 
Tartarica. Bright purplish-red flowers in graceful panicles. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
STENANTHIUM (Mountain Feather Fleece), 
Robustum. A remarkable perennial, with tall, showy pan- 
icles of pure white feathery flowers, on stems 4 to 5 feet high. 
50 cts. 
4 to5 

Sprra@a Urmartia Fr. Pv. 
STOKESIA. 
(The Cornflower, or Stokes’ Aster.) 
Cyanea. A most charming and beautiful native hardy plant- 
Valuable for naturalizing in moist, shady corners Grows from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing freely from early 
each; $5.00 per doz. 
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in July until October its handsome lavender-blue Cornflower- 
like blossoms, which measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It 
is of the easiest culture, succeeding in any open, sunny posi- 
tion, and not only is it desirable as a single plant in the 
hardy border, but it can also be used with fine effect im 
masses or beds of any size. 
Cyanea alba. A new variety. Flowers identical to the now 
so popular blue variety, except in color, which in pure white, A 
decided novelty and a desirable addition to the list of hardy plants. 
$10.00 per 100. 
THALICTRUM. 
(Meadow Rue.) 
pretty-flowered plants, with finely-cut foliage; great 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; 
Very 
favorites for planting in the hardy border. 
Aquilegifolium atropurpureum. 
masses of rosy-purple flowers; 3 feet. 
Glaucum. 
Minus.  Finely-cut foliage and pale yellow flowers; 13 feet. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
THYMUS. 
(Thyme.) 
Serpyllum (White Mountain Thyme). <A pretty subject for the 
rockery, forming dense mats of dark green foliage and clouds of white 
graceful, 
Elegant, graceful foliage and 
Fine cut foliage, bronzy-yellow flowers in June; 2» feet. 
flowers. 
— Coccinea (Scarlet Thyme). Dark green foliage and clouds of bright 
red flowers. 
— Splendens. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
Bright purplish-red flowers. 

Stoxegsta Cyanga (Cornflower Aster). 

We offer seeds of the leading Hardy Perennials. See pages 64 to 70. 
