DREER’S POT-GROWN 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
FOR SUMMER PLANTING 
Have you a corner or spot in your garden where you have had a failure or where possibly you have planted something that 
does not please you? If so, look over the list of pot=-growm Hardy Perennial Plants here offered and you will likely find the 
subject that you need for just such fill-up work and adjustment, or, an equally satisfactory selection can be made for the planting 
of entire new beds or borders. 
The varieties listed are the most desirable sorts for late planting; many of them such that will give a good account of them- 
selves this season, and all of them varieties which by having the balance of this season to become established in will make all the 
better display next summer. 
ALCHEMILLA (Lady’s Mantle). 
| Major. A good rock plant, with pretty foliage and inconspicuous flowers; pre- 
fers a half-shady corner. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
ALYSSU™M (Mad-wort). 
Rostratum. Bright golden-yellow flowers in June and July; 1 foot. 25 cts. 
each; $2.50 per doz. 
ANCHUSA ITALICA. 
(The Improved Italian Alkanet or Bugloss.) 
Although introduced only a few years ago, the two Anchusas offered below 
have already become very popular. The rich blue tones of their flowers fill 2 
vacancy in this color, of which there is never a superabundance, particularly 
during their flowering period, which covers the months of May and June. They 
form much-branched specimens 3 to 5 feet high, each branch terminated by a 
large, pyramidal, graceful spike of blue flowers, and while the habit of the plant 
is strong and vigorous it is not at all coarse. Of easy culture in any good gar- 
den soil and a sunny position. Very effective either in solid beds or in the hardy 
border. 
Dropmore Variety. Rich gentian blue. 
Opal. A splendid lustrous light blue. 
; 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
ANCHUSA MYOSOTIDIFLORA. 
A distinct new species from the Caucasian Mountains, growing but 10 to 12 
inches high, producing during April and May sprays of beautiful Forget-Me-Not- 
like flowers of rich blue. 25 cts. each. 
AC AEN A (New Zealand Burr). 
Mircopinylla. Pretty evergreen rock plants of cushion-like growth cultiva- 
ted for their showy, crimson spines, which are borne on the calyx; foliage 
dark bronze. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
ACANTHUS (Bear's Breech). 
Mollis Latifolius. A handsome decorative plant of stately effect, with 
deeply-toothed, heart-shaped leaves, 2 feet long by 1 fuot wide; either for 
planting as single specimens on the lawn or in the border, or for grouping 
with other plants for sub-tropical effect, producing 3 feet high spikes of 
curious rose-colored flowers during August and September. The ornamen- 
tation of the Corinthian columns is said to have been suggested by the leaf 
of this plant. 24 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
ACHILLEA (Milfoil, or Yarrow). 
Ptarmica Boule de Neige (Ball of Snow). An improvement on The 
Pearl; the flowers, while not quite so large, are of more perfect form with 
fuller centres, which makes it appear purer in color. 
Tomentosa (Woolly Yarrow). Handsome cut foliage and bright yellow 
flowers in a multitude of flat heads during June; height about 12 inches. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. ‘ 
ACONITUM (Monkshood, or Helmet Flower). 
All the varieties offered form bushy clumps ard grow about 4 feet high; in- 
valuable for planting under trees or in shady or semi-shady positions. 
Napellus. Large, dark blue flowers; August to September. 
— Bicolor. Large blue-and-white flowers; one of the prettiest. 
Fischeri. A dwarf variety, growing 18 inches high, with very large, pale 
blue flowers in September and October. 
Spark’s Variety. The darkest blue of all; flowers in June. 
ACHILLEA PTarmica FL. PL, BouLE DE NEIGE 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Ancuusa Irarica, DRopMORE VARIETY 
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