HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 21 
ANEMONE JAPONICA. 
(Japanese Windflower.) 
Queen Charlotte. One of the finest late-flowering hardy 
plants with very large semi-double flowers of La France pink, 
a color that is rare among hardy plants. 15 cts. each; $1.50 
per doz. 
ARMERIA (thrift). 
Maritima Splendens. Attractive dwarf plants that succeed 
in any soil, forming evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, 
from which innumerable bright rosy-pink flowers appear in 
dense heads, on stiff wiry stems about 9 inches high. They 
flower more or less continuously from early spring until late in 
the fall. Very useful in the rockery. 15 cts. each; $1.50 
per doz. 
DWARF ALPINE ASTERS. 
Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy 
borders; grows 6 to 10 inches high and bears large, showy 
bluish-purple flowers in May and June. 
— Albus. Identical to the above, but with pure white flowers. 
Sub=coeruleus. Forms a dense tuft of leaves, from which 
issue many leafless stems 12 inches high, bearing in June and 
July massive bluish-violet flowers 8 inches in diameter. 
20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
ASTILBE. 
The varieties offered below are stately, hardy plants, and suc- 
ceed best in rather heavy soil and where they will not suffer for 
lack of moisture. 
Davidi. An important hardy plant. Its.5 to 6 feet high 
stems, which rise from a tuft of pretty dark green foliage, are 
crowned with feathery plumes of deep rose-violet flowers 
during June and July. 
Grandis. A grand species and a fine companion to A. Davidi, 
being of similar habit of growth, the panicles of white flowers 
frequently 2 to 23 feet long; the foliage is much divided and 
attractive. 
Hither of the above 25 cts, each; $2.50 per doz. 
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ASTILBE ARENDSI 
DwarF Avpine AsTERS 
NEW HYBRID ASTILBES. 
HybridaGruno. A splendid salmon-pink sort growing 4 feet 
high and producing light, graceful, spreading spikes of flow- 
ers, the finest pink Astilbe yet introduced. 50 cts. each. 
Hybrida Moerheimi. A cross between A. Davidi and an 
unknown variety , with the strong, robust growth of the former, 
attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet. The well-branched, erect 
spikes of flowers have a length of over two feet and are of a 
beautiful creamy-white. The originator and introducer, a 
prominent Holland grower, was awarded a first-class certi- 
ficate for this novelty by the Royal Horticultural Society of 
Holland, and considers this plant the most important hardy 
perennial introduced in many years. Strong plants, 75 cts. 
each. 
Hybrida Sallamd. This is also a cross with A. Duvidi as one 
of its parents, which it resembles in habit of growth, only 
much more vigorous, growing over 6 feet high and with 
flowers of a distinct red color, different from all others. 50 
cts. each. 
ASTILBE ARENDSI. 
This new type is the result of crossing A. Davidi with 
A. Japonica compacta, astilboides and Thunbergi. The 
plants are of very vigorous growth, 24 to 3} feet high, produc- 
ing many-branched feathered heads of flowers in June and July. 
They prefer a half-shady, moist position in any ordinary garden 
soil, 
Ceres. Delicate, light rose-colored flowers with peculiar 
silvery sheen. 
Pink Pearl. Bright silvery pink. 
Venus. Similar to Ceres, but of bright, deep violet-rose 
color. 
Vesta. Very gracetul plumes of light lilac-rose. 
Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each. One each of the 4 
sorts for $1.25. 
BLETIA. 
Hyacinthina. A terrestial Orchid from China, with grass- 
like foliage and terminal racemes of showy rose-pink flowers; 
grows about a foot high and succeeds best in a damp, shady 
position; requires the protection of a cold frame in winter. 
30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
CALIMERIS (Star Wort). 
Incisa. An attractive plant for the border; grows 12 to 18 
inches high, producing from July to September daisy-like, 
pale, lavender flowers, with yellow centre. 25 cts. each; 
$2.50 per doz. 
CALLIRHOE (Poppy Mallow). 
Involucrata. An elegant trailing plant, with finely-divided 
foliage and large saucer-shaped flowers of bright rosy-erimson, 
with white centre, which are produced all summer and fall. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
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