DREER'S 



ii^ECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



THIS class of plants, familiarly kno\Mi as Old-fashioned 

 Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor 

 again so rapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine enthusiast 

 of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is not at all sur- 

 prising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes 

 which take place throughout the entire growing season in a well- 

 arranged hardy border, in whicli every week, yes. almost every 

 day, brings forth something fresh and new. Beginning in April, 

 early-tiowering varieties open up their flowers often before snow 

 has entirely disappeared, nnd continuing with constantly changing 

 variety throughout the summer until late in fall.^A'hen jevere 

 freezing weather only will slop such persistent late bloomers as 

 the Japanese Windflowers, Pompone Chrysanthemums, Stokesias, 

 etc., etc. 



Cultivation is of the simplest, beginning with any good garden 

 soil for a foundation, which may be enriched with any good 

 fertilizer, such as well decomposed cow manure or bone meal, 

 deeply dug, well pulverized, in which the plants should be set as 

 early in the season as possible, so as to enable them to become 

 well rooted and established before hot, diy weather sets in, keep- 

 ing the ground well stirred, and where it is not convenient to 

 water the beds during hot, dry weather, a mulch of anv loose 

 material, which will keep the soil from baking, will be found very 



A ViHW IN Our Japanese Ikis Garden. 



beneficial. Short grass, the rakings of the lawn after cutting, will 

 be as good for this purpose as anything. 



A covering of manure should be applied in the fall; this 

 may be forked into the soil early in spring, and, beyond this, 

 little care need be given, the occasional staking of a plant, the 

 cutting off of decaying flowers, which will prolong the flowering 

 season of many species, and the dividing and replanting occasion- 

 ally of such varieties that have become loo large, being all that is 

 needed. 



We are continually adding new, rare and desirable sorts to our 

 list, which is admitted to be the most complete and up-to-date 

 collection in the country. 



DRKBR'S COI.I.ECTIONS 



OF HARDY FI.OWERS. 



For customers who are not acquainted with the different vari- 

 eties we offer the following collections, that, when once planted, 

 will, with veiy little care, keep the garden gay with flowers from 

 the time frost leaves the ground until late in the autumn : 



12 distinct species, our selection $1 50 



25 -' " " " 2 75 



50 distinct species and varieties, our selection 5 00 



100 " " " " ' " " 9 00 



AC^N A (New Zealand Bur) 

 Pretty evergreen plants of cushion-like growth, cultivated for their showy crimson 

 spines, which are borne on the calyx. 

 Buchanan!. Glaucous green fern-like foliage. 

 Microphylla. Pretty dark bronze foliage. 



25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 



ACANTHUS (Bear's Breech). 



Handsome decorative plants with bro-id foliage and of stalely effect, either for plant- 

 ing as single specimens on the lawn or in the border, or for grouping with other plants 

 for sub-tropical effect; producing their 3 feet high spikes of curious flowers during 

 August and September. 

 flollis. Deeply-toothed heart-shaped leave-;, 2 feet long by 1 f.iot wide; flowers of a 



purplish rose color. 25 cts. each; §2 50 per doz. 

 — Latifolius. .\ variety of the above with larger, heavier foliage, more robust in 



every way; an interesting, handsome plant. 35 cts. each; $350 per doz. 

 ACHIL,t,EA (MiUoil, or Yarrow). 

 Ptarmica Fl, PI, " The Pearl." Flowers borne in the greatest profusion the 



entire summer on strong, erect stems, 2 feet high, of the purest white ; as a summer 



cut-blooin it is of great value. (See cut.) 

 Fllipendula {Noble Yarro-iv). .\ vigorous, showy species, with golden-yellow flower- 

 in den-e flat corymb^ ; in July ; height, 2 feet. 

 nniefolium Roseum [Rosy Mi/foil). Finely cut deep green foliage ; flowers pink, 



in dense heads; IS inches high and flowers all summer. 

 Tomentosa ( Woolfy Yan-aiv). Handsome cut foliage and bright yellow flowers in 



a multitude of flat heads during June; height, about 12 inches. 

 Eupatorium {Fem-leaved Yarrow). Neat, finely cut foliage and brilliant yellow 



heads of flowers 5 inches across, lasting in full beauty from July to September ; 



4 to 5 feet. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. Set of 5 varieties for 65 cts. 



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A Bit of Our Rockery where Many Interesting Hardv Flowers 

 ARE Planted for Trial. 



Achillea, "The Pearl' 



For New and Rare Hardy Perennial Plants see pages 98 to 104. 



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