HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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SUMMER-FLOWERING HARDY 

 ASTERS 



The following grow from 12 to 15 inches high and pro- 

 duce their showy flowers during July and August. Their 

 free-flowering habit and compact growth make them most 

 desirable subjects for the front of the mixed border. 



Atnellus Beauty of Ronsdorf. Of a tender lilac-rose, 



perfect in form and entirely distinct. 

 — Perry's Favorite. A most distinct bright, clear rose. 

 ' — Preziosa. A fine deep violet-blue. 

 Brachytrichus. Very free and in bloom until late in 



September ; graceful, bright silvery-mauve flowers. 



Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 

 One each of the 4 sorts for $1.00 



NEW OR SCARCE HARDY ASTERS 



Feltliam Blue. One of the most decorative free-flower- 

 ing blue varieties, a pretty shade of aniline blue, pro- 

 duced on freely branched plants during August and 

 September; 2]/^ feet high. 



Qlory of Colwall. A splendid improvement on the 

 variety Beauty of Colwall, with good-sized, nearly dou- 

 ble, ageratum-blue flowers, remarkably free flowering; 

 2^ feet. September and October. 



Novi Belgii Climax. In this splendid new variety we 

 have the most important addition to Michaelmas Daisies 

 yet made, and we believe the forerunner of a distinct 

 type. The plant is of strong, vigorous habit, over 5 

 feet high, fully one-half of which consists of much- 

 branched pyramidical-shaped flower stems filled with 

 light lavender-blue flowers, each 1% inches or more in 

 diameter. It blooms from the latter part of August un- 

 til the middle of October. 



White Climax. A counterpart of the above with 



pure white flowers ; 5 feet. 



Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 

 Set of 4 sorts for $1.25. 



Aster Amellus 



New Hardy Aster Novi Belgii Climax 



FALL-FLOWERING HARDY ASTERS 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts) 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering 

 hardy plants, giving a wealth of bloom during Septem- 

 ber and October, a season when most other hardy flow- 

 ers are past, and for the best effect should be planted in 

 masses of one color. They grow freely in any soil. 

 The collection offered below is made up of the choicest 

 varieties only, the weedy sorts being eliminated. 

 Chapmani. Graceful sprays of Ageratum-blue ; 4 to 5 



feet. 

 Formosisslmus. Bright violet ; 3 feet. 

 Lzevis floribunda. Light heliotrope ; 4 feet- 

 Novas angliae. Bright violet purple ; 4 feet. 



Lil Fardell. Bright mauve; 4 feet. 



Roseus. Bright purplish mauve ; 4 feet. 



Novi=BeIgii, Tlie Queen. A splendid large bluish-white ; 



4 to 5 feet. 

 Robert Parker. Pale heliotrope ; 4 feet. 

 Snowflake. Very free, pure white ; 18 inches. 

 Tataricus. Distinct large bluish-violet ; very late ; 6 feet. 

 Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; 



$15.00 per 100. Set of 10 varieties for $2.00. 



DWARF ALPINE ASTER 



Sub=C0eruIeus. Forms a dense tuft of leaves, from which 

 issue many leafless stems 12 inches high, bearing in June 

 and July massive bluish-violet flowers 3 inches in di- 

 ameter. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



JAPANESE DOUBLE WHITE 

 HARDY ASTER 



This came to us unnamed from a Japanese nurseryman, 

 and is entirely distinct from all other hardy Asters ; the 

 plants are of symmetrical habit, and grow about 2 feet 

 high, and bear from July to September double white flow- 

 ers not unlike the double white Feverfew. 30 cts. each ; 

 $3.00 per doz. 



