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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



July. 



Monarda Didyma 



LYSIMACHIA 



Ciliata (Fringed Loose-strife). Yellow flowers 



2 feet. 



Fortune!. A neat variety, growing about 18 inches high, 

 with dense, upright spikes of white flowers in August. 



Nummularia (Creeping Jenny, or Money-wort). Valuable 

 for planting under trees or shrubs where grass will not 

 grow, where it quickly forms a dense carpet. 



Punctata. Yellow flowers during July and August 



3 feet. 



Price. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) 



The evening Primroses are elegant subjects for growing in an ex- 

 posed sunny position, either in the border or on the rockery, blooming 

 the greater part of the summer. 

 Missouriensis. Large golden yellow ; 1 foot. 

 Pilgrimi. Large clusters of bright yellow flowers. 

 Speciosa. Pure white flowers .3 inches across ; 18 inches. 

 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



PACHYSANDRA 



Terminalis. A trailing plant, 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad 

 mats of bright glossy green foliage and small spikes of flowers dur- 

 ing May and June ; invaluable as a cover plant either in sun or 

 shade. 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



PARDANTHUS (Blackberry Lily) 

 Sinensis. Lily-like flowers of bright orange during July and August 

 on 2^/2 feet high stems, followed in September with seeds which re- 

 semble blackberries ; will grow and do M'ell in any soil in a sunny 

 location. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 

 Most useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. 

 With the exception of Sensation, which requires protection ; they are 

 perfectly hardy. 



Gloxinioides "Sensation." A beautiful strain, bearing spikes of 

 large Gloxinia-like flowers in a great variety of bright colors, in- 

 cluding rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc. The plants grow 

 2 feet high and bloom from early summer till frost. 



Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers ; height, 3 to 

 4 feet ; June to August. 



Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers with purple 

 throats, during June and July ; 2 to 3 feet. 



Pubescens. Bright rosy purple ; July and August ; 1 J4 feet. 



Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer ; 1 foot. 

 25 els, each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100 ; set of five sorts, $1.00. 



PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) 

 Francheti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, 

 forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely 

 its bright orange-scarlet, lantern-like fruits ; highly in- 

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



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon-Head) 

 One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering 

 perennials, forming dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing 

 spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic 

 heather. 

 2 to Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 

 — alba. Pure white ; very fine. 



25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. ' 



MARSHALLIA 



Trinervis. A useful plant for a shady, damp spot, of neat habit, about 

 15 inches high, bearing freely from June to August heads of white 

 flowers, tinted flesh. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



MONARDA (Bergamot) 

 Showy plants growing from 2 to 3 feet high, succeeding in any soil 

 or position, with aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers 

 during July and August. 



Didyma Cambridge Scarlet (Oswego Tea). Brilliant crimson- 

 scarlet. 



— Rosea (Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. • 



— Violacea. Bright amaranth-red. 



Fistulosa Alba (Wild Bergamot). A white-flowered variety. 



25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. The set of 4 varieties, 75 ets. 



NEPETA (Catmint) 

 Mussini. Forms a bushy plant about 18 inches high, flowers small, of a 

 violet-purple, but produced in such masses as to make a pretty color 

 effect during July and August. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



