HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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TWELVE CHOICE HARDY PHLOX 



While we aim to grow only really worth while 

 varieties of Hardy Phlox, quickly discarding those 

 which fail to measure up to our ideals, it is true that 

 some varieties are so conspicuously superior that they 

 belong in a preferred class. 



The dozen sorts offered below are all eligible to 

 this exclusive set ; they are mostly recent introductions 

 from noted European specialists, and show great ad- 

 vances in color, some of the tones being quite new in 

 Phloxes. 



Bacchante. Tyrian-rose, with crimson-carmine eye. 

 A bright rosy magenta ; very 



Champs Elysee. 



effective. 



Eclaireur. Brilliant rosy-magenta, with large, lighter 

 halo. 



Europa. A white variety, with a decided crimson- 

 carmine eye. The individual flowers and trusses are 

 very large ; entirely distinct ; of remarkable sturdy, 

 erect habit. 



Qartendirector Brodersen. 



deep eye. 



Light carmine with 



General Van Heutsz. 



light- centre. 



Brilliant salmon-red with 



Mrs. Jenkins. The best all round pure white. 



Riverton JeweL One of our own introductions, 

 which it gives us great pleasure to recommend. It 

 is a lovely shade of mauve rose, illuminated by a 

 brilliant carmine-red eye. 



Rosenberg. Bright reddish-violet ; blood-red eye. 



Rynstrom. A great improvement on the popular variety 

 Pantheon ; of the same carmine rose color as the Paul 

 Neyron Rose. 



Von Lassburg. Purest white ; individual flowers very 

 large. 



Viking. A splendid new variety and one of the latest to 

 flower, producing much branched pyramidal heads of 

 bloom of a pleasing soft salmon-rose. 



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

 $15.00 per 100. Collection of 12 sorts $2.50. 



EARLY FLOWERING HARDY PHLOX 



Miss Lingard 

 This grand white variety is one of the most popular 

 sorts grown ; it grows about 2 feet high, and starts to bloom 

 in May, continuing to flower until late in October, and is 

 always attractive. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 

 100. 



PHLOX SUBULATA (Moss, or Mountain Pink) 



An early spring flowering type, with pretty moss-like 

 evergreen foliage, which, during the flowering season, is 

 hidden under the masses of bloom. An excellent plant for 

 the rockery, the border, and invaluable for carpeting the 

 ground or covering graves. 



Alba. Pure white. | Lilacina. Light lilac. 



Rosea. Bright rose. 

 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz. ; $12.00 per 100. 



Hardy Phlox 



HARDY GARDEN PINKS 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet, clove-scented flowers 

 in the greatest profusion during May and June. They are 

 indispensable for the edge of the hardy border and for 

 cutting. 1 foot. 



Delicata. Soft delicate rose. 



Excelsior. Light rose-pink with deeper shadings. 



Her Majesty. Large pure white. 



Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. 



Juliette. White-laced crimson. 



White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 



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

 6 sorts, $1.25. 



PLUMBAGO aead-wort) 



Larpentse. One of the most desirable border and rock 

 plants ; it is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 

 inches high ; covered with deep-blue flowers during the 

 summer and fall months. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



POTERIUM (Burnet) 



Obtusatum. A good border plant of easy culture, with 

 neat, dark green pinnatified foliage, flower stems 18 to 24 

 inches high, terminated with 3 to 4 inch long spikes of 

 small violet-rose colored flowers, in bloom from July to 

 October. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 



PYRETHRUM 



Uliginosqm (Giant Daisy). Grows 3 to 4 feet high and is 

 covered with large white Daisj'-like flowers, 3 inches in 

 diameter, from July to September. 25 cts. each. ; $2.50 

 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



