DREER'S SELECT 



Hardy Perennial Plants. 



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*H IS class uf plains, familiaily known as Old-fashioned 

 Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor 

 so lapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine en- 

 thusiast of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is 

 not at all surprising when we consider the many varied 

 and pleasant changes which tal<e place throughout the 

 entire growing season in a well-arranged hardy border, in 

 which every week, yes, almost every day, brings forth 

 something fresh and new. Beginning in April, early- 

 flowering varieties open their flowers often before 

 snow has entirely disappeared, continuing with 

 constantly changing variety through the sum- 

 mer until late in the fall, when severe freezing 

 weather only will stop such persistent late 

 bloomers as the Japanese Windflowers, 

 Ponipone Chrysanthemums, Stokesias, 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 or 

 sheep 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 es- 

 tablished before hot, dry weather sets in, keeping 

 the ground well stirred, and where it is not convenient 

 [ . ., to water the beds during hot, dry weather a mulch of loose 



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

 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, tlie cutting off of decaying flowers, 

 which will prolong the flowering season of many species, and the 

 dividing and replanting occasionally of such varieties that have be- 

 come too 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. 



DRKHR'S COI.I.ECTIONS 



• OF HARDY FI^OWERS. 



For customers who are not acquainted with the dif- 

 ferent varieties we offer the fallowing collections that, 

 when once planted, will, with very little care, keep 

 the garden gay with flowers from the time frost leaves 

 the ground until late in autumn : / 



12 distinct species, our seleciion, $1.50 

 25 " " " " 2.75 



50 " " and varieties, 



our selection 5.00 



100 distinct species ami varieties, 



our selection 9.00 



Ne^v and Rare 

 Hardy Perennials. 



We cjffer a splendid lot of new 

 things in ihis line this season. See , 

 page. 103 to 11-2. 



SPECIAL ATTENTION is di.ected to the three popular Hardy Perennials wtiich we show in colors this season, viz.: Phloxes, 

 Fox'doves and Larkspur, and which are offered on pages 168 and 169. 



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