A View in Our Nursery, wheue We Grow Hardy Perennial Plants by the Acre 



OF all the plants that are cultivated for purely ornamental purposes, there are none which have made such rapid strides in 

 public favor as the Old=fashioned Hardy (iarden Flowers, the inhabitants of the perennial gaiden. Their popu- 

 larity is not at all surprising when we consider the many varied and .pleasant changes which take place throughout the 

 entire growing season in a well-an-anged hardy garden, in which every week — yes, every day — brings forth something fresh and 

 new to interest and delight even the most critical. Beginning in April, the early-flowering varieties open their flowers often before 

 the snow has entirely disappeared, and continue, with constant changing variety, throughout the summer until late in the fall, when 

 only severe freezing weather, will stop such persistent late-blooming kinds as Japanese Anemones, Pompon Chrysanthemums, Gail- 

 lardias, Gentians, Tritomas', etc. 



Many not thoroughly familiar with this class of plants have an idea that nothing but a large field-grown clump will give satis- 

 factory returns the first season. This, as experience has taught us, is in most instances a mistake. A vigorous plant of proper 

 size will, in nearly every case, give quicker and better returns than the best so-called " field clumps." The majority of the stock 

 offered in this catalogue is pot-grown. This does not mean that the plants have been altogether pot-grown, but that they have 

 been -field-grown and dug and potted up during the fall months, and such stock can be planted even late in the spring, with prac- 

 tically no loss/which, in the case of clumps, is often quite serious. The following letter from the well-known and successful 

 amateur, W. C. Egan, endorses our views on this matter : 



Egandale, III. 

 Gentlemen — Your shipment of perennials arrived safely to-day in most excellent order. It certainly is a pleasure, as well as 

 a profit, to receive plants from you. Your system of growing these in pots allows shipment without disturbing the roots, thus 

 insuring uninterrupted growth and no loss in planting. Respectfully yours, 



W. C. Egan. 



Dreer's Special Catalogue of 



©l6*fasbioneb 1foarb£ plants 



While we are not in the landscape business and cannot undertake the preparation of plans fer planting or laying 

 out of grounds, we have had prepared by a competent landscape architect a series7of plans of hardy borders with a list of suit- 

 able plants for positions either in sun or shade. 



These, together with very complete instructions for the Making and Care of an Old-fashioned Hardy Border, are 



included in the above special catalogue, which also contains a complete alphabetical list of all the hardy plants we grow, together 

 with their color, height, time of flowering, and location best suited to each. This list should make it comparatively easy for even 

 a novice to make a selection to fill a bed or border of any size or shape without making a serious blunder. 

 Copies of this Special Catalogue will be sent free on application. 



Dreer's Collections of Hardy Perennial Plants 



The list of Hardy Perennial plants which we offer in our Garden Book is admitted to be the most complete and up-to-date 

 collection in this country, and we are continually adding to our list all the new, rare and desirable serts, both of home and foreign 

 introduction. 



We offer customers who are not aequainted with the different sorts the following collections, all in good, strong roots, which 

 •nee planted, will, with little care, keep the garden g-ay with flowers from the time frost leaves the ground until late in the autumn 



It distinct species, eur selection $2 00 I 50 distinct species and varieties, our selection ,...$ 7 00 



25 " " " " 4 00 100 •' " " " " •' 12 00 



NOTE.— AH Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charge*. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per 

 • value of atrder for postage to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. 



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