HENRY A-DREER PHILADELPHIA: Mase 243 
SOF HARDY DERENNTAL PLANTS” 1H 
TUNICA. 
Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant with light pink flowers; produced all 
summer; useful either for the rockery or the border. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
WALERIANA (Valerian). 
*Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 2 feet. 
— Alba. A white-flowered form. 
Officinalis (MJardy Garden Heliotrope). Produces showy heads of 
rose-tinted white flowers during June and July, with strong heliotrope 
odor; 3 to 4 feet. (See cut.) 
20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
WINCA (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle). 
Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used exten- 
sively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or on graves 
where it is too shady for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 
doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
— Aurea. A golden variegated variety, which besides being useful as a 
plant for carpeting the ground, is a valuable addition for use in window 
boxes during the winter months in connection with Boxwoods and other 
evergreen plants. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
— Argentea Variegata. Similar to Aurea in habit of growth, but 
having silver instead of gold variegation. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
NEW VERONICA 
SPICATA ROSEA “ERICA. 
(The Heather-like Speedwell.) 
We are greatly pleased with this novelty, which, due to its spikes of 
pretty delicate pink flowers, at once reminded us of a splendidly flowered 
plant of Heather. It is of vigorous, compact habit, forming bushy plants 
10 to 12 inches high, which are very attractive during its flowering season 
in June and July. 50 cts. each. 
VALERIANA OFFICINALIS 
WERONICA (Speedwell). 
Amethystina. Amethyst-blue flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 
Incana. Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue flowers; 
July and August; 1 foot. 
Longifolia Subsessilis. Mrs. Ely says of this fine variety: ‘Should 
be set out in the spring, so that it may become well established before 
winter. This plant grows about three feet high, and three-year-old 
plants produce eight or ten stalks, bearing a long spike of deep blue 
flowers. Begins to bloom in mid-July and continues flowering for a month, 
It requires only good garden soil and watering in dry weather; but if a 
little bonemeal is dug about the plants earlyin May, the spikes of bloom 
will be much finer, and if covered in late autumn with stable litter is 
quite hardy.” Illustrated on the plate facing page 201 and included in 
our Quartette of Extra Choice Hardy Perennials. 
Maritima. Long spikes of blue flowers from July to September; 2 feet. 
Repens. A useful rock or carpeting plant, with light-blue flowers. 
Rupestris. A fine rock plant, growing three or four inches high, 
thickly matted deep green foliage, hidden in spring under a cloud of 
bright blue flowers. 
— Alba. A white-flowered variety of the above. 
Spicata. An elegant border plant, growing about 14 feet high, produc- 
ing long spikes of bright blue flowers in June and July. 
— Alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 
— Rosea, A pretty pink-flowered form. 
Virginica. Long spikes of white flowers in July and August; 3 to 4 feet. 
Vinca Minor AurEA Price, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
Dreer’s Quartette of Extra Choice Hardy Perennials illustrated on plate facing page 201 are high-grade 
