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DREER'S 

 Superb Hardy Phlox. 



Among hardy perennial plants no class is of more im- 

 portance than the Phloxes, succeeding in almost any soil 

 and position, and flowering through a long season; and 

 wnile they will continue in good condition and flower 

 freely for many years without attention, yet they respond 

 quickly to and are improved by liberal cultivation. 



New and Rare Hardy Phlox. 



The ten varieties described below, recent introductions 



of noted Europea i specialists, show great advances in color 



and color combinations, many of the shades being entirely 



new in Phloxes. 



Asia. One of the prettiest in the collection, a delicate 

 shade of mauve, with a crimson-carmine eye. 



Braga, Mauve-rose more or less suffused with salmon; 

 large white eye. 



Europa. A white variety with very decided crimson- 

 carmine eye, the individual flowers as well as the trusses 

 are very large. 



Elizabeth Campbell. Very bright salmon-pink, with 

 lighter shadings and dark crimson eye, an entirely new 

 and much wanted shade in Phlox. 



Frau Anton Buchner. The finest white variety yet in- 

 troduced, having the largest truss and individual flower, 

 of dwarf habit. 



Qoliath. A giant in growth, in rich soil over 5 feet high, 

 the flowers of good size in bold massive panicles of a 

 rich crimson-carmine, with deeper eye. 



Hervor. The first of its color, a bright but soft |)ink with 

 large white eye. 



Rynstrom. An improved form of the popular variety Pan- 

 theon, fine for massing, of a Paul Neyron rose-color. 



Price. — Any of tlie above new sorts, 30 cts. each; 



Hardy Phlox. 



Rosenberg. Bright reddish-violet, with blood-red eye, large 

 truss and individual flowers as large as a silver dollar. 



Widar. Light reddish-violet, with very laige white centre 

 which intensifies and illuminates the color. 



100 per doz.; fJlS.OO per 100; set of 10 sorts, $2.50. 



GKNBRAI. COI.I.ECTION OF HARDY PHI.OX. 



Albion. A strong, vigorous grower, producing very large 

 panicles of pure white flowers, with a faint red eye. 



Aglae Adanson. Immense flowers, .snow u hite with red eye. 



Antonin Mercie. Light ground color, one-half of each petal 

 suffused bluish-lilac. 



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



B. Comte. Deep French-purple. 



Beranger. Ground color white, delicately suffused with rosy- 

 pink and distinct amaranth-red eye. 



Bridesmaid. Pure white, with large crimson-carmine eye. 



Clara Benz. Lovely carmine-rose, with deeper eye. 



Colibri. White, with crimson-carmine centre; very late. 



Consul H. Trost. Pure red, with bright French purple eye. 



Champs Elysee. A bright rosy-magenta; very effective. 



Coquelicot. A fine pure scarlet, with crimson eye. 



Caran d'Ache. Geranium-red, with old rose shadings and 

 white eye. 



Danton. Scarlet, pure red eye. 



Diadem. A fine dwarf, pure white. 



Edmond Rostand. Reddish-violet, .shading brighter towards 

 the centre of petals; large white star-shaped centre. 



Eugene Danzenvillier. Lilac, shading white at the edges. 



Eclaireur. Brilliant rosy-magenta, with large, lighter halo. 



Fruhlicht. Bright salmon-pink with white shadings. 



Geo. A. Strohlein. Bright scarlet, crimson-red eye. 



General Giovaninelli. Bright tyrian-rose; red eye. 



Price.— 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100; coll 



General Von HeutSZ. Brilliant salmon-red, white centre. 



Hermine. The dwarfest variety, 10 inches in height; pure 

 white flowers of good size; early; unequalled for bordering. 



Helena Vacaresco. A free large-flowering dwarf white. 



H. O. Wijers. Pure white with crimson-carmine eye. 



Henry Murger. Wliite with crimson-carmine centre. 



Jeanne d'Arc. A good late-flowering pure white. 



La Vague. Pure mauve, with analine-red eye. 



Le Prophete. Bright violet ro.se, bright rose eye. 



Mme. Paul Dutrie. Delicate lilac rose in shade like a soft 

 pink orchid; flowers very large, borne in immense panicles. 



Mozart. Ground color white, suftused with salmon, red eye. 



Mrs. Jenkins. The best white for massing; immense pani- 

 cles, early and free bloomer. 



Obergartner Wittig. Bright magenta, with crimson-carmine 

 eye; large flowers and truss; the best of its type. 



Prof. Virchow. Bright carmine, overlaid with orange-scarlet. 



Pantheon. Bright carmine-rose; very effective. 



Pacha. Deep pink, suffused with red; carmine eye. 



R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy-carmine, with claret-red eye. 



Sunshine. Analine-red, with crimson eye and light halo. 



Selma. Delicate pale rose, with distinct red eye. 



Siebold. An improvement on the popular scarlet Coquelicot; 

 lirighter in color and stronger grower. 



Von Lassburg. Purest white, individual flowers very large. 



Vesuvius. Pure red; with bright purple eye; a dazzling 

 color. 



ection of 52 varieties (including the 10 new sorts), $7.50. 



Miscellaneous varieties of Hardy Phloxes are offered on page 52« 



