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DREER'S 



COLLECTION OF "TWELVE BEST" 



HARDY PHLOXES. 



We grow each season more than lialf a million plants of Hardy 

 Phloxes in over one hundred varieties, and while all of the sorts 

 offered are well worth growing, we realize that the average 

 amateur only wishes a limited number of sorts, but wants these 

 to be the best. It is to meet this want that we offer below what 

 we consider to be the best dozen standard sorts, each one of 

 which is a strong grower, with immense panicles of large indi- 

 vidual blooms, pure in color and strictly first-class in every way. 



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



suffused bluish lilac. 

 B. Comte. Brilliant rich French purple. 

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

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



A large llower; color does not bleacli in the sun. 

 Henry Murger. AVliile, with crimson-carmine centre; a 



beautiful variety. 

 Le Alahdl. Dee)! reddish violet with deeper eye. 

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



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

 Mrs. Jenkins. The best white for massing; immense panicles; 



early and free bloomer. 

 Pantheon. Uniform bright carmine-rose throughout; very 



effective. 

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

 Selma. A pretty, delicate, soft pale rose, with distinct red eye. 

 Slebold. An improvement on the popular scarlet " Coqueli- 



col," brighter in color and a stronger grower. 



Price : Any of the above varieties, 20 cts. each; fl'i.OO per 

 doz.; |;i.'>.00 per 100. 



One each of the above "Twelve Best" Phloxes for $2.00. 



GENERAL COLLECTION OF HARDY PHLOX. 



Albion. A strong, vigorous grower, producing very large 

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



Bacchante. Tyrian-rose with crimson-carmine eye. 



Baron van Dedem. Brilliant cochineal-red with salmon 

 shadings. 



Beranger. Ground color white, delicately suffused with rosy- 

 pink and distinct amaranth red eye. 



Braga. Mauve-rose suffused with salmon, large white eye. 



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



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



Coquelicot. A fine pure scarlet, with crimson eye. 



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

 white eye. 



De iVlirlbel. White, suffused with rosy-scarlet; crimson eye. 



Diadem. A fine dwarf, pure white. 



Danton. Scarlet, with pure red eye. 



Dr. Kbnigshofer. Fiery orange-scarlet, with deep red eye. 



Eugene Danzenvillier. Lilac, shading white at the edges, 



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



Frau Dora Umgeller. Very rich, deep rosy-red. 



General Giovaninelll. Bright tyrian-rose; red eye. 



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

 crimson-carraiQe, with deeper eye. 



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

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



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



Henry Marcel. Pure red, with bright salmon shading. 



Henry Royer. Tyrian-rose, with lighter shadings; dwarf. 



Hervor. Bright but soft pink; large white eye. 



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



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



Louise Abbema. \'ery large dwarf, pure white. 



Le Prophete. Bright violet-rose, bright rose eye. 



Obergartner Wittig. Bright magenta, with crimson-car- 

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



Pierre Bayle. Crimson-carmine, overlaid with orange-.scarlet. 



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

 let. 



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



Rosenberg. I3right reddish-violet; blood-red eye. 



Sunshine. Aniline-red, with crimson eye and ligh' halo. 



Von QcEthe. Tyrian-rose suffused with carmine-lake, carmine 

 eye. 



Von Hochberg. Richest crimson-purple. 



Von Lassburg. Purest white, individual flowers very large. 



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



Price; .Any of the varieties in the General Collection, 1.5 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 110.00 per 100. 

 Complete Collection of 61 varieties, including all varieties offered on pages 205 and 206, for $9.00. 



The finest of the Newer Phloxes are offered on page 205. 



