HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



For 

 Summer Planting 



Have yon a corner or 

 spot in ymir garden 

 where you have had a 

 failureofwhere possibly 

 yon have planted some- 

 thing that does not 

 please yon? If so, look 

 over the list of pot= 

 grown Hardy Peren- 

 nial Plants lure offered 

 and you will likely find 

 the subject that you 

 need for just such fill- 

 np work and adjust- 

 ment, or, an equally 

 satisfactory selection 

 can be made for the 

 planting of entire new 

 beds or borders. 



The varieties listed 

 are the most desirable 

 sorts for late planting; 

 many of them such that 

 will give a good account 

 of themselves this 

 season, and all of them 

 varieties which by 

 having the balance of 

 this season to become 

 established in will make 

 all the better display 

 next summer. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA, DKOPMOKE VARIETY 



.JAPANESE ANEMONE 



ACHILLEA (Milfoil, or Yarrow) 

 Ptarmica Fl. PI. "The Pearl." Pure white flowers 

 borne in the greatest profusion the entire summer on 

 strong, erect stems, 2 feet high; as a summer cut flower 

 it is of great value. 

 — Boule de Neige {Ball of Snou). An improvement on 

 "The Pearl;'' the flowers are of more perfect form with 

 fuller centres, which makes it appear purer in color. 

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



ACONITUM (Monkshood, or Helmet Flower) 

 All the varieties offered form bushy clumps and grow 



about 4 feet high; invaluabl&for planting under trees or in 



shady or semi-shady positions. 



Napellus. Large, dark blue flowers; August to September. 



— Bicolor. Large blue-and-white flowers: one of the pret- 

 tiest. 



Pischeri. A dwarf variety, growing 18 inches high, with 

 very large, pale blue flowers in September and October. 



Lycoctonum. A free-flowering pale yellow sort, blooming 

 in June and July. 



Spark's Variety. A tall sort, growing 5 to 6 feet high; 

 the darkest blue of all; flowers in June. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz ; $15.00 per 100. Set of 

 5 varieties, $1.00. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA ( Italian Alkanet or Bugloss) 

 These beautiful and wonderfully improved Anchusas 

 have proved to be most valuable additions to the list of 

 l)lue-flowering hardy perennials. The habit of the plants, 

 while strong and vigorous, is not at all coarse. They form 

 much-branched specimens from 3 to 5 feet high, each branch 

 terminated by a large, graceful, pyramidal spike of blue 

 flowers. 



Dropmore Variety. Rich gentian-blue. 

 Opal. A splendid lustrous light blue. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz ; $18.00 per 100. 



DREER'S JAPANESE ANEMONES 



(Anemone Japonica) 



These beautiful Wind flowers are one of the most im- 

 portant hardy plants. While they begin blooming in 

 August, they are more especially valuable on account of 

 their continuing in full beauty until cut down by hard 

 frost. All are excellent for cutting, lasting in good condi- 

 tion for many days. The plants grow from 2 to 3 feet high 

 are perfectly hardy if given the protection of 2 or 3 inches of 

 leaves or litter during the winter. They can be used in 

 solid beds or borders or clumps planted through the hardy 

 border, which they brighten during the late fall months. 

 Japonica Alba. Large, snowy-white. 

 Japonica Rubra. Beautiful rosy-red; stamens bright- 

 yellow. 

 Rosea Superba. Flowers of medium size, of a delicate 



silvery-rose. 

 Whirlwind. Large semi-double pure white flowers. 



Price. Any of the above 15 cts. each; $l.,'i0 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. Set of four sorts, 50 cts. 



FALL-FLOWERING HARDY ASTERS 



(Michaelmas Daisies or Starworts) 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy 

 plants, giving a wealth of bloom during September and 

 October, a season when most other hardy flowers are i>ast, 

 and for the best effect should be planted in masses of one 

 color. They grow freely in any soil. We offer a collection 

 of twelve varieties made up of the choicest varieties only. 

 15 ote. each; $1.50 per doz. ; set of 12 kinds, $1.50. 



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