30 HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA^HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



SCABIOSA CAUCASICA 



SCABIOSA 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil 

 if well drained and in a sunny location, and should be 

 grown in every garden where cut flowers are wanted ; they 

 last a long time when picked and placed in water. 

 Caucasica {Blue Bonnet). A soft and charmiug shade of 



lavender, and commences to bloom in June, throwing 



stems 15 to 18 inches high until September. 

 — Alba. A pure white variety. 

 Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, in bloom from July to 



September ; 2 feet. 



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



SEDUM SPKCTABILIS 



SPIE^A XJLMAEIA FL. PL. 



SEDUM (Stone-crop) 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their 

 interesting flowers during late summer and fall. 

 Spectabilis. One of the prettiest erect-growing sp)ecies, 

 attaining a height of 18 inches, with broad light green 

 foliage and immense heads of handsome showy rose- 

 colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall-blooming 

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

 — "Brilliant." A rich colored form of the preceding, 

 being a bright amaranth-red. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



SILENE (Catchfly) 



Schafta (Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock 

 plant, growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of 

 bright pink flowers from July to October. 15 cts. each; 

 $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



SPIRAEA (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet) 



Elegant border plant-s with feathery plumes of flowers and 

 neat, attractive foliage; succeed best in a half-shaded loca- 

 tion in a rich, moist soil. 

 Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in 



June and July long, feathery panicles of white floweis. 

 Chinensis. A handsome species with large heads of silvery- 

 pink floweis in June and July; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 

 Filipendula Fl. PI. {Douhle-flmoered Drop-wort). Numerous 

 corymbs of double white flowers, on stems 12 inches high, 

 (hiring June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 

 Palmata Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink. 

 Ulmaria Fl. PI. {'Memlow Sicccf). Grows about 3 feet high, 

 and prcxluces its large double-white flowers during June 

 and July. 

 Price. Except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



STATICE (Great Sea Lavender) 



Latifolia. A most valuable plant either for the border or 

 rockery, with tnfts of leathery leaves and immense can- 

 delabra-like heads, frequently 2 feet across, of purplish- 

 blue minute flowers from June to September; these, if cut 

 and dried, last in perfect condition for months. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz. 



