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,DREER -PHIIADELPHIAPA- ^ HARDY PERENhlAL PbANTi 



Heliopsis Scaber Major. 



HEPATICA (UTer-leaf). 



Angulosa. One of the prettiest very 

 early spring-flowering plants, with 

 ■white, red or purple flowers and 

 handsome foliage ; well suited for 

 shady nooks in the rockery. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz. 



HBRNIARIA. 



Glabra. A closely tufted moss-like 

 plant, well adapted for the rockery 

 or for carpet bedding; succeeds on 

 the poorest soil ; small greenish flow- 

 ers ; foliage turns to deep red in win- 

 ter. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



HESPERIS (Rocket). 



AatronaliS. A strong-growing per- 

 ennial, forming stout, bushy plants 

 3 to 4 feet high, with showy termi- 

 nal spikes of pink flowers during 

 June and July. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per 



HELrlOPSIS (Orange .Sunflower). 



Similar in general habit to Helianlhus, but commencing to flower 

 earlier in the season; of dwarfer habit, rarely exceeding 3 feet in 

 height; very valuable for cutting. 



Pitcherianus. A desirable, hardy herbaceous plant, growing from 

 2 to 3 feet high, and a perpetual bloomer, beginning to flower early 

 in the season and continuing in bloom the entire summer. The 

 flowers are of a beautiful deep golden-yellow color, about 2 

 inches in diameter, of very thick texture, and are very graceful for 

 cutting. 

 Scaber Major, A grand improvement upon Heliopsis scaber, with 

 v^ large deep orange-yellow flowers, which are produced during the 

 ^^ entire summer; the plant grows about 3 feet high. (See cut.) 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



HBMEROCAELIS (TcUow Day Uly), 

 Aurantiaca riajor. A new Japanese variety of vigorous habit 

 and very free-flowering, with large sweet-scented, trumpet-shaped 

 flowers, which on well-established plants measure 5 inches across, 

 on stems 2 to 3 feet high ; the color is a deep orange ; requires a lit- 

 tle protection ; blooms in June and July. 50 cts. ,each. 

 Dumortieri. A most useful variety, growing about 2 feet high, 

 with clusters of Lily-like flowers of a soft rich yellow, exterior 

 bronzy-orange; in June and July. 



Fulva ( Ta-cuny Day Lily). Tawny orange-colored flowers, excel- 

 lent for planting among shrubbery; blooms in July and August. 



Flava ( Yello-dj Day Lily'). A most 

 useful and desirable herbaceous plant, 

 producing its large fragrant yellow- 

 flowers during July and August in the 

 greatest profusion ; the plants grow 

 about 3 feet high. 



KwansO {Double Orange Lily). A 

 double-flowering form of the Orange 

 Lily, and a most desirable herbaceous 

 plant, that deserves being planted 

 very largely ; large orange-colored 

 flowers shaded copper ; blooms dur- 

 ing July and August. 



Middendorfii. A handsome, deep, 

 golden-yellow variety, growing Ij to 

 2 feet high ; June and July. 



ThunbergJI. One of the latest-flow- 

 ering varieties, producing its sweet- 

 scented lemon-yellow flowers on 2J 

 feet high stems in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz., except 

 Kemerocallis. where noted ; set of 7 varieties, $1.00. 



doz. 



Dreer's " Gold Medal " Collec- 

 tion OF Old-fashioned H.ardy Flow- 

 ers is described on page i6o and shown 

 in colors on plate. It should interest 

 all who are growing hardy plants. 



HEUCHBRA .Alum Kootl. 

 Sanguinea. A most desirable perennial, of dwarf, compact branching growth and 

 robust constitution, growing about 2 feet high. The flowers are produced from 

 June to August in loose, graceful spikes and come in the greatest profusion. In 

 color it varies from light coral-red to crimson, and when seen in full perfection 

 dazzles the eye with its brilliancy. (See cut.) 

 Alba. A white-flowered form of the above, possessing all the desirable good points 

 of the type. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



HOUSTONIA (Bluets). 



Coemlea. Low creepers, best adapted to grow on a rockery in moist situation, 

 where they form broad carpets of foliage, which in very early spring are hidden 

 beneath a cloud of small but showy light-blue flowers ; in April and May. One of 

 the earliest spring flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Heixhera S.\NGU1NEA. 



