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DREER’S SUPERB HARDY PHLOXES 
Hardy Phloxes have long been one of our leading specialties, and we are now the largest growers in the world of this im- 
portant hardy plant. 
list of the miscellaneous species and varieties. 
We offer below a collection of the finest sorts, while on the following pages will be found a very complete 
The following cultural notes were written especially for this book by Mrs. Ely, the author of ‘‘A Woman’s Hardy Garden.’’ 
«Probably the most satisfactory of all perennials is the Phlox, and a good space in proportion to the size of the garden should 
‘always be given these plants. 
The ground where Phlox is to be planted should be trenched fully two feet in depth, and may be planted in the autumn 
from the Ist to th: 15th of October, so that they may become well rooted before winter; otherwise it should be set out as soon as 
the frost leaves the ground in the spring, as growth begins very early. 
Whether planted in spring or fall, a mulch of old manure thrown around the roots will be of benefit to the plants. ; 
Phlox should be set out eighteen inches apart, and if kept well watered will produce both individual blossoms and heads of 
bloom far larger than otherwise, and amply repay the extra trouble. 
In October, after three seasons of flowering, the Phlox should be lifted, the ground again trenched and enriched, the plants 
‘separated into bunches of three or four stalks each, and then reset. 
Occasionally, in warm moist summers, the Phlox is attacked by mildew. 
But if, upon the first sign of its appearance, the 
lleaves of the plants are well sprinkled and afterwards plentifully dusted with powdered sulphur the disease will be arrested. 
DREER’S **MATCHLESS DOZEN’? HARDY PHLOX 
While we aim to grow only really worth while varieties of Hardy Phlox, quickly discarding those which fail to measure up to 
-our ideals it is true that some varieties are so conspicuously superior that they belong in a preferred class. 
The dozen sorts offered below are all eligible to this exclusive set, they are mostly recent introductions from noted European 
specialists, and show great advances in color, some of the tones being quite new in Phloxes. 
the plate opposite. 
Elizabeth Campbell. Very bright salmon-pink, with lighter 
shadings and dark red eye; attracts more attention in our 
fields than any other variety; one of the handsomest. 
‘Europa. A white variety, with a decided crimson-carmine 
eye. The individual flowers and trusses are very large; en- 
tirely distinct; of remarkable sturdy, erect habit. 
‘Glow. A rich, bright carmine, illuminated by a suffusion of 
salmon, blood-red eye, dwarf; very early. 
Mauve Queen. Deep mauve, with prominent crimson eye; 
a most effective tall late-flowering variety. 
Minerva. A beautiful luminous violet rose, with white suffu- 
sion and a bright carmine eye, flowers and trusses of largest 
size. 
Tirs. Jenkins. The best all round pure white. 
Riverton Jewel. One of our own introductions, which it 
gives us great pleasure to recommend. It is a lovely shade 
of mauve rose, iliuminated by a brilliant carmine-red eye. 
Rynstrom. A great improvement on the popular variety 
Pantheon; of the same carmine rose color as the Paul Neyron 
Rose. 
Price. 
Any of the above sorts, 25 cts. 
We illustrate three of the sorts on 
_Thor. A most beautiful and lively shade of deep salmon-pink, 
suffused and overlaid with a scarlet glow A light, almost 
white halo surrounds the aniline red eye. This lovely variety 
holds the same place among the deep salmon pinks that the 
popular Elizabeth Campbell holds among the light salmon- 
pink sorts. 
Viking. A splendid new variety and one of the latest to 
flower, producing much branched pyramidal heads of bloom 
of a pleasing soft salmon-rose. 
Wala. This new white variety, which is of dwarf, compact 
habit and very pure in color, has the largest individual flowers 
of all the whites. 
W.C. Egan. One of the finest Phloxes yet introduced. and 
while the individual flowers, according to color chart, are of a 
delicate lilac, illuminated by a large bright solferino eye, the 
color effect as a whole isapleasing shade of soft pink. In 
habit of growth it is strong and vigorous, producing immense 
panicles of flowers nine inches high by seven across, and the 
individual flowers frequently measure 13 inches in diameter. 
each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
One each of the ‘*‘ Matchless Dozen,’’ $2.50. 
GENERAL COLLECTION OF HARDY PHLOX 
Albion. Pure white, with a faint red eye. 
Australia. Bright claret-red, large flower. 
Bacchante. Tyrian-rose, with crfmson-carmine eye. 
Baron van Dedem. Brilliant cochineal-red, with salmon 
shadings. 
Bridesmaid. Pure white, with large crimson-carmine eye. 
Champs Elysee. A bright rosy-magenta; very effective. 
Crepuscule. White with delicate mauve suffusion and rosy- 
purple eye. 
Eclaireur. Brilliant rosy-magenta, with large, lighter halo. 
Frau Anton Buchner. Large pure white. ; 
Gartendirector Brodersen. Light carmine with deeper 
eye. F : 
Gefion. Tender peach-blossom pink with bright rose eye. 
Grideur. Soft mauve-rose suffused and overlaid with a lively 
shade of cerise. 
General Van Heutsz. 
centre. 
Brilliant salmon-red with light 
White, with crimson-carmine centre. 
A good late-flowering pure white. 
L’Evenement. Orange-scarlet overlaid with salmon-pink. 
La Vague. Pure mavve, with aniline red eye. 
Louise Abbema. Very large dwarf, pure white. 
Mme. Paul Dutrie. Delicate lilac-rose in shade like a soft 
pink orchid; flowers very large, borne in immense panicles. 
Obergartner Wittig. Bright magenta, with crimson-carmine 
eye; large flowers and truss; the best of its type. 
Pantheon. Bright carmine rose; very effective. 
Rosenberg. Bright reddish-violet; blood-red eye. 
R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy-carmine, with claret-red eye. 
Von Hochberg. Brilliant French-purple, with crimson shad- 
ings. 
Von Lassberg. 
Henry Murger. 
Jeanne d’Arc. 
Purest white, individual flowers; very large. 
Price. Any of the General Collection, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100; collection of 25 varieties, $3.50. 
