3 6 [j 1 ^HEtiRT A DREER PHILADELPHIA PA>^g/ HARDY PERENfllAL PLANTS- 



AQI II L'.IA 



Skinneri. 

 Truncata. 

 Vulgaris. 



AQl.TIL.EGI A Columbine i. 



Old favorite spring and early summer blooming plants, grow- 

 ing about 2 feet high, that succeed in any ordinary garden soil. 

 Californica Hybrida. One of the finest mixtures. 

 Canadensis. Our native Columbine, bright red and yellow. 

 Chrysantha. The golden-spurred "Columbine." 

 Ccerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine). Blue and white. 

 Flabellata nana aba. A dwarf, pure white. 

 Helena;. Blue, with white corolla. 



Yellow, with long red spurs. 

 Scarlet, with yellow tips. 

 The European violet-blue Columbine. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $10.C0 per 100. 

 Set of 9 varieties, $1.00. 



ARM I RI A CThrift). 

 Attractive evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, from which 

 innumerable flowers appear in dense heads on Stiff, wiry steins about 

 9 inches high. They flower continuously the entire season. 

 Maritima Splendens. Bright rosy pink. 

 — Alba. A pretty white. 



1") cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



ARTEMISIA. 



A most useful class of plants for the border. 

 Abrotanum (Old Man, or 8outhernwood). Dark green, finely 



cut foliage, with pleasant, aromatic odor; 2 feet. 

 Purshiana. A white-foiiaged sort, for edging; 18 inches. 

 Stellariana. (Old Woman). Deeply-cut silvery foliage; much 



used in carpet bedding; IS inches. 



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



ASCEEPIAS (Butterfly Weed 1. 

 Tuberosa. One of the showiest of our native perennials 

 high, and producing from Ju 

 colored flowers. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz 



HARDY ASTERS. 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) 

 These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants, 

 giving a wealth of bloom when most other flowers are past. Unless 

 specified, they bloom in September and October. 

 Formosissima. Blight violet; 3 feet. 

 Laevis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 



— Baldur. Light parma violet; 2i-feet. 

 Nova^-Angliae. Bright violet -purple; 4 feet. 



Mrs. F. W. Raynor. Large rich crimson purple; 4 ft. 



— — Rosea. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 

 Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct; pure white; useful for cutting; 



August and September; 18 inches. 

 Puniceus Pulcherrimus. Bluish white with yellow centre; 



incurved petals; 5 feet. 

 Snowflake. Pure white, very free; 2 feet. 

 Tartaricus. Large bluish-violet; 4 feet. 

 Top Sawyer. Clear parma violet color; 4 feet. 

 White Queen. Very tine pure white; 4 feet. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10 00 per 100. 

 Set of 12 varieties, $1.50. 



DWARF HARDV ASTERS. 



Alpinus. Grows 6 to 10 inches high, and bears large, showy 

 bluish-purple flowers in May and June. 



— albllS. Identical to the above, but with pure white flowers. 

 Acris. Violet-blue flowers in September. 



Sub-cceruleus. Pleasing shade of bluish-violet with golden centre; 

 12 inches; June and July. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



BAPTISIA (False Indigo). 



AuStralis. A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high, with dark 

 green, deeply cut foliage, and spikes of dark blue flowers in June 

 and July. 



TinctOria. Spikes of bright yellow flowers during June and 

 July; 2 to 3 feet. 



15 cts. each: $1.50 oer doz. 



BOCCON I A (Plume Poppy, or Tree Celandine). 



Cordata. A noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and 

 flower, and admirably adapttd for planting in the shrubbery 

 borders, centre of beds, and in bold groups in any position. 

 It will grow in any soil or situation, attaining 6 to 8 feet in 

 height; flowers creamy-white in terminal panicles during July 

 and August. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per do/..; $10 00 per 100. 



2 feet 

 to September, heads of orange- 



$10.00 per 1 1 in. 



Hardy Aster. 



We offer seeds of the leading Hardy Perennials. See pages 64 to 70. 



