HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 23 



PhySOStegia i,False Dragon-HeadK 



One of the most beautiful of our mid-summer flowering peren- 

 nials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of 

 delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. 

 Virginlca Alba. Pure white, very fine. 

 — Speciosa. Very delicate pink. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; JlO.OO per 100. 



Hardy Garden Pinks. 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet clove-scented flowers in the 

 greatest profusion during May and June. They are indispensable 

 for the edge of the hardy border and for cutting ; 1 foot. We offer 

 a collection of 12 distinct varieties. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Rudbeckia tCone-flower) . 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border; grow and thrive any- 

 where, giving a wealth of bloom, which are well suited for cutting. 

 Maxima. A rare and attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with 



large glaucous green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 



inches across, with a cone 2 inches high ; flowers continuously 



from June to September. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 Purpurea iGreat Purple Cone-flower). Very large, purplish-red 



flowers : in bloom from July to October. 3 feet. 

 "Rays of Gold." A refined form of the popular "Golden Glow." 



the flowers having narrower petals, which are so arranged as to 



form a perfect globe. 

 Sub=Toinentosa. Produces masses of lemon-yellow flowers, with 



dark-purple centre, all summer. 2'/2 feet. 

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



Salvia (Meadow Sage) . 



Azurea. A Rocky Mountain species, grows 2 to 3 feet high, pro- 

 ducing during August and September pretty sky blue flowers in 

 the greatest profusion. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Pltcherl. Similar to above, but of more branching habit, with 

 larger flowers of a deeper blue color. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Saxifraga (Megasea.) 



These will thrive in any kind of soil, and in any position : grow 

 about one foot high, and are admirable for the front of the border 

 or shrubbery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep green 

 foliage, which alone renders them useful, while the pretty flowers, 

 which appear very early in the spring, some almost as soon as the 

 frost is out of the ground, make them doubly effective. 

 Brilliant. Bright crimson-purple. Purpurea. Deep purple. 

 Cordifolia. Light-pink. Speciosa. Deep rosy-crimson. 



Obiculare. Deep rose. Splendens. Rosy crimson. 



25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. Set of 6 sorts, $1.25. 



Sedum. 



Spectabills. {Brilliant Stone-crop). One of the prettiest erect- 

 growing species, attaining a height of 18 inches, with broad light 

 green foliage and immense heads of handsome showy rose- 

 flowers ; indispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. 15 cts. each; 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Spectabills "Brilliant." Originated with us as a sport from the 

 above, and by far the richest-colored yet introduced, being a 

 bright shade of amaranth-red or dark crimson. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Statice iSea Lavender) . 



Most valuable plants either for the border or rockery, with tufts 

 of leathery foliage and immense candelabra-like panicles of minute 

 flowers, producing a remarkable effect; grows from 15 to 18 inches 

 high, and blooms from June until September. 

 Eximla. Bears immense heads of lovely lilac flowers. 

 Gmellni. Large panicles of violet-blue flowers. 

 Latlfolla iGreat Sea Lavender). Immense heads, 2 to 3 feet 



across, of deep blue flowers, which last for months if cut and 



dried. 

 Tartarica. Bright purplish-red flowers in graceful panicles. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 4 varieties for 50 cts. 



Stokesia i Cornflower, or Stokes' Asten . 



Cyanea. A most charming and beautiful native plant. Grows from 

 18 to 24 inches high, bearing freely from early in June until 

 October its handsome lavender-blue Cornflower-like blossoms, 

 which measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It is of the easiest 

 culture, succeeding in any open, sunny position, and is desirable 

 as a single plant in the border, or in masses or beds of any size. 



Cyanea alba. Identical to the blue variety above in every way 

 except color, which is pure white. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Thalictrum (Meadow Rue) . 



Very graceful, pretty-flowered plants, with finely-cut foliage; 

 great favorites for planting in the hardy border, the dwarfer vari- 

 eties also being effective and useful in the rockery. 

 Adlantifollum. A beautiful variety; with foliage like the Maiden- 

 hair Fern and miniature white flowers in June and July. 

 Aqulleglfollum atropurpureum. Elegant graceful foliage; and 



masses of rosy-purple flowers; 3 feet. 

 — Album. Pure white flowers. 

 Flavum. Large, pale-yellow flowers in July and August; 3 to 4 



feet. 

 Qlaucum. Fine-cut foliage; bronzy-yellow flowers in June; 2 feet. 

 Minus. Fine foliage and pale yellow flowers. 

 Paniculatum. A dwarf variety, 1 foot high; light yellow. 

 15 cU. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Set of 7 varieties, $1.00. 



RUDBECKIA PURPUREA (Giant Purple Cone-flower) 



Trollius (Globe Flower). 



Desirable free-flowering plants, producing their giant Butter- 

 cup-like blossoms on stems 2 to 2'/2 feet high from May until Au- 

 gust; succeed admirably in the border in a half-shady position in 

 well-drained, preferably light soil. 



Asiatlcus Flore Croceo. Dark orange, of beautiful form. 

 Caucasicus "Orange Globe." A rare variety, with large, deep 



orange-colored flowers. 

 EuropjEus. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers. 

 Qotterfunke. A new variety, with very large orange-yellow 



flowers. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz, 

 Japonlcus "Excelsior." Very deep orange flowers. 

 Price, except where noted. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Tunica. 



Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant with light pink flowers, produced 

 all summer; useful either for the rockery or the border. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



Valeriana. 



Officinalis. (Hai-dy Garden Heliotrope). Produces showy rose-pink 

 heads of flowers during June and July, with strong heliotrope 

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



Veronica (Speedwell). 



Longifolia Subsessilis. This fine variety grows about 3 feet high, 

 and produces stalks bearing a long spike of deep blue flowers. 

 Begins to bloom in mid-July and continues flowering for a 

 month. It requires only good garden soil and watering in dry 

 weather; but if a little bone meal is dug about the plants early in 

 May. the spikes of bloom will be much finer, perfectly healthy, 

 and quite hardy. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



DREER'S COLLECTIONS OF 



Hardy Perennial Plants 



We offer customers who are not acquainted with the different 

 kinds collections as under made up of the very best and hardiest 

 sorts: 



12 Varieties, our selection $1 50 



25 2 75 



50 5 00 



100 " " " 9 00 



