DREER'S SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



THIS class of plants, familiarly known as Old-fashioned Hardy 

 Garden Flowers, has come into jjublic favor so rapidly as to 

 asLonis',1 even the mo^t sanguine enthusiast of these gems of the garden 

 Their popularity is not at all surprising wlien we consider the many varied 

 and pleasant changes which take place throughout the entire growm'T 

 season in a well-arranged hardy border, in which every week, yes, 

 almost every day, brings forth something fresh and new. Begin- 

 ning in April, early-flowering varieties open their flowers often [ 

 before snow has eniirely disappeared, continuing with constantly 

 changing variety through the summer until late in the fall. 

 For customers who are not acquainted with the different 

 I varieties we offer the following " Introduction " coUec- ' ' J,'- 

 tions, all good strong roots, that, when once planted, will, 

 with very li;tle care, keep the garden gay with flowers 

 from the time frost leaves the ground until late in ' . 

 autumn. 



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All Hardy Perennial Plants, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



ACHIL.I4HA (Milfoil, or Yarrow), 

 Ptarmlca Fl PI. "The Pearl." Flowers all summer of 



the purest white. 

 Filipendula (^Noble Yarrow). A showy species, with golden- 

 yellow flowers in dense flat corymbs ; in July ; 2 feet. 

 Millefolium Roseum [Rosy MilfoW). Finely-cut, deep- 

 green foliage; flowers pink, in dense heads; all summer; 

 18 inches. 



— Cerise Queen. A new, bright amaranth-red variety. 

 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 



Tomentosa ( IVoolly Yarrow). Handsome cut foliage and 



bright yellow flowers in a multiiude of flat heads during 



June ; 12 inches. 

 Eupatorlum [Fern leaved Yarrow), Finely-cut foliage and 



brilliant-yellow flowers all summer; 4 feet. 

 ACT^.% (Baneberry). 



Desirable native plants, with showy, dense spikes of white 

 flowers, about 2 feet high, produced in masses in June, followed 

 with handsome clusters of berries. 

 Spicata alba. Pure white berries on red stems. 



— Rubra. Bright scarlet berries in long, dense spikes. 



25 cts. each ; §2 50 per doz. 



ACOjMIXUM (Monkshood, or Helmet Flower). 



Forms bushy clumps, with spikes 3 feet long, of hood-shaped 





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Achillea "The Pearl." 



flowers, and are invaluable for planting in shady positions. 

 Autumnale. Deep purplish-blue ; Sept. 

 Napellus. Large, dark-blue ; Aug. and Sept. 



Bicolor. Blue-and-while flowers. 



Fischerl. Pale-blue flowers in Sept. and Oct. 

 Lycoctonura. Pale yellow ; June and July. 

 Stroekianum. Beautiful rich deep blue ; July and Aug. 

 Wilsoni. A new variety frcmi Northern China ; grows 5 to 6 



feet hi^h, with very large flowers of light violet-blue in Sep- 



tember° $1.00 each. 



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



ADONIS (Bird's Eye). 

 Beautiful early-spring flowering plants, about 12 inches high, 

 with finely-cut, ornamental foliage. 



Davurlca. A Japanese species, with large, yellow flowere ; 

 blooms fully two weeks earlier than any other hardy plant. 

 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 

 Pyrenalca. Large, orange-yellow. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per 

 doz. 

 Vernalis ( Ox eye). Bright yellow. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



^GOPODIUM (Bishop's Weed). 



Podagrarla Varlegata. Green and yellow variegated foliage, thriving in any 

 soil ; makes a fine border for a bed of shrubs or for covering waste ground; 1 

 foot. 



AGROSTEMMA (Rose Campion). 



Stout, erect-growing plants, with silvery foliage, which contrasts well with the 

 showy flowers which are produced during June and July. 



Coronarla [Mullein Pink). Bright crimson flowers on stems 2^ to 3 feet high. 

 Flos Jovis [Floiuer of Jove). Deep pink flowers on 12-inch high stems. 



ALYSSUM. 



Rostratum. Bright golden yellow flowers in June and July. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Saxatile Compactum [Bmket of Gold, Gold Tuft, Rock-ynadwort). An in- 

 dispensable plant for the rockery or border, growing 1 foot high and produc- 

 ing early in summer masses of broad, flat heads of bright yellow flowers. 



ANCHUSA. 



Barrelierl. Forget-me-not-like blue flowers with white tube and yellow 

 throat; May and June; 18 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Italica [Italian Alkanet). A strong-growing plant, 3 to 4 feet liigh, with 

 rough, broad foliage and large heads of deep blue flowers the entire season. 



— Dropmore Variety. A grand improvement on the preceding; flowers 

 deep blue; 1 to 1^ inches across; blooms all summer. $1.25 each. 



All Hardy Perennial Plants (except wht-re noted) at the uniform price of 15 cents each ; $1.50 per doz. 



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