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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Hardy Phlox 



MYOSOTIS (For«et.Me-Nol) 

 Palustris Semperflorens. A variety that is hardly ever 

 out of flower; useful in a shady spot in the border. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz.; |10.00 per 100. 



CENOXHERA (Evening Primrose) 



Elegant subjects ior growing in an exposed, sunny position, 

 either in the border or on the rockery, blooming the greater part 

 of the summer. 



Missouriensis. Large golden yellow; 1 foot. 

 Pilgrlmi. Large clusters of bright yellow flowers. 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 



Most useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. 



With the exception of Sensation, which requires protection, they 



are perfectly hardy. 



Qloxinioides "Sensation." A beautiful strain, bearing 

 spikes of large Gloxinia-like flowers in a great variety of 

 bright colors, including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, 

 etc. The plants grow 2 feet high and bloom from early sum- 

 mer till frost. 



BarbatUS Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height, 

 3 to 4 feet; June to August. 



Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers with 

 purple throats, during June and July; 2 to 3 feet. 



Pubescens. Bright rosy purple; July and August; H feet. 



Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



PH YSAEIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) 



Francheti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, 

 forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely 

 its briglit orange scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly interesting. 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



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 ex- 

 clusive 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. 

 Champs Elysee. A bright rosy magenta; very efiective. 

 Europa. A white variety, with a decided crimson-car- 

 mine eye. The individual flowers and trusses are very 

 large; entirely distinct; of remarkable sturdy, erect habit. 

 La Vague. Pure mauve with aniline-red eye. 

 Mrs. Jenkins. The best all round pure white. 

 Obergartner Wittig. Bright magenta with crimson- 

 carmine eye; large flowers and truss, the best of this 

 color. 

 Riverton Jewel. One of our own introductions, which 

 it gives us great pleasure to recommend. It is a lovely 

 shade of mauve rose, illuminated by a brilliant carmine- 

 red eye. 



Rynstrom. A great improvement on the popular va- 

 riety Pantheon; of the same carmine rose color as the 

 Paul Neyron Rose. 

 R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy-carmine with claret 

 red-eye. 



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 premier place among the deep salmon 

 pinks. 



Von Lassburg. Purest white; individual flowers very large. 



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. 



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 is a pleasing shade of soft pink. An 

 enthusiastic writer in one of the horticultural journals says: 

 "There never was a sweeter color." In habit of growth it 

 is strong and vigorous, producing immense panicles of flowers 

 nine inches high by seven across, and the individual flowers 

 are the largest known to us, frequently measuring 1^ inches 

 in diameter. 



Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. One each of the " Matcliless Dozen," $2.50. 



VARIOUS PHI.OXES 



Divaricata Canadensis. One of our native species, which 

 is worthy of extensive planting, commencing to bloom early 

 in April, and continuing through May, with large, fragrant 

 lavender flowers on stems 10 inches high. 20 cts. each; $2.00 

 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Piiosa Splendens. A splendid companion to Phlox Divari- 

 cata Canadensis, growing from 12 to 15 inches high and 

 flowering at the same time but producing great masses of bril- 

 liant rosy-carmine flowers. An excellent border plant. 20 

 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



