HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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PHYSOSTEGIA (FaUe Dragon-Head) 



One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering perennials, forming 

 dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike 

 a gigantic heather. 

 Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 



— alba. Pure white; very fine. 



— Speciosa. Very delicate pink. 



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



Ne^v Perpetual-flow^ering Hardy Pinks 



(Dianthus Allwoodi) 



This is the most important novelty in perennial plants this season. They are 

 perfectly hardy and flower continuously from early Spring until late in the Autumn; 

 the flowers are much more substantial and larger than the old type of Hardy 

 Pinks, and are borne on long stems suitable for cutting; deliciously clove-scented. 

 Dorothy. Deep rose-pink with a rich dark centre, slightly fringed. 

 Harold. A large double white of symmetrical form. 

 Jean. Pure white with deep purple centre. 

 Mary. Pale rose-miJtTOth light maroon centre. 



Phyllis. Delicate fj^pink with light maroon centre; very strongly scented. 

 Robert. A delicate shade of old-rose with light maroon centre; very free. 



We offer strong plants of any of the above 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. ; $40.00 

 per 100. One each of the six sorts for $2.50. 



HARDY GARDEN PINKS 



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

 sion during May and June. They are indispensable for the edge of the hardy 

 border and for cutting; 1 foot. 

 Delicata. Soft delicate rose. 

 Diamond. A smooth edged pure white. 

 Elsie. Bright rose with maroon centre. 

 Excelsior. Light rose pink with deeper shadings. 

 Her Majesty. Large flowers of purest white. 

 Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. 

 Juliette. White, laced crimson. 

 Snow. Fine pure white. 

 Souv. de Salle. Soft rosy red. 

 White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 

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



Set of 10 sorts, $1.75. 



Pekpetual-floweking Hakdy Pinks 



PI^UMBAGO (Lead-wort) 

 Larpentse. One of the most desirable border and rock plants; 

 it is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high; 

 covered with deep blue flowers during the summer and fall 

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



PYRETHRUM 



Uliginosum ( Qiant Daisy). Grows 3 to 4 feet high and is 

 covered with large white Daisy-like flowers, 3 inches in diame- 

 ter, from July to September. 20 cts, each; $2.00 per doz.; 

 $12.00 per 100. 



RHEXIA (Meadow Beauty) 



Virginica. A handsome dwarf plant, 9 inches, flowering the 

 greater part of the summer, with numerous bright rosy-purple 

 blossoms, and long, protruding golden anthers; grand for 

 massing in a moist, sunny spot. 20 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



RXJDBECKI A (Cone-flower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border; grow and thrive 



anywhere, 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 continu- 

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



Newmani. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep purple 

 cone, borne on stiff", wiry stems 3 feet high; flowers from July 

 to September. 



Nitida "Autumn Sun." An attractive single-flowering 

 variety, growing 5 to 6 feet high, with long, bfoad petals of 

 bright primrose-yellow. August to October. 



Purpurea ( Giant Purple Cone-flowev). Flowers about 4 

 inches across, of a peculiar reddish-purple with a remarkably 

 large cone-shaped centre of brown; forms bushy plants 8 feet 

 high, and blooms from July to October. 



Subtomentosa. A pyramidal densely-branched plant, 2J 

 feet high, which is completely enveloped in a mass of brilliant 

 lemon-yellow flowers with dark purple centres in summer. 



Price, except where noted, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. ; $12.00 

 per 100. 



ROSMARINUS (Rosemary) 



Officinalis. An old favorite aromatic herb of neat habit of 



growth; requires protection. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



SAL,YIA (Meadow Sage) 

 Azurea. A Rocky Mountain species; grows 8 to 4 feet high, 

 producing during August and September pretty sky-blue 

 flowers in the greatest profusion. 



Pitcheri. Similar to the above, but of more branching habit 

 and larger flowers of a rich gentian-blue color and one of the 

 most admired plants by the many visitors to our nurseries 

 during the early autumn; 3 to 4 feet. 



Qreggi. A native of the mountains of Southwestern Texas, 

 makes a shapely, bushy plant about two feet high, and from 

 July to late October bears masses of brilliant carmine flowers 

 which appear particularly rich and luminous during the fall 

 months; requires protection in winter. 



Qregg^i Alba. A new, pretty white flowered form which we 

 offered for the first time last year and which makes a good 

 companion to the red flowered type. 



Uliginosa. In general habit similar to Azurea but of stronger 

 growth, forming a bushy specimen from 5 to 6 feet high, 

 and wonderfully free flowering, blooming continuously from 

 June until stopped by severe frost in October. The flowers 

 are a pretty Cornflower-blue with a white throat, and are 

 produced in branched spikes, frequently 6 inches long. 



Virgata Nemorosa. An interesting plant for the hardy bor- 

 der, forming a rosette of large foliage, from which the flower 

 spikes arise, bearing many-flowered whorls of dark blue blos- 

 soms; the unexpanded buds are light violet-blue, forming a 

 harmonious and pleasing color combination. It continues in 

 flower for about six weeks during the early summer months; 

 18 inches. 



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

 per 100. One each of the six sorts, $1.25. 



