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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Shdum Spectabile 



SAXIFRAGA (Megasea) 

 These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; 

 grow about 1 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. 



Magnet. Rose. 



SILENE CCatchfly) 



Schafta (Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock plant, 

 growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink flow- 

 ers from July to October. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



SPIR..i^A (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet) 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat, 



attractive foliage; succeed best in a half-shaded location in moist soil, 



Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in June 

 and July long, feathery panicles of white flowers. 



Palmata {Crimson Meadow Sweet). Crimson-purple flowers, 

 produced very freely during June and July; 3 feet. 



— Elegans. A free-flowering pure white with pink anthers. 



Ulmaria FI. PI. {Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, and 

 produces its double white flowers during June and July. 



Venusta. A showy, red-flowering species; 4 to 5 feet; June. 



Venusta Magnifica. A decided improvement on S. Venusta, 

 with richer and more intensely rosy-red, fragrant flowers, bloom- 

 ing during June and July; a splendid plant for low, wet ground; 

 4 to 5 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



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



$15.00 per 100. 



One each of the above 6 varieties, $1.25- 



Compacta. Bright rose. 

 Crassifolia. Light pink 

 Delia. Crimson purple. 

 Price. 30 cts. each; 



Orbicularis. Deep rose. 

 Splendens. Rosy-crimson. 

 3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



One each of the 6 sorts, $1.50. 



SCABIOSA 



Handsome border plants, succ<'eding in any ordinary soil if 

 well drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in 

 every garden where cut flowers are wanted; they las; a long 

 time when picked and placed in water. 

 Caucasica [Blue Bonnet). A soft and charming shade of 



lavender, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 



18 to 24 inches high until September. 



— Alba. A pure white variety. 



Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, in bloom from July to Sep- 

 tember; 2 feet. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



SEDUM (Stone-crop) 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, covering of graves, 



etc. 



Acre (Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves; foli- 

 age green; flowers bright yellow. 



Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 



Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 



Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foliage; bright pink 

 flowers in August and September. 



Spectabile- One of the prettiest erect-growing species, at 

 taining a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage 

 and immense heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers: 

 indispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Stallli. Compact species with crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. 

 Stolonifera. One of the most desirable; flat succulent leaves; 



flowers purplish. pink; July and August; 6 inches. 

 Spurium. Attractive pink flowers; 6 inches. 



— Coccinum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form. 

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



$12.00 per 100. 



SX ATICE (Great Sea Lavender) 

 Latifolia. A most valuable plant either for the border or 

 rockery, with tufts of leather leaves and immense candelabra- 

 like heads, frequently 1^ feet high and 2 feet across, of purp- 

 lish-blue minute flowers during July and August; these, if cut 

 and dried, last in perfect condition for months. 20 cts. each; 

 $2.00 per doz. 



STOKESI A (Cornflower Aster) 



Cyanea. A beautiful native plant growing 18 inches high, bear- 

 ing freely from early in June until September its handsome 

 lavender-blue Cornflower-like blossoms, which measure from 

 4 to 5 inches across. It is of the easiest culture, and not 

 only desirable as a single plant in the hardy border, but it 

 can also be used with fine effect in masses or beds of any size. 



Cyanea alba. A pretty pure white variety of above. 

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



TRADESCAIVTIA (Spider Wort) 



Virginica. Produces a succession of blue flowers all summer; 



1^ to 2^ feet. 

 — Alba, A white flowered form, 



20 cts. eactii §2.00 per doz. 



Stokbsia Cyanea (Cornflower Aster) 



