HENRY A, DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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THAI.ICTRUM (Meadow Rue) 



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

 for planting in the hardy border; the dwarfer varieties also being effective and 

 useful for the rockery. 

 Adiantifolium. A beautiful variety, with foliage like the Maiden Hair Fern 



and miniature white flowers in June and July; 1^ to 2 feet. 

 Aquilegifolium atropurpureum. Elegant, graceful foliage and masses of 



rosy-purple flowers; May to July; 2 to 3 feet. 

 — Album. Pute white flowers. 



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

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



RARC THALICTRUM DIPTEROCARPUM 



A pretty and distinct species, with flowers of a charming shade of lilac mauve, 

 which is brightened by a bunch of lemon-yellow stamens and anthers. The 

 plant is of strong growth, about 4 feet high; the dainty flowers are produced in 

 graceful sprays during August and September. (See cut.) 35 cts. each. 

 $3.50 per doz. 



TROt,t,IUS (Globe Hower) 



Desirable free-flowering plants, producing their giant Buttercup-like blossoms 

 on stems 1 to 2 feet high from May until August; succeed admirably in the 

 border in a half-shady position in well drained, preferably light soil. 

 Caucasicus '' Orange Qlobe." Large, deep orange-colored flowers. 

 Europaeus. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers. 

 Japonicus " Excelsior." Very deep orange flowers. 

 Lichtball. Large orange-yellow. 



Orange Princess. Large, very deep orange; globe-shaped flowers. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 5 sorts for $1.00. 



Two Rare Trollius, or Globe Flo^vers 



Ledebouri. Grows from 2 to 2J feet high, the cup-shaped flowers opening 

 up like a Buttercup are of a rich orange color, and while its great crop of 

 flowers are produced during May and June, it continues to flower more or less 

 throughout the summer. 



Pumilus Yunnanensis. A new variety and entirely distinct from all others, 

 the bright golden-yellow flowers being salver-shaped. The 

 foliage is of a rich dark-green. 



Price. Either of the above, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Thalictrum Diptehocakf 



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. 



VAI^ERIAIVA (Valerian) 



Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 



2 feet. 

 — Alba. A white-flowered form. 

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



\TNCA (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle) 



Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is 

 used extensively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and 

 trees, or on graves where it is too shady for other plants to 

 thrive. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100; $70.00 

 per 1000. 



VERONICA (Speedwell) 



Amethystina. Amethyst-blue flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 



Incana. Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue 

 flowers; July and August; 1 foot. 



Maritima. Long spikes of blue flxswers from July to Septem- 

 ber; 2 feet. 



Rupestris. A fine rock plant growing 3^ to 4 inches high; 

 thickly matted deep green foliage, hidden in spring under a 

 cloud of bright blue flowers. 



— Alba. A white-flowered variety of the above. 

 Spicata. An elegant border plant, growing about 1 J feet high, 



producing long spikes of bright blue flowers in June and July. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 



— Rosea. A pretty pink-flowered form. 



— Rosea Erica {The IJeather-like Speedwell). Spikes of 

 pretty delicate pink flowers, not unlike a splendidly flowered 

 plant of Heather. It is of vigorous, compact habit, forming 

 bushy plants 10 to 12 inches high, which are very attractive 

 during its flowering season in June and July. 35 cts. each. 



Virginica. Long spikes of white flowers in July and August; 



3 to 4 feet. 

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



$12.00 per 100. Set of 10 sorts, $1.75. 



DREER'S SPECIAL CATALOQUE OF 



OLD=FASHIONED HARDY PLANTS 



While we are not in the landscape business and cannot undertake the preparation of plans for planting or laying 



out of grounds, we have had prepared by a competent landscape architect a series of plans of hardy borders with a list of suit 

 able plants for positions either in sun or shade. 



These, together with very complete instructions for the Making and Care of an Oid=fashioned Hardy Border, are 

 included in the above special catalogue, which also contains a complete alphabetical list of all the hardy plants we grow, together 

 with their color, height, time of flowering, and location best suited to eacli. This list should make it comparatively easy for even 

 a novice to make a selection to fill a bed or border of any size or shape without making a serious blunder. 



Copies of this Special Catalogue will be sent free on application. 



