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DREER'S SELECT LIST. 



RIDBECKIA (ECHINACEA) PURPUREA. 



(Giant Purple Cone=Flower.) 



One of the good old hardy perennials, introduced in 1799, just a century ago, but has been 

 lost sight of for many years. We consider it one of the best plants in our entire collection of 

 hardy perennials. It is of easy culture, succeeding in any soil, forming large, broad, bushy 

 plants, producing from Midsummer until late Autumn a constant succession of large, showy, 

 reddish-purple flowers, about 4 inches across, with a remarkably large cone-shaped centre 

 of brown, thickly set with golden tips in spiral lines. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per dozen. 



TWO NEW RUSSELIAS. 



The Russelias are useful basket or vase plants, of graceful drooping habit, pro- 

 ducing freely tubular rich colored flowers. The varieties here offered are entirely 

 distinct from the old favorite Russelia Juncea, and are a distinct break in this class 

 of plant. 

 Russelia Lemoinei Multiflora. The primary stems are strong and vigorous ; 



flower panicles being extremely long and are covered with tassels of flowers one 



above the other ; color a magnificent coral red. 35 cts. each. 

 Russelia Lemoinei Elegantissima. The primary stems are finer than in 



Multiflora, and closely covered with foliage, very graceful in their arching form; 



the bloom is so freely produced as to completely cover the plant ; flowers bright 



soft red. 35 cts. each. 



JlEW ROSES 



The grand new 

 Climbing: . . . 



Moss Rose 

 ••Cumberland 



BELLE" 



Evergreen „\ h V r 



Rneoc sorts will be 

 ,,U3C3 found offered 

 on pages 130 and 131. 



Rudbeckia Purpurea. 



Double Lilac, Mme. Casimer Perier. 



NEW DOUBLE- 



FLOWERING LILAC, 

 MADAME CASIMIR 

 PERIER. 



The finest double-flowering White Lilac yet 

 introduced. The individual flowers, which 

 resemble miniature Tuberoses, as well as the 

 truss, are of immense size, deliciously scented, 

 of a fine creamy- white color ; fine for cutting. 

 50 cts. each. 





Oreocome Candollri. 



OREOCOME CANDOLLEI. 



The most beautiful decorative hardy perennial plant that has yet 

 come to our notice. When we saw this plant growing in the open 

 border the past Summer, we were at once struck with the elegant 

 graceful beauty of its foliage, which in well-established plants grows 

 from 24 to 30 inches long, is of a bright, fresh green color, and resembles 

 the fronds of the beautiful Mexican Tree-Fem, Cibotinum Schiedei. 



The flower stems should be removed as fast as they appear, which 

 develops the foliage to its full beauty ; the plant possesses a grace and 

 elegance found in no other hardy plant. (See cut. ) 75 cts. each. 



NEW GOLDEN YELLOW CALLA 

 RICHARDIA ELLIOTTIANA. 



The first bulbs of this grand new variety were brought to 

 England by Captain Elliott, from Central Africa, in 1892, and 

 were sold at auction in London at fabulous prices, single bulbs 

 bringing $25. 00 each. Since then the stock has been increased 

 so slowlv that even during 1898 the price in England has been 

 from $4:00 to $5.00 each. 



We have been fortunate in securing a limited lot at a special 

 advantageous price and are now in a position to offer good bulbs 

 of the true variety at the low price of $2.00 each. 



The plant has the same habit of growth as the ordinary 

 White Calla, J?. Ethiopica, with flowers of the same size and 

 shape, but of a rich, clear, lustrous golden-yellow color ; the 

 foliage is dark green, with a number of translucent creamy-white 

 spots, which adds to its beauty. 



We can also supply strong bulbs of the old variety of "Yellow 

 Calla ( Richardia Hastata) at 75 cts. each. 



