Dreer's Seleet List of Hardy Perennials. 



AQ0ILEGIA CCERULEA. 



Amsonia Taberna.*mon 

 tana. A stout shrub-like 

 plant with dense terminal 

 spikes of clear blue flow- 

 ers. 25 cts. each, $2.50 

 per dozen. 



ANEMONES. 



One of the most beautiful 

 of the hardy herbaceous 

 plants. They commence to 

 open their rich -colored 

 blooms in August, and con- 

 tinue to increase in beauty 

 until cut by frost. They 

 thrive b?st in a rich, moist 

 soil, and should not be trans- 

 planted more than is neces- 

 sary. 



Japonica Alba. Pure 

 white, yellow centre and 

 dark eye. 



— Elegans. Carmine, yel- 

 low centre, dark eye. 



— Lady Ardilaun. A pure white 

 with broad, overlapping petals. 



— Whirlwind. A semi-double form of, and in general style and habit identical 

 with, the white Anemone. Even more free-flowering than the original type. The 

 flowers, which are 24 to 3 inches across, have several rows of pure white sepals, and 

 have the advantage of lasting much longer than the single varieties. (See cut.) 



Pennsylvanica. A pretty native variety, with large white flowers tinged with 

 red on the under side. 



Price : Any of the above Anemones, 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per dozen. 



Anthemis Tinctoria Kelwayii. A showy, useful border plant, with large 

 golden-yellow flowers ; continues to bloom a long time. 15 cts. each, §1.50 perdoz. 



Anthericum Liliastrum (S/. Bruno's Lily). A beautiful plant, with narrow 

 grass-like foliage, and long spikes of white, fragrant, lily like flowers. (See cut.) 

 10 cts. each, §1.00 per dozen. 



Anthericum Liliago (St. Bernard's Lily). A pretty species, bearing spikes of 

 white flowers. 10 cts. each, §1.00 per dozen. 



Aquilegia Chrysantha. The beautiful golden -spurred "Columbine." Flowers 

 golden-yellow ; blooms in the early Spring ; 3 feet. 15 cts. each, §1.50 per doz. 



— Coerulea. This is the true blue form of Rocky Mountain Columbine, one of the 

 handsomest of the family. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per dozen. 



— Californica Hybrida. One of the finest mixtures ever brought together. 

 10 cts. each, $1.00 per dozen. (137) 



The steadily increasing demand for hardy plants has induced us to give them 

 more attention, and to increase our stock considerably. Though our list is not 

 as long as some offered, it has been our aim to offer only the most desirable and 

 to exclude all weedy and inferior sorts. 



For such of our customers who are not acquainted with the different varieties 

 we shall be pleased to make suitable selections of the most desirable species 

 that, when once planted, with very little care, will keep the garden gay with 

 flowers from the time frost leaves the ground until late in the Autumn. 12 

 varieties (our selection) §1.50 ; 25 varieties (our selection) §3.00 ; 50 varieties 

 (our selection) $5.50 ; 100, in 50 species and varieties (our selection) §10X0. 

 Achillea The Pearl. Flowers borne in the greatest profusion the entire 



Summer on strong, erect stems of the purest white ; as a Summer cut-bloom 



it is a great acquisition. 15 cts. each, §1.50 per dozen. 

 Achillea Filipendulina. A vigorous showy species, ■with golden-yellow 



flowers in dense flat corymbs; foliage very handsome. 15 cts. each, §1.50 



per dozen. 



Achillea Millefolium Roseum. Finely cut deep green 

 foliage; flowers pink in dense heads. Well worth growing, 

 both as a border plant and for cutting. 15 cts. each, §1.50 



Aconitum Napellus. (Monk's Hood or 

 Helmet Flower. ) Invaluable for planting 

 under trees or in shady positions. Succeeding 

 better there than almost anything else. Care 

 must be taken to plant where there is no 

 danger of children eating the tubers, 

 as they are poisonous. 15 cts. each, 

 §1.50 per dozen. 

 Adonis Vernalis. One of the earli- 

 est Spring flowers with yellow blos- 

 soms, 2 to 3 inches across ; fine 

 feathery foliage. 15 cts. each, $1.50 

 per dozen. 

 Adonis Pyrenaica. Large, hand- 

 some, brilliant orange-yellow flowers- 

 25 cts. each, J 2. 50 per dozen. 



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Anthericum Lilastftm. 



