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DREER'S SELECT LIST. 



Arabis Alpina. A pretty plant for rock-work or borders, forming a dense carpet 

 of glossy green foliage and pure white flowers. 20 ct?. each ; S2.00 perdoz. 



Arenaria Balearica. A close growing creeping plant for covering rocks 

 and stones ; flowers pure white, prettily studding the foliage during the 

 Spring months. 20 cts. each ; §2.00 per doz. 



Asclepias Tuberosa. One of the showiest of our late Summer and 

 Autumnal flowers, and deserving of extensive cultivation ; blossoms in close, 

 compact umbels of a brilliant orange color. 15 cts. each ; SI. -50 per doz. 



Astilbe Japonica. ( Spiraa. ) Splendid for outside flowering or forcing ; 

 flowers white. 15 cts. each ; §1.25 per doz. 



Hardy Asters. 



(Michaelmas Daisies.) 



to flower early in the 



Very pretty free-blooming hardy plants, commencing 

 season and continuing until frost. 



AlpiflUS. Dwarf, Spring-flowering ; a first-class rock plant ; flowers 2 inches 

 or more across ; color bluish purple. 

 Amellus HybridllS. A distinct'lilac-rose variety, of good size. 

 Amellus Elegans. Grows 2 feet high and becomes entirely covered with rich indigo-blue 



flowers, with yellow centres. 

 Amethystinus. Forms dense bushes 3 feet high, smothered with lovely amethyst-blue flowers. 

 Datschi. A very late flowering sort ; grows 3 feet high ; feathery sprays of while blossoms. 

 Qrandiflorus. The finest of all and distinct in character and flower from all others. The flowers 

 frequentlv measure 2 inches in diameter, are of a lovely violet-blue. It is the latest flowering 



variety in cultivation, and by lifting the 

 plants can be flowered in connection with 

 Chrysanthemums, where its effect is very- 

 beau tiful. 



Vase of Hakdv AbTtks. 



Boltonia Asteroides. A beautiful 



native plant, growing 4 to 5 feet high, 



producing white Aster-like flowers 



during the entire Summer; one of the 



most effective perennials and worthy 



extended cultivation. 15 cts. each ; 



§1.50 per doz. 

 Boltonia Latisquama. A pretty 



pink flowering sort ; very desirable. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 

 Bocconia Cordata. A noble, hardy 



perennial, beautiful in foliage and 



flower, and admirably adapted for 



planting in the shrubbety borders, 



centre of beds, and in bold groups 



in almost any position. It is a much- 

 neglected plant, and when better 



known will become a favorite ; it 



will grow in any soil or situation ; 



attaining from 6 to 8 feet in height ; 



flowers in terminal panicles, of a 



creamy-white color. 15 cts. each ; 



SI. 50 per doz. 



CAMPANULA. 



(Bell Flower.) 

 Campanula Alliaria^folia. A 



pretty variety, with creamy- white 

 flowers, growing about 2 feet high. 

 15 cts. each ; SI. 50 per doz. 

 — Backhousei. An improved form of 

 C. Persicifolia Alba, with flowers three 

 times the size of the type ; the entire 

 i plant is of stronger, more vigorous 

 habit, and frequently 15 to 20 flowers 

 are open on a single stem at one time. 



— Persicifolia Alba Plena. ( Double-White Canterbury Belts.) There 

 are few plants that can vie with this lovely Campanula. The flowers are pure 

 white, in long close spikes 2 feet high, very double, resembling a column of 

 Camellia flowers. It is exceedingly free-flowering and grand for cutting, 

 thriving well in almost any soil. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



— Persicifolia Alba. Identical with the above, but with single white 

 flowers, very pretty and free flowering. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



— Carpatica. {Dwarf Canterbury Bells.) A pretty species, growing in 

 compact tufts, not exceeding 8 inches in height, beginning to flower early in 

 Tune and continuing almost the entire Summer ; flowers about 1 inch in 

 diameter ; we offer two colors, blue and white. 15 cts. each ; SI .50 per doz. 



- — Grossekii. One of the prettiest of the Canterbury Bells, of erect habit, 

 with dark blue flowers. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



— Pyramidalis. {The Chimney Bellfiower.) The most conspicuous of all 

 Campanulas, and an attractive plant for the herbaceous border, forming a 

 perfect pyramid 4 to 5 feet high, crowded with large salver-like blue flowers. 

 (See cut.) 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 



Hybridus Nanus. Of dwarf compact 

 growth ; especially suited for the rockery ; 

 color light lilac. 



Lasvis. A pretty light-blue variety, 

 flowering early in the season. 



Lady Trevelyan. A fine, large, pure 

 white flower ; a strong grower. 



Nova2 Angliae. Large bluish-purple 

 flowers, with yellow centre. 



Nova; Angliaa Rubra. Bright rose- 

 colored flowers. 



Robert Parker. I .ai ge sprays of beauti - 

 ful lavender-blue flowers, with yellow 

 centre. 



Price 20 cts. each ; S200 per doz. Set 

 of 12 varieties for §2.00. 



Campanula Pyramidams. 



25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz 



Caryopteris Mastacanthus 

 (Bluk Spir.ka 1 . Offered on page 139. 



