HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



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Houstonia Coerulea. {B/uets.) Low 

 creepers, best adapted to grow on a rockery 

 in moist situation, where they form broad 

 carpets of foliage, which in very early Spring 

 are hidden beneath a cloud of small but 

 showy light- blue flowers. One of the 

 earliest Spring flowers. 15 cts. each ; 81.50 

 per dozen. 



Iberis Gibraltarica. A pretty hardy Candy- 

 tuft, with large white flowers blooming very 

 early in the Spring ; useful for cutting. 

 Requires a light covering of litter or leaves 

 in Winter. 15 cts. each; SI. 50 per dozen. 



Hypericum Moseriakcm. 



Dreer's 

 Superb Double Hollyhocks 



Few hardy plants combine as many good qualities as the Hollyhock. For 

 planting in rows or groups on the lawn, or for interspersing among shrubbery, they 

 are invaluable. The flowers form perfect rosettes of the most lovely shades of yel- 

 low, crimson, ro;e, pink, orange, white, etc. The Hollyhock requires a rich, deep 

 soil, well drained, and will repay in quantity and elegance of bloom any extra care. 

 A slight protection during the winter will be beneficial. 



We offer well-established thrifty young plants which will flower this season, in 

 white, yellow, pink, bright red, maroon, and sulphur. 15 cts. each ; SI. 50 per 

 dozen ; mixed sorts, 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per dozen. 



Hypericum Moserianum. One of the very best herbaceous plants of recent 

 introduction. The habit of the plant is free and graceful ; it produces long, 

 slender, much-branched stems, leafy to the base and all drooping toward the 

 ends, apparently from the weight of the flowers and buds, although the flowers 

 face, so that none of their beauty is lost. It is marvelously free flowering, of 

 large size, measuring from 2 to 2\ inches in diameter ; in color, a rich golden- 

 yellow, which is rendered still more effective by the numerous yellow stamens 

 and crimson anthers, and blooms continuously the entire season. It is perfectly 

 hardy, forming a bush about 3 feet high. Strong plants, 15 cts. each; 81.50 

 per dozen. 

 Hypericum Tricolor. A similar variety to the above as far as the flowers are 

 concerned, but with handsome variegated foliage. 25 cts. each ; 82.50 per 

 dozen. 



GERMAN IRIS. (Iris Qermanica.) 

 These are neat, robust, hardy," herbaceous, early-blooming plants, with large 

 ornamental flowers of rich and elegantly blended colors, exquisitely striped with 

 dark violet, purple or bronzed lines, upon a lighter ground. They thrive best in 

 low situations, and can be planted in marshy places or interspersed with low grow- 

 ing sedges on the margins of fish ponds. 



White, shaded 



Superb Hollyhocks. 



Comte de St. Clair 



violet. 



Candicans. Fine light blue, beauti- 

 fully feathered. 



Florentine. White. 



Honorabilis. Orange, lower petals 

 brown . 



flme. Chereau. Pearly-white, feath- 

 ered on edges of petals with lavender- 

 blue. 



Pajole. Purplish-lilac, lower petals 

 dark. 



Price: 15 cts. each; 81.50 per doz 



Iris Orientalis. Fine ornamental 

 foliage and rich violet-blue flowers, 

 25 cts. each ; 82.50 per dozen. 



For Japanese Iris- 



Queen of the Gypsies. Lavender 



and bronze, feathered rich plum, 



white and buff. 

 Spectabilis. White, penciled with 



blue. 

 Souvenir. Brilliant yellow, veined 



maroon. 

 Virgile. Bronzy-red, lower petals 



lilac. 

 Velveteen. Light yellow, lower 



petals velvety puq^le-black. 

 Walneri. Lilac, lower petals dark 



blue. 



set of 12 varieties for 81.50. 



Iris Pseudo Acorus. Golden-yel- 

 low flowers ; entirely distinct. 

 15 cts. each ; SI. 50 per dozen. 



- See page 144. 



