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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Stokesia Cyanka (Cornflower Aster). 



STOKESI A (Cornflower Aster). 



Cyanea. A beautiful native plant growing 18 inches high, 

 bearing freely from early in June until September its handsome 

 lavender-blue Cornflower-like blossoms, which measure from 

 4 to 5 inches across. It is of the easiest culture, succeeding 

 in any open, sunny position, and not only is it desirable as a 

 single plant in the hardy border, but it can also be used with 

 fine effect in masses or beds of any size. 



Cyanea alba. A pretty pure vchite variety of above. 

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



THALICTRUM (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 in the rockery. 



Aquilegifolium atropurpureum. Elegant, graceful foli- 

 age and masses of rosy-purple flowers; May to July, 2 to 3 

 feet. 



— Album. Pure white flowers. 



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

 feet. 



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



THYMUS (Thyme). 



Citriodorus. Lemon-scented foliage, of bushy habit. 

 Lanuginosiis ( Woolly-leaved Thyme) . A trailing variety, 



with grayish foliage. 

 Serpyilum ( WJdte Mountain Thyme). A pretty subject 



for the rockery, forming dense mats of dark green foliage and 



clouds of white flowers. 

 — Coccinea {Scarlet Tliyine). Dark green foliage and 



clouds of bright red flowers. 

 — Splendens, Bright purplish-red flowers. 



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



TIAREL-IvA (Foam Hower). 



Purpurea major. An altractive variety, forming a neat, com- 

 pact clump; the foliage unusually bright as it expands in the 

 spring; bears long spikes of salmon-red flowers. 20 cts. each; 

 $2.00 per doz. 



TRADESCANXIA. 



(Spider Wort.) 

 Virginica. Produces a succession of blue flowers all summer. 1 J 



to 2J feet. 

 — Alba. A white flowered form. 



■ 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



TROELIUS (Globe Rower). 



Desirable free-flowering plants, producing their giant Butter cup- 

 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 Globe." Large, deep orange-colored 



flowers. 



Europseus. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers. 

 Japonicus " Excelsior." Very deep orange flowers. 

 Lichtball. Large orange-yellow. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 4 sorts for 85 cts. 



TUNICA. 



Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant with light pink flowers; pro- 

 duced all summer; useful either for the rockery or the border. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



VAI.ERIANA (Valerian). 



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



2 feet. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form. 



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



VERONICA (SpeedweU). 



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 flowers from July to Sep- 

 tember; 2 feet. 



Spicata. An elegant border plant, growing about li 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. 



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



3 to 4 feet. 

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



"VINC A (Periwinkle, or Trailing MyrUe). 

 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. 



VINCETOXICUM. 



(Mosquito Plant.) 

 Japonlcum. An interesting plant from Japan, with small 

 white flowers in summer, which attracts and kills insects. 

 The foliage is dark green and almost evergreen. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



