HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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SKDUM (Stone-crop). 



DWARF VARIETIES. 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, covering of graves, etc. 



Acre [Oolden Moss). Much used for covering graves; fohage 

 green; flowers bright yellow. 



Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 



Ewersi. Pink flowers; August and September. 



Kamtschaticum. Deep green foliage; yellow flowers in June; 

 8 inches. 



Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 



Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foliage; bright pink flow- 

 ers in August and September. 



Stahli. Compact species with crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. 



Stolonifera. One of the most desirable; flat succulent leaves; 

 flowers purplish-pink; July and August; 6 inches. 



Spurium. Attractive pink flowers; 6 inches. 



— Coccinum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form. 



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



ERECT OR TALL=QROWING VARIETIES. 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their interest- 

 ing flowers during late summer and fall. 



Japonicum Macrophyllum. Forms compact bushes, 15 in- 

 ches high, with pleasing waxy-white flowers, with light pink 



centres. 



Maximum Atropurpureum. Interesting on account of its 

 dark bronzy-purple foliage; 15 inches. 



Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect-growing species, at- 

 taining a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage 

 and immense heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; 

 indispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. 



— " Brilliant." A rich colored form of the preceding, being 

 a bright amaranth-red. 



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



SEMPERVIVUM (House Leek). 



Peculiarly interesting plant for the rockery or for any exposed, 

 well-drained position. We can furnish six distinct varieties at 15 

 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Set of 6 for 75 cts. 



Statice Latibolia 



Sedum Spectabile 



SILfENE (Catchny). 

 Alpestris. A good rock-work plant, grows about 4 inches 



high, with glistening white flowers in July and August. 

 Schafta (Autumn Cntchfly). A charming border or rock 

 plant, growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright 

 pink flowers from July to October. 



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



SII.PHIUM (Cup Plant). 

 Perfoliatum. A tall growing perennial 6 to 8 feet high, bear- 

 ing large yellow single flowers during August and September; 

 a good subject for the shrub-border, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



SOL,IDAGO (Golden Rod). 



The varieties offered below are the most desirable of our native 

 Golden Rods. 



Altisslma. The giant of the family, attaining a height of 10 



to 12 feet; the large heads of golden-yellow flowers reach 



perfection late in October. 

 Canadensis. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, with spikes of golden - 



yellow flowers from the end of July until September. 

 Shorti. Golden-yellow flowers in July and August; 3 feet. 

 Virgaurea Compacta. Grows but 15 inches high; deep 



yellow flowers in August and September. 

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



SXATICE (Great Sea Lavender). 

 Latifolia. A most valuable plant either for the border or rock- 

 ery, with tufts of leathery leaves and immense candelabra-like 

 heads, frequently IJ feet high and 2 feet across, of purplish- 

 blue minute flowers from June to September; these, if cut and 

 dried, last in perfect condition for months. 20 cts. each; 

 $2.00 per doz. 



STACHYS (Woundwort). 



Lanata. Forms a densely leaved mass of bright, silvery-white 

 woolly foliage and inconspicuous clusters of light purple 

 flowers. As a plant for edging or for clumps in the border, 

 or wherever intense color is desired for contrast with other 

 foliage, it will be found most useful. 20 cts. each; $2.00 

 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



