HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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Roseum Superbum {Bose Loose-strife). A strong- 

 growing plant, 3 to 4 feet high, thriving in almost any 

 position, producing large spikes of rose-colored flowers 

 from July to September. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Roseum, Perry's Variety. A splendid improvement, 

 with much larger flowers and longer spikes than the type 

 and of a glittering cherry-red color. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



MERTENSI A (Blue BelU). 



Virginica. An early spring- flowering plant, growing about 

 1 to 1§ feet high, with drooping panicles of handsome 

 light blue flowers, fading to clear pink; one of the most 

 interesting of our native spring flowers; May and June. 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



mONARDA (Bereamot). 



Showy plants, growing from 2 to 3 feet high, succeeding 

 in any soil or position, with aromatic foliage, and producing 

 their bright flowers during July and August. 

 Didyma Cambridge Scarlet ( Oswego Tea). Brilliant 



crimson-scarlet. 



— Rosea {Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. 

 Fistulosa Alba ( Wild Bergamot). A white-flowered 



variety. 



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



MYOSOTIS (Foget-Me-Not). 



Palustris Semperflorens. A variety that is hardly ever 

 out of flower; useful in a shady spot in the border. 15 

 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



OROBUS (Bitter Vetch). 

 Latliyroldes. Little known spring-flowering plants, well 

 worthy of extended cultivation and succeeding in any soil or 

 position. Excellent for the border or rockery, forming erect 

 shapely plants a foot high, covered during May and June with 

 spikes of bright blue pea-shaped flowers. 

 Vermis. Flowers purple, veined with red. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue). 



Most useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. 



Gloxinioides "Sensation." A beautiful strain, bearing 

 spikes of large Gloxinia-like flowers in a great variety of 

 bright colors, including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac 

 etc. The plants grow 2 feet high and bloom from early 

 summer till frost. Must be given protection in winter. 



Digitalis. Large spikes of long purple-white flowers with 

 purple throats, during June and July; 2 to 3 feet. 



Pubescens. Bright rosy purple; July and August; IJ feet. 

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



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon-Head). 



One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering per- 

 ennials, forming dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing spikes 

 of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. 

 Virginica, Bright but soft pink. 



— alba. Pure white; very fine. 



— Speclosa. Very delicate pink, 



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



Early-Flowering Hardy Phlox. 



(Phlox Suffruiticosa.) 



Miss Lingard. This grand white variety is one of the most 

 popular sorts grown; it grows about 2 feet high and starts to 

 bloom in May, continuing to flower until late in October and 

 is always attractive. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. 



Hardy Phlox 



Dreer's Twelve Superfine 

 HARDY PHLOX 



We grow each season more than half a million plants of 

 Hardy Phloxes in over one hundred varieties, and while all 

 are well worth growing, we realize that the average amateur 

 only wishes a limited number of sorts, but wants these to be the 

 best. It is to meet this want that we offer the following selec- 

 tion, each one of which is a strong grower, with immense 

 panicles of large individual blooms, pure in color and strictly 

 first-class in every way. 



Coquelicot. - A fine, pure scarlet, with crimson eye. 

 Eclaireur, Brilliant rosy-magenta, with large lighter halo. 

 Europa. . A white variety with very decided crimson-carmine 



eye; flowers and trusses very large. 

 Gefion. A new color in Phloxes, a tender peachblossom pink> 



with bright rose eye. 

 Mrs. Jenkins. The best all round pure white. 

 Rheinlander. A most beautiful salmon-pink with flowers and 



trusses of immense size. 

 Riverton .lewel. One of our own introductions; a lovely 

 shade of mauve-rose, illuminated by a brilliant carmine-red eye. 

 Rynstrom. Of the same carmine-rose color as the Paul Ney- 



ron Rose. 

 Sunshine. Aniline-red with crimson eye and light halo. 

 Thor. A most beautiful and lively shade of deep salmon- 

 pink, suffused and overlaid with a deep scarlet glow, large 

 white halo and aniline-red eye. 

 Viking. A splendid variety, producing much-branched pyra- 

 midal heads of bloom of a pleasing soft salmon-rose. 



Widar. Bright reddish-violet, with very large white centre, 

 which intensifies and illuminates the color. 



Price. Any of the above, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. Set of 12 sorts, $2.00 



