HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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Thalictrtm. 



STOKBSIA. 



(Cornflower Aster.) 



Cyanea. A beautiful native plant. Grows from 18 to 24 

 inches high, liearing freely from early in June until September 

 its handsome lavender-blue Cornflower-like blossoms, which 

 measure from 4 to o inches across. It is of the easiest culture, 

 succeeding in any open, sunny position, and not only is it de- 

 sirable as a single plant in the hardy border, but it can also 

 be used with fine effect in masses or beds of any si^e. 



Cyanea alba. Pure white variety of above. 

 ;■") cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



POT=QROWN PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Such as we send out can be planted out any time this 

 summer without danger of loss 



Stokesia (Cornflower Aster). 



Trollus (GioF.E Flowek). 



THALrlCTRlT]^ Meadow Rue). 



Very graceful, pr«tty-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. 

 Adiantifolium. A beautiful variety, with foliage like the 



ISIaidenhair Fern and miniature white flowers in June and 



July; 1^ to 2 feet. 

 Aquilegifolium atropurpureum. Elegant, graceful foliage 



and masses of rosy-purple flowers; May to July; 2 to 3 feet. 



— Album, Pure white flowers. 



GlaUCUm. Fine-cut foliage; bronzy-yellow flowers in June; 

 2 feet. 



25 cts. each; ?>2.o0 per doz. 



THYMUS (Thyme). 



CitriodorUS. Lemon-scented foliage, of bushy habit. 

 Lanuglnosus ( Woolly-leaved 'J'hi/vie). A trailing vaiiety, 



with grayish foliage. 

 Serpyllum ( W/iite MoN/titdn Thi/ini'). A j^retty subject 



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



clouds of white flowers. 



— Cocclnea (Scarlet Thyme). Dark green foliage and 

 clouds of bright red flowers. 



15 cts. each; ^1.50 per doz. 



TROI^I^IUS (Globe Flower). 



Desiral)le free-flowering plants, producing their giant Butter- 

 cup-like blossoms on stems 1 to 2 feet high from May until 

 August: succeeds admirably in the border in a half-sliadv position 

 in well-drained, preferably light soil. 

 EurOpseUS. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers. 

 Japonicus " Excelsior." Very deep orange flowers. 

 Lichtball. Large orange-yellow. 



25 cts. each; $2. ."lO per doz. 



VERONICA (Speedwell). 



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. 

 Spicata. An elegant border plant, growing about 1} 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. 



15 cts. each; J!1..">0 per doz. 



