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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Bed OF Phlox. W. C. Egan in thk GAKutN m Mk I,.. 



MONAROA (Bertomot). 



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 Rosea (Bee Pulm). A pretty rose-colored form. 

 — Violacea. Bright amaranth-red. 



Fistulosa Alba ( Wild Benjamot). A showy white-flowered 

 variety. 



15 cts, each; $1.50 l)er doz. 



CENOTHERA. 



(Evening Primrose.) 



The Evening Primroses are elegant subjects for growing in an 

 exposed sunny position, either in the border or on the rockery, 

 blooming the entire summer. 



nissouriensis. Large, golden-yellow; 1 foot. 

 Pilgrimi. Large clusters of bright yellow flowers. 

 Speciosa. A rare, pure white variety, with flowers 3 inches 



across; 18 inches. 



1.^ cts. each; ?1.50 doz. 



pentste:>io]s. 



(Beard Tongue.) 



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



Qloxinioides " 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. For bedding they rival the Phloxes, 

 Petunias, etc. Must be given protection in winter. 



BarbatUS Torreyil. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers, 

 height 3 to 4 feet; June to August. 



Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers, with 

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



Heterophyllus. Large azure-blue flowers during July and 

 August; 2 feet. 



Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple; July and August; 1} feet. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



A GRAND DOZEN OF 

 Ureer's Superb 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, jiure in color and strictly 

 first-class in every way. 



Bacchante. Tyrian-rose with critiison carmine eye. 

 B. Comte. Brilliant rich French purple. 

 Europa. .\ white variety, with a decided crimson-carmine 



eye. The individual flowers and trusses are very large. 

 Frau Anton Buchner. The finest white yet introduced, hav- 

 ing the largest truss and individual flower; dwarf habit. 

 Mme. Paul Dutrie. Delicate lilac-rose, in shade like a soft 



pink Orchid; flowers very large. 

 Professor VirchOW. Bright carmine overlaid with brilliant 



orange-scnrlet. 

 Rheinlander. A most beautiful salmon-pink with flowers and 

 trusses of innnense size. The color of the flower is intensified 

 by a very decided deep claret-red eye. 

 Sieboid. .'\ splendid bright scarlet; one of the best reds. 

 Von Lassburg. Splendid pure white with very large indi- 

 vidual flowers. 

 Wanadis. Entirely distinct, a mottling of white and light 

 violet. The color is intensified by a bright reddish -purple eye. 

 W. C. Egan. One of the finest Phloxes yet introduced, and 

 while the individual flowers, according to color chart, are 

 of a delicate lilac, illuminated by a large bright solferino eye, 

 the ridor effect as a whole is a pleasing shade of soft pink. 

 Widar. Light, reddish violet, with a large white eye, which 



intensifies and illuminates the color. 

 Any of the above, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. Set of 12 sorts 

 for $2.00 



