DREER'S POT-GROWN 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



FOR SUMMER PLANTING 



Have you a corner or spot in your garden whert- you have luul a failure or where possibly you have planted somt thing that 

 does not please you? If so, look over the list of pot-grown Hardy Perennial Plants here offered and you will likely fmd the 

 subject that you need for just such fill-up work and adjustment, or, an equally satisfactory selection can be made for the planting 

 of entire new beds or borders. 



The varieties listed are the most desirable sorts for late planting; many of them such that will give a good account of them- 

 selves this season, and all of them varieties which by having the balance of this season to become established in will make nil the 

 better display next summer. 



Anciiii-^a Itm.ica, Dropmore Varietv. 



AVEMONt! JaPONICA. 



Artfmtsia Lattiflora. 



ACIHL,L.CA 'Milfoil, or Yarrow). 

 Ptarmica " Boule de Neige." Pure white flowers borne 

 in the greatest profusion the entire summer on strong, erect 

 stems, 2 feet high ; as a summer cut flower it is of great value. 

 1.") cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



ACONITUM (Monkshood, or Helmet Flower). 



Most of the varieties offered form bushy clumps and grow- 

 about 4 feet high; invaluable for planting under trees or in 

 shady or semi-shady positions. 



Napellus. Large, dark blue flowers; August to September. 

 — Bicolor. Large blue-and-white flowers; one of the prettiest. 

 Fischeri. A dwarf variety, growing 18 inches high, with very 



large, |>ale blue flowers in September and October. 

 Lycoctonum. A free-flowering pale yellow sort, blooming in 



June and July. 

 Sparks' Variety. Fhe darkest blue of all; flowers in June. 



25 cts. each; J;2..50 per doz. Set of -t sorts, $1.00. 



NEVk^ AXCHUSA ITAI.ICAS. 



(The Improved Italian Alkanet or Bugloss.) 



Although introduced only a few years ago have already be- 

 come very popular. The rich blue tones of their flowers hll a 

 vacancy in this color, of which there is never a superabundance, 

 particularly during their flowering period, which covers the 

 months of June and July. They form much-branched speci- 

 mens .3 to 5 feet high, each branch terminated by a large, 

 pyramidal, graceful spike of blue flowers, and while the habit 

 of the plant is strong and vigorous it is not at all coarse. Of 

 easy culture in any good garden .soil and a sunny position. Very 

 effective either in solid beds or in the hardy border. 

 Dropmore Variety. Rich gentian blue. 

 Opal. A splendid lustrous light blue. 



::.") cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 (22) . 



ANEMOXE JAPOXICA. 



( Japanese Windflower.) 



These beautiful Windflowers are one of the most important 

 hardy plants. While they begin blooming in August, they are 

 more especially valuable on account of their continuing in full 

 beauty until cut down by hard frost. -Ml are excellent for cut- 

 ting, lasting in good condition for many days. The plants grow 

 2 to 3 feet high, are perfectly hardy if given the protection of 

 2 or ,S inches of leaves or litter during the winter, and, while 

 ihey respond freely to liberal feeding, they will succeed in any 

 ordinary garden soil, increasing in beauty from year to year. 

 They can be used in solid beds or borders or clumps planted 

 through the hardy border, which they brighten during fhe late 

 fall months. 



Japonica Alba. Large, snowy-white; very chaste. 

 Japonica Rubra. Beautiful rosy-red; stamens bright-yellow. 

 Queen Charlotte. Very large semi-double flowers of La 



France pink, a color that is rare among hardy plants. 

 Rosea Superba. Flowers of medium size, of a delicate 



silvery- rose. 

 Whirlwind. Large, semi-double pure white flowers; very 



free. 



15 cU. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 5 sorts for 65 cts. 



ARTEMISIA I.ACTIFI.ORA. 



This comparatively new introduction from China is a most 

 effective flowering plant, with erect stems 3i to 42 feet high, 

 clothed with elegantly-cut dark green foliage and terminated by 

 panicles of Hawthorn-scented, creamy-wliite Spirrea-like light 

 and graceful flowers. It is at its best from the latter part of 

 .\ugust to the end of September, and is particularly valuable on 

 this account, being unlike any other plant in bloom at that time. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



