HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



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HARDY ASTER 



Arabis. (Rock Cress.) 



Per doz. Per 100 



Alpina . Single, white, 3-inch pots Jo 75 $5 00 



" Flore Plena. A double white form, 3-inch 



pots 85 6 00 



Arenaria. (Sand Wort.) 



Caespitosa. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Montana. 3-inch pots 1 25 8 00 



Armeria. (Thrift — Sea Pink. ) 



Marltlma Splendens. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



" Alba. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Artemesia. 



Abrotamnum. Strong" 85 6 00 



Purshiana. Strong 85 6 00 



Stellariana. Strong 85 6 00 



Lactiflora (new). Entirely distinct, growing 3% to 4 feet high, the 

 1 stems are clothed with elegant dark green cut foliage, and are ter- 

 minated by panicles of fragrant creamy white Spiraea-like light and 

 graceful flowers, which are at their best from the latter part of August 

 to the end of September. 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



Ascleplas. (Butterfly Weed.) 



Per doi. Per 100 

 Tuberosa. Strong one-year field roots 85 $6 00 



Asphodelus. (Asphodel.) 



Luteus. 25^-inch pots 85 6 00 



Astilbe. 



Arendsi Ceres. Produces many-branched panicles 2% to 3 feet high, 

 of delicate light rose-colored flowers with peculiar silvery sheen. 

 50 cents each ; $5.00 per dozen. 



Arendsi Silver white. Similar to the above in general habit, but 

 with flowers of a pearl or silvery white. 50 cents each ; $5.00 per 

 dozen. 



Qrandis. A grand introduction from China which will prove a fine 

 companion to A. Davidi ; it grows from 5 to 6 feet high, the panicles 

 of white flowers alone frequently being from 2 to 2% feet long. Re- 

 quires a moist heavy soil. 35 cents each ; $3.50 per dozen. 



Oavidi. A desirable plant, especially for moist grounds, where its 5 

 to 6 feet high stems, rising from a tuft of pretty dark green foliage, 

 are crowned with feathery plumes of deep violet-rose flowers during 

 July and August. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. 



Aubretia. ( False Wall Cress. ) 



Per doz. Per 100 

 Bougainvillea. 3-inch pots 85 $6 00 



New Hardy Asters. 



Mesa Grande Speciosa Qrandiflora. The finest dark purplish- 

 blue in cultivation, producing, during July, very large flowers on 

 leafless stems 18 inches high. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



Sub-cceruleus. A new and distinct variety, forming a dense tuft of 

 long green leaves from which issue many leafless stems, 12 inches 

 high, bearing in June and July, massive flowers 3 inches across, of 

 bluish violet with golden centre. $1.00 per dozen ; $7.00 per 100. 



Thompson! Nana. Entirely distinct, a venetian-blue and of excep- 

 tional and pretty stellate form, from 15 to 18 inches high. Blooms in 

 July and August. 20 cents each ; $2.00 per dozen. 



BOLTONIA 



Late Hardy Aster Qrandiflorus. 



The most valuable of all hardy Asters, not only on account of its 

 large dark bluish violet flowers, but because it is the latest of all to 

 flower, continuing in good condition until late in November. 3-inch 

 pots, $2.00 per dozen ; $15.00 per 100. 



Hardy Asters. (Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants, 

 giving a wealth of bloom at a season when most other hardy flowers 

 are past. The collection offered below is made up of the choicest 

 varieties only, the weedy sorts being eliminated. Unless otherwise 

 specified, they bloom in September and October. 

 Acris. Masses of bluish violet flowers. 1 foot. 



" Nanus. Masses of bluish violet flowers. 6 inches. 

 Curtisii. Pale heliotrope. August and September. 3 feet. 

 Esme. Large white flowers. 2 feet. 

 F. W. Burbidge. Light violet. 3 feet. 

 Formosissima. Bright violet. 3 feet. 

 Laevls Floribunda. Light heliotrope. 4 feet. 

 Mme. Soyneuse. Pale lilac, very free. 15 inches. 

 Novae Angliae. Bright violet purple. 4 feet. 



" Rosea. Bright purplish mauve. 4 feet. 



" " Wm. Bowman. Amethyst blue. 4 feet. 



Novi-Belgii Semi-plenus. Pale parma-violet. 4 feet. 

 Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct, pure white, useful for cutting. 



August and September. 18 inches. 

 Puniceus Pulcherrimus. Bluish white with yellow centre . 5 feet. 

 Snowf lake. Very free, pure white. 18 inches. 



St. Brigid. White tinted lilac. August and September. 3H feet. 

 Tartaricus. Large bluish lilac. 4 feet. 

 Top Sawyer. Clear parma violet color. 4 feet. 

 Triumph. Pretty lavender blue. 



Strong divisions. $1.00 per dozen ; $7.00 per 100. 



Aster Alpinus. (Hardy Alpine Aster. ) 



Per doz. 



Alpinus. Blue, 3-inch pots $0 85 



" Albus White, 3-inch pots 85 



Baptisia. (False Indigo.) 



Australis. Strong plants 1 00 



Tlnctoria. " " 1 00 



Bel lis. (English Daisies. ) 

 Double White and Pink. Strong plants 40 



Bocconia. ( Plume Poppy. ) 

 Cordata. Strong divisions 85 



Boltonia. (False Chamomile. ) 



Asteroides. Strong divisions 85 



Latisquama. Strong divisions 85 



" Nana. Strong divisions 85 



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