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



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HARDY ASTERS 



Anthemis. (Marguerite.) 



Per doz. Per 100 



Tinctorla. 3-inch pots 85 $6 00 



" Kelwayii. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



" Alba. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Nobilis. (Chamomile). 3-inch pots 85 600 



Anthericum. (St. Bruno's Lily. ) 



Liliastrum Giganteum. (Giant St. Bruno's Lily.) A gigantic form. 



Producing spikes of very large flowers. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 



dozen ; $20.00 per 100. 



Per doz. Per 100 



Liliastrum. Strong 75 $5 00 



Liliago. Strong 75 5 00 



Aqutlegia. (Columbine.) 



Canadensis. Our native Columbine, bright red and yellow. 

 Callfornica Hybrida. An extra fine mixture. 

 Ccerulea. The true blue Rocky Mountain Columbine. 

 Chrysantha, The beautiful golden-spurred Columbine. 

 Caryophylloides, Fl. PI. Double striped and mottled. 

 Flabellata Nana Alba. Early dwarf, pure white. 

 Helena;. Large blue and white flowers. 

 Nivea Grandi flora. Large, pure white. 

 Skinneri. Yellow with red spurs. 

 Truncata. Scarlet with yellow tips. 

 Vulgaris. The European violet-blue Columbine. 

 Price, strong, 3-inch and 4-inch pots, 85 cts. per dozen ; $6.00 per 100. 



Arabis. (Rock Cress. ) 



Per^doz. Per 100 



Alpina. Early flowering, single white Jo 85 $6 00 



" Flore Plena. A double white form . . . .' 85 600 



Rosea. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Arenaria. (Sand Wort.) 



Caespitosa. 3-inch pots 1 00 7 00 



Armeria. (Thrift — Sea Pink. ) 



Maritima Splendens. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



" Alba. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Artemisia. 



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

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

 minated by panicles of fragrant creamy white Spirasa-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. 



Per doz. Per 100 



Abrotamnum. Strong divisions $0 85 $6 00 



Stellarlana. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Asclepias. (Butterfly Weed. ) 

 Tuberosa. Strong one-year field roots 85 6 00 



Asperula. (Sweet Woodruff. Waldmeister. ) 

 Odorata. 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00 



Asphodelus. (Asphodel.) 



Per doz. Per 100 

 Luteus. 23^-inch pots 85 $6 00 



New Hardy Asters. 



Mesa Grande Speciosa Grandiflora. 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. Anew 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. 



Late Hardy Aster Qrandiflorus. 



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

 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. 



Airship. Pure white. August and September. 2^ feet. 



Amellus Mackii. Pure violet. August and September. 15 inches 



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



Esme. Large white flowers. 2 feet. 



P. W. Burbidge. Light violet. 3 feet. 



Formosissima. Bright violet. 3 feet. 



George Arends. Rosy lavender. 3 feet. 



Laevis 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. 

 " " Win. Bowman. Amethyst blue. 4 feet. 



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



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

 August and September. 18 inches. 



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



Shortl. Deep parma-violet blue. 3 feet. 



Snowflake. Very free, pure white. 18 inches. 



St. Brlgid. White tinted lilac. August and September. 3% feet. 



Tartaricus. Large bluish lilac. 4 feet. 



Top Sawyer. Clear parma violet color. 4 feet. 



Trinervus. Rich violet purple. October and November. 2 1 /i(eet. 



Triumph. Pretty lavender blue. 



White Queen. Large white, very free. 4 feet. 



Strong divisions. $1 .00 per dozen ; $7. 00 per 100. 



Aster Alpinus. ( Hardy Alpine Aster. ) 



Per doz. Per 100 



Alpinus. Blue, 3-inch pots 85 $6 00 



" Albus White, 1-inch pots 8s 6 00 



" magnificus. (New ) 3-inch pots .... 1 50 10 00 



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