DREER'S SELECT 



Hardy Perennial Plants 



For many years Hardy Perennials have been one of our principal specialties and our stock at the present time is unquestionably the 

 most complete both in quantity and variety in the country. 



Many planters not thoroughly familiar with this class of plants have an idea that nothing but a large, field-grown clump Vill give 

 satisfactory returns the first season. This, as experience has taught us, is in most instances a mistake. A vigorous plant of proper size 

 will, in nearly every case, give quicker and better returns than the best so-called "field-clumps" that can be procured. This fact is 

 particularly appreciated by the leading Landscape Architects throughout the country who use Perennials in large quantity, the majority 

 of whom give preference to the Dreer pot-grown plants. It will be noticed that the majority of the stock offered in this list is described 

 as being 3, 4 or 5-inch pots. This does not necessarily mean that the plants have been altogether pot-grown, but that they have been 

 field-grown and dug and potted up during the Fall and early Winter months, and such stock can be planted even late in the Spring, 

 with practically no loss, which, in the case of clumps, is often quite serious. 



Acaena. (New Zealand Burr). p er doz. Per 100 

 Mlcrophylla. 3-inch pots $2 00 



Acanthus (Bear's Breech). 

 Mollis Latlfollus. 3^-inch, pot-grown 



Achillea (Milfoil). 



Boule de Nelge. An improvement on "The Pearl," 



Eupatorlum. Strong, 4-inch pots 



Filipendula. Strong, 3H-ineh pots 



Millefolium Roseum. 4-inch pots 



Cerise Queen. 4-inch pots 



The Pearl. 3-inch pots 



Tomentosa. 3-inch pots 



Aconitum (Monkshood). 



Fischer! 



Lycoctonum 



Napellus 



Blcolor 



Spark's Variety 



Wilson). A recent introduction from Northern 

 China, of strong, stately habit, growing 5 to 6 feet 

 high, with large light violet-blue flowers in Sep- 

 tember 



Amurensls. 



3-inch pots. 

 flora plena. 



Adonis. 



40 cts. each 

 3-inch pots. 



40 cts. each 



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/Egopodium (Bishop's Weed). 

 Podagraria Varlegata. Strong 3-inch pots 1 00 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS 



ACHILLEA, THE PEARL 



AetheopappuS. Per doz. PerlOO 

 Pulcherlmus. Brilliant rose-colored flowers not un- 

 like a Royal Sweet Sultan. 15 cts. each $1 50 $10 00 



Agrosternma (Campion). 



Coronarla. 3-incb pots 85 600 



Flos Jovls. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Ajuga (Bugle). 

 Reptans Rubra. 3-inch pots 1 00 7 00 



Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle) 

 Major. 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00 



Alstromeria (Chilian Lily). 

 Chilensis. 3-inch pots 1 00 7 00 



Alyssum. 



Rostratum. 3-inch pots 1 25 8 00 



Saxatlle Com pactum. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



The New Anchusas. 

 The Improved Varieties of Italian Alkanet or Bugloss. 



These wonderfully improved Anchusas have proven most valu- 

 able additions to our limited list of blue flowering hardy perennials, 

 and particularly so as they flower from May to July, a time when 

 this color is only sparingly represented in the hardy border. 



The habit of the plants while strong and vigorous is not at all 

 coarse, they form many branched specimens from 3 to 5 feet high, 

 each branch of which is terminated by a large, graceful, pyramidal 

 spike of blue flowers. 



Dropmore Variety. Rich gentian-blue t t . ,. - _ lt . nm „„., m 



Opal. A splendid lustrous light blue } $1-50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100 



Anchusa Myosotldiflora. 



A distinct new species from the Caucasian mountains, growing 

 but 10 to 12 inches high, producing during Apr'l and May sprays of 

 beautiful Forget-me-not-like flowers of rich blue. 15 cts. each; 

 $1.50 per doz. 



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