HENRY A. DREER 



Hardy Plants 



WHOLESALE LIST 



63 



Aew Hardy Aster, Q,aeen Mary 



Armeria (Thrift — sea Plnk) 



Per doz. Per 100 



Iiancheana. 3 -inch pots 1 50 10 00 



Marltlma Alba. 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00 



Artemisia Lactiflora 



(Hawthorn Scented Mugwort) 



A most effective flowering plant, with erect stems 

 3% to 4% feet high, clothed with elegant'.y cut dark 

 green foliage and terminated by panicles of Haw- 

 thorn-scented creamy white Spirsea-like light and 

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

 of August to the end of September. 3% -inch pots. 

 $1.75 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Per doz. Per 100 



Stclleriana. 3-inch pots 150 10 00 



Sliver King. 3% -inch pots 1 50 10 00 



AsclepiaS (Butterfly Weed) 

 Tuberosa. Strong two-year field roots. 1 50 10 00 



AspeiTuIa (Sweet Woodruff) 

 Odorata. 3-inch pots 3 50 18 00 



AsphodeluS (Asphodel) 

 Luteus. . 4-inch pots 3 50 IS 00 



Dwarf Alpine Asters 



Alpinas. Showy purplish blue 1 50 10 00 



•• Albns. Pure white 150 10 00 



Sub-ccerulens. Large bluish-violet... 1 50 10 00 



Summer Flowering Hardy Asters 



Acris. Grows about 18 inches high, the plant becom- 

 ing completely covered with violet blue flowers in 



', August. $1.75 per doz.; iSlS.OO per 100. 



Ainellns Elegans. Grows 12 to 15 inches high and pro- 

 duces large, showy flowers of a rich bluish-violet 

 during July and August. $1.75 per doz.; $13.00 per 

 100. 



Japanese Double White Hardy Aster 



A most desirable variety that came to us from 

 Japan unnamed, and which is entirely distinct. The 

 plants are of symmetrical habit, grow about 2 feet 

 high, and bear from July to September double white 

 flowers not unlike the double white Feverfew. $3.00 

 per doz.; $15.00 Der 100. 



Japanese Hardy Aster 



Mauve Cushion. An entirely distinct species. It forms 

 a circular cushion-like plant 2% feet across, rarely 

 exceeding 9 inches in height, the flowers, of deli- 

 cate, soft mauve, with silvery white reflection, 

 measure over IVi inches in diameter, and are pro- 

 duced in such lavish profusion as to completely 

 cover the plant; the blooms begin to expand early 

 in October, but are not at their best until Novem 

 ber. $3.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Six Select Hardy Asters 



Barr's Pink. This is of the Novae Angliae type, a 

 strong, vigorous grower forming shapely plants 

 from four to flve feet high and the finest bright 

 pink flowers of any Aster yet introduced. $4.00 per 

 doz.; .$30.00 per 100. 



Blue Gem. One of the most decorative free flower- 

 ing rich blue varieties, probably the nearest ap- 

 proach to a true blue. 



Heather Gloiv. Very free vigorous grower with large- 

 sized flowers of a delightful shade of brilliant rose 

 with conspicuous golden centre; 4 feet. 



Maggie Perry. Very large flowers loosely arranged 

 in large branching trusses, of a pleasing soft tone 

 of mauve. 



Queen Mary. This is unquestionably one of the best 

 of the Novi Belgii type yet introduced with graceful 

 fully 2% -inch flowers arranged loosely in branching 

 panicles of a particularly pleasing blue-tinted lav- 

 ender. 3% feet high. 



Royal Blue. A compact strong grow^er w^ith large 

 flowers of a rich purplish-blue, very early and free. 

 2y2 feet. 



Price, Any of the above except where otherwise 

 noted, $3.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Fall-flowering Hardy Asters 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts) 



The collection offered below is made -up of the 



choicest varieties only. 



Anita Ballard. Light lobelia shading to lighter cen- 

 tre, early and free. 3% feet. 



Brussells. Very large, light lavender blue. 4 ft. 



Capitaine. Light lavender blue. 4 to 4% feet. 



Chaterham Gem. Feathery sprays of good-sized light 

 lavender blue flowers. 3 feet. 



Emllie Thoury. Light ageratum blue. 3 feet. 



Enfante de Vitry. Semi -double lilac mauve. 2V2 feet. 



Ghent. Large soft lilac-mauve. 3 feet. 



King of the Belgians. Light lobelia blue. 3 feet. 



Laevis. Light heliotrope. 4 feet 



Liege. Large, soft, rosy pink. 2% feet. 



Maid of Athens. Soft lavender blue. S feet. 



Mother of Pearl. Large flowers, mauve-pink at edges, 

 shading to "white-tinted centre. 2 to 3 ft. 



IVovae angliae. Bright violet purple. 4 feet. 



" " Mrs. F. W. Raynor. Large purplish- 



crimson. 4 feet. 

 " " Roseus. Bright purplish-mauve. 4 



feet. 



Novi belgii Climax. Large pyramidal spikes of large 

 light lavender-blue flowers; very free. 5 feet. 



Novi belgii WTiite Climax. A counterpart of above 

 w^ith white flowers. 



Novi belgii St. Egwin. A pleasing soft rosy-pink. 3 

 to 4 feet. 



Nurse Cavell. An early soft rose-pink. 3 to 4 ft. 



October Dawn. Of stout branching form covered with 

 large effective lilac mauve flowers. 2 ft. 



Q,neen of Colwall. A tall-growing very large semi- 

 double delicate mauve. 4 to 5 ft. 



Sam Banham. Large, feathery, pure white, one of the 

 earliest. 3 feet. 



Tataricus. Largs bluish-violet; very late. 6 feet. 



The President. Large light bluish-violet. 4 ft. 



Trouvaille. Semi-double bright mauve-pink. 3 feet. 



Price. Any of the above, in 3-inch pots, Sfl.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Astilbe 



This collection includes the best of the latest novel- 

 ties, all are varieties of strong vigorous growth pro- 

 ducing many branched feathered heads of flowers 

 during June "and July. 

 Betsy Cuperius. Stems 5 feet high with drooping 



branches 18 to 24 Inches long, of white flowers with 



pink centres; very showy. 

 Ceres. An attractive rosy-lilac; 2% to 3 feet., 

 Grandis Rosea Maxima. Grows 5 to 6 feet high, with 



2 feet long drooping branches of white flowers with 



rosy centres. 

 Gruno. Light graceful branching spikes of salmon- 

 pink color: 4 feet. 

 Marguerite Van Rechteren. Finely fringed flowers. 



bright red tinged with dark lilac. 4 to 5 feet. 

 Salland. A vigorous growing variety with bronzy red 



stems and crimson -red flowers: 6 feet. 



Strong, 4-inch pots, $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



