DREER'S SELECT 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



'T^HE popularity of these Old Fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers is not at all surprising when we 

 ■*- consider the many varied and pleasing changes which takes place throughout the growing season 

 in a well arranged hardy border, in which every week, yes, almost every day, brings forth something 

 fresh and new. 



We list in this Catalogue only such sorts which can be set out in the autumn. For a complete 

 list of varieties, see our Annual Garden Book issued early in January. 



J Collections of Hardy Perennials 



For customers who are not acquainted with the various varieties, we offer the following collec- 

 tions, in varieties strictly of our selection, in good, strong roots, that will, with little care, keep the 

 garden gay with flowers from the time frost leaves the ground until late in autumn : 



12 Varieties, our selection $2 50 1 50 Varieties, our selection 



25 " " 5 00 I 100 " " 



Achillea (MilfoU, or Yarrow) 



Ptarmica Fl. PI. "Boule deNeige." An improved form of the popular "Pearl"; 



flowers more perfect in form. 

 — — "The Pearl." Pure white; flowers all summer. 

 Millefolium Roseum (Rosy Milfoil). Finely cut, deep green foliage; flowers 



pink; in dense heads, all summer; 18 inches. 

 Tomentosa {Woolley Yarrow). Handsome cut foliage and bright yellow flowers 



in a multitude of flat heads during June; 12 inches. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 4 sorts, 85 cts. 



A.COnitUni (Monkshood or Helmet Flower) 



Aconites form bushy clumps, and arc invaluable for planting under trees or in 

 shady or semi-shady positions. 

 Fischeri. A dwarf variety growing 18 inches high, with very large pale blue flowers 



in September and October. 

 Sparks' Variety. The darkest blue of all; 30 inches high; flowers in June. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Aegopodium 



(Bishop's Weed) 



Podagraria Variegata. Pretty 



green and yellow variegated 



foliage, makes a pretty individual 



specimen and a neat border or 



edging for a bed of shrubs. 25 



cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 .Vconitum 



per 100. 



AlySSUm (Mad-Wort) 

 Rostratum. Bright golden-yellow flowers in June and July; 1 foot. 

 Saxatile Compactum [Basket of Gold, Gold Tuft, Rockmadwort)'. An indispensable 



plant for the rockery or border, growing 1 foot high, and producing in May masses 



of broad, flat heads of bright yellow flowers. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Amsonia 



Salicifolius. A stout, shrub-like plant, growing about 2 feet high, with terminal 

 spikes of light steel-blue flowers, desirable to intersperse in clumps in the front 

 row of the shrubbery border. 



Tabernaemontana. Heavier foliage than the above and clear blue flowers. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Anchusa (Alkanet) 



Italica Dropmore Variety. Beautiful rich blue flowers produced with remarkable 



freedom throughout the entire summer; 5 to 6 feet high. 

 — Opal. .Similar to the above, but lustrous light blue in color. 



35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz,; $20,00 per 100. 

 Myosotidiflora. A distinct dwarf species from the Caucasian mountains growing 

 but 10 to 12 inches high, producing during April and May sprays of beautiful 

 Anchusa Italica, Dropmore Variety Forget-me-not-hke flowers of a rich hue. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



NOTE — All Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 

 to value of order to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. 



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