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HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



HERBACEOUS P^EONY FESTIVA MAXIMA 



P/CONIES. 



We offer a large stock of Paeonies in strong divisions with from 3 to 

 5 eyes. 



Double Herbaceous Varieties. 



Per doz. 



Achille. Light flesh .... 52 00 



Amabilis Lilacina. Lilac rose, with yellowish centre 200 



Argus. Light, soft pink 1 50 



Baroness Rothschild. Rich pink 2 00 



Caroline Allain. Blush .... 



Christine. Soft pink, shading lighter 1 50 



Candidissima. Sulphur, shading to white 2 00 



Comte D'Osmont. White, with light sulphur centre 2 00 



Doyen D'Enghien. Dark violet rose 2 00 



Due de Cazes. Deep rose, with salmon centre ... 2 00 



Duchess d'Orleans. Rosy lake, salmon centre ... 2 00 



Eclatante. Deep rose 2 00 



Edulis Superba. Fine, bright rose 1 50 



Festiva Alba. A fine, large, pure white 2 00 



" riaxima. The finest double white 4 50 



Formosa. A good, light pink 1 50 



Grandiflora Alba. Very fine white 2 00 



" Rubra. Extra large blood red 200 



Hericartiana. Soft rose, lighter centre 2 00 



Humei. Rosy pink, with golden-buff centre 1 50 



" Carnea. Large rose, with blush centre . . 2 00 

 Josephine Parmentier. Rose, centre pink suffused 



salmon r 50 



Lilacina Plenissima. Delicate light rose 2 00 



riarie Houillon. Satiny rose 2 00 



Mile. Courant Blush, with yellow anthers .... 2 00 



Mons. Bellart. A rich, purplish crimson 2 00 



Miranda. Deep rose, a fine full flower 1 50 



Mons. Durufle.- A fine rose 2 00 



Pottsii Alba. Blush changing to white 1 50 



Pulcherrima Violet rose 2 00 



Pomponia. Large rosy pink, with salmon 2 co 



Prolifera Tricolor. White guard petals, sulphur 



yellow centre, marked red 2 00 



Purpurea. Glowing, purplish crimson 2 00 



Princess Galitzin. Flesh color 2 00 



Reevesii. Outer petals deep rose, centre blush ... 2 00 



Rosea Elegans. Rose, with lighter centre 2 00 



Reine des Flandres. Late rosy pink 1 25 



Reine des Fleurs. Rosy pink 200 



Sappho. Rosy red 1 50 



Tricolor Grandiflora. Flesh, shading deeper with 



chamois centre 2 00 



Victor Moorish. Large silvery pink 2 50 



Victoria Tricolor. Bright rose, centre yellowish 



white, with a few red marks 2 00 



Pink, in mixture 75 



All Colors, Mixed 75 



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Early Flowering Double Paeonies. 



Per doz. Per 100 



Officinalis (Mutabilisl Alba $2 25 $16 00 



Rosea . 1 50 12 00 



100 800 



P' 2 25 16 00 



Rubra 

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Selected Japanese Tree Pseonies. 



The varieties enumerated below have been selected from 

 a large collection, and will be found very interesting. 

 Abokin. Bright scarlet. 



Akashi-iishi. Blush white, shading deeper centre. 

 Daikagura. Carmine, shading to rose at edges. 

 FuiUno-mone. Pure white. 

 Hakubanryn. Creamy white 

 Iwato-ka.iami. Fine, large pink, 

 kamadafuji. Soft pink. 



Nishikishima. Bright soft pink, blush margin. 

 Ruriban. Dark purple 



Shokikagura. Satiny rose, shading to white on edges. 

 Shiro>kagura. White, suffused with pink. 

 Yoyo-no-nomare. Soft rose, base of petals mottled. 

 60 cents each ; $6.00 per dozen. 



Papaver. (Poppy.) 



Orientale. (Oriental Poppy.} It is not possible to satisfac- 

 torily transplant Oriental Poppies from the field in the 

 spring. The stock which we offer is all one-year old field- 

 grown, which was lifted and potted up into 4-inch pots during 

 August when the plants were dormant ; these are now well 

 rooted and established in pots so that they can be transplanted 

 without any check to their growth. 75 cents per dozen ; 

 $6.00 per 100. 



Nudicaule. (Iceland Poppy.") Strong 4-inch pot-grown 

 plants in finest mixture. 75 cents per dozen ; $6 00 per 100. 



Pardanthus. ( Blackberry Lily. ) 



Sinensis. Strong 4-inch pot plants. 

 J6.00 per 100. 



75 cents per dozen 



Pentstemon Grandiflorum. 



One of our handsomest native species which is being introduced 

 into Europe as a new plant to cultivation, of which distinction it is well 

 worthy, not only being rare but at the same time very showy. The 

 flowers which are produced during the spring months in great pro- 

 fusion on stems 2 to 2% feet high are of a purplish blue color, very- 

 large and attractive. Stong, 4-inch pots, 15 cents each ; J1.25 per 

 dozen ; $10.00 100. 



Pentstemon. ( Beard Tongue. ) 



Per doz. 



Barbatus Torryeii. 4-inch-pots $1 00 



Diffusus. 4-inch pots 1 00 



Digitalis. 4-inch pots 1 00 



Gentianoides. 3-inch pots 1 00 



Glaber Hybrids. 3-inch pots 1 00 



Heterophyllus. 4-inch pots 1 00 



Ovatus. 4-inch pots , 1 00 



Pubescens. 4-inch pots 1 00 



Smalli. 4-inch pots 1 00 



Petasites. (Coltsfoot.) 



Japonicus Giganteus. Strong 4-inch plants .... 1 25 

 Fragrans. (Winter Heliotrope.) Strong, 4-inch pots 1 25 



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Physalis. 



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Francheti. (Chinese Lantern Plant..) 1 00 



Physostegia. ( False Dragon-head. ) 



One of the most beautiful of our midsummer-flowering perennials, 

 forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular 

 flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. A most useful plant for cutting, 

 especially the pink-flowered form. 



Per doz. Per 100 



Virginica. Pink. Strong, 4-inch pots So 75 $6 00 



" Alba 75 6 00 



'' Denticulata 75 6 00 



EARLY FLOWERING HARDY PHLOX. 

 Phlox Suffruticosa. 



This type while it does not contain the bright rich colors of the 

 standard (Decussata) sorts is invaluable on account of its early flower- 

 ing habit, they commencing to flower fully six weeks earlier. 

 Andrew Kerr. Large truss, white, suffused throughout with deep 



rosy lilac. 

 Dr. Hornby. White, delicately suffused with light lilac. 

 Indian Chief. Deep magenta with crimson eye. 

 Miss Lingard. A grand free flowering white. 

 Leaman. Rosy lilac. 

 Ringleader. Magenta, crimson eye. 



The above will be supplied only in strong young plants of this 

 winter's propagation from 2% inch pots. 75 cents per dozen ; $6.00 

 per 100. 



