HENRY A. DREER 



Hardy Plants 



WHOLESALE LIST 



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Aquilegia (Columbine) 



Per aox. Per 100 



Canatlcnsis. Our native red and yellow $1 50 $10 00 



CUrysantha. Bright yellow, long 



spurred 1 50 10 00 



Chrysantha Alba. A fine long-spurred 



white 150 10 00 



Dreer's liOng Spurred Pink 1 50 10 00 



Helense. Long Spurred Blue 1 50 10 0« 



Dreer's Long- Spurred Hybri»ls. Choic- 

 est mixture 1 50 10 00 



Flabellata Alba. Dwarf pure white.. 1 50 10 00 



Viilgarifs. Blue European Columbine.. 1 50 10 00 



AlTabis (Rock Cress) 



Alpina. Single white 1 50 10 00 



Armeria (Thrift — sea Pink) 



Cephalotes Rnbra 3 00 15 00 



Laiicheana Rosea 1 50 10 OO 



Maritinia Alba 1 50 10 00 



Artemisia Lactiflora 



(Hawthorn Scented Mugwort) 



A most effective flowering plant, with erect stems 

 3% to 41/i feet high, clothed with elegantly cut dark 

 green foliage and terminated by panicles of Haw- 

 thorn-scented creamy white Spirjea-like light and 

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

 of August to the end of September. $1.75 per doz. ; 

 .H12.00 per 100. 



Fall-floweriiig Hardy Asters 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Star«'orts) 



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 feet. 

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

 Chaterhain Gem. Feathery sprays of good-sized light 



lavender blue flowers. 3 feet. 

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

 Client. Large soft lilac-mauve. 3 feet. 

 King of the Belgians. Light lobelia blue. 8 feet. 

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

 Maid of Athens. Soft lavender blue. 3 feet. 

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



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

 Novae angliae. Bright violet purple. 4 feet. 



" " Mr.s. F. "W. Raynor. Large purplish- 



crimson. 4 feet. 



" " Rosens. Bright purplish-mauve. 4 



feet. 

 Novi belgii Climax. Large pyramidal spikes of large 



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

 Novi belgii White Climax. A counterpart of above 



with white flowers. 

 Novi belgii St. ]Eg-»vin. A pleasing soft rosy-pink. 3 



to 4 feet. 

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



earliest. 3 feet. 

 Tatarieus. Large bluish-violet; very late. G feet. 

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

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

 Price. Any of the . above, *1.50 per doz.;$lO.00 per 100. 



Aster Alpinus 



Hardy Aster 



Five Select Hardy Asters 



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

 strong, vigorous grower forming shapely plants 

 from four to five feet high and the finest bright pink 

 flowers of any Aster yet introduced. 



Heather Glow. "Very free vigorous grower with large- 

 sized flowers of a delightful shade of brilliant rose 

 with conspicuous golden centre; 4 feet. 



Magg-ie Perry. Very large flowers loosely arranged 

 in large branching trusses, of a pleasing soft tone 

 of mauve. 



Q,ueen Mary. This is unquestionably the best of the 

 Novi belgii type yet introduced, with graceful 

 flowers 2V2 inches in diameter arranged loosely in 

 branching panicles of a particularly pleasing blue 

 tinted lavender. 3V3 feet high. 



Thora Perry. Stout branching stems 3 feet high, 

 covered with large semi-double, silvery white fiowers; 

 one of the earliest of the fall flowering varieties. 

 Any of the above ^'^.OO per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Summer Flowering Hardy Asters 



Amellns Elegans. Grows 12 to 15 inches high and 

 produces large, showy flowers of a rich bluish-violet 

 during July and August. .$2.00 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 1.00. 



Acri.s. Very free, violet blue, $2.00 per doz.; .$15 00 

 per 100. 



Dwarf Alpine Asters 



Per doz. Per 100 



Alpinus. Showy purplish blue $150 .$10 00 



" Albus. Pure white 1 50 10 OO 



Snl»-c<»'rHleus. Large bluish-violet.... 1 50 10 OO 



Japanese Hardy Aster 



Mauve Cushion. An entirely distinct species. It forms 

 a circular cushion-like plant 21/2 feet across, rarely 

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

 cate, soft mauve, with silvery white reflection, 

 measure over 1%, 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 November. 

 $2.00 per doz.; .$15.00 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. .$2.00 

 per doz.: $15.00 per 100. 



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