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SELECT HARDY PERENNIALS. 



NEW JAPANESE TREE PEONIES, 



These are regarded as the flower queers of China, and 

 are the favorites of the upper classes in Japan. 



The viewing of the flowers in Japan is as important 

 an entertainment to the Japanese as the Fetes to the 

 French, the Kirmess to the German, or Football to 

 the Americans. They begin the season with the Plum 

 blossoms in March, following with the Cherry blossoms 

 in April, Pseonies, Wistarias and Azaleas in May, Iris 

 in June, Convolvuli and Lotus in August, ending the 

 year with Chrysanthemums and Maples in November. 



Our Mr. Wm. F. Dreer, when in Japan during the 



Flower Festival season of 1895, visited Ikeda near Osaka, 



where the principal Pseonia growers are located. In an 



enclosure of over three acres the specialists in this plant 



had collected their choicest varieties for exhibition 



About 10,000 plants were in full bloom early in May. 



The grounds were surrounded by tea booths filled with 



admiring and delighted Japanese, viewing the blossoms 



and taking refreshments. A selection was 



then made of the finest and most distinct 



varieties of double blooms, which measured 



from nine to twelve inches across. 



To be successful in the cultivation of the 

 Poeonia, plenty of moisture and manure should 

 be given to the plants. 



Our collection embraces twelve of the 

 most distinct varieties, including the various 

 r shades of rose, pink, crimson, scarlet, white 

 and purple. 



List of varieties and descriptions will be 

 mailed on application. 75 cts. each, $8.00 

 per doz. 



Double Herbaceous P.bony. 



P/EONIA TENUIFOLIA. 



Both the double and single form of P. ten- 

 uifolia are interesting and handsome, not only 

 on account of their rich crimson flowers, 

 which resemble in color the Gen. Jacqueminot 

 Rose, but the fine feathery subdivided foliage 

 makes them a handsome ornamental plant 

 even if they never produced a flower. These 

 varieties are always scarce, and we are now "^ 

 able to offer them for the first time in several ^ 

 years. (See cut.) 

 Double-flowering Pseonia Tenuifolia 50 cts. 



each, $5.00 per doz. 

 Single-flowering Pjeonia Tenuifolia 30 cts. 



each, $3.00 per doz. 



One of each variety for 75 cts. 



P.EONIA Tenuifolia. 



DOUBLE HERBACEOUS PEONIES. 



The Herbaceous Paeoniesare exceedingly hardy, and will succeed in 

 any ordinary garden soil, well enriched with good manure. During 

 •the summer months mulching will be beneficial to the roots, especially 

 ■on dry soils. We offer a splendid assortment in twelve varieties, viz.: 

 Andoniareiisis. Light violet rose. 

 Decesne. Carmine-purple. 

 Duchess d'Orleans. Silvery rose. 

 Festiva Alba. Snow white. 

 Formosa Rosea. Pale rose. 

 Geii. Cavaigiiac. Rich rose. 

 Li'Eleg"ante. Bright rose. 

 Mons. Bocquie. Carmine rose. 

 Pottsii. Dark red. 

 Pulcherrima. Violet rose. 

 Plenissiina Rubra. Crimson. 

 Keine des Francaise. Dark rose. 



Price 30 cts. each. Set of 12 varieties $3.00. 



PLATYCODON (Wahlenbergla). 

 (Bell Flowers.) 



Orandiflorum. One of the very best perennial plants; in con- 

 stant flower from early spring to late fall. It forms dense clumps, 

 which are covered with a mass of blue and white bell-shaped 

 flowers. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



Mariesi. A valuable new species of the Giant Bell Flower, which 

 does not grow higher than a foot, forming a dense, branched bush, 

 and bearing deep blue, bell-shaped flowers nearly three inches 

 across, for a long season in late summer and early autumn. One 

 of the finest of border plants. The unopened buds are nearly as 

 beautiful as the flowers themselves, and are particularly interesting 

 in their peculiar shape 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



Platvcodon Grandiflorum. 



