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W "ff T HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



ASTER GRANDIFLORUS 



Arenaria. ( Sand- wort. ) 



Per doz. Per 100 



Caespitosa. 3-inch pots $0 85 $6 00 



Montana. 2%-inch pots 85 6 00 



Armeria. (Thrift— Sea Pink. ) 



Maritime Splendens. 3-inch pots 



" Alba. 3-inch pots 



Artemesia. 



Abrotamnum. Strong divisions 

 Purshiana. 4-inch pots ..... 

 Stellariana. 3-inch pots . . . . 



85 

 85 



6 00 



6 00 



85 

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 85 



6 00 



6 00 

 6 00 



Asclepias. ( Butterfly Weed. 

 Tuberosa. Strong one-year field roots 



6 00 



Asphodelus. (Asphodel.) 



Luteus. 3-inch pots 1 25 8 00 



Hardy Asters. (Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts. ) 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants, 

 giving a wealth of bloom at a season when most other hardy flowers 

 are past. The collection offered below is made up of the choicest vari- 

 eties only, the weedy sorts being eliminated ; unless otherwise speci- 

 fied they bloom in September and October, 

 Amellus Elegans. Deep bluish violet V/2 feet. 



" Mackil. Pure violet. August and September. 15 inches. 

 Airship. Pure white. August and September. 2 % feet. 

 Chapmani. Light ageratum blue, very graceful large sprays. 5 ft. 

 Curtisii. Pale heliotrope. August and September. 3 feet. 

 Datschi. Pure white. October and November. 3 feet. 

 F. W. Burbidge. Light violet. 3 feet. 

 Laevis. Light heliotrope. 3 feet. 

 Longifolia Formosissima. Bright violet. 3 feet 

 Mme. Soyneuse. Pale lilac, very- free. 15 inches. 

 Mrs. F. W. Raynor. Light reddish violet. 4 feet. 

 Novae Angliae. Bright violet purple. 4 feet. 



" " Rosea. Bright purplish mauve. 4 feet. 



" " Rubra. Deep reddish violet. 4 feet. 



Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct, pure white, useful for cutting. 



August and September. 18 inches. 

 Robert Parker. Pale heliotrope, large flowers. 4 feet. 

 Snowflake. Very free, pure white. 18 inches. 



St. Brigid. White tinted lilac. August and September. 3% feet. 

 Thos. S. Ware. Lilac mauve. 3% feet. 

 Top Sawyer. Clear parma violet color. 4 feet. 

 Trinervus. Rich violet purple. October and November. 2% feet. 

 White Queen. Large white, very free. 4 feet. 



Strong 3-inch pots. $1.00 per dozen ; $7.00 per 100. 



Aster Qrandiflorus. 



The most valuable of all hardy Asters, not only on account of its 

 large dark bluish violet flowers, but because it is the latest of all to 

 flower, continuing in good condition until late in November. 3-inch 

 pots, $2.00 per dozen ; $15.00 per 100. 



New Hardy Aster. Sub=coeruIeus. 



A new and distinct variety, forming a dense tuft'of long green leaves 

 from which issue many leafless stems, 12 inches high, bearing in June 

 and July, massive flowers 3 inches across, of bluish violet with golden 

 centre. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



Astilbe. 



Davidii. Unquestionably one of the most important additions to 

 hardy plants of this type in many years. Its 5 to 6 feet high stems, 

 which rise from a tuft of pretty dark green foliage, are crowned 

 with feathery plumes of deep rose-violet flowers during July and 

 August. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 



Astrantia. ( Masterwort. ) 



Major. Strong, 4-inch pots $1 50 



Baptisia. ( False Indigo. ) 



Australis. Strong plants 1 00 



Tinctoria. " " 1 qq 



Per doz. Per 100 



$10 00 



Bellis. 



Double White and Pink 



(English Daisies. ) 

 Strong plants 50 



Bocconia. ( Plume Poppy. ) 



Cordata. Strong divisions 85 



BoltOIlia. (False Chamomile. ) 



Asteroides. 4-inch pots . . 85 



Latisquama. 4-inch pots 85 



Hardy Cactus. 



Echinocactus Simpsoni. (Hedge Hog Cactus) . . 2 00 

 Echinocereus Viridiflora. (Green-flowered Cereus) 1 25 



Opuntia Arenaria 1 25 



" Rafinesquii ... 1 25 



Phaeacantha Major. (Gay-spined Cactus) 1 50 

 Polycantha or Missouriensis 1 25 



Calimeris. 



Incisa. 4-inch pots 85 



Callirhoe. ( Poppy Mallow. ) 

 Involucrata. 3-inch pots 1 00 



Caltha. (Marsh Marigold.) 



Palustris. 3-inch pots 85 



" Flore Plena. 4-inch pots 1 25 



Carex (Sedge.) 

 Fraseri. 4-inch pots 2 o 



Caryopteris. ( Blue Spiraea. ) 

 Mastacanthus. 3-inch pots 85 



Cassia. (American Senna.) 

 Marilandica. Strong one-year-old 85 



Catananche. 



Ccerulea and Bicolor. 3-inch pots 85 



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 10 00 

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 12 00 

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BOCCONIA CORDATA 



