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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 41 
Arabis (Rock Cross). Per doz. Per 100 
Alpina. Early flowering, single white ....... $0 85 $6 00 
a Flore Plena. Adouble whiteform. ... . 1 00 8 00 
Armeria (Thrift—Sea Pink). 
Maritima Splendens. 3-inchpots .......... 85 6 00 
a INVES AB ETO ln ty agg ee eet eS SMe 85 6 00 
Artemisia. 
Lactiflora. Entirely distinct, growing 3% to 4 feet high, the pani- 
eles of creamy white Spirza-like flowers of Hawthorne fragrance, 
are at their best from the latter part of August to the end of Sep- 
tember. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
Per doz. Per 100 
Abrotamnum. Strong divisions........... $0 85 $6 00 
Pedemontana. 4-inch pots. ......... , BN 85 6 00 
Parshians. )4-inch nots. <0 > ks eben © 85 6 00 
Stellariana: 3-inch pots, © 5); |< teGancw Hahede aco 85 6 00 
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed). 
Tuberosa. Strong two-year fieldroots........ 85 6 00 
New Hardy Asters. 
Amellus Beaute Parfalt. The finest of this type yet introduced. It 
grows about 15 inches high; the flowers are very large of royal 
violet-purple with yellow centre, and are produced very freely 
during July and August. 
Abendrothe (Evening Glow). One of the most effective September 
and October flowering varieties with rosy-red flowers, the plants 
grow about 2% feet high and very free flowering. 
Beauty of Colwall. About 4 feet high, of upright growth, and free- 
branching habit, covered in September with large semi-double 
flowers of a pleasing shade of ageratum-blue. 
Laevis Baldur. Very large flowers of light parma-violet, two feet 
high throughout September. 
Sub=-ceeruleus. Forms 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. $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 100. 
Thompsoni Nana. Entirely distinct, a venetian-blue and of excep- 
tional and pretty stellate form, from 15 to 18inches high. Blooms 
in July and August. 
Price. Except where noted, $1.50 per doz,; $10.00 per 100, the set of 
7 varieties for $1.00. 
ARTEMISIA LACTIFLORA 
ASTER BEAUTY OF COLWALL 
Aster Alpinus (Hardy Alpine Aster). 
Per doz. Per 100 
| Alpinus.” (Bite,-3=inch pots: : 2 ee tee eee $0 85 $6 00 
ss Albus. White, 3-inch pots ........ 85 6 00 
Hardy Asters (Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts). 
These are among the showiest of our late flowering hardy plants. 
The collection offered below is made up of the choicest varieties 
only, the weedy sorts being eliminated. Unless otherwise speci- 
fied, they bloom in September and October. 
Acris. Masses of bluish-violet flowers. 1 foot. 
ig Nanus. Masses of bluish-violet flowers. 6 inches. 
Chapmani. Lavender-blue; tall branching habit. 5 feet. 
Curtisii. Pale heliotrope. August and September. 3 feet. 
Formosissima. Bright violet. 3 feet. 
Levis. Lavender blue. 4 feet. 
S Floribunda. Light heliotrope. 4 feet. 
Mme. Soyneuse. Pale lilac, very free. 15 inches. 
Novae Angliae. Bright violet-purple. 4 feet. 
5 ee Rosea. Bright purplish mauve. 4 feet. 
Rubra. Large rosy-purple. 4 feet. 
Wm. Bowman. Amethyst-blue. 4 feet. 
Novi-Belgii Semi-plenus. Pale parma-violet. 4 feet. 
Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct, pure white, useful for cutting. 
August and September. 18 inches. 
Puniceus Pulcherrimus. Bluish-white with yellow centre. 5 feet. 
Snowflake. Very free, pure white. 18 inches. 
Tartaricus. Large bluish-lilac. 6 feet. 
Thirza. Light lilac-rose. 4 feet. 
Top Sawyer. Clear parma-violet color. 4 feet. 
Triumph. Pretty lavender blue. 
White Queen. Fine pure white. 4 feet. 
Strong divisions. $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 100. 
Astilbe Arendsi. 
This new type is of very vigorous growth, producing many- 
branched, feathered heads of flowers. 2% to 3 feet high. 
Ceres. Delicate, light rose with silvery sheen. 
Juno. Strong upright plumes of deep violet rose. 
Salmon Queen. Beautiful salmon pink. 
Venus. Deep violet rose. 
Vesta.. Light lilac rose. 
White Plumed. Dense pyramidal plumes of silvery white. 
40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz.; the set of 6 varieties for $2.00. 
Astilbe. 
Davidii. An important hardy plant. Its 5 to 6 feet high stems, are 
crowned with feathery plumes of deep rose violet flowers during 
July and August. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
Grandis. A fine companion for A. Davidii, being of similar 
growth; the panicles of white flowers frequently 2 to 2% feet long. 
20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
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Bocconia (Plume Poppy). 
Per doz. Per 100 
Cordatas Strong idivisions....:......... sie fonie. $0.85 $6 00 
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