DREER'S SELECT 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



THE popularity of these Old Fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers is not at all 

 surprising when we consider the many varied and pleasing changes which 

 take place throughout the growing season in a well arranged hardy bor- 

 der, in which every week, yes, almost every day, brings forth something fresh 

 and new, 



We list in this Catalogue only such sorts which can be set out in the autumn. 

 For a complete list of varieties, see our Annual Garden Book issued early in 

 January. 



COI.LECTIONS OF HARDY PERET«NIAL,S 



For customers who are not acquainted with the various varieties, we oflfer the 

 following collections, in varieties strictly of our selection, in good strong roots, 

 that will, with little care, keep the garden gay with flowers from the time frost 

 leaves the ground until late in autumn: 



12 Varieties, our selection $2 00 I 50 Varieties, our selection $7 00 



25 " " 4 00 I 100 " " 12 00 



ACHIt,LE A (Milfoil, or Yarrow) 



Ptarmica FI. PI. " Boule de Neige." An improved form of the popular 

 "Pearl;" fiower3 more perfect in form. 



"The Pearl." Pure white; flowers all summer. 



Millefolium Roseum (Rosy Milfoil). Finely-cut, deep green foliage; flow- 

 ers pink, in dense heads, all summer; 18 inches. 



Eupatorium {Fern-leaved Yarrow). Finely-cut foliage and brilliant yellow 

 flowers all summer; 4 to 5 fe^t. 



Filipenduia {Noble Tarrow). A vigorous, showy species, with golden- 

 yellow flowers in dense flat corymbs in July; height, 2 feet. 



Tomentosa {Woolley Yarrow). Handsome* cut foliage and bright yellow 

 flowers in a multitude of flat heads during June; 12 inches. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. Set of 6 sorts, $1.25. 



ADONIS (Bird's Eye) 



One of the choicest of early spring-flowering plants; about 

 12 inches high, with finely-cut, ornamental foliage; effective on 

 rockwork or in the border. The two varieties off^ered are from 

 Japan, of strong growth, and come into bloom fully two weeks 

 earlier than any other hardy plant in our collection. 

 Amurensis. Large, single yellow flowers. 

 Amurensis Fl. PI. Large, double yellow flowers. 

 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Anchusa Italica, Dropmorb Variety 



Achillea Ptarmica Fl. Pl. Boule db Neigb 

 ^EGOPODIUM (Bishop's Weed) 



Podagraria Variegata. A rapid growing plant, with neat 

 green and yellow variegated foliage, thriving in any soil; 

 makes a fine border for a bed of shrubs or for covering waste 

 ground; 1 foot. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



AGROSTEMMA (Rose Campion) 



Stout, erect-growing plants with silvery foliage, which con- 

 trasts well with the showy flowers, which are produced during June and 

 July. 

 Coronaria {Mullein Pink). Bright rosy crimson; 2i to 3 feet. 



— Alba. A pure white form. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



AJUGA (Bugle) 

 Reptans rubra. A useful plant for the rockery and for carpeting the ground, 

 particularly in shady positions, as under trees where grass will not grow; 

 large spikes of purplish-blue flowers in May. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



ALrYSSUM (Mad-wort) 

 Rostratum. Bright golden-yellow flowers in June and July; 1 foot 

 3axatile Compactum {Basket of Gold, Gold Tuft, Rockmadwort). Au 

 indispensable plant for the rockery or border, growing 1 foot high, and pro- 

 ducing in May masses of broad, flat heads of bright yellow flowers. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



AMSOXIA 



Saiicifolius. A stout shrub-like plant growing about 2 feet high, with ter- 

 minal spikes of light steel-blue flowers, desirable to intersperse in clumps in 

 the front row of the shrubbery border. 



Tabernaeraontana. Similar to above in habit of growth, but with light blue 



flowers. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ANCHUSA (Alkanet) 

 Italica Dropmore Variety. A grand improvement on the old Italica; 

 beautiful rich blue flowers produced with remarkable freedom throughout the 

 entire summer; 5 to 6 feet high. 



— Opal. Similar to the above, but lustrous light blue in color. 



36 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



NOTE.— All Bulbs. Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser payins chiu-ites. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 percent- 

 to value of order to pointe east of the MUsissippi River, and 20 per cent, to poinU west of the Mississippi River 



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