Dreer’s Specialties in Hardy Perennial Plants 55 
HELENIUM 
Helenium (Sneeze Wort) 
Desirable border plants, succeeding in any soil in a 
sunny location, with broad-spreading heads of flowers. 
Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large pur- 
plish black cone; August and September; 4 feet. 
Riverton Gem. Old gold, changing to wall-flower red; 
August and September; 34 feet. 
Price. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per dozen. 
Helianthus (Hardy sunflowers) 
The perennial Sunflowers are among the most effective 
hardy plants for large borders for planting among shrub- 
bery, or as clumps on the lawn, and are invaluable for 
decorative purposes, or as cut flowers. 
Maximiliana. The latest of all perfecting its fine 
golden-yellow flowers in long, graceful sprays during 
October; 5 to 7 feet. 
Multiflorus Fl. Pl. (Double Hardy Sunflower). Large, 
double Dahlia-like golden-yellow flowers in great pro- 
fusion during July and August; 4 feet. 
25 ets. each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Hemerocallis (yellow Day Lily) 
Popular hardy plants. They succeed everywhere and 
should always be included in every border of old-fash- 
ioned hardy plants. 
Flava (Yellow Day Lily). Fragrant deep lemon-yellow 
flowers in June and July; height, 24 to 3 feet. 
Luteola (Golden Day Lily). Bright golden-yellow with In- 
dian-yellow shadings; June and July. 
Middendorfi (Dr. Regel’s). The earliest in bloom, May; 
flowers bell shaped, rich chrome yellow; 2 feet. 
25 ets. each; $2.50 per dozen. 
