DREER'S SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS for Fall Planting 



Shrubby Clematis • 



Davidiana. A most desirable variety with tubular, bell-shaped 

 fragrant flowers of deep lavender-blue. Blooms during August 

 and September. 2 to 3 feet. 



Recta. Fragrant white flowers in clusters during June and July; 

 grows 2 to 3 feet high. 



Either of the above: 35c each; S3. 50 per doz. 



Hardy Chrysanthemums 



Shasta Daisies, White Marguerites 

 Alaska (Shasta Daisy). A decided improvement on the original 

 with pure glistening white blooms 4i to 5 inches across. Very 

 free-flowering and in bloom all summer and fall. 2 feet. 



Arcticum (The Arctic Daisy). A perfect gem among the fall- 

 flowering plants opening during the last week in September. 

 Large pure white daisy-like blooms 2h inches across. Makes 

 an attractive rosette-like clump of very dark green foliage 

 with the flowers sometimes lasting into November. 



Coreanum (Korean Daisy). A recent introduction from Korea 

 with large white flowers with golden centers, frequently becom- 

 ing tinted pink in frosty weather. An attractive late-flowering 

 very hardy perennial. 2 feet. 

 Any of I he above: 30c each; $2.75 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Convallaria— LiVy of the Valley A • 



Ma jails. A popular subject for the semi-shade and moderately 

 rich soil where it will produce many fragrant white-belled 

 flower stems. Strong clumps for garden planting 50c each; 

 S5.00 per doz.; S40.00 per 100. 



Coreopsis ® 



Lanceolata grandiflora. One of the most popular hardy 

 plants. The flowers are a rich golden yeUow of graceful form. 

 Valuable for cutting. Blooms during the entire summer; 2 feet. 

 25c each; $2.50 per doz.; SIS.OO per 100. 



Delphinium— Hardy Larkspur ® 



These are deservedly one of the most popular subjects in the 

 hardy border. They are of easiest culture, perfectly hardy, and 

 they will establish themselves in almost any garden soil, but 



respond quickly to liberal 

 treatment. 



Belladonna Improved. A 

 very free and continuous 

 bloomer with lovely large 

 clear turquoise blue flowers 

 of a most unusual pure 

 '*t^^^^E7i^^:9SSt^ .^■J^'^t^^H tone. 



Bellamosum. This is a 

 dark blue form of the popu- 

 lar light blue Belladonna. 

 Also very free flowering and 

 a persistent bloomer. 

 Chinense. This dwarf spe- 

 cies has fine feathery foliage 

 and intense gentian blue 

 flowers in open panicles. 

 — alba. Similar in habit 

 of growth to the preceding 

 but the blooms are a fine 

 Dreer's De Luxe Hybrids pure white. 



Dreer'S De Luxe Hybrids. Unquestionably the finest strain 

 of mixed Hybrids ever offered. The plants are of strong, vigor- 

 ous habit and have very large flowers in massive spikes. 

 Any of the above: 25c each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 

 One each of the 5 Delphiniums for $1.10. 



Dianthus— Harrfy Garden Pinks 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet, clove-scented double flowers 

 in the greatest profusion during May and June. 



Her Majesty. A splendid fringed pure white. 

 Homer. Rosy red with dark center. 

 Juliette. White laced crimson. 

 White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 



Any variety: 25c each; S2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Garden Hybrids of Dianthus 



Strong, vigorous, compact growing plants with broader dark 

 green foliage than that of Dianthus plumarius. The flowers are 

 carried on stems 10 to 12 inches tall. Good double blooms. 



Beatrix. A showy light salmon-pink variety blooming continu- 

 ously from May until November. Always greatly admired. 



Etoile de Lyon. Sweetly scented, brilliant crimson flowers borne 

 most profusely during May and June. 



Fuerst Bismarck. A perpetual flowering bright crimson-pink. 

 Large blooms from May until November. 

 Any of the above: 30c each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Botanical Species of Dianthus A 



Deltoides (Maiden Pink). A charming creeping variety with 

 medium-sized pink flowers in June and July; especially suited 

 to the rock garden. 



— alba. A pretty white-flowered form. 



Either of the above: 2Sc each; $2.50 per doz; $15.00 per 100. 



Dictamnus— Go* Ptonf ® 



Fraxinella. An interesting 

 and very showy plant for 

 the hardy perennial border 

 where it develops into well- 

 branched bushes 2 J feet 

 high. The plants have fra- 

 grant foliage and showy 

 rose-pink flowers with deep- 

 er veins. The flowers emit 

 a gas which will flare up if 

 a match is touched to it. 

 June and July. 



— alba. A white-flowered 

 form. 



Either of the above: 35c each; 

 $3. .50 per doz.; $25.00 per 

 100. 



Dielytra— D/cen^ra 



Formosa (Plumy Bleeding 

 Heart). A Showy pink 

 flowers from April to Oc- 

 tober. Grows 15 inches 

 high. 30c each; $3.00 per 

 doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Dictamnus — Gas Plant 



SpectabiliS (Bleeding Heart, Seal Flower). ® Curiously heart- 

 shaped pink flowers borne on gracefully arching stems during 

 May. The plants grow 15 to 18 inches high and do best in 

 shade or semi-shade. Also used for indoor forcing. 45c each; 

 $4.50 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



Digitalis— Foxg/ove • 



Giant Shirley. A magnificent strain of the Gloxinia-flowered 

 type attaining a height of 5 to 7 feet with blooming spikes 4 

 feet in length. Includes many wonderful colors many of them 

 attractively spotted. We offer them in mixture only. 30c each; 

 $2.75 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



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