DREER'S SELECT 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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

 w; consider the many varied and pleasing changes which takes place throughout the grow- 

 ing season in a well arranged hardy border, 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. 



COLLECTIONS OF HAKDV PERENNIALS 



For customers who are not acquainted with the various varieties, we offer the followmg collec- 

 tions, 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 50 I 50 Varieties, our selection $8 00 



25 " " 5 00 1 100 " " 15 00 



ACHILLEA (MUfoil. or Yarrow) '^ 



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



" Pearl;" flowers more perfect in form. 

 • — — " The Pearl." Pure white; flowers all sumnier. 

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



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

 Tomentosa ( Woolley Yarrrow). Handsome cut foliage and bright yellow 

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

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 

 Set of 4 sorts, 85 cts. 



ACONIXUM (Monkshood or Helmet Flower) 



Aconites form bushy clumps, and are invaluable for planting under trees or in 

 shady or semi-shady positions. 



FIscheri. A dwarf variety growing 18 inches high, with very large pale bine 

 flowers in September and October. 



Sparks' Variety. The 



darkest blue of all; 30 

 inches high; flowers in 

 June. 

 36 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 

 $25.00 per 100. 



AJUGA (Bugle) 



Qenevensis. Variable blue flowers Aconitum 



during May. 



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.; $18.00 per 100. 



ALYSSLTM (Mad-wort) 



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



Saxatile Compactutn (Busket of Gold, Gold Tuft, Eockmadwort). An 

 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. 



26 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100. '' 



AMSONIA 



Saliclfolius. 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 raw of the shrubbery border. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



ANCHUSA (Alkanet) 

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

 tiful rich blue flowers produced with remarkable freedom throughout the en- 

 tire summer; 5 to 6 feet high. 

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

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100 



Anchusa Italica, Dropmore Variety 



NOTE. — All Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 

 to value of order to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. 



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