HENRY A. DREER 
Hardy Plants 
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WHOLESALE LIST 6: 
New Hardy Aster, Queen Mary 
Arabis (Rock Cress) 
Per doz. Per 100 
Alpina. Single white; 38-inch pots.... $1 50 #10 00 
Arenaria (Sand Wort) 
Montana. 3-inch pots................ 2 50 18 00 
Armeria (Thritt—Sea Pink) 
Cephalotes Rubra. 38-inch pots........ 2 00 15 OO 
Laucheama. 3-inch pots............... 1 50 10 00 
Maritimia Alba. 38-inch pots........... 1 50 10 00 
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Artemisia Lactiflora 
(Hawthorn Scented Mugwort) 
A most effective flowering plant, with erect stems 
3% to 4% feet high, clothed with elegantly cut dark 
green foliage and terminated by panicles of Haw- 
thorn-scented creamy white Spirewa-like light and 
graceful flowers. It is at its best from the latter part 
of August to the end of September. 314% -inch pots. 
$1.75 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
: Per doz. Per 100 
SACHA OeSaee wareve seve ere eto ef 50 $10 Oo 
S/eeiNiCh: WOtS ei i teavotis otc 50 10 00 
Stelleriana,. 
Silver King. 
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed) 
Strong two-year field roots 
Asperula (Sweet Woodruff) 
Tuberosa. 1 50 10 00 
Odorata. 38-inch pots ................ 2 50 18 00 
Asphodelus (Asphode!) 
uteus se 4-imche pots acces ue eco eteers 2 50 18 00 
Dwarf Alpine Asters 
Alpinus. Showy purplish blue........ 1 50 10 00 
ce Albus. Pure white ......... 1 50 10 00 
Subcaeruleus. Large bluish-violet.... 1 50 10 00 
Summer Flowering Hardy Asters 
Aeris. Grows about 18 inches high, the plant becom 
ing completely covered with violet blue flowers in 
August. 2.60 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
Amellus Elegans. Grows 12 to 15 inches high and pro- 
duces large, showy flowers of a rich bluish-violet 
Cs July and August. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 
Japanese Double White Hardy Aster 
A most desirable variety that came to us from 
Japan unnamed, and which is entirely distinet. The 
plants are of symmetrical habit, grow about 2 feet 
high, and bear from July to September double white 
flowers not unlike the double white Feverfew. 2.00 
per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
Japanese Hardy Aster 
Mauve Cushion. An entirely distinct species. It forms 
a circular cushion-like plant 2% feet across, rarely 
exceeding 9 inches in height, the flowers, of deli- 
eate, soft mauve, with silvery white reflection, 
measure over 1% inches in diameter, and are pro- 
duced in such lavish profusion as to completely 
cover the plant; the blooms begin to expand early 
in October, but are not at their best until November. 
$2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
Six Select Hardy Asters 
Barr’s Pink. This is of the Novae angliae type, a 
strong, vigorous grower forming shapely plants 
from four to five feet high and the finest bright pink 
flowers of any Aster yet introduced. 
Heather Giow. Very free vigorous grower with large- 
sized flowers of a delightful shade of brilliant rose 
with conspicuous golden centre; 4 feet. 
Maggie Perry. Very large flowers loosely arranged 
in large branching trusses, of a pleasing soft tone 
of mauve; 2 feet. 
October Dawn. Grows about 2 feet high in stout 
branching pyramid form and covered wih large at- 
tractive lilac-mauve flowers. 
Queen Mary. This is unquestionably one of the best 
of the Novi belgii type yet introduced with graceful 
fully 2%-inch flowers arranged loosely in branching 
panicles of a particularly pleasing blue-tinted lav- 
ender. 3% feet high. 
Thora Perry. Stout branching stems 3 ft. high, cov- 
ered with large semi-double silvery white flowers, 
one of the earliest of the fall flowering varieties. 
Price. Any of the above varieties $2.00 per doz.; 
$15.00 per 100. 
Fall-flowering Hardy Asters 
(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts) 
The collection offered below is made up of the 
choicest varieties only. : 
Anita Ballard. Light lobelia shading to lighter 
tre, early and free 3% feet. 
Brussells. Very large, light lavender blue. 4 feet. 
Capitaine. Light lavender blue. 4 to 4% feet. 
Chaterham Gem. Feathery sprays of good-sized light 
lavender blue flowers. 3 feet. 
Enfante de Vitry. Semi-double lilac mauve. 2% feet. 
Ghent. Large soft lilac-mauve. 3 feet. 
King of the Belgians. Light lobelia blue. 3 feet. 
Liege. Large, soft, rosy pink. 2% feet. 
Maid of Athens. Soft lavender blue. 3 feet. 
Mother of Pearl. Large flowers, mauve-pink at edges, 
cen- 
shading to white-tinted centre. 2 to 3 ft. 
Novae Angliae. Bright violet purple. 4 feet. 
se Mrs. KF. W. Raynor. Large purplish- 
crimson. 4 feet. 
UG ae Roseus. Bright purplish-mauve. 4 
feet. 
Novi belgii Climax. Large pyramidal spikes of large 
light lavender-blue flowers; very free. 5 feet. 
Novi belgii White Climax. A counterpart of above 
with white flowers. 
Novi belgii St. Egwin. <A pleasing soft rosy-pink. 3 
to 4 feet. 
Sam Banham. Large, feathery, pure white, one of the 
earliest. 3 feet. 
Tatarieus. Large bluish-violet; very late. 6 feet. 
The President. Large light bluish-violet. 4 feet. 
Trouvaille. Semi-double bright mauve-pink. 3. feet. 
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Price. Any of the above, in 38-inch pots, $1.50 per doz.; 
$10.00 per 100. 
Astilbe 
This collection includes the best of the latest novel- 
ties, all are varieties of strong vigorous growth pro- 
ducing many branched feathered heads of flowers 
during June and July. , ; 
Betsy Cuperius. Stems 5 feet high with drooping 
branches 18 to 24 inches long, of white flowers with 
pink centres; very showy. 
Ceres. An attractive rosy-lilac; 2% to 3 feet. 
Grandis Rosea Maxima. Grows 5 to 6 feet high, with 
2 feet long drooping branches of white flowers with 
rosy centres. 
Gruno. Light graceful 
pink color; 4 feet. 
Marguerite Van Rechteren. Finely fringed flowers, 
bright red tinged with dark lilac. 4 to 5 feet. 
Mowe. A striking novelty with long nicely formed 
spikes, crimson, shaded salmon. 2% to 8 feet. 
Strong, 4-inch pots, $4.00 per doz.; $30.00 per 100. 
branching spikes of salmon- 
