DREER'S SELECT 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



THIS class of plants, familiarly known as Old-fashioned Hardy Garden 

 Flowers, has come into public favor in recent years so rapidly as to 

 astonish even the most sanguine enthusiast. Their popularity is not at all 

 surprising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes which take 

 place throughout the entire growing season in a well arranged hardy border, in 

 which every week, yes, almost every day, brings forth something fresh and new. 

 The limited space at our command in this catalogue permits us to offer only those 

 varieties which can be set out safely in the autumn. For complete list see our 

 Special Catalogue of Hardy plants; copies free on request. For customers who 

 are not acquainted with the various varieties, we offer the following collections, 

 all 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 1 50 Varieties, our selection. . . $ 7 00 



25 " " 4 GO I 100 '« " .... 12 00 



AC]HL,L,C A (Milfoil, or Yarrow) 

 Ptarmica Fl. PI. '• Boule de Nelge." An improved form of the popular 

 "Pearl;" flowers more perfect in form. 



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



Millefolium Roseuni. {Rosy Milfoil). Finely-cut, deep green foliage; 



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

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



flowers all summer; 4 feet. 

 Tomentosa ( Woolly Yarrow). Handsome cut foliage and bright yellow 

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



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. ; $12.00 per 

 100. Set of 5 sorts, 85 cts 



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Achillea Ptakmica Fl, Pl. Boxjlbde Neigb 

 ACOPilXUM (Monkshooa, or Helmet Flower) 



Forms bushy clumps, with spikes 3 feet long of hood-shaped flowers, and are invaluable 

 for planting in shady positions. 

 Napellus. Large, dark-blue; August and September, 



Fischeri. Pale blue flowers in September and October. 



Lycoctonum. A free -flowering, pale yellow sort, blooming in June and July 

 Spark's Variety. The darkest blue of all; of tall growth; 5 to 6 feet high 

 Wilsoni. A variety from northern China; 5 to 6 feet high, with large flowers 



■of light violet blue in September. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 

 Price, except where noted, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. Set of 5 sorts, fl 50, 



^^GOPODIUM (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. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz ; $12.00 

 per 100. 



AGROSTEMMA (Rose Campiony 

 Stout, erect-growing plants with silvery foliage, which contrasts well with the 

 showy flowers, which are produced during June and July, 

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

 — Alba. A pure white form. 



Flos Jovis {Flower of Jove). Deep pink flowers on 12-inch high stems. 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12 00 per 100 



AL,YSSUM 



Saxatile Compactum {Basket of Gold, Gold Tuft, Roekmadwort). An 

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

 ing early in summer masses of broad, flat heads of bright yellow flowers, 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



AMSONIA 



Salicifolius. A stout shrub-like plant growing about 2 feet high with terminal 

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

 row of the shrubbery border. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ANTHERICUM 



LiliagO {St. Bernard's Lily). A pretty species, bearing ?pikes of white 

 flowers 18 inches high during May and June. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



NOTE.— All Bulbs, Roots and PlanU are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If w 

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



issippi River. 



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