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HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



ASTER GRANDIFLORUS 



Arenaria. ( Sand- wort. ) 



Per doz. Per 100 



Caespitosa. 3-inch pots $1 00 $7 00 



Montana. 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00 



Armeria. (Thrift— Sea Pink. ) 



Maritime Splendens. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



*' Alba. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Artemesia. 



Ahrotamnum. Strong divisions 85 6 00 



Frigida. 3-inch pots 1 00 7 00 



Purshiana. 4-inch pots 85 6 00 



Stellariana. 3-inch pots 85 6 00 



Asclepias. (Butterfly Weed. ) 



Tuberosa. Strong one-year field roots 85 6 00 



Asperula. (Sweet Woodruff. Waldmeister. ) 



Odorita. 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00 



Asphodelus. (Asphodel.) 



Luteus. 4-inch pots 1 25 8 00 



Hardy Asters. (Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants, 

 giving a wealth of bloom at a season when most other hardy flowers 

 are past. The collection offered below is made up of the choicest 

 varieties only, the weedy sorts being eliminated. Unless otherwise 

 specified, they bloom in September and October. 

 Acris. Masses of blush violet flowers. 1 foot. 

 Amellus Elegans. Deep bluish violet 1% feet. 



Mackil. Pure violet. August and September. 15 inches. 

 Airship. Pure white. August and September. 2% feet. 

 Chapman i. Light ageratum blue, very graceful large sprays. 5 feet. 

 Curtisii. Pale heliotrope. August and September. 3 feet. 

 Datschi. Pure white. October and November. 3 feet. 

 F. W. Burbidge. Light violet. 3 feet. 

 Horizontalis. White with vinous purple centre. 2 feet. 

 Laevis. Light heliotrope. 3 feet. 

 Longifolia Formosissima. Bright violet. 3 feet 

 Mme. Soyneuse. Pale lilac, very free. 15 inches. 

 Mrs.F.W. Raynor. Light reddish violet. 4 feet. 

 Novae Angliae. Bright violet purple. 4 feet. 



Purpuriana. Bright purple. 4 feet. 

 " Rosea. Bright purplish mauve. 4 feet. 



" Rubra. Deep reddish violet. 4 feet. 



Novi-Belgii Semi=plenus. Pale parma-violet. 4 feet. 

 Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct, pure white, useful for cutting. 



August and September. 18 inches. 

 Snowflake. Very free, pure white. 18 inches. 



St. Brigid. White tinted lilac. August and September. 3^ feet. 

 Thos. S. Ware. Lilac mauve. 3% feet. 

 Top Sawyer. Clear parma violet color. 4 feet. 

 Trinervus. Rich violet purple. October and November. 2% feet. 

 White Queen. Large white, very free. 4 feet. 



Strong divisions. $1.00 per dozen ; $7.00 per 100. 



Aster Qrandiflorus. 



The most valuable of all hardy Asters, not only on account of its 

 large dark bluish violet flowers, but because it is the latest of all to 

 flower, continuing in good condition until late in November. 3-inch 

 pots, $2.00 per dozen ; $15.00 per 100. 



New Hardy Aster. 5ub = coeruleus. 



A new and distinct variety, forming a dense tuft of long green leaves 

 from which issue many leafless stems, 12 inches high, bearing in June 

 and July, massive flowers 3 inches across, of bluish violet with golden 

 centre. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



Aster Alpinus. (Hardy Alpine Aster.) 



Per doz. Per lOff 



Alpinus. Blue, 3-inch pots $0 85 $6 00 



" Albus White, 3-inch pots . 85 6 00 



Astilbe. 



Davidii. Unquestionably one of the most important additions to* 

 hardy plants of this type in many years. Its 5 to 6 feet high stems, 

 which rise from a tuft of pretty dark green foliage, are crowned 

 with feathery plumes of deep rose-violet flowers during July and 

 August. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 



Astrantia. (Masterwort. ) ' 



Per doz. Per 100 



Major. Strong, 4. inch pots St 50 $10 00 



Baptisia. (False Indigo. ) 



Australis. Strong plants 100 700 



Tinctoria. " " 1 00 7 00 



Bellis. (English Daisies. ) 



Double White and Pink. Strong plants 50 3 00 



Bocconia. ( Plume Foppy. ) 



Cordata. Strong divisions 85 6 00 



Boltonia. (False Chamomile. ) 



Asteroides. 4-inch pots 85 6 00 



Latisquama. 4-inch pots 85 6 00 



Hardy Cactus. 



Echinocactus Simpsoni. (Hedge Hog Cactus) . . 2 00 15 00 



Echinocereus Viridiflora. (Green-flowered Cereus) 125 1000 



Opuntia Arenaria 1 25 10 co 



" Rafinesquii ... 1 25 10 00 



" Phaeacantha Major. (Gay-spined Cactus) 1 50 12 00- 



" Polycantha or Missouriensis 1 25 10 00 



Calimeris. 



Incisa. 3-inch pots S5 6 00- 



Callirhoe. (Poppy Mallow. ) 



Involucrata. 3-inch pots 1 00 7 °° 



Lineariloba. 3-inch pots 1 00 7 00 



Caltha. (Marsh Marigold.) 



Palustris. vinch pots 85 6 00 



Flore Plena. 5-inch pots 1 25 10 00 



CALURHOE INVOLUCRATA 



