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Dreer’s Superb 
HENRY A. DREER PHILADELPHIA 
Hardy Phloxes. 
MONG hardy perennial plants no class is of more importance than the Phloxes, succeeding in almost any soil and position, 
and flowering through a long season; and while they will continue in good condition and flower freely for many years with- 
out attention, yet they respond quickly to and are improved by liberal cultivation. 
our Garden Book for 1914. 
Harpy PuHtiox. 
One each of the above ‘‘ Twelve Best’’ Phloxes for $2.00. 
TWELVE BEAUTIFUL HARDY PHLOXES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION 
The following varieties, all recent introductions, embrace not only new shades of color, but also form plants of strong, sturdy yet 
For complete list of Ifardy Phloxes see 
DREER’S 
COLLECTION OF «TWELVE BEST” 
HARDY PHLOXES. 
We grow each season more than half a million plants of Hardy 
Phloxes in over one hundred varieties, and while all of the sorts 
offered are well worth growing, we realize that the average ama- 
teur only wishes a limited number of sorts, but wants these to be 
the best. It is to meet this want that we offer below what we 
consider to be the best dozen standard sorts, each one of which is 
a strong grower, with immense panicles of large individual blooms, 
pure in color and strictly first-class in every way. 
Antonin Mercie. 
suffused bluish lilac. 
B. Comte. 
Bridesmaid. Pure white, with large crimson-carmine eye. 
Geo. A. Strohlein. 
large flower; color does not bleach in the sun. 
Henry Murger. 
tiful variety. 
Le Mahdi. 
Mme. Paul Dutrie. 
pink Orchid; flowers very large, borne in immense panicles. 
Mrs. Jenkins. 
early and free bloomer. 
Pantheon. 
Light ground color, one-half of each petal 
Brilliant rich French purple. 
Bright scarlet, with crimson-red eye. A 
White, with crimson-carmine centre; a beau- 
Deep reddish violet with deeper eye. 
Delicate lilac-rose in shade like a soft 
The best white for massing; immense panicles; 
carmine-rose 
Uniform bright 
throughout; very 
effective. 
R.P. Struthers. Bright rosy-carmine, with claret-red eye. 
Selma. A pretty, delicate, soft pale rose, with distinct red eye. 
Siebold. 
brighter in color and a stronger grower. 
An improvement on the popular scarlet ‘‘ Coqueli- 
cot,”’ 
Price: Any of the above varieties, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per 
doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
compact habit of growth which place them among the most desirable sorts, particularly for massing in large numbers. 
Asia. One of the prettiest in the collection. A delicate shade 
of mauve, with a crimson-carmine eye. 
Elizabeth Campbell. 
fields than any other variety; one of the handsomest. 
Europa. A white variety, with a decided crimson-carmine 
eye. The individual flowers and trusses are very large; en- 
tirely distinct; of remarkable sturdy, erect habit. 
Frau Anton Buchner. The finest white yet introduced, hav- 
ing the largest truss and individual flower; dwarf habit. 
Gefion. A new colorin Phloxes, a tender peach-blossom pink 
with bright rose eye, flower and truss very large, on erect 
sturdy but compact stems. 40 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Manzelbrunnen. A bright but soft pink with large white 
eye. 
Rheinlander. A most beautiful salmon-pink with flowers and 
trusses of immense size. The color of the flower is intensified 
by a very decided deep claret-red eye. 50 cts. each; $5.00 
per doz. 
Price, except where noted, 30 cts. 
Very bright salmon-pink, with lighter | 
shadings and dark red eye; attracts more attention in our 
Rynstrom. A splendid in Pantheon; color 
not unlike that of Paul Neyron Rose, fine for massing. 
improvement 
Tragedie. Deep carmine with blood-red eye. 
One of the largest- flowered varieties in our col- 
The color is a 
W. C. Egan. 
lection, produced in panicles of immense size. 
delicate lilac illuminated by a large bright solferino-red eye. 
50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
| Wanadis. Entirely distinct, a mottling of white and light 
violet, reminding one of the native Phlox Divaricata Cana- 
The color is intensified by a bright reddish-purple 
eye, A strong grower, producing trusses of immense size. 
densis. 
50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Widar. Light reddish violet, with a very large white centre, 
which intensifies and illuminates the color. 
each: $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
One each of the twelve sorts for $3.50. 
