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 cus- 

 tomers who are not acquainted with the various varieties, we offer the fol- 

 lowing collections, all in good strong roots, that, once planted, will, with 

 very little care, keep the garden gay with flowers from the time frost leaves 

 the ground until late in autumn: 



12 Varieties, our selection. . .$1 50 I 50 Varieties, our selection. .$5 00 

 25 " " ... 2 75 | 100 " " . 9 00 



ACHILX.EA (Milfoil, 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 summer. 



Filipendula (Noble Yarrow). A showy species, with golden-yellow 

 flowers in dense flat corymbs; in July; 2 feet. 



Millefolium RoseUItl (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 yel- 

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



15cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 

 per 100. Set of 6 sorts, 75 cts. 





ACONITUM NaPELLUS 



Achillea Millefolium Roseum 

 ACONITUM (Monkshood, 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. 

 — Bicolor. Blue-and-white flowers. 

 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. 



Stock ready in November. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 6 sorts, $1.25. 



ADONIS (Bird'. Eye). 



One of the choicest of early spring -flowering plants; about 12 inches high,, 

 with finely-cut, ornamental foliage; effective in rock work or in the border. The 

 two varieties offered are from Japan, of strong growth, and come into bloom fully 

 two weeks earlier than any other hardy plant in our collection. 

 Amurensis. Single yellow. | Amurensis Fl. PI. Double yellow. 



50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



^GOPODIUM (Bishop'. 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. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz; $10.00 

 per 100. 



AJUGA (Bugle). 



Reptans Rubra. A useful plant for the rockery and for carpeting the ground, 

 particularly to shady positions, or under trees where grass will not grow; 

 large spikes of purplish-blue flowers in May. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



AI^YSSUlfl. 



Rostratum. Bright golden-yellow flowers in June and July. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Saxatile Compactum (Basket of Gold, Gold Tuft, Roelc-madwort). An 

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

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

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



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 for postage to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to poults west of the Mississippi River. 



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