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DREER'S WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 



Xew Hybrid Delphiniums. 



The two varieties here offered are the handsomest of this 

 class of plants that have yet come to our notice, and deserve 

 a position in every garden ; they are perfectly hardy and 

 flower continuously during the summer and ifall months, 

 producing spikes 15 to 18 inches long. 



Frau Emma Metzger. A most beautiful variety, the 

 peculiar coloring of which it is almost impossible to de- 

 scribe. The flowers, which are of large size and double, 

 are of a glossy silvery rose in the centre which gradually 

 passes to a light sky-blue as it approaches the edges, and 

 white eye, a combination of shadings which must be seen 

 to be fully appreciated. 



Wilkie Collins. Eich royal purple shading to blue, 

 double flowers nearly two inches in diameter. 

 25 cents each, |2.50 per dozen. 



Ceaaothus Gloire de Plantieres. 



Very few of the Ceanothus have found their way into 

 general cultivation, owing principally to the fact that most 

 of the varieties heretofore introduced have been very 

 tender. In this new variety is combined almost entire 

 hardiness ; a slight protection around the roots, which 

 may be omitted if planted in a sheltered position, be- 

 ing sufficient to carry them over successfully, while 

 the flowers are of large size and of a most desirable 

 shade of lavender-blue. The shrub-like plant grows 

 about three feet high and begins to bear its graceful 

 and airy heads of flowers early in June, continuing through 

 the greater part of the summer. 20 cts. each ; $2.25 per 

 dozen. 



Gaillardia Grandiflora. 



One of the finest of hardy Perennials. Flowers 'arge, 

 numerous, produced on long stems, and excellent for cut- 

 ting ; of the most gorgeous coloring. Centre dark-red 

 brown ; petals variously marked with rings of scat let crim- 

 son, orange and vermilion. It delights in a rather poor, 

 light soil, and blooms in the greatest profusion from June to 

 November. 



Strong one-year old pot grown plants. 



3 inch pots, 75 cts. per dozen, $5.00 per 100. 



4 " $1.00 " $8.00 " 



Helenium GrandiceplialTim 

 Striatum. 



A most interesting old hardy plant that appears to 

 have been lo.st from cultivation for a long time, has only 

 recently been re-introduced, and is one of our most desir- 

 able perennial plants. It is of strong, robust, erect habit, 

 growing from 3 to 4 feet high, with flowers about Ij inches 

 in diameter, in large branching heads, of a deep orange 

 color, irregularly striped and blotched with crimson. 

 A most novel and unique combination and distribution of 

 colors. Occasionally during extremely hot weather, the 

 red stripes disappear, the flowers coming a pure yellow. 

 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100. 



Hypericum Moserianum. 



One of the very best herbaceous plants of recent intro- 

 duction. The habit of the plant is free and graceful ; it 

 produces long, slender, much-branched stems, leafy to the 

 base and all drooping toward the ends, apparently from the 

 weight of the flowers and buds, although the floweis face 

 so that none of their l)eauty is lost. It is marvelously free 

 flowering, of large size, measuring from 2 to 2\ inches in 

 diameter, in color a rich golden yellow, which is rendered 

 still more effective by the numerous yellow stamens and 

 crimson anthers, and blooms continuously the entire season. 

 It is perfectly hardy, forming a bush about 3 feet high. 

 Strong one year plants $1.00 per doz. ; $(>.(I0 per 100. 



Hypericum Tricolor. 



A pretty variegated form of tlie above, 20 cts. each ; 

 $2.00 per dozen. 



Oreocome Candoli.ei. 



Iris Kaempferi. (j apanese Iris.) 



These magnificent Iris are among the most beautiful of 

 our summer flowering plants, and are destined to become 

 more popular every season. They commence blooming 

 about the middle of June, and continue in flower for five or 

 six weeks. Many of these flowers measure from ten to 

 twelve inches in diameter, and rival the orchids in their 

 rich colorings and markings. We offer twenty distinct 

 varieties which were selected while in flower from over 

 seventy-five of the best Japanese introductions. (For 

 names and descriptions, see page 144 of our Retail Cata- 

 logue.) 15 cts. each; $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. 

 Set of 20 varieties for $2.50. Choice mixed varieties, $1.00 

 per dozen ; $8.00 per 100. 



liinaria Macedonica. 



Not a novelty, but one of the good old herbaceous plants 

 that has been lost sight of for some time. It is a strong 

 growing plant, growing about 2 feet high, bearing endless 

 spikes of golden-yellow fioweis with an orange lip, some- 

 what resembling a Snap-Dragon. It is perfectly hardy 

 and succeeds in almost any position. 25 cents each. 



Oreocome Candollei. 



The most beautiful decorative hardy perennial plant 

 that has yet come to our notice. When we saw this plant 

 growing in the open border the past summer, we were at 

 once struck with the elegant graceful beauty of its foliage, 

 which in well established plants grows from 24 to 30 inches 

 long, is of a bright fresh green color, and resembles the 

 fronds of that beautiful Mexican tree-fern Cibotium Schiedei. 

 The flower stems should be removed as fast as they appear, 

 which develops the foliage to its full beauty. The plant 

 possesses a grace and elegance found in no other hardy 

 plants. 50 cents each. 



Phlox Divaricata Canadensis. 



One of our native varieties that is, however, but rarely 

 met with, and which has been introduced into Europe the 

 past few years as a novelty, and a plant that deserves a 

 place in every American Garden as well, being one of the 

 earliest spring flowers ; frecjuently beginning to flower early 

 in April it continues until almut the middle of June, with 

 large bright lilac flowers, which are produced on stems 

 about 10 inches high in large, showy heads, and are very 

 fragrant. 2| inch pots, 75 cts. per dozen ; $f>.00 per 100. 



