HEHRYA DREER -PHILADELPHIA PA' HARDY PEREHHIAL PLANTS 
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PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue). 
Most useful perennials, eitlier (or the border or rockery. 
Acumlnatus. Forms a uense plant a foot high, flowers lilac changing to violet • 
June and July. 
Barbatus forreyil. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height, 3 to 4 ft.; June to Aug. 
Cobaea. Large white and purple flowers all summer ; 18 inches. 
Diffusus. Violet-blue flowers ; June and July ; 2 feet. 
Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers, with purple throats durine 
June and July ; 2 to 3 feet. 
Glaber. A trailing species, about a foot high, bearing in early summer showy 
flow rs, varying from light to dark blue. 
Grandiflorum. Large bright purplish-blue flowers in spring; 2i feet. 
Hsterophyllus. Lovely azure-blue flowers in summer ; 2 feet. 
Ovatus. Bright blue shaded purple flowers; fuly to' September; 2 feet, 
Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple ; July and August; IJfeet. 
Small!. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. 
Spactabllis. A pretty rosy-purple ; very attractive ; June and July ; 2 to 3 feet. 
PHVSOSXEGIA (False Dragon-Head). 
One of tbe most beautiful of our midsummer-flowering perennials, forming dense 
bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigan¬ 
tic heather. (See cut.) 
Virglnlca. Bright, but soft pink. 
— alba. Pure white ; very fine. 
— Grandlf lora. An improved variety with flowers almost double the size of the type. 
25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 
— Speclosa. Very delicate pink. 
PHYSAUS (Chinese Lantern Plant). 
Franchetl. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, 
forming dense bushes 2 feet high, producing bright orange- 
scarlet lantern-like fruits ; highly interesting. 
PLUMBAGO (X.ead-wort). 
Larpentae. Of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 4 to 6 inches 
high; useful as an edging plant or for the rockery ; covered 
with beautiful deep blue flowers during the summer and fall 
months. 
PODOPHYLLUM. 
Peltatum (May Apple, or Mandrake ). A well-known native 
plant which is worthy of a place in every shady border. 10 
cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 
Platycodon Grandiflora. 
HARDY GARDEN PINKS. 
Old favorites, bearing their sweet clove-scented flowers in 
the greatest profusion during May and June ; 1 foot. 
Delicata. Soft delicate rose ; very free. 
Diamond. A fine extra early-flowering fringed white. 
Elsie. Bright rose with maroon centre. 
Her Majesty. Flowers of large size and of the purest white. 
Homer. Rich rosy-red with dark centre. 
Juliette. White, laced crimson. 
Laura Wilmer. White, with purplish maroon centre. 
Sir Charles. Large rosy-red. 
Snow. A fine pure white. 
Souv. de Salle. Soft rosy-red. 
Stanislaus. Violet-rose, with deep crimson centre. 
White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 
PLATYCODON. 
(Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bell-flower.) 
The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanulas, and form neat, 
branched bushes of upright habit, which bear a continual succession of flow¬ 
ers from June until October. 
Grandiflorum. Deep blue cupped, star- shaped flowers ; 1J ft. (See cut.) 
— Album. A white-flowered form of the above, 
Mariesl. Deep blue bell-shaped flowers ; nearly 3 inches across on 1 -foot- 
high plants. 
VARIOUS PHLOXES. 
Amcena. This is one of the best varieties for carpeting the ground, the 
rockery or the border; it grows but 4 inches high, and in spring is a 
sheet of rich, bright pink flowers. 10 cts. each; $100 per doz.; $6.00 
per 100. 
Carolina. A dwarf-growing species, rarely exceeding 12 inches in height, 
and producing during May and June masses of bright rosy-red flowers 
Divaricata Canadensis. One of our native species, which is worthy of 
extensive planting, commencing to bloom early in April, and continuing 
through May, with large, fragrant lavender flowers on stems 10 inches high. 
Paniculata. This is the parent of all the showy varieties now in cultiva¬ 
tion. It grows about 3 feet high, blooming in July and August, with bril¬ 
liant rosy-purple flowers in good-sized trusses. 
PHEOX SUBULATA (Moss, or Mountain Pink). 
An early spring-flowering type, with pretty moss-like evergreen foliage, 
which, during the flowering season, is hidden under the masses of bloom. 
An excellent plant for the rockery, the border, and invaluable for carpeting 
the ground or covering graves. We offer six varieties. 
Alba. Pure white. | Lllacina. Light lilac. 
Atropurpurea. Purplish-rose, Nelson!. Pure white. 
Bridesmaid. Purplish-tinted white, j Rosea. Bright rose. 
10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Set of 6 for 50 cts. 
All Hardy Perennial Plants (except where noted) at the uniform price of 15 cts. each ; 81.50 per doz. 
