. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HARDY PERENNIALS. 25 cts. each ; $ per dozen, except where noted. A steadily increasing demand for hardy plants has led us to give them ninre attention and to increase our stock considerably. Our list contains none but good and satisfactory plants, though by no means including all that are Worthy of cultivation. ^Ve can make when desired a selection that will keep the garden gav with flowers from the time frost leaves the ground until late autumn. They
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HARDY PERENNIALS. 25 cts. each ; $ per dozen, except where noted. A steadily increasing demand for hardy plants has led us to give them ninre attention and to increase our stock considerably. Our list contains none but good and satisfactory plants, though by no means including all that are Worthy of cultivation. ^Ve can make when desired a selection that will keep the garden gav with flowers from the time frost leaves the ground until late autumn. They are adapted to every soil and situation, and when once planted will with a little care increase in vigor and beauty. ACHILLEA, THE PE.\RL. A grand improve ment on the old Achillea fl. pi. The flowers, which are borne in the greatest profusion the entire summer on strong, erect stems, are of the purest white, somewliat resembling a Poniponfe Chrysanthemum ; as a summer cut-bloom it is a arreat acquisition. £5 cts. each ; $ ])er dozen. A plant from Central , producing rose-colored flowers in racemes 2 feet long. The i)rofiision of its bloom is such as to give the re- semblance of roses at a distance ; henc^e its name, Rosa de iVontana, or Mountain Hose. This plant is moderately hardy, with ]irotection. The vines are killed to the ground by frost; but as it has tuberous roots, it starts in the spring and develops its flowers from June till frost. ANTHEKICUM (St. Bruno's Lily). .K beautiful plant, with narrow, grass-like foliage, and long spikes of white, fragrant, lily-like flowers. 20 CIS. each ; $ per ANEMONE JAPONICA. One of the most beautiful of the hardy herbaceous plants. They commence to open their rich-colored single blooms in August, and continue to increase in beauty until cut by frost. Tliey thrive best in a light, rich, moist soil, and should not be transplanted more than is necessary when they become too thic
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