Dreer’s Choice 
HARDY SHRUBS 
Spiraea Van Houttei 
Spiraea 
Billiardi. (T) Tall growing. 
3 to 4 feet high. 
Bumalda, Anthony Waterer. (D) A valuable variety; color 
bright crimson. It is of dwarf, dense growth, never exceeding 
30 inches in height; in bloom during the entire summer season. 
2 feet high. ‘ 
Prunifolia fl. pl. (Double Flowering Bridal Wreath). (M) A 
favorite variety and one of the best; it is a beautiful shrub of 
medium size with double white flowers in May. 3 to 4 feet high, 
Thunbergi. (D) One of the most charming of all low-growing 
shrubs, with fine delicate foliage, and a profusion of small white 
flowers in spring. 2 to 3 feet high. 
Van Houttei. (M) The grandest of all the white Spiraeas; it is of 
compact habit and a beautiful ornament for the lawn at any 
season, but when in flower it is a complete fountain of white 
blooms, the foliage hardly showing. 3 to 4 feet high. 
Any of the above Spiraeas: 60c each. 
Pink flowers in late summer. 
Stephanandra 
Flexuosa.(M) Of graceful fountain-like habit with finely and deli- 
cately cut leaves which in the autumn assume brilliant reddish 
tints. The flowers are creamy white. 3 to 4 feet high, 60c. 
Symphoricarpos —Snowberry @ (M) 
Chenaulti. This is the choicest of the red Snowberries. It is by 
nature a very graceful shrub growing into a shapely plant about 
3 feet high and 5 feet in diameter. Has small foliage. Bears in 
the fall an abundance of deep pink fruits. 3 to 4 feet high, 60c. 
Racemosus (White Snowberry). A well-known dwarf shrub with 
small pink blooms and large white berries that hang on the plants 
the greater part of the winter. 3 feet high, 60c each. 
Lovely Berry-Bearing Shrubs 
Many of our customers will be interested in these splendid 
berry-bearing shrubs. Those marked with a star (*) are liked 
by one or more kinds of birds. 
Berberis thunbergi (Barberry), page 118. 
— atropurpurea (Red-Leaved Barberry), page 118. 
Callicarpa purpurea (Beauty Berry), page 119. 
*Cotoneasters (Rockspray), various, page 125. 
*Cornus (Dogwood) various, page 119. 
Euonymus alata (Corkbark), page 120. 
*_europaeus (Burning Bush), page 120. 
*Lonicera Morrowi (Bush Honeysuckle), page 120. 
Malus atrosanguinea (Carmine Crab), page 120. 
— Ioensis plena (Bechtel Crab), page 120. 
— Parkmani (Parkman Crab), page 120. 
Nandina domestica (Chinese Bamboo), page 121. 
Pyracantha coccinea Lalandi (Firethorn), page 125, 
Rhodotypos kerrioides (White Kerria), page 121. 
*Symphoricarpos (Snowberry) various, page 122. 
*Viburnum opulus (High Bush Cranberry), page 125. 
— rhytidophyllum, page 125. 
Double-flowering Syringa or Lilac—Mme. Marie Lemoine 
Syringa — Lilac 
Lilacs are most desirable shrubs as they give a magnificent 
display of flowers during the spring. We offer own-root plants 
which have proved most satisfactory. Always mix a considerable 
quantity of hydrated lime with the soil when planting Lilacs be- 
sides giving yearly heavy top dressings of lime. 
Common Purple (Syringa vulgaris). (T) The old fashioned 
fragrant favorite. 3 to 4 feet high, 60c each. 
Common White (S. vulgaris alba). (T) Fragrant white flowers 
borne profusely on vigorous plants. 3 to 4 feet high, 60c each. 
Charles X. (T) A strong, rapid growing variety with large shining 
leaves and rather loose trusses composed of large, single, reddish 
purple blooms. 2 to 3 feet high. 
Japonica. (T) An elegant Japanese species eventually growing 
into a good sized tree. Creamy white blooms in large panicles 
produced a month later than other varieties. 3 to 4 feet high. 
Josikaea (Hungarian Lilac). (M) A distinct species of stout erect 
growth with dark shining leaves and beautiful showy purple 
flowers, The bushes are in bloom in late June. 3 to 4 feet high. 
Mme. Marie Lemoine. (T) The finest double white Lilac. 
The individual flowers which resemble miniature tuberoses are 
of immense size. They are delicately scented. The individual 
flower trusses are exceptionally large yet well proportioned. 
Splendid for garden display and for cutting. 2 to 3 feet high. 
President Grevy. (T) Double purplish blue flowers in 
massive trusses. 2 to 3 feet high. 
William Robinson. (T) A very double Lilac with crimson- 
pink buds opening into a beautiful deep violet-pink. 2 to 3 
feet high. 
Any of the above except where noted: $1.00 each. 
Tamarix —Tamarisk 
Africana. (T) A tall-growing slender shrub of rather irregular 
form which adds to its artistic value. Has fine small feathery 
foliage. The branches are completely covered by a mass of 
delicate pink blooms during May, before the foliage appears. A 
very valuable and unique shrub. 3 to 4 feet high. 
Hispida aestivalis. (M) A distinct Tamarix covered with 
delicate soft pink sprays of flowers during July and August—a 
time when the shrubbery border is comparatively bare of flowers. 
2 to 3 feet high. 
Indica. (T) Pale pink flowers in late summer and autumn. A very 
strong grower with long, slender racemes. 3 to 4 feet high. 
Any of the above: 60c each. 
We will supply all Shrubs priced at 60c each for $6.00 per doz.; $45.00 per 100. 
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Shrubs cannot be sent by mail. 
