Dreer's Choice 



Hardy Shrubs 



Our shrubs are loo heavy to be sent by 

 mail and they are shipped by Express or 

 Freight at purchasers' expense. No 

 charge is made for packing or delivery 

 to the Express, Freight, or Steamship 

 lines in Philadelphia. The sizes given 

 are those of the plants when shipped to you. 



Shrubs are as much a part of the well balanced garden as a lawn or flower border. 



Many of them are as decorative as any ornamental foliage plants, while others are 

 highly attractive on account of their flowers. In the well arranged shrubbery border 

 there always will be something of interest no matter what the season of the year. 

 They have many uses such as a dividing line between the flower and vegetable garden, 

 or between the lawn and uncultivated land beyond; as a bacliground to a flower garden; 

 for hiding an unsightly fence or foundation. As height varies according to conditions 

 we give the approximate height as follows: D=Dwarf (less than 4 feet high); M = 

 Medium Tall (4 to 8 feet high); T =Tall (8 feet and taller). 



Althea — Rose of Sharon (T) 



Tall, hardy, late flowering shrubs valuable because they flower 

 when but few shrubs are in bloom. Good for hedges. August- 

 October. 



Duchesse de Brabant. Beautiful double dark red flowers. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. Elegant double pure white blooms. 

 Lady Stanley. Semi-double deep rose blooms. 

 Rubis. A lovely single red variety. 



A ny of the above: 50c each. 

 William R. Smith. Giant single pure white flowers fully 4 

 inches across. They open flat and are profusely produced from 

 early July until late September. Size 3 to 4 ft., 75c each. 



Berberis — Barberry (M) ® 



Thunbergi (Japanese Barberry). A beautiful variety with 

 small foliage assuming most brilliant autumn tints. The 

 scarlet berries remain on the branches most of the winter. 

 Desirable for grouping around a porch base or to hide founda- 

 tion planting. Succeeds in sun or shade and is the best hedge 

 plant we know. Bushy plants, size 1 J-2 ft., 35c each; S3. 50 per 

 doz.; S25.00 per 100. 



Red-Leaved Japanese Barberry 



Red -Leaved Japanese Bcirberry 



Berberis Thunbergi atropurpurea (M) 



Similar to the popular green-leaved Japanese Barberry but the 

 foliage of this newer variety is a rich, lustrous, bronzy red, 

 similar to the red-leaved Japanese Maple. As the summer 

 advances the coloring becomes more brilliant, changing to shades 

 of vivid orange, scarlet, and red. All that is required to develop 

 its brilliant coloring at all seasons is that it be planted in full 

 exposure to the sun. 



Each 



Strong plants, size 15-18 in $0 35 



Strong plants, size 18-24 in 50 



Strong plants, size 24-30 in 75 



For other Barberries see pages 143 and 144. 



Doz. 



100 



S3 SO 



S25 00 



5 00 



40 00 



7 50 



60 00 



Buddleia — Butterfly Shrub, Summer Lilac 



lie de France (.Vcif). (D) A splendid vigorous new variety 

 carrying in summer fragrant masses of brilliant rosy violet- 

 purple flower spikes. Pot plants, 50c each; §5.00 per doz.; 

 S40.00 per 100. 



Callicarpa 



Beauty Berry 

 Purpurea. (M) Most 

 graceful recurvim,' 

 branches, covered in 

 August with tiny 

 pink-tinted flowers. 

 Followed in late Sep- 

 tember by masses of 

 violet-purple berries 

 which last until mid- 

 winter. Strong 

 plants, size 2-3 ft., 

 60c each. 



.■Ill Shrubs will be 

 shipped at proper 

 planting season for 

 the locality from 

 where ordered, unless 

 othenvise specified. 



Callicarpa purpurea 



Calycanthus— 5u'eef Shrub ® 



Floridus. (M) An old favorite with most unusual chocolate- 

 colored flowers in May. Size 2-3 ft., 60c each. 



Cercis— Judas Tree. Red Bud% 



Japonica. (T) A showy tall shrub or small tree. All the branches 

 and twigs are covered with a mass of small rosy pink flowers 

 early in the spring before the leaves appear. Size 2-3 ft., 

 75c each. 



Japanese Flowering Cherries (T) 



Tlie di>.play of Japanese Flowering Cherries at our national 

 capital, Washington, D. C, annually attracts thousands of visi- 

 tors. These Cherries are among the earliest flowering trees, 

 blooming in early April. . The variety range extends the flowering 

 season fully 4 weeks, the single flowering varieties blooming first, 

 followed by the doubles. Perfectly hardy and will succeed in 

 almost any location. 



Erect Growing Cherries 



Kofugen. Fine double deep pink; one of the best. 

 Mt. Fuji. Large double pure white flowers. 

 Naden (Snowslide). One of the prettiest double pinks. 

 Victory or Shirofugen. Very double, up to 2 i in. across. 

 Delicate pink changing to white. Late. 

 Atiy of the above: Strong plants, size 4-5 ft., $2.50 each. 

 The collection of 4 varieties, value $10.00, for $9.00. 



Weeping Cherries 



Double Pink Weeping. Deep pink, strong grower. 



Rosea pendula. Single light pink. Earliest blooming Weep- 

 ing. 

 Either variety: Strong 2-year crowns on good stems 85.00 each. 



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W« fthall supply all shrub* priced at 60c each for $6.00 per doz.} $45.00 per hundred 



