Dreer's Choice HARDY SHRUBS 



Spiraea 



Billiard! . (T) Pink flowers in late summer. Size 3-4 ft. 

 Bumalda, Anthony Waterer. (D) Deep crimson. Seldom 



exceeds 30 inches in height. Blooming during summer. 



Size 2 ft. 

 Prunifolia fl. pi. (DouUe-Flou'ermg Bridal Wreath). (M) 



Beautiful shrub, double white flowers in May. Size 3-4 ft. 

 Thunbergi. (D) Charmint low-growing shrub with delicate 



foliage and small white flowers in spring. Size 2-3 ft. 

 Van Houttei. (M) A beautiful Spiraea of compact habit. 



Presents a fountain of white blooms in May and June. Size 



3-4 ft. 



Any of the above Spiraeas: 60c each. 



Stephanandra 



Flexuosa. (M) Fountain-like white-flowering shrub. In fall 

 the finely cut foliage is beautifully tinted. Size 3-4 ft., 60c each, 



Symphoricarpos— 5noH'berry (M) • 



Chenaulti. The pink Snowberry. Shapely plants 3 feet high 

 and 5 feet in diameter. Small foliage and deep pink fruits in fall. 

 Size 3-4 ft., 60c each. 



Racemosus {White Snowberry). Popular dwarf shrub, small 

 pink blooms and large white berries. Size 3 ft., 60c each. 



Double-flowering Syringa or Lilac 

 Mme. Marie Lemoine 



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Syringa— Litoc 



Gives a magnificent display of flowers in spring. We supply 



own-root plants, which will prove most satisfactory. Lilacs 



need a liberal supply of lime. 



Common Purple {Syringa vulgaris). (T) The old-fashioned 

 fragrant favorite. Size 3-4 ft., 60c each. 



Common Vfhite {S. vulgaris alba). (T) Fragrant white flowers 

 borne profusely on vigorous plants. Size 3-4 ft., 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. Size 2-3 ft. 



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. Size 3-4 ft. 



Josikaea {Hungarian Lilac). {^.1) A distinct species of stout erect 

 growth with dark shining leaves and beautiful showy purple 

 flowers. The bushes are in bloom in late June. Size 3-4 ft. 



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. Size 2-3 ft. 



President Grevy. (T) Double purphsh blue flowers in 

 massive trusses. Size 2-3 ft. 



William Robinson. (T) A very double Lilac with crimson- 

 pink buds opening into a beautiful deep violet-pink. Size 2-3 ft. 

 Any of the above except where noted: $1.00 each. 



Tamarix— Tamarisk 

 Africana. (T) Tall, slender, irregularly and artistically formed 



shrub with small feathery foliage. Branches are covered in 



May with masses of delicate pink bloom before the leaves 



appear. Valuable and unique. Size 3-4 ft. 

 Hispida aestivalis. (M) Covered with soft pink flower sprays 



in July and .August when the shrubbery border is comparatively 



bare of flowers. Distinct. Size 2-3 ft. 

 Indica. (T) Pale pink flowers in late summer and autumn. 



A very strong grower with long, slender racemes. Size 3-4 ft. 

 Any of the above: 60c each. 



yihumum—Snowball (M) 



Carlesi {Fragrant Viburnum). The fragrant rare Korean 

 Viburnum. Salver-shaped flowers of a delicate rose-tinted 

 white, passing to white in terminal cymes 2-3 inches across in 

 May. Good bushy specimens, size 2 ft., $1.00 each. 



OpuluS {High-Bush Cranberry). (§) White flowers in June followed 

 by bright scarlet berries in fall. Size 3 ft., 75c each. 



— Sterilis {Common Snowball, Guelder Rose). ® Popular white 

 Snowball. Blooms in May. Size 2-3 ft., 75c each. 



Plicatum {Japanese Snowball). Dark foliage and perfect, pure 

 white flower balls in May; free flowering. Size 2-3 ft., 7Sc each. 

 For Viburnum rhylidophyllum, see page 144. 



Vitex (T) 



The Rare Chaste Tree 



Macrophylla. Most de- 

 sirable because it gives 

 good contrast to the shrub 

 border. Of graceful growth 

 with attractive lavender- 

 blue flowers arranged in 

 terminal spikes. Blooms 

 from July until frost. 

 Grows more than 10 feet 

 high. Strong plants, size 

 15-18 in., 75c each; $7.50 

 per doz. 



Weigela (M) 

 Diervilla 



Vitex macrophylla 



Eva Rathke. Ruby-carmine flowers in summer and fall. Size 



3 ft. 

 Rosea. Soft rosy carmine. Profuse flowering. Size 3-4 ft. 

 —nana variegata. Foliage showily mottled green, yellow, 



and pink. Rose-colored flowers. Size 3-4 ft. 



Any of the three Weigelas: 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 139. 



— atropurpurea (Red-Leaved Barberry), page 139. 

 Callicarpa purpurea (Beauty Berry), page 139. 

 *Cotoneasters (Rockspray), various, page 143. 

 *CornuS (Dogwood), various, page 140. 



Euonymus alata (Corkbark), page 140. 

 * — europaeus (Burning Bush), page 140. 

 *Lonicera Morrowi (Bush Honeysuckle), page 141. 



Malus atrosanguinea (Carmine Crab), page 141. 



— loensis plena (Bechtel Crab), page 141. 



— Parkmani (Parkman Crab), page 141. 

 Nandina domestica (Chinese Bamboo), page 141. 

 Pyracantha coccinea Lalandi (Fircthorn), page 144. 

 Rhodotypos kerrioides (White Kerria), page 141. 



*Symphoricarpos (Snowberry), various, page 142. 

 *Viburnum opulus (High Bush Cranberry), page 142. 

 — rhytidophyllum, page 144. 



We shall supply all Shrubs priced at 60c each for $6.00 per doz.; $45.00 per 100. 

 Shrubs cannot be sent by mail 



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