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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY SHRUBS 



Lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle). 



Tartarica {Tartarian Hnneil suckle). Pink flowers, contrasting 

 beautifully with the foliage; blooms in June. 35 cts. each; $3.50 

 per doz. 



Tartarica alba (While Tartarian HoneiisucMe). A creamy-white 

 colored variety of the above, flowering during May and June. 35 

 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Magnolias. 



Consplcua (Chinese White MaiSnoUa) . A highly prized species on 

 account of its large white flowers, which open about the middle 

 of April. Fine bushy plants, about 3 feet high, $3.50 each. 



Qrandlflora. A magnificent species, with handsome evergreen 

 foliage, producing in June inamense white delightfully fragrant 

 flowers. While there are several fine specimens of this tree in 

 the vicinity of Philadelphia, it is not considered reliably hardy 

 north of Washington. 



Pot-grown plants, 2 feet high, 50 cts. each. 



3 to 4 feet high, $1.00 each. 



Kobus. One of the hardiest in cultivation. Forms a large tree 

 with white flowers 4 to 5 inches across, blooming in April and May. 

 Strong pot-grown plants, 24 to 30 inches high, 50 cts. each. 



Soulangreana. A Chinese species, shrub-like in its young growth, 

 attaining the size of a tree in time ; its flowers are produced early 

 in spring, are cup-shaped, 3 to 5 inches in diameter, are white 

 inside, flushed with purple outside. Strong, heavy plants, $2.00 

 each. 



— Lennel. A variety of the above in which the outside petals are 

 of a deep crimson. Strong, heavy plants, $2.50 each. 



Stellata. A Japanese species, of dwarf habit and pure white, semi- 

 double flowers during April. The earliest to bloom. Strong 

 plants, $2.00 each. 



Japanese Maples. 



These are exceedingly beautiful, especially in spring, when they 

 burst into leaf, and the colors of the foliage are deep and decided. 



Japonicum Aureum. Golden-yellow. 



Polymorphum Atropurpurcum. 

 cut. 



Purple-leaved variety deeply 



Polymorphum DIssectum Atropurpureum. A handsome variety; 

 leaves a beautiful rose color when young; change to a deep and 

 constant purple as they become older; deeply and delicately cut, 

 giving them a fern-like appearance. 



Price. Any of the above Japanese Maples in fine four-year- 

 old pot-grown specimens. 18 to 24 inches high, $1.25 each; two-year- 

 old plants, 6 to 8 inches high. 53 cts. each. 



Osmanthus 



llicifolia. A splendid hardy evergreen shrub of dwarf habit; a. 



fine plant for a shady corner alongside of a porch. 50 cts each. 

 llicifolia Alba Marglnata. Leaves neatly edged with white. 50 



cts. each. 



Philadelphus. 



Coronarlus IGarland Mock Orange^. The popular tall variety; 

 very sweet, and one of the first to flower. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 

 per doz. 



Coronarlus aurea (Golden-lcavcd Mock Ornnt'cl. Fine golden- 

 yellow foliage, contrasting beautifully with the dark leaves of 

 other Shrubs. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 



SPIR^A VAN HOUTTEI 



Prunus. 



Japonica fl. pi. (Doiiblc-Flowcrini^ Almond). A beautiful dwarf 

 Shrub, producing its showy double flowers early in May before 

 the leaves appear. We can supply both white and pink. 60 cts. 

 each. 



PIssardI (Purple-leaved Plum). A dwarf Shrub, covered with 

 single white flowers in spring ; when they first appear the leaves 

 are a lustrous crimson, changing to a rich purple. 50 cts. each. 



Triloba (Double-flnwerinii Plum) . Of medium height, semi-double 

 delicate pink flowers in early spring. 50 cts. each. 



Pyrus Japonicus (Japan Quince). 



A very showT Shrub of medium height, blooms profusely In 

 early spring ; flowers dazzling scarlet. 35 cts. each. 



Spiraeas. 



Anthony Waterer "Walluf". A distinct variety, color bright 

 crimson; it is of dwarf, dense growth, never exceeding 30 inches 

 in height; in bloom the entire summer and fall. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



Arguta Multlflora. Produces in early May masses of pure white 



flowers. Dwart, graceful habit. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 

 Prunlfolla (Bridal Wreatli). A favorite variety and one of the 

 best; it is a beautiful Shrub of medium size with double white 

 daisy-like flowers in May. 35 cts. each; 13.50 per doz. 

 SorbKolia Stellipeda. A splendid improvement on the old Mount- 

 ain Ash-leaved Spira-a, with which it is identical, except that the 

 white flowers are produced in immense pyramidal panicles, fre- 

 quently ten inches wide by fifteen inches high; these, backed 

 with the bright green ferny foliage, appear like large houquets 

 of bloom. Flowers during July and August. 50 cts. each. 

 Thunbergil. One of the most charming of all low-growing Shrubs, 

 with fine delicate foliage, and a profusion of small white flowers 

 in spring. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 

 Van Houttel. The grandest of all white Spiraeas ; compact habit 

 and a beautiful ornament for the lawn at any season, when in 

 flower it is a complete fountain of white bloom, the foliage hardly 

 showing. Clusters of 20 to 30 white florets make up the raceme, 

 and are set close along the drooping stems. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 

 per doz. 



