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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY SHRUBS 



Japanese Maples 



JAPANESE MAPEES 



(Acer Japonicum and Polymorphum) 



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 foliage. 15 to 18 

 inches high. 



Polymorphum Atropurpureum. Purple leaved variety, 

 deeply cut. 18 to 24 inches high. 



Polymorphum Dissectum Atropur- 

 pureum. A handsome variety; leaves 

 a beautiful rose color when young; 

 change to a deep and constant purple 

 as they become older; deeply and deli- 

 cately cut, giving them a fern-like ap- 

 pearance. 15 inches high. 



Price. Any of the above Japanese Ma- 

 ples in four-year old pot-grown speci- 

 mens, of size noted, $1.25 each. 



Osmanthus Delavayi. A valuable new 

 evergreen shrub introduced from Yun- 

 nan, where it grows at an altitude of 

 9000 feet, therefore perfectly hardy. 

 The foliage is small of a deep green 

 color; the fragrant, pure white tubular 

 flowers are borne in terminal clusters at 

 the end of the branches in very early 

 spring. There being so few depend- 

 ably hardy evergreen shrubs, this will 

 prove a desirable acquisition. $1.25 

 each. 



Philadelphus Conquete. Large, sin- 

 gle flowers in clusters of 3 to 5, com- 

 pletely covering the plant. .50 cts. 

 each, j, 



— Coronarius ( Garland Mock Or- 

 ange). This is the popular tall variety; 

 very sweet and one of the first to flower. 

 50 cts. each. 



Pyrus Japonica [Japan Quince'). A very showy and popular 

 Shrub of medium height, which blooms profusely in early spring; 

 flowers dazzling scarlet. Makes an excellent hedge. 50 cts. 

 each. 

 Rhododendron Racemosum. A pretty small-flowered species, 

 producing trusses of rosy-lilac flowers in April, small myrtle-like 

 dark green foliage. $1.00 each. 

 Spiraea Prunifolia [Briddl Wreath). A favorite variety and 

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

 white flowers in May. 50 cts. each. 

 — Reevesi fl. pi. Of medium growth, with double-white flowers 



in clusters in May. Very fine. 50 cts. each. 

 — Thunbergi. One of the most charming of all low-growing 

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

 flowers in spring. 50 cts. each. 

 — Van Houttei. The grandest of all the white Spirseas; it is of 

 compact habit and a beautiful ornament for the lawn at any sea- 

 son, but when in flower it is a complete fountain of white bloom, 

 the foliage hardly showing. 50 cts. each. 

 Symphoricarpus Racemosus {Snowberry). A well-known 

 dwarf Shrub with small pink flowers and large white berries 

 that hang on the plant the greater part of the winter. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Vulgaris (^Red Fruited, or Indian Currant). Similar to the 



above, but with bright red fruit. 50 cts. each. 



Tamarix Hispida .^stlvalis. A distinct variety, with 

 delicate, soft, pink sprays of flowers in July and August, 

 a time when the shrubbery border is comparatively bare of 

 flowers. 50 cts. each. 

 Vitex Agnus Castus. {Chaste\ Tree). A graceful Shrub, 

 growing from 5 to 6 feet high, with dense spikes 6 to 8 

 inches long, of lilac-colored flowers late in summer. 50 cts. 

 each. 

 Viburnum Opulus Sterilis {Snowball or Guelder Hose). 

 The popular white Snowball, filled with large pendant balls 

 of white flowers in May. 50 cts. each. 



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