DREER'S CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS 



NOTE — Shrubs will be shipped on receipt of orders, or as soon as they can be dug, unless instructed to the contrary, but no 

 orders can be accepted for delivery later than May 1, and they can only be sent by Freight or Express, at purchaser's expense. 

 They are too heavy and large to be sent by mail. No charge for boxes, packing or delivery to express, freight or steamship lines 

 in Philadelphia. 



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

 them are as decorative as any ornamental foliage plant, while others are highly useful as cut flowers, 

 and a well-arranged planting presents an attractive appearance throughout the entire year. 



Shrubs have many uses; such as a dividing line between the flower 

 and the vegetable garden, or between the lawn and uncultivated land 

 beyond; as a background to a flower border; for hiding an unsightly 

 building, fence or foundation, or they may be planted in a mixed 

 ■ > .. shrubbery border, in which case those of short, dense growth should 



be planted along the front of the border, graduating to the tall- 

 growing kinds at the back. 



Leaflet on the culture and care of Shrubs sent free on request. 



Abelia Chinensis Grandiflora. A choice small Shrub of 

 graceful habit, producing through the entire summer and 

 fall white tinted lilac heather-like flowers in such abundance 

 as to completely cover the plant. Plants from 4-inch 

 pots, 50 cts. each. 



Hardy Azaleas 



• The varieties here offered are the hardiest and most desirable 



for general garden planting; until thoroughly established it is 

 beneficial to give them a heavy mulch of leaves during the win- 

 ter, and a loose covering of evergreen branches to protect them 

 from the sun and drying winds during freezing weather. 

 Amoena. Bright rosy purple flowers in great masses. 

 Bushy plants 10 to 12 inches in diameter, $1.25 each; 

 $12.00 per doz. 

 Hinodegiri. Bright fiery-red flowers in following sizes: 

 8 to 10 inches in diameter, $1.50 each; $15.00 per doz. 

 10 to 12 inches in diameter, 2.00 each; 20.00 per doz. 

 12 to 15 inches in diameter, 3.00 each; 30.00 per doz. 

 Hinomayo. A wonderfully pleasing shade of delicate rose pink. 



Bushy plants 12 inches high, $1.25 each; $12.00 per doz. 

 Ledifolia Alba. Large pure white flowers. Bushy plants 12 to 



15 inches high, $1.25 each; $12.00 per doz. 

 Ledifolia Magniflca. Pure white, beautifully variegated with 

 rosy-pink. Bushy plants, 12 to 15 inches high, $1.25 each; $12.00 

 per doz. 



Althea William R. Smith 



Althea (Rose of Sharon). The Altheas are among the most valuable of our tall, 

 hardy Shrubs on account of their late season of blooming, which is from August 

 to October, a period when but few Shrubs are in flower. 

 We offer the following choice double-flowering sorts: 



— Alba plena. White, crimson centre. I — Duchesse de Brabant. Dark red. 



— Anemonefiora. Dark rose. | — Jeanne d' Arc. Pure white. 



— Boule de Feu. Red. , — Paeonifiora. Rosy purple. 



60 cts. each. Set of 6 varieties, $3.00. 



— William R. Smith. A splendid giant-flowering variety, naturally forming 

 symmetrical bushy specimens, while the glistening pure white single flowers are 

 of giant size, fully 4 inches in diameter, open out flat or salver-shaped quite dif- 

 ferent from the older types which only partially expand; these are produced in 

 great profusion from early in July until late in September. Strong plants, 75 

 cts. each. 



Andromeda Japonica. An evergreen compact growing low 

 shrub, with small dark green foliage and long panicles of dull 

 bronzy-red buds which appear during the summer and are attract- 

 ive during the entire winter, opening into white flowers in spring. 

 Bushy plants, 15 to 18 inches high, $1.50 each. 



Aralia Pentaphylla. A very distinct ornamental Shrub with 

 graceful arching branches and bright green foliage. 60 cts. each. 



— Spinosa (Hercules Club, Angelica Tree, or Devil's Walking-slick). 

 A singular native tree-like Shrub, growing from 10 to 15 feet high, 

 with very prickly stems, pinnate leaves and immense panicles of 

 white flowers in August, followed by attractive black fruit, an 

 odd tropical looking plant; $1.00 each. 



Buddleia Variabilis Magniflca (Butterfly Shrub or Summer Lilac). One of the 

 most desirable summer flowering shrubs, beginning to bloom in July, it continues 

 until cut by severe frost. The flowers are of a pleasing shade of violet mauve, 

 and are borne in dense cylindrical spikes from 12 to 15 inches in length by 3 inches 

 in diameter; it succeeds everywhere and flowers freely the first season planted. 

 Good plants from 3-inch pots. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



Abelia Chinensis Grandiflora 



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