Dreer’s Choice 
HARDY SHRUBS 
Spiraea 
Billiardi. (T) Pink flowers in late summer. 
Bumalda, Anthony Waterer. (D) Deep crimson. Seldom 
exceeds 30 inches in height. Blooms during summer. Size 2 ft. 
Prunifolia fl. pl. (Double-Flowering Bridal Wreath). (M) 
Beautiful shrub, double white flowers in May. Size 3-4 ft. 
Thunbergi. (D) Charming 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. 
Size 3-4 ft. 
Any of the above Spiraeas: 60c each. 
_ Symphoricarpos—snowberry (M) @ 
Chenaulti (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 
Syringa—Lilac 
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 it., 60c each. 
Common White (S. vulgaris alba). (T) Fragrant white flowers 
borne profusely on vigorous plants. Size 3-4 ft., 60c each. 
French Lilacs 
Named Varieties, Grown on Own Roots 
These French Lilacs are truly superb. They will bring to 
your spring garden a glorious display of most attractive fra- 
grant flowers in a number of exceptionally fine colors. The four 
varieties listed have proved of more than unusual value and are 
highly recommended. 
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. 
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 indi- 
vidual flower trusses are exceptionally large yet well propor- 
tioned. Splendid for garden display and for cutting. Size 2-3 
ft. 
President Grevy. (T) Double purplish 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 it. 
Any of the above: $1.00 each. 
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We shall supply all Shrubs priced at 60c each for $6.00 per doz.; $45.00 per 100. 
Tamarix—Tamarisk 
Africana. (T) Tall, slender shrub with feathery foliage covered 
in May with masses of delicate pink blooms before the leaves 
appear. Valuable and unique. Size 3-4 ft. 
Hispida aestivalis. (M) Covered with soft pink flower sprays 
in July and August. 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. 
Viburnum—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., $1.50 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. Bloomsin May. Size 2-3 it., 75c each. 
Plicatum (Japanese Snowball). Dark foliage and perfect, pure 
white flower balls in May; free flowering. Size 2-3 ft., 75c each. 
For Viburnum rhytidophyllum, see page 148. 
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 f 
from July until frost. & 
Grows more than 10 feet 
high. Strong plants, size 
15-18 in., 75c each; $7.50 & 
per doz. ‘ 
—rosea (New). Identical in f 
habit to the preceding va- 
riety but the flowers are a 
pleasing pink making quite a contrast with the deep 
blue of the older variety. Strong plants, size 15-18 in., 
$1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
Vitex macrophylla 
Weigela an 
Diervilla, 
Eva Rathke. Ruby 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 143. 
—atropurpurea (Red-Leaved Barberry), page 143. 
Callicarpa purpurea (Beauty Berry), page 143. 
*Cotoneasters (Rockspray), various, page 147. 
*Cornus (Dogwood), various, page 144. 
Euonymus alata (Corkbark), page 144. 
*_europaeus (Burning Bush), page 144. 
*Lonicera Morrowi (Bush Honeysuckle), page 145. 
Malus atrosanguinea (Carmine Crab), page 145. 
—Ioensis plena (Bechtel Crab), page 145. 
—Parkmani (Parkman Crab), page 145. 
Nandina domestica (Chinese Bamboo), page 145. 
Pyracantha coccinea Lalandi (Firethorn), page 148. 
Rhodotypos kerrioides (White Kerria), page 145. 
*Symphoricarpos (Snowberry), various, page 146. 
*Viburnum opulus (High Bush Cranberry), page 146. 
—rhytidophyllum, page 148. 
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