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 orna- 
mental foliage plant, while others are highly useful as cut flowers, and a well-arranged planting presents an attractive appearance through- 
out 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 grotwh should be planted along the front of the border, graduating to the tall-growing 
kinds at the back. 
AGE ze SHRUBS OF SPECIAL MERIT 
Abelia Chinensis Grandiflora 
A choice smal! 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. 
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 attractive during the 
entire winter, opening into white flowers in spring. Bushy 
plants, 15 to 18 inches high, $1.50 each. 
New Red-leaved Japanese 
Barberry 
(Berberis Thunbergi Atropurpurea) 
Similar in all respects to the green-leaved Japanese Bar- 
berry which is so popular for mixing in the shrubbery border, 
as single specimens, or for planting in clumps on the lawn, as 
well as for foundation plantings and for hedges, but the foli- 
age of this new variety is of a rich, lustrous, bronzy red 
similar to the richest red-leaved Japanese Maples. As the 
season advances, this new Barberry becomes more brilliant 
and gorgeous and in the fall its foliage changes to vivid 
orange, scarlet and red shades. In this coloring it is un- 
equalled by any other shrub and is followed by the same 
brilliant scarlet berries common to the type which remain 
é : on the plant the entire winter. 
L - All that is required to develop its brilliant coloring at all 
. seasons is that it be planted in full exposure to the sun. 
NEW RED-LEAVED JAPANESE BARBERRY Tomah iD er 100 
Hardy Azaleas Strong plants, 9 to 12 inches high....... $0 50 $5 00 $35 00 
The varieties here offered are the hardiest and most desirable | Strong plants, 12 to 15 inches high....... 75 750 60 00 
for general garden planting; until thoroughly established it is | Strong plants, 15 to 18 inches high....... 100 1000 75 00 
beneficial to give them a heavy mulch of leaves during the winter, ae > 
and a loose covering of evergreen branches to protect them from 
the sun and drying winds during freezing weather. 
Amoena. A nearly evergreen variety with bright 
rosy purple flowers in great masses. Each Doz. 
1O}toml2tinchespnediametersss eee $1 50 $15 00 
12;tor'S:inchesun diameters eee oe 200 20 00 
15% tosl'8ninches!inydiameter- 1 eee 3.00 30 00 
Hinodegiri. The most popular variety with 
dense clusters of bright fiery-red flowers. 
Stoel Ohincghessinvdiameterns sets see $1 50 $15 00 
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12sto1'Ssinchesintdiametereet ee eee 3.00 30 00 
Ledifolia Alba. A robust growing sort with 
heavy mat green foliage and large pure white 
flowers. 
12itostSiinchesmnidiameters-em wens oesee $1 50 $15 00 
15 to 18 inches in diameter................. 175 20 00 
1Sitop24zin'chespinidiameter-ser isch ee 250 25 00 
Mollis (Chinese Azalea). A deciduous variety of 
extreme hardiness, blooming before the leaves 
develop. All the choicest colors in mixture. 
Very bushy plants. 15 to 18 inches high (well 
budded) 2" fonistome ccomercmrcoircnr Gr emasraee nite 300 30 00 
Calluna _ (Scotch Heather) 
Very pretty small shrubs, growing from one to two feet high, 
producing their interesting flowers from July to September. 
Vulgaris. Rosy pink Vulgaris Alba. Pure white. 
Strong plants of either, $1.00 each. ABELIA CHINENSIS GRANDIFLORA 
(198) All prices include boxes, packing and delivery to transportation company in Philadelphia. 
