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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY SHRUBS 



Viburnum (Snowball) 



Spirsea Anthony Waterer. A valuable variety; color bright 

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

 inches in height; in bloom the entire summer and fall. 50 

 cts. each. 



— Arguta riultlflora. Produces in early May masses of 

 pure white flowers. The plant is of dwarf, graceful habit. 

 50 cts. each. 



with double white 



— Prunifolia {Bridal Wreatfi). 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, 



flowers in clusters in May. Very fine. 



50 cts, each. 



— SorbifoHa Stellipeda. A splendid 

 improvement on the old Mountain Ash- 

 leaved Spiraea, with which it is identical, 

 except that the white flowers are pro- 

 duced in immense pyramidal panicles, 

 frequently ten inches wide by fifteen 

 inches high; these, backed with the 

 bright green ferny foliage, appear like 

 large bouquets of bloom. Flowers dur- 

 ing July and August. 50 cts. each. 



— Thunbergl. One of the most charm- 

 ing of all low-growing Shrubs, with 

 fine delicatefoliage, and a profusion of 

 small white flowers in spring. 50 cts. 

 each. 



— Van Houttei. The grandest of all the 

 white Spiraeas; it is of compact habit and 

 a beautiful ornament for the lawn at any 

 season, but when in flower it is a com- 

 plete fountain of white bloom, the foli- 

 age hardly showing. 50 cts. each. 

 Note. — All of the Shrubs offered in 



this catalogue are pot-grown, and can be 



transplanted with safety any time this 



summer. 



Syringa or Lilac, Mme. Casimir Perier. The finest double white 

 Lilac yet introduced. The individual flowers, which resemble miniature 

 Tuberoses, as well as the truss, are of immense size, deliciously scented; fine 

 for cutting. 75 cts. each. 



— President Qrevy. Magnificent panicles of large double blue flowers. 75 

 cts. each. 



Tamarix Hispida /Estivalis. 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. 

 Viburnum Opulus (High Bush Cranberry). The white flowers in June 



are followed in Autumn by bright scarlet berries, which are very attractive 



until very late in winter. 50 cts. each. 



— Plicatum (Japan Snowball). One of the choicest hardy Shrubs, with 

 healthy dark foliage; the perfect balls of pure white flowers are borne in great 

 profusion in May. 50 cts. each. 



— Rhytidophyllum. A beautiful Chinese introduction, with almost ever- 

 green foliage, which is from 8 to 9 inches in length by 2 to 2J inches broad, 

 of a dark green, much channelled, making it most valuable as an ornamental 

 foliage subject; the vigorous growths are terminated by yellowish white 

 flowers, which give place in September to dark red berries. $1.00 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. 30 cts. each. 



— Macrophylla. A variety of the Chaste Tree that came to us from a grower 



in Italy, and with which we are greatly pleased. The general 



habit of the plant is similar to Y. Agnus Castus, but 



much stronger in all its parts, the foliage being larger and 



heavier while the trusses of lavender-blue flowers are fully 



double the size. It blooms from July to September, and we 



believe is destined to become as popular as the Butterfly 



Shrub. 50 cts. each. 



Weigelia Candida. Fine pure white; flowers of large size. 



50 cts. each. 

 — Rosea. Soft rosy carmine. 50 cts. each. 

 — Eva Rathke. The finest Weigelia in cultivation; flower- 

 ing continuously throughout the summer and autumn; of a 

 rich ruby carmine. 50 cts. each. 



SpiR£a Van Houttki 



