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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY SHRUBS 



Japanese Maples. 



Ligustrum Ovaiifolium Aureum ( olden-leaved Privet). 

 A beautiful golden variegated form and very efTective for 

 associating witli other dwarf shrubs. 35 cts. each. 



Lonicera Tartarica ( 7Vn7nr)V7H fT'inei/nucklr). Pink flow- 

 ers, contrasting beautifully with the foliage; bloani> in June. 

 3-5 cts. each. 



— Virginalls alba. A creamy-white coloied variety of ihe 

 above, flowering during May and June. 35 cts. each. 



JVlagnolia Alba Superba. .-\ very choice variety, bearing 

 snow-white flowers in great abundance. .Strong, bushy 

 plants, $3.00 each. 



— Conspicua (Chinese ^\llite MagnnUn). A highly prized 

 species, large white flower«, which open about the middle of 

 .'Vpril. Fine bu-ihy i)lan(s, about 3 feet high, $3..5() each. 



— Grandiflora. A magnificent species, with handsome ever- 

 green foliage, producing in June immense white delightfully 

 fragrant flowers. While there are several fine specimens of this 

 tree in the vicinity of Philadelphia, it is not considered reliably 

 hardy north of Washington. Pol -grown plants, 2 feet high, .50 

 cts. «each. 



— KobuS. One of the hardiest species in cultivation. Forms a 

 large tree with white flowers 4 to .5 inches acros?, blooming in 

 April and May. Strong pot-grown plants, 24 to 30 inches high, 

 50 cts. each. 



— Soulangeana. A Chinese species which, while shrub-like in 

 its young growth, attains the size of a tree in time; its flowers, 

 which are produced early in spring, are cup-shaped, 3 to 5 inches 

 in diameter, and are white inside, flushed with pur|)le outside. 

 Strong, heavy plants, $2.00 each. 



Lennei. A variety of the above in which the outside petals 



are of a deep crimson. Strong, heavy plants, $2.50 each. 



— Stellata. A Japanese species, of dwarf habit and pure white, 

 semi-double flower^ during .\pril. The earliest to bloom. Strong 

 plants, $2.00 each. 



Mahonia Aquifolia. A dwarf .Shrub, with shiny green prickly 

 foliage and clus'.ers of yellow flowers in May, followed by bluish 

 berries. 50 cts. each. 



Japanese Maples. These are exceedingly beautiful, especially in 

 spring, when they burst into leaf, and the colors of the foliage are 

 deep and decided. 



Japonicum Aureum. (iciUlen \rllow. 



Polymorphum Atropurpureum. I'urple-leaved variety, 



deeply cut. 



Polymorphum Dissectum Atropurpureum. A hand- 

 some variety; leaves a beautil'ul rose color when younu; change to 

 a deep and constant purple as they become older; deeply and deli- 

 cately cut, giving them a fern-like appearance. 



Price. Any of (he above Japanese Maples in line four-year-old 

 pot-grown sjiecimens, 18 to 24 inches high, $1.25 each; two-yearoi.l 

 plants, f) to S inches high, .")(( cts. each. 



Osmanthus llicifolia. A compact, dense Shrub, with deep green, 

 spiny-loothtd, shining leaves; thrives best in a partiallv-shaded, 

 protected position. 50 cts. each. 



Philadelphus Conquete. Large single flowers in clusters of 3 to 

 5, completely covering the plant. 35 cts. each. 



— Coronarius {Garland Mock Orange). This is the [)opular 

 tall variety; very sweet and one of the first lo flower. 35 cts. each. 



— Purpurea Maculata. Large white flowers, with a rosy-crimson 

 spot at thf base of each petal. 3.5 cts. each. 



Prunus Japonica fl. pi. {Double-flowering Almond). A beau- 

 tiful dwarf Shrub, producing its showy double flowers early in 

 May before the leaves appear. We can supply both white and 

 pink. 50 cts. each. 



— Plssardi t I'uriile-ltaced Plniu). .\ dwarf Shrub, covered 

 with single white flowers in spring. When they first appear 

 the leaves are a lustrous crimson, changing to a rich purple. 

 50 cts. each. 



— Triloba ( l)<nihle-]lowering Piinn). An interesting .Shrub, 

 of medium height, bearing in early spring semi-double 

 delicate pink flowers over an inch in diameter. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Philadelphus Cobonarius. 



