DREER’S CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS 
NOTE—We usually begin digging Shrubs about the middle of October, and planting may be continued successfully from 
them until the ground is frozen. 
Shrubs 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 
throughout the entire year. 
The late autumn is the ideal time to plant Shrubs. The plants can usually be dug any time after the middle of October, 
and set out from then until the ground is frozen, which rarely happens before December in this latitude. When planted in fall they get 
the benefit of the early spring months in which to make roots and become established before hot weather sets in. 
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. They are also 
extensively used as hedge plants, for which they are ad- 
mirably adapted. We offer the following choice sorts: 
Alba Plena. Double white, crimson centre. 
Anemonefiora. Dark double rose. 
Boule de Feu. Double red. 
Duchess de Brabant. Double pink. 
Jeanne d’Arc. Double pure white. 
Paeoniflora. Rosy purple, double. 
Price. Any of the above, 60 cts. each. Set of 6 for $3.00. 
—William R. Smith. A splendid giant-flowering variety, 
naturally forming symmetrical bushy specimens, while the 
glistening pure white flowers are of giant size, fully 4 inches 
in diameter under ordinary cultivation, open out flat or 
salver-shaped quite different from the older types which 
only partially expand; these are produced in great profusion 
from early in July until late in September, and are very 
conspicuous at a period when comparatively few Shrubs are 
in bloom. 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 attractive 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 arch- 
ing branches and bright 
green foliage. 
60 cts. each. 
ALTHEA, WILLIAM R. SMITH 
Three-year old Specimen Plant 
NEw RED-LEAVED JAPANESE BARBERRY 
Aralia Spinosa (Hercules, Club Angelica Tree or Dezil’s Walk- 
ingstick). 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 black fruit, an odd tropical- 
looking plant. Strong plants, $1.00 each. 
4 Aronia Arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry) 
aN A pretty upright Shrub with an abundance of white flowers 
; \ in April and May, its bright red fruits in fall carrying well 
\ into winter. 75 cts. each. 
j New Red-Leaved Japanese 
4 Barberry 
(Berberis Thunbergi Atropurpurea) 
3 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 foliage 
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 unequalled by any other shrub and is followed by the 
same brilliant scarlet berries common to the type which remain on 
the plant the entire winter. 
All that is required to develop its brilliant coloring at all seasons is 
that it be planted in full exposure to the sun. 
Each Doz. 100 
Strong plants 9 to 12 inches high........... $0 50 $5 00 $35 00 
Strong plants 12 to 15 inches high........... 75 750 60 00 
Strong plants 15 to 18 inches high........... 100 1000 75 00 
We will supply all Shrubs priced at 60 cts. each for $6.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 
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Shruhs cannat be sent by mail. 
