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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 



HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



These acid materially to the beauty of the garden, furnishing a supply of flowers during 

 the spring and summer months, many of them of delightful fragrance. 



Almond. Double flowering, white and red. 

 50 cents each. 



Azalea Pontica. Beautiful flowering 

 shrubs, several varieties. $1. 



Calycanthus Floridus. Sweet-scented 

 shrub, a great favorite. 50 cents. 



Chionanthus Virglnica. White fringe 

 tree, very showy. 50 cents to SI. 



Crataegus Pyracantha. An excellent 

 hedge plant, pink flowers. 25 to 50 cents. 



Cydonia Japonica. Thorny shrub, deep 

 scarlet flowers. 50 cents. 



Cytisus Laburnum (Golden Chain). Long 

 racemes of golden-yellow flowers. 50 cts. 



Deutzia Crenata Flora Plena. A dou- 

 ble variety, flowers pure white, in droop- 

 ing clusters from three to four inches in 

 length. 50 cents. 



Deutzia Gracilis. A neat dwarf-growing 

 shrub, with panicles of pure white flowers 

 blooming in great profusion, equally desir- 

 able for pot culture or open ground. This 

 variety is much used by florists for forcing 

 into early bloom as a bouquet flower. 25 

 to 50 cents. 



Deutzia Scabra. Bears a profusion of 

 white flowers in the spring. 25 to 50 cents. 



Forsythia Viridissima (Golden Bell). 

 Beautiful yellow bell-shaped flowers, early 

 and profuse bloomer. 25 to 50 cents. 



Forsythia Fortuni. A new and distinct 

 species from Japan. 25 to 50 cents. 



Magnolia. One of the most attractive and 

 beautiful class of plants in cultivation; 

 not only the flowers are beautiful, but also 

 the foliage. 



Magnolia Conspicua. Large Chinese 

 white. $2 to $4. 



Magnolia Gracilis. Dark purple, dwarf. 

 50 cents. 



Magnolia Purpurea. Chinese purple. 

 50 cents. 



Magnolia Soulangeana. White, purple 

 centre. $2 to $4. 



Mahonia Aquifolia (Berberry). 50 cents. 



Philadelphus (Syringa). Known also as 

 the mock orange. 25 to 50 cents. 



Prunus Sinensis. Double white flowering 

 plum. 50 cents, 



Rhus Cotinus (Purple Mist Tree). Showy, 

 strong-growing shrub. 50 cents. 



Spir.ea. Beautiful dwarf shrubs, of various 

 colors, and blooming at different periods, 

 from early spring till autumn. The fol- 

 lowing are the most desirable. 25 to 50 cts : 



Spiraea Billardi. Flowers in pink spikes. 



Spir^a Callosa Alba. Dwarf, free 

 bloomer, flowers pure white, in corymbs 

 two inches in diameter. 



Spiraea Japonica. Dwarf, with elegant 

 white spikes of flowers. 50 cents. 



Spiraea Prunifolia. Double white. 



Spirjea Reevesi Flora Plena. Double 

 white, bridal wreath. 



Spiraea Thunbergia. Very dwarf white. 



Syringa (Lilac). A well-known and 

 favorite early flowering shrub, with very 

 fragrant flowers. 25 to 50 cents. 



Viburnum Opulus (Snowball). 25 to 

 50 cents. 



Weigelia. Popular and handsome shrub, 

 well deserving a place in every garden, 

 being handsomely shaped, good grower, 

 and bearing a profusion of bunches of pink 

 and white flowers during the spring and 

 summer months. 25 to 50 cents. 

 Amabilis. Light pink. 

 Amabilis Alba. White. 

 Amabilis Variegata. Foliage varie- 

 gated. 

 Geoenewegi. Pink and crimson. 

 Isoline.* Pure white. 

 Rosea. Deep pink. 



RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSIS. 



We have a fine stock of this magnificent class of Evergreen Blooming Shrubs, of the most 

 beautiful colors and varieties. Plant in groups in a partially shaded situation, in a deep 

 soil of sandy loam, leaf mould, and decayed manure. They are most beautiful and attrac- 

 tive objects. $1 to $1.50. $10 to $15 per dozen. 



HARDY VINES AND CREEPERS. 



These are desirable for covering arbors, trellises, etc., and add much to the beauty of the 

 garden. 25 to 50 cents, according to size. 



Akebia Quinata. A climbing plant from 

 Japan, with beautiful cut foliage, having 

 large clusters of chocolate-colored flowers, 

 which are very fragrant. 



Ampelopsis Quinquefolia (Virginia 

 Creeper). A very rapid grower, with 

 large dark-green foliage, which changes 

 in the fall to scarlet. 



Ampelopsis Veitchi. A miniature foli- 

 aged Virginia creeper ; of rapid growth. 



Aristolochia Sipho, or Dutchman's 

 Pipe. Large leaves and brownish flowers, 

 of a singular shape, resembling a pipe. $1. 



Bignonia Grandiflora. Large orange 

 Chinese Trumpet Creeper. 50 cents. 



Bignonia Radicans, or Trumpet Creep- 

 er. A climbing plant, with large trum- 

 pet-shaped flowers of a reddish-orange 

 color, and very showy when in bloom ; the 

 best for covering Avails. 



Clematis Flamula (Virgin's Bower). 

 Clusters of white fragrant flowers. 



Clematis Lanuginosa. Pale blue. 

 Rubella. Rich purple. 

 Standishi. Deep blue. 



Clematis. Of sorts, see Garden Calendar. 



