Dreer's Choice Hardy Shrubs 



for Fall Planting 



Shrubs are a most essential part of the well planted home and those who desire 

 something different will find in our list many splendid varieties which are not 

 used as freely as the popular Spiraeas, etc. These will give a special charm to 

 your planting. The late autumn is the ideal time to plant shrubs. They usually 

 can be dug after the middle of October and where frost enters the ground previous 

 to that time a few burlap bags, hay, straw, or manure will keep the soil workable 

 until the plants arrive. 



As growth varies according to conditions we give the approximate height as 

 follows: D = Dwarf (less than 4 feet high); M = Medium tall (4 to 8 feet high); 

 T = Tall (8 feet and taller). 



Our Shrubs are 



Too Heavy to be 



Sent. by Mail 



and (hey are shipped by Express or 

 Freight at purchasers' expense. No 

 chars^e is made jor packing or delivery 

 to the Express, Freight, or Steamship 

 lines in Philadelphia. The si:,es given 

 arc those of the plants when sliipfed to you. 



Althea— /?o5e of Sharon (T) 



William R. Smith. The glistening pure white single flowers 

 are of giant size, fully 4 inches in diameter. They open out flat 

 or salver-shaped quite different from the older types which only 

 partially e.xpand. These are produced in great profusion from 

 early in July until late in September. Strong plants, size 3 to 4 

 feet, 75c each. 



Andromeda— Piem ® (D) 



Japonica. An evergreen, compact growing 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, size 15 to 18 inches high, $1.50 each. 



Rtd-Leavetl Japanese Barberry 



New Red -Leaved Japanese Barberry 

 Berberis Thunbergi atropurpurea (M) 



Similar in all respects to the green-leaved Japanese Barberry 

 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 shades of vivid orange, scarlet, and red. 



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, size 15 to 18 inches high. . .$0 35 $3 50 $25 00 



Strong plants, size 18 to 24 inches high. . . 50 5 00 40 00 



Strong plants, size 24 to 30 inches high. . . 75 7 50 60 00 



For other Barberries see page 4Q 



Berberis— Bor&crry ® (M) 



Thunbergi (Japanese Barberry). A beautiful variety with small 

 foliage, assuming the most varied tints of coloring in the autumn. 

 Has attractive scarlet berries which remain on the plant during 

 the greater part of the winter. Very desirable for grouping, 

 particularly around the base of a porch or veranda to hide the 

 foundation. Succeeds in sun or shade, and is the best hedge 

 plant we know. Bushy plants, size 18 to 24 inches. 35c each; 

 $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Callicarpa— Beau ry Berry (M) 



Purpurea. A splendid berried shrub for the border or planted in 

 clumps on the lawn. It grows about 4 feet high and its gracefully 

 recurving branches are covered in August with tiny pink- 

 tinted flowers, followed in late Septemljer by great masses of 

 violet-purple berries which remain on the plant until miil- 

 winter. All fall-berried plants are attractive and this is one of 

 the most desirable. Strong plants, size 2 to 3 feet. 60c each. 



Calycanthus— ^wee^ Shrub ® (M) 



Floridus. An old favorite with double reddish brown or choco- 

 late-colored flowers in May. Size 2 to 3 feet. 60c each. 



Cercis— Judas Tree, Red Bud • (T) 



Japonica. A showy tall shrub or small tree. All the branches 

 and twigs are covered with a mass of small rosy pink flowers 

 early in the spring before tlie leaves appear. Size 2 to 3 feet. 

 75c each. 



Japanese Flowering Cherries (T) 



The display of Japanese Flowering Cherries at Washington, 

 D. C, in early spring is one of the great sights of our national 

 capital and annually attracts thousands of visitors. 



These Cherries are among the earliest trees to flower coming into 

 bloom early in April. The different siiiK'le and double varieties 

 extend the flowering season for fully four weeks, the attractive 

 single-flowered varieties coming into bloom first followed by the 

 double sorts. They are perfectly hardy and will succeed in almost 

 any location. 



Erect Growing Cherries 



Kofugen. Fine, double, deep pink; one of the best. 



Mt. Fuji. Large double pure white flowers. 



Naden. One of the prettiest double pinks, the petals are so 

 numerous as to make the flower a perfect tuft. 



Victory or Shirofugen. Very double, up to 2] inches across, 

 borne in racemes of about 3 each on long stems. The flowers 

 open a delicate pink changing to white; late flowering. 



Any of the above: Strong plants, size 4 to 5 feet high, $2.50 each. 

 Collection of these four Flowering Cherries for $9.00. 



Weeping Cherries 



Double Pink Weeping. A strong grower with deep pink 



flowers. Gives a splendid effect. 

 Rosea pendula. One of the most popular of the Japanese 



Weeping varieties, the earliest to bloom; flowers light pink; 



single. 



Strong 2-ycar crowns on good stems $5.00 each. 



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A=Suited to Rock Gardens; ®=Suited to Semi-Shade; #=Suitod to Shad© 



