DREER'S CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS 



NOTE — We usually begin digsins Shrubs about the middle of October, and planting may be continued successfully from 

 then 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. 



CHRUBS 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. 



A Real Novelty in Shrubs 



New Red-Leaved Japanese 



Barberry 



(Berberis Thunbergi Atropurpurea) 



Illustrated in color on the back of cover of this catalogue. 



It is only once in a lifetime that a really worth while out- 

 standing novelty in hardy shrubs is introduced, and in this 

 new Barberry we have such a plant. 



It is 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. However, 

 unlike these and other colored shrubs in which the coloring 

 fades or disappears entirely as the season advances, this new 

 Barberry becomes more brilliant and gorgeous throughout 

 the summer and in the fall its foliage changes to "vivid 

 orange, scarlet and red shades, more brilliant and more 

 effective than in the ordinary Japanese Barberry. 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 



Strong one-year old plants $0.75 



Heavy two-year old plants 1 .00 



Beautiful Specimen plants, three-year 



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75.00 



Althea, William R. Smith 



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. 



— Duchesse de Brabant. Double dark red. 



— Foliis Variegatis. Leaves variegated green and white 



— Jeanne d'Arc. Double, pure white. 



— Lady Stanley. Double blush white, with crimson centre. 



60 cts. each. Set of 5 varieties, $2.50 



William B. Smith. A splendid giant-flowering variety, natu- 

 rally 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 pro- 

 duced 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. 



(60) 



We wUl (upply all Shrubs pric«l at 60 cts. each for $6.00 p«r doz.| $40.00 per 100 



