Dreer's Choice Hardy Shrubs 



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. 



Althea — Rose of Sharon 



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 expand. These are produced in great profusion from 

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

 75c each. 



Andromeda— Pierw 



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, 15 to 18 inches high, $1.50 each. 



New Red -Leaved Japanese Barberry 

 Berberis Thunbergi atropurpurea 



Similar in aU respects to the green-leaved Japanese Barberry 

 which is so popular for mi.xing 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 

 fohage 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. 

 For other Barberries see page 48 



Each Doz. 100 



Strong plants, 15 to 18 inches high |0 35 S3 50 $25 00 



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



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



Berberis — Barberry 



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 the 

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

 ticularly 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 18 to 35 inches high. 35c each; 

 S3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Callicarpa— Beauty Berry 



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

 clumps on the lawn. It grows about 3 feet high and its gracefully 

 recurving branches are covered in August with tiny pink- 

 tinted flowers, followed in late September by great masses of 

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

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

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



Calycanthus— 5wee? Shrub 



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

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



Cercis— Judas Tree or Red Bud 

 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 the leaves appear. Plants 2 to 3 feet 

 high. 75c each. 



Our shrubs arc loo heavy to be sent by 

 mail and Ihey are shipped by Express or 

 Freight at purchasers' expense. No 

 charge is made for packing or delivery 

 to the Express, Freight, or Steamship 

 lines in Philadelphia. The heights given 

 are those of the plants when shipped to you. 



Japanese Flowering Cherry, Kofugen 



Japanese Flowering Cherries 



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 a^e among the earliest trees to flower coming into 

 bloom early in April. The different single 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 2j 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 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-year crowns on good stems $5.00 each. 



Shrubs cannot be sent by mail 



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