DREER'S CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS 



NOTE— We usually begin digging Shrubs about the middle of October, and pletnting 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. 



Althea (Rose of Sharon) 



William R. Smith. The variety offered here was named in memory 

 of the late WiUiam R. Smith, one of the most able horticulturists of 

 his time, who, for many years, was in charge of the development of the 

 Botanic Gardens at Washington, D. C. This variety is outstanding 

 in merit, with glistening pure white single flowers of giant size, fully 4 

 inches in diameter, that open out flat or salver-shaped, quite different 

 from the older types which only partially expand. Strong plants, 3 

 to 4 feet, SO cts. each. 



New Red -leaved Japanese Barberry 



(Berberis Thunbergi Atropurpurea) 



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 faU its foliage changes to vivid orange scarlet and red shades. 



All that is required to develop its brilliant coloring at aU seasons is 



that it be planted in full exposure to the sun. 



Each Doz 100 Callicarpa Purpurea (Beauty Berry) 



Strong Plants 15 to 18 inches high SO 35 S3 50 $25 00 Ai-iHi.oi-n*>.Ha rPi^rJ^I 



18 " 24 •' 50 5 00 40 00 , Anaromeaa (Piens) 



24 " 30 " " 75 7 50 60 00 "S'PO^lca. An evergreen compact growmg low Shrub, with 



small dark green foliage and long panicles of duU bronzy- 

 red buds which appear during the summer and are attrac- 

 tive during the entire winter, opening into white flowers in 

 spring. Bushy plants, 15 to 18 inches high, Sl-50 each. 



Berberis (Barberry) 



Best Foundation and Hedge Plant 

 Thunbergi {Japanese Barberry). A beauriful variety with 

 smaU foliage, assuming the most varied tints of coloring in 

 the autumn and attractive scarlet berries which remain 

 on the plant 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, 

 18 to 24 inches high, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; S20.00 

 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, 

 its branches gracefully recurving 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 

 useful and attractive, and this is one of the most desirable. 

 Strong plants, 2 to 3 ft. high, 50 cts. each. 



Calycanthus (sweet shrub) 



Floridus. An old favorite with double reddish brown or 

 chocolate-colored flowers in May. Strong 2 to 3 ft. plants, 

 50 cts. each. 



Cercis (Judas Tree or Red Bud) 



Japonica. A showy tall Shrub or small tree. All the 

 branches and twigs are covered ■nath a mass of small 

 rosy-pink flowers early in the spring before the leaves 

 New Red-Leaved Jap.^nese Barberry appear. Plants 2 to 3 feet high, 60 cts. each. 



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We wrill supply all Shrubs priced at 50 cts. each for $5.00 per doz. ; $35.00 per 100. Shrubs cannot be sent by mail. 



