. Dreer's autumn catalogue 1926. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 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
. Dreer's autumn catalogue 1926. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 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 entire
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