Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1913 (1913) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1913 . dreersmidsummerc1913henr Year: 1913 26 HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—HARDY SHRUBS Lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle). Tartarica {Tartarian Hnneilsuckle). Pink flowers, contrasting beautifully with the foliage; blooms in June. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Tartarica alba (While Tartarian HoneiisucMe). A creamy-white colored variety of the above, flowering during May and June. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Magnolias. Consplcua (Chinese White MaiSnoUa). A highly prized species on account of its large white flowers, which open abo
Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1913 (1913) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1913 . dreersmidsummerc1913henr Year: 1913 26 HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—HARDY SHRUBS Lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle). Tartarica {Tartarian Hnneilsuckle). Pink flowers, contrasting beautifully with the foliage; blooms in June. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Tartarica alba (While Tartarian HoneiisucMe). A creamy-white colored variety of the above, flowering during May and June. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Magnolias. Consplcua (Chinese White MaiSnoUa). A highly prized species on account of its large white flowers, which open about the middle of April. Fine bushy plants, about 3 feet high, $ each. Qrandlflora. A magnificent species, with handsome evergreen foliage, producing in June inamense white delightfully fragrant flowers. While there are several fine specimens of this tree in the vicinity of Philadelphia, it is not considered reliably hardy north of Washington. Pot-grown plants, 2 feet high, 50 cts. each. 3 to 4 feet high, $ each. Kobus. One of the hardiest in cultivation. Forms a large tree with white flowers 4 to 5 inches across, blooming in April and May. Strong pot-grown plants, 24 to 30 inches high, 50 cts. each. Soulangreana. A Chinese species, shrub-like in its young growth, attaining the size of a tree in time ; its flowers are produced early in spring, are cup-shaped, 3 to 5 inches in diameter, are white inside, flushed with purple outside. Strong, heavy plants, $ each. —Lennel. A variety of the above in which the outside petals are of a deep crimson. Strong, heavy plants, $ each. Stellata. A Japanese species, of dwarf habit and pure white, semi- double flowers during April. The earliest to bloom. Strong plants, $ each. Japanese Maples. These are exceedingly beautiful, especially in spring, when they burst into leaf, and the colors of the foliage are deep and decided. Japonicum Aureum. Golden-yellow. Polymorphum Atropurpurcum. cut. Purple-leaved variety deeply
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