Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 152 DREER'S SELECT LIST. Azalea, Ghent. plants, bearing A magnificent class of hardy flowering large trusses of lovely, fragrant flowers. Their diversity of color and form should render them, even to a greater extent than at present, leading shrubs for outdoor purposes. Very dry situations are not suitable for this class. The soil should be prepared as for Rhododendrons. The collection offered is from the best European sources. 75 cts. each ; $ per doz. Azalea Mollis. A beautiful species from Japan, with large flowers
Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 152 DREER'S SELECT LIST. Azalea, Ghent. plants, bearing A magnificent class of hardy flowering large trusses of lovely, fragrant flowers. Their diversity of color and form should render them, even to a greater extent than at present, leading shrubs for outdoor purposes. Very dry situations are not suitable for this class. The soil should be prepared as for Rhododendrons. The collection offered is from the best European sources. 75 cts. each ; $ per doz. Azalea Mollis. A beautiful species from Japan, with large flowers of various shades of yellow, orange, carmine, etc. (See cut.) Strong bushy plants. 75 cts. each ; $ per doz. Althea, or Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus Syriacus). Strong, erect-growing shrubs of the easiest culture, which bear large and showy flowers in early Fall. Double Rose. Double White. Double Purple. Variegated Leaved. Very desirable on account of flowering when few other shrubs are in bloom. Barberry, Purple (Berberis vulgaris purpurea). Violet- colored foliage and fruit; very effective. Burning Bush {Euonymus Europeus). Pods covered with scarlet seeds during Autumn and Winter. Calycanthus Sweet Shrub ( Calycanthus Floridus). Flow- ers fragrant, like strawberries ; double and of a chocolate color. Daphne Cneorum ( GarlandFlower). A pretty dwarf spread- ing shrub, especially suited for planting on rockeries, producing beautiful bright pink sweet-scented flowers early in May. 50 cts. each. Deutzia Crenata. Bears a profusion of pink and white flowers Crenata Flore Plena {JDouble-flawering Deutzia). Flowers double white, tinged with pink. One of the most desirable flowering shrubs in cultivation. —Fortunei. Large, pure white single flowers. Gracilis. A dwarf bush, covered with spikes of pure white flowers in early Summer. —Pride of Rochester. A fine double, pure white. —Scabra. Large single white, tinged with pink. Dogwood Red Twigged [Cornus Sanguinea). A strong growing
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